In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the primary team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to improve their skills, as well as members of the first team recovering from injury. In some countries, reserve or development teams compete in entirely separate competitions from first teams, while some countries allow reserve teams or farm teams to compete in the same league system as their club's first team, although usually in separate divisions.
44-663: The Windsor Royals , originally known simply as Windsor baseball club and formerly the Windsor Engineers is a baseball club that participates in the Greater Brisbane League competition and Brisbane Metro Baseball competition. The 1948-1954 Windsor Engineers was the foundation of the Royals club, instituted by local Member of Parliament Bob Windsor. The club held its first official meeting on 5 May 1955 and first match two days later at Spencer Park. By 1958
88-470: A combination of emerging youth players and first-team squad players. These teams are distinct from a club's youth team , which usually consists of players under a certain age and plays in an age-specific league. In England, Argentina and the United States the term reserve is commonly used to describe these teams. In Germany and Austria the terms Amateure or II is used, while B team is used in
132-544: A league it cannot enter, that promotion is instead awarded to the best following team. Scotland has two reserve leagues under the umbrella of the SPFL Reserve League , where 27 of the senior clubs competed in its first year, only for several (including Celtic and Rangers ) withdrew to pursue their own programme of fixtures. The predecessor was the SPFL Development League until 2018. It
176-457: A reserve team finishes first in his National 3 group but the club doesn't have a youth center, the promotion is instead awarded to the second. Some clubs even have C or D-sides that play at regional or district levels . In Germany, Hertha BSC II , the reserve team of Hertha Berlin , reached the 1992–93 DFB-Pokal final after their first team were eliminated in the Round of 16. They lost
220-565: A separate Masters competition. Juniors consist of an U20 competition, division one and two U16 and a division one and two U14 competitions. U8, U10 and U12 competitions are run by their respective regions and are non-divisional. The Greater Brisbane League was originally known as the Queensland Baseball Association fixtures, which began in 1946 when six teams entered the competition playing primarily at New Farm Park , Kalinga Park , Langlands Park , Perry Park and
264-457: A team doesn't have a youth center. Reserve teams have not been allowed to play the Coupe de France to serve the non-reserve team's interests. However, if the first team plays or get relegated in the fourth-tiered National 2 , the reserve team is restricted to a fifth-tiered level . If a reserve team finishes first in his National 2 group, the promotion is awarded to the second. Additionally, if
308-581: A top four McIntyre system , with Division 1 playing a best of three series to determine winners. Clubs currently in the Greater Brisbane League are: *Sunshine Coast only field junior (non GBL competitors) and women's teams (GBL competitors) ** The Mackerels Baseball Club currently fields players 11 years to 17 years of age in association with Narangba Demons as the club was established in July 2020 with support from Baseball Qld. Below
352-537: Is a map indicating the locations of all eighteen teams competing in the Greater Brisbane League competition. The Brisbane CBD is represented by the black square. Also note Toowoomba is located off the map to the west: The Commissioners Cup or Commissioners Shield is an annual, end of year event that usually coincides with the Christmas break of the season. It is a one off game in Major A, B and C grades between
396-426: Is officially designated as a third-tier league, and it includes a small number of independent teams not affiliated with an MLS team. Most reserve teams play in the same stadiums or the training stadium for their parent team, but several have been established in alternative or nearby markets. Prior to the establishment of MLS Next Pro, most MLS reserve teams participated in the second-tier USL Pro league (now known as
440-718: Is run by the governing body of Baseball Queensland . To participate in the Greater Brisbane Major League, clubs must meet certain criteria set by Baseball Queensland. Generally the hardest criteria for clubs to meet is to field a team in the junior age levels U14's, U16's and U20's. When this criterion is not met, senior teams may only compete in the South Queensland Baseball League or Pacific League competition. The GBL consists of six senior division teams from Major/Pacific League A and B through to South Queensland League A-C and
484-541: The Brisbane Exhibition Ground . Uniforms were made out of surplus army uniforms and teams made up of many American ex-pat soldiers from World War II and A-Grade cricketers to keep game fit during the off-season. The current format of the league consists of six divisions as well as a concurrently run 'masters' division for players aged over 35 and women's competition. The competition is scheduled to last 16–20 rounds played on Fridays and Sundays between
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#1732801251759528-675: The Copa del Rey final and qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup . During their cup run, they beat four Primera División teams including Hércules CF , Athletic Bilbao , Real Sociedad and Sporting de Gijón . The latter two eventually finished second and third in the Primera División. In the final they played Real Madrid but lost 6–1. However, because Real also won La Liga , Castilla CF qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup. Despite beating West Ham United 3–1 in
572-625: The Logan West Leader , as well as many other regional newspapers such as the Hinterland Grapevine , The Sunshine Coast Daily , Gold Coast Bulletin , Benowa Garden News , and the Mudgee Guardian . Major League results are also covered by the television network 7 and more in depth results are covered by The Sunday Mail and The Courier Mail . Reserve team Reserve teams usually consist of
