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Benfica B
Full name Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B"
Nickname(s) As Águias (The Eagles)
Os Encarnados (The Reds)
Founded 1999
Ground Benfica Campus
Ground Capacity 2,720
President Rui Costa
Head coach Nélson Veríssimo
League Liga Portugal 2
2022–23 Liga Portugal 2, 15th of 18

Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B" (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ be], commonly known as Benfica B, is a Portuguese professional football team based in Seixal. Founded in 1999, dissolved in 2006, and restarted in 2012, it is the reserve team of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica. They play in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Benfica Campus' main pitch.

During the 2012–13 season, Benfica B played home matches at the Estádio da Luz until February, when they moved to Estádio da Tapadinha to prevent excessive wear of the stadium's grass. In 2013–14, they permanently moved to their own training ground, capable of receiving professional league matches.

As a reserve team, Benfica B cannot play in the same division as the club's main team, thus being ineligible for promotion to the Primeira Liga. Moreover, they cannot enter domestic cup competitions such as the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.

Since 2018–19, Benfica have an under-23 team playing in Liga Revelação, a competition for players who left the under-19s but who are not ready to join or regularly play for the first-team.

History

As Benfica sought a way to provide playing time for their youth and reserve players, they created a B team in 1999. The team officially started competing in the 1999–2000 season, with their first match played away against Portimonense S.C. (2–2) in late August. After three seasons in the Portuguese Second Division, they suffered relegation to the Terceira Divisão, where they would spend three years, before achieving promotion to the Portuguese Second Division in 2005. In May of the following year, the board of directors extinguished the side, which returned to activity shortly after as part of the Liga Intercalar. As part of this competition, the team's best league finish was a second place, behind Estoril B, in the South Zone of the 2010–11 season.

Before the end of the 2011–12 football season in Portugal, seven Primeira Liga clubs announced their interest in creating a reserve team to fill the six vacancies available in the Segunda Liga (now Liga Portugal 2) for the 2012–13 campaign. Of those seven clubs, six were selected to take part in the competition: Benfica, Braga, Marítimo, Porto, Sporting CP and Vitória de Guimarães.

LPFP, who organize the professional football tiers in Portugal, announced that the clubs would have to pay €50,000 to register themselves at the league in order to compete in the upcoming season. In addition, LPFP also required them to follow new rules regarding player selection, in which each B team must have a squad with a minimum of ten players formed at the club's academy and with an age between 15 and 21 years, and a maximum of three players above 23 years old. LPFP also decided that reserve teams are unable to compete in cup competitions and to gain promotion to the Primeira Liga due to the possibility of playing against their club's first team.

In late May 2012, it was officially announced that the B teams of six Primeira Liga clubs would compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga, a decision that increased the number of teams from 16 to 22 and the number of matches from 30 to 42.

Benfica B v FCUM
Starting line-up of Benfica B for a friendly match against F.C. United of Manchester in May 2015

In 2014, Benfica B were invited to play in the first Premier League International Cup. On 29 May 2015, they played a friendly against F.C. United of Manchester in Broadhurst Park's official opening match. On 26 May 2019, they played a practice match against Liverpool in Marbella, Spain, five days before the latter's Champions League final.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
45 Japan GK Leo Kokubo
48 Portugal DF Rafael Rodrigues
52 Portugal FW Henrique Pereira
57 Portugal FW José Marques
60 Portugal MF Nuno Félix
62 France DF Lenny Lacroix
66 United States DF Joshua Wynder
70 Portugal DF Filipe Cruz
71 Portugal DF João Tomé
73 Brazil DF Tiago Cóser
74 Slovenia MF Žan Jevšenak
75 Portugal GK André Gomes
76 Brazil DF Gustavo Marques (on loan from América Mineiro)
77 Portugal FW Gerson Sousa
No. Position Player
78 Portugal DF Kiko Domingues
79 Portugal MF Hugo Félix
80 Portugal FW Pedro Santos
81 Albania DF Adrian Bajrami
82 Portugal DF Diogo Spencer
83 Portugal MF Rafael Luís
84 Portugal MF João Rego
86 Portugal MF Diogo Prioste
88 Brazil FW Cauê (on loan from Lommel)
89 Portugal FW Gustavo Varela
90 Cape Verde FW Gilson Benchimol (on loan from Estoril)
92 Portugal GK Pedro Souza
98 Portugal GK Ricardo Ribeiro

