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B-SAD

Portuguese football club (2018-2024)

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B-SAD was a Portuguese professional football club based in Almada, which existed between 2018 and 2024. It originated from the professional football company (SAD; Sociedade Anónima Desportiva) formerly associated with Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, following a legal and institutional separation between the historic club and its SAD in 2018. Competing initially under the name Belenenses SAD, the club played four seasons in the Primeira Liga between 2018 and 2022, before successive relegations to Liga Portugal 2 and Liga 3.

After a failed merger attempt with Cova da Piedade in 2023, B-SAD was excluded from the national league system and continued in the Setúbal Football Association district competitions. In September 2024, the club was dissolved following a merger with Club Desportivo Portalegrense, formally ending its existence as an independent sporting entity. In December 2024, Os Belenenses confirmed a comprehensive legal settlement that definitively separated the historic club's identity, honours, and symbols from the defunct SAD.

02Footballing history

Under manager Silas, B-SAD played its first game on 28 July 2018, a 3-1 home win over U.D. Oliveirense in the first round of the Taça da Liga, with Fredy scoring the first goal. The team's first Primeira Liga game was a win at C.D. Tondela on 11 August with the only goal coming from the same player. In February 2019, due to a temporary unavailability of the Estádio Nacional, B-SAD rented Estádio do Bonfim, around sixty kilometres away in Setúbal, for two home games. The game against Moreirense F.C. at this ground on 4 February was attended by 298 spectators, the lowest in the history of the league.

Silas was dismissed in September 2019, being replaced by under-23 manager Pedro Ribeiro, who quit in January with the team one point above the relegation positions. Former Portugal international Petit replaced him, reaching the quarter-finals of the Taça de Portugal in 2020-21, where the team were eliminated 3-1 by S.L. Benfica.

On 19 October 2021, having needed a goal in the last minute of extra time to defeat minnows Berço SC in the cup, Petit resigned with eight months of his contract remaining. The team had earned four points and no wins in the first eight games of the league campaign. In November, under his replacement Filipe Cândido, the team fielded just 9 available players including two goalkeepers in a league match against Benfica, due to an outbreak of Omicron variant. This resulted to a 7-0 loss at halftime and the match was eventually abandoned in the early minutes of the second half. Youth manager Franclim Carvalho was promoted to the first team in January as the third manager of a season that ended in relegation to the second tier with a last place finish in the first tier.

B-SAD played for one season in Liga Portugal 2, coming 16th and qualifying for the promotion/relegation playoff. The team had the season's worst defense, conceding 59 goals in 34 games. In the play-off, its final games before the merger with Cova da Piedade, the team lost 2-1 on aggregate to Länk FC Vilaverdense to begin its new life in Liga 3. However, after a failed merger with Cova da Piedade, their license was revoked and B-SAD subsequently reformed and relocated to Almada to play in the Setúbal district championships, the lowest tier of Portuguese football.

03League and cup history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup
2018-19 1D 9 3410311 425143 Fourth round Third round
2019-20 1D 15 349817 275435 Fourth round Second round
2020-21 1D 10 3491312 252540 Quarter-finals Did not participate
2021-22 1D 18 3451118 235526 Fifth round First round
2022-23 2D 16 349817 415935 Quarter-finals Group stage
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