| Full name | Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B" | ||
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| Nickname(s) | As Águias (The Eagles) Os Encarnados (The Reds) | ||
| Founded | 1999 | ||
| Ground | Benfica Campus | ||
| Capacity | 2,644 | ||
| President | Rui Costa | ||
| Head coach | Nélson Veríssimo | ||
| League | Liga Portugal 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2, 15th of 18 | ||
| Website | https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/futebol/equipa_b | ||
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica "B" (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ liʒˈβoɐ i βɐ̃jˈfikɐ ˈβe]), 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.[1] 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.[2]
- ^ "Benfica B muda-se para a Tapadinha". Maisfutebol.
- ^ Pereira, David (17 August 2018). "Liga Revelação estreia este sábado. Sabe como funciona?" [Liga Revelação debuts this Saturday. Do you know how it works?]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2023.