Sporting CP B

Sporting CP B was founded in 2000 and competed in the third division of the Portuguese football league system until the end of the 2003/2004 season, when it was dissolved. It was during this period of the B team that Cristiano Ronaldo made his domestic senior football competition debut, in a 2–1 defeat at the S.C. Lusitânia ground on 1 September 2002. His senior football debut happened on 14 August 2002, in the first team, against Inter Milan on the second leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. In May 2012, the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional announced several changes to the second division of the Portuguese football league system, including an increase in the number of participating teams through the incorporation of five B teams from Primeira Liga clubs, including Sporting CP B. This change increased the number of matches to 42 per season and was implemented in the 2012/2013 season. In their first season after returning, Sporting B finished in fourth place (all-time best position), under the management of coaches Oceano Cruz and José Dominguez. At the start of the 2013/2014 season, Sporting B represented the club in the Taça de Honra, played at the Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, due to the first team being in the United States playing pre-season matches. After defeating SL Benfica B in the semi-final, it beat the reserve team of G.D. Estoril Praia on penalties, winning the first trophy in the team's history. In the 2017/2018 season, the…