C.S. Marítimo B
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Club Sport Marítimo B is a Portuguese
football
club that currently plays in the Serie A of the Portuguese Second Division
. They are the reserve team
of Club Sport Marítimo. They play their home games at the Campo da Imaculada Conceição in the suburb of Santo António in Funchal
, Madeira
.
Established in 1999, the squad is essentially an under-23 development team for the first team, who compete in the top-tier Liga Sagres
, and is the only reserve team competing in the national divisions of the Portuguese league. They are restricted from promotion to the second-tier Liga de Honra
, the bottom fully professional league and they are not allowed to compete in the Cup of Portugal either. Players from the first team can be dropped down to the B team though as has happened on mainy occasions, and vice versa.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club that currently plays in the Serie A of the Portuguese Second Division
Portuguese Second Division
The Portuguese Second Division is a football league in Portugal, situated at the third level of the Portuguese football league system...
. They are the reserve team
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
of Club Sport Marítimo. They play their home games at the Campo da Imaculada Conceição in the suburb of Santo António in Funchal
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
, Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
.
Established in 1999, the squad is essentially an under-23 development team for the first team, who compete in the top-tier Liga Sagres
Portuguese Liga
The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...
, and is the only reserve team competing in the national divisions of the Portuguese league. They are restricted from promotion to the second-tier Liga de Honra
Liga de Honra
The Liga de Honra , known for sponsorship reasons as the Liga Orangina, is the Portuguese second level football league. It was formerly called Segunda Divisão and Segunda Divisão de Honra . When the LPFP took control of the two nationwide levels, it was renamed Segunda Liga, before renaming it...
, the bottom fully professional league and they are not allowed to compete in the Cup of Portugal either. Players from the first team can be dropped down to the B team though as has happened on mainy occasions, and vice versa.