FC Porto B 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
1999–2000 S.L. Benfica season benefited from the points-share and Benfica fell to six points behind Porto. On 12 January the club hosted Amora for the Portuguese Cup, scoring seven goals against the third-tier team. Three days later, Benfica visited Funchal and nearly lost; "Record" labelled Enke's performance as crucial for Benfica, illustrating, "In the key moment of the game, when Enke defended a penalty in the 10th minute, he saved Benfica from leaving Funchal with a defeat. In a sluggish performance, only new signings Uribe and Machairidis showed good form." On Matchday 18, Benfica hosted Rio Ave, winning their first league game in a