Sport Lisboa e Benfica B was a Portuguese

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 team based in Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

. Founded in 1999 and dissolved in 2006, it was 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 S.L. Benfica, and also held home games at Estádio da Luz.

Reserve teams in Portugal played in the same football pyramid as their senior team, rather than a separate league. However, they could not play in the same division as their main team, thus being ineligible for promotion. Reserve teams also were not also permitted to enter in the Portuguese Cup

Taça de Portugal

The Taça de Portugal is the main Portuguese national football knock-out competition. The tournament has been officially known as the Taça de Portugal Millennium since 2008, due to its sponsorship by Portuguese private bank Millennium BCP. It has occurred on a yearly basis since 1938 and is...

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History

Benfica B started competing in 1999–2000, as S.L. Benfica sought a way to provide playing time for its youth players and reserves. After three seasons in the third 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...

, it suffered relegation to the fourth level

Portuguese Third Division

The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa is the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portuguese pyramid but with the creation of the Liga de Honra in 1990–91, it became the fourth level...

, where it would spend a further three years.

The team achieved promotion to division three 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

Liga Intercalar

The Liga Intercalar or Reserves Championship is an alloy that serves mainly to rotate players less used or junior players and players returning from injury....

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Famous players

João Coimbra

João Coimbra

João Carlos Amaral Marques Coimbra is a Portuguese footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia in the Portuguese second division, as a midfielder.-Football career:...

 Manuel Fernandes Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes

Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes

Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Hércules CF in Spain, mainly as a central midfielder.-Football career:...

 Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes

Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes

Tiago Henrique Damil Gomes is a Portuguese footballer who plays for G.D. Estoril Praia as a left defender.-Football career:...

 José Moreira

José Moreira

José Filipe da Silva Moreira OIH is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Swansea City in Wales, as a goalkeeper.-Early years:...

 João Pereira Hélio Pinto

Helio Pinto

Hélio José Ribeiro Pinto is a Portuguese footballer who plays for APOEL F.C. in Cyprus, as a midfielder.-Football career:A product of S.L...

 Hélio Roque

Hélio Roque

Hélio José Lopes Roque is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Nea Salamis Famagusta FC on loan from AEL Limassol in Cyprus, as a midfielder.-Club career:...

 João Vilela

João Vilela

João Pedro Ferreira Vilela is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Gil Vicente F.C. in the Portuguese first division, as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:...

 Miguel Vítor

Miguel Vítor

Miguel Ângelo Leonardo Vítor is a Portuguese footballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a central defender.-Club career:...

 Nicolás Canales

Nicolas Canales

Nicolás Canales is a Chilean international footballer and he currently plays for Palestino. Canales was part of Benfica B's...

 Yu Dabao

Yu Dabao

Yu Dabao is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Tianjin Teda in China Super League.Yu Dabao is a striker, being regarded as one of the best prospects in China alongside Dong Fangzhuo of Dalian Haichang...