FC Porto B
Futebol Clube do Porto B is a Portuguese professional football team, which acts as the reserve side of FC Porto. First established in 1999, they compete in the LigaPro, the second division of Portuguese football, and play their home matches at the Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia.
As a reserve team, Porto B cannot compete in the same division as their senior team, and are thus ineligible for promotion to the top-tier Primeira Liga. In addition, they cannot take part in other domestic competitions, such as the Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga.
History
Revival
Prior to the end of the 2011–12 season, seven Primeira Liga clubs announced their interest in creating a B team to fill the six vacancies available in for the 2012–13 Segunda Liga season. Six of these clubs were selected to have their B teams take part in the competition: Benfica, Braga, Marítimo, Porto, Sporting CP, and Vitória de Guimarães.The LPFP, which governs professional football in Portugal, announced that for B teams to compete in the 2012–13 Segunda Liga they would have to pay a fee of €50,000. In addition, the LPFP would also require teams to follow new rules regarding player selection, such as having a minimum of ten players formed at the club's academy and with an age requirement of 15–21 years old, with a maximum of three players above 23 years old allowed. The LPFP also decided that B teams were ineligible to compete in cup competitions, as well as gaining promotion to the Primeira Liga due to the possibility of playing against the senior 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. This decision resulted in an expansion of the number of teams from 16 to 22, and the number of matches from 30 to 42.
Players
Current squad
On loan
Seasons and managers statistics
League performance record
Information correct as of end of the 2019–20 season. Only competitive league matches are counted.| Season | Top scorer | Goals | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | III | 3rd | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 43 | 52 |  Pedras | 13 |
| 2000–01 | III | 3rd | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 74 | 52 | 64 | Hélder Postiga | 10 |
| 2001–02 | III | 3rd | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 67 | 33 | 70 | Pedro Oliveira | 11 |
| 2002–03 | III | 3rd | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 39 | 69 | Hugo Almeida | 16 |
| 2003–04 | III | 4th | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 33 | 58 |  Bruno Moraes | 11 |
| 2004–05 | III | 5th | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 33 | 66 |  Ákos Buzsáky | 9 |
| 2005–06 | III | 6th | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 38 | Hélder Barbosa | 6 |
| 2012–13 | II | 14th | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 49 | 50 | 54 | Dellatorre | 11 |
| 2013–14 | II | 2nd | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 42 | 77 | Tozé | 21 |
| 2014–15 | II | 13th | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 66 | 64 | 61 | Frédéric Maciel | 13 |
| 2015–16 | II | 1st | 46 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 52 | 86 | André Silva | 14 |
| 2016–17 | II | 12th | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 52 | 49 | 60 | Galeno | 10 |
| 2017–18 | II | 7th | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 50 | 55 | 58 | André Pereira Fede Varela | 8 |
| 2018–19 | II | 9th | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 42 | 44 | Gleison | 6 |
| 2019–20 | II | 13th | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 29 | Vítor Ferreira | 8 |
Managerial statistics
Information correct as of the match played on 7 March 2020. Only competitive matches are counted.| Name | From | To | Honours | |||||||||
| Fernando Bandeirinha | | June 1999 | July 2000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Ilídio Vale | | July 2000 | July 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Domingos Paciência | | July 2004 | June 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Aloísio | | June 2005 | May 2006 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Rui Gomes | | June 2012 | May 2013 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Luís Castro | | July 2013 | March 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| José Guilherme | | March 2014 | May 2014 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Luís Castro | | May 2014 | November 2016 | 1 Segunda Liga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| José Tavares | | November 2016 | December 2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| António Folha | | December 2016 | June 2018 | 2 PL International Cup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rui Barros | | June 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Honours
Domestic
- Segunda Liga / LigaPro
European
- Premier League International Cup
Others
- VFF Cup