Out on loan

No. Position Player
49 Portugal MF Martim Neto (Gil Vicente until 30 June 2024)
Portugal DF Ricardo Teixeira (at Leixões until 30 June 2024)
Portugal MF Tiago Dantas (at AZ Alkmaar until 30 June 2024)
Portugal FW Henrique Araújo (at Famalicão until 30 June 2024)

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Nélson Veríssimo
Assistant coaches Marco Pimenta
Jorge Cordeiro
Goalkeeper coach Paulo Marques
Analyst coach Pedro Pitacas
Analyst assistant coach Rúben Damazio
Personal trainers (Benfica LAB) Tiago Vaz
Duarte Carvalho

Last updated: 6 July 2023
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Records and statistics

Season-to-season record

Season Div Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts Top scorer Goals Refs
1999–2000 III 13th 38 14 6 18 53 49 48 Portugal Cláudio Oeiras 11
2000–2001 III 9th 38 14 11 13 58 57 57 Portugal Jorge Cordeiro 16
2001–2002 III 18th 38 11 11 16 35 42 44 Portugal Jorge Ribeiro 5
2002–2003 IV 3rd 34 14 14 6 47 25 56
2003–2004 IV 5th 34 15 8 11 63 48 53
2004–2005 IV 1st 34 21 9 4 71 29 72
2005–2006 III 11th 30 11 8 11 40 40 41 Portugal Vasco Firmino 5
2012–2013 II 7th 42 15 17 10 71 54 62 Portugal Miguel Rosa 17
2013–2014 II 5th 42 20 10 12 77 56 70 Argentina Funes Mori 13
2014–2015 II 6th 46 22 11 13 81 60 77 Portugal Rui Fonte 17
2015–2016 II 19th 46 15 10 21 59 64 55 Portugal Sancidino Silva 6
2016–2017 II 4th 42 18 9 15 56 58 63 Portugal Heriberto Tavares 11
2017–2018 II 13th 38 14 7 17 54 60 49 Portugal Heriberto Tavares 14
2018–2019 II 4th 34 15 7 12 47 42 52 England Chris Willock 11
2019–2020 II 14th 24 7 7 10 31 35 28 Brazil Daniel dos Anjos 8
2020–2021 II 8th 34 12 8 14 53 43 44 Portugal Gonçalo Ramos
Portugal Henrique Araújo
11
2021–2022 II 5th 34 17 6 11 61 44 57 Portugal Henrique Araújo 14
2022–2023 II 15th 34 10 8 16 52 58 38 Portugal Henrique Pereira 9
Champions Relegated

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023. Only competitive matches are counted, including those in the Premier League International Cup.

Name Nat From To P W D L GF GA Win % Honours Refs
Alan Murray England 1999 November 1999 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&044.44000044.44
José Morais Portugal November 1999 2001 &&&&&&&&&&&&&067.&&&&&067 &&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&&&&&024 &&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&026.&&&&&026 &&&&&&&&&&&&&098.&&&&&098 &&&&&&&&&&&&&094.&&&&&094 &&&&&&&&&&&&&035.82000035.82
António Veloso Portugal 9 June 2001 2002 &&&&&&&&&&&&&038.&&&&&038 &&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 &&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&035.&&&&&035 &&&&&&&&&&&&&042.&&&&&042 &&&&&&&&&&&&&028.95000028.95
Carlos Gomes Portugal 2002 July 2004 &&&&&&&&&&&&&068.&&&&&068 &&&&&&&&&&&&&028.&&&&&028 &&&&&&&&&&&&&024.&&&&&024 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&0107.&&&&&0107 &&&&&&&&&&&&&072.&&&&&072 &&&&&&&&&&&&&041.18000041.18
João Santos Portugal 2004 2006 &&&&&&&&&&&&&064.&&&&&064 &&&&&&&&&&&&&032.&&&&&032 &&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&0111.&&&&&0111 &&&&&&&&&&&&&069.&&&&&069 &&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00 2004–05 Terceira Divisão
Luís Norton de Matos Portugal 4 May 2012 30 May 2013 &&&&&&&&&&&&&042.&&&&&042 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&017.&&&&&017 &&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&071.&&&&&071 &&&&&&&&&&&&&054.&&&&&054 &&&&&&&&&&&&&035.71000035.71
Hélder Cristóvão Portugal 3 July 2013 12 May 2018 &&&&&&&&&&&&0224.&&&&&0224 &&&&&&&&&&&&&093.&&&&&093 &&&&&&&&&&&&&049.&&&&&049 &&&&&&&&&&&&&082.&&&&&082 &&&&&&&&&&&&0340.&&&&&0340 &&&&&&&&&&&&0309.&&&&&0309 &&&&&&&&&&&&&041.52000041.52
Bruno Lage Portugal 1 July 2018 3 January 2019 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 &&&&&&&&&&&&&015.&&&&&015 &&&&&&&&&&&&&011.&&&&&011 &&&&&&&&&&&&&053.33000053.33
Nélson Veríssimo (caretaker) Portugal 3 January 2019 15 January 2019 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &0&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00.00
Renato Paiva Portugal 15 January 2019 25 December 2020 &&&&&&&&&&&&&058.&&&&&058 &&&&&&&&&&&&&021.&&&&&021 &&&&&&&&&&&&&012.&&&&&012 &&&&&&&&&&&&&025.&&&&&025 &&&&&&&&&&&&&084.&&&&&084 &&&&&&&&&&&&&085.&&&&&085 &&&&&&&&&&&&&036.21000036.21
Nélson Veríssimo Portugal 25 December 2020 28 December 2021 &&&&&&&&&&&&&036.&&&&&036 &&&&&&&&&&&&&018.&&&&&018 &&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&064.&&&&&064 &&&&&&&&&&&&&038.&&&&&038 &&&&&&&&&&&&&050.&&&&&050.00
Paulo Mateus (caretaker) Portugal 28 December 2021 28 December 2021 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 &0&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00.00
António Oliveira Portugal 5 January 2022 13 May 2022 &&&&&&&&&&&&&018.&&&&&018 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&07.&&&&&07 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037 &&&&&&&&&&&&&057.&&&&&057 &&&&&&&&&&&&&038.89000038.89
Luís Castro Portugal 2 June 2022 8 June 2023 &&&&&&&&&&&&&034.&&&&&034 &&&&&&&&&&&&&010.&&&&&010 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08 &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 &&&&&&&&&&&&&052.&&&&&052 &&&&&&&&&&&&&058.&&&&&058 &&&&&&&&&&&&&029.41000029.41
Nélson Veríssimo Portugal 6 July 2023 Present &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00 !

Honours

  • Terceira Divisão
Winners: 2004–05

Under-23s current squad

No. Position Player
Sweden GK Alexander Sandahl
Portugal GK João Félix
Poland GK Marcel Mendes
Serbia GK Luka Velickovic
Portugal DF João Conceição
Portugal DF Leandro Santos
Brazil DF Tiago Coser
Portugal DF José Müller
Portugal DF João Fonseca
Mali DF Modibo Keita
Portugal DF Tiago Parente
Portugal DF Vladimir Mendes
Portugal MF João Veloso
No. Position Player
Australia MF Paul Okon-Engstler
Canada MF Carlos Meotti
Portugal MF Tiago Freitas
Portugal FW Gonçalo Moreira
Portugal FW José Melro
Netherlands FW Kyanno Silva
Portugal FW Ivan Lima
Portugal FW Ricardo Nóbrega
Portugal FW Rodrigo Rêgo
Estonia FW Karel Mustmaa
Portugal FW Martim Fortes
United States FW Marcos Zambrano
France FW Sofiane Dris

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Paulo Lopes
Assistant coaches Pedro Valido
Paulo Mateus
Goalkeeper coach Gonçalo Reduto
Analyst coach Rodolfo Fernandes
Analyst assistant coach José Marques
Personal trainers (Benfica LAB) Luke Garcia

Last updated: 6 July 2023
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