616-546: The Scottish football league system , but as of 2020 these have been rejected. The South-Korean R League serves as a dedicated competition for reserve teams and has been intermittently active since 1990, with several interruptions and format changes throughout its history. In its current form, the league has been played since 2016. Reserve teams in Spain play in the same league pyramid as their parent club but may not play in
660-730: The Spanish football league system , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , and Portugal . In Norway , these teams are distinguished by a 2 . In the Netherlands , the adjective Jong (young) is commonly used. In England reserve teams of professional clubs play in completely separate leagues and competitions such as the Professional Development League or the Central League , although further down
704-479: The USL Championship ) from 2014 to 2022. The league is operated by United Soccer League , a separate organization from MLS, and included independent teams that signed affiliation pacts with MLS teams. A few other MLS teams fielded their reserve teams in the third-tier USL League One , also operated by USL, and some MLS teams never fielded a reserve side in either USL league. Prior to the arrangement with
748-506: The pyramid , reserve clubs feature in the same system as their parent clubs and can be promoted through the system. They cannot usually play in the same division as their parent team. However, in other countries, reserve teams play in the same football league as their senior team and have competed in the domestic cup competitions. In Spain this has seen the reserve team of CD Málaga change identity and play in La Liga while Castilla CF ,
792-840: The Greater Brisbane Baseball Club Champions award 20 times. This article about a baseball team in Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Greater Brisbane League The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league (GB3) is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as three Gold Coast teams. These are from age groups Little League (U12) through to seniors. It
836-557: The J. League. Most J. League reserve teams these days are in the corresponding regional league. The most successful was JEF United Ichihara Chiba Reserves , who competed in the then national third division, the Japan Football League . (Furukawa Electric Chiba still exists but is no longer affiliated with the JEF club.) In Norway, reserve football teams are permitted to participate at all levels of league football except for
880-529: The USL, MLS ran its own reserve league, the MLS Reserve League , from 2005 to 2014. Since 2016, the U.S. Open Cup has only permitted one team to participate per organization, thus excluding reserve teams if its parent team is participating. MLS attempted to exclusively field its reserve teams in place of its first teams in the 2024 edition to relieve fixture congestion. This proposal was rejected by
924-579: The club had its first junior team and foundation members Stan Holloway and Eddie Tyler were made life members. In 1962 the club was renamed the Windsor Pepsi Pirates and it leased part of Spencer Park and named it Holloway Field , the ground was officially opened on 10 May 1964. It was also the first field to sell advertising space on its home run fence and brick dugouts The club was renamed the Windsor Royals in 1991. The club had
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#1732801251759968-676: The current Greater Brisbane League leaders of the Northside and the Southside. Major A standings are on win percentage, whereas Major B and C-Grade standings are on points. The basics to qualifying for Major League criteria, clubs must have a minimum of: The Greater Brisbane League is covered across many media sources from Quest Community Newspapers including the Redcliffe and Bayside Herald , Caboolture Shire Herald , Albert and Logan News , Pine Rivers Press , Northern Times , and
1012-538: The final 1–0 to Bayer Leverkusen . In the German football league system , however, reserve teams are not allowed to be promoted above the 3. Liga and since 2008–09 have not been allowed to play in the cup competition to serve the non-reserve team's interests. In the 2003–04 season, Bayern Munich 's reserve team won the Regionalliga Süd , a semi-professional league then in the third tier of German football (now
1056-564: The first week of October with the playoffs finishing prior to Easter. Rounds played in Division 1 see teams match up twice in the round, usually on a Friday followed by Sunday. Rainouts are made up mid-week if possible. Division 2 is fixtured essentially as a reserve team for Division 1, playing the same club match ups prior to the Sunday game. Clubs who do not field a Division 1 team may field individual teams in Division 3–6. Playoffs are
1100-647: The fourth), finishing nine points clear of the second-placed FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt . Due to the rule which prohibits one club from having two teams in fully professional leagues, the third-placed 1. FC Saarbrücken was promoted to the Second Bundesliga instead. In 2018, the Italian Football Federation allowed the possibility for Serie A teams to register a reserve Under-23 team in the third-tier Serie C league, with only Juventus taking that opportunity. In 2023, Juventus Next Gen
1144-698: The honour in 1968 to host the second Claxton Shield year for Queensland , the first time a club side has hosted such team on their home ground. Holloway Field has been the venue for many more state games since. The Club's history has included the most Major League Championships in Queensland baseball which now stands at 16, winning in the following years: 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2019 Windsor has also been Runner-up another 16 times in Major League Grand Finals and has made
1188-549: The main club and promoted to professional ranks starting again from regional competitions. As it was mentioned above, farm teams in Ukraine are not necessary denoted with 2 (or 3 ), but could be a separate club that have an agreement with another club. Among examples there are FC Karlivka that used to be called FC Poltava-2 (the second team of FC Poltava ), FC Kalush was known as LUKOR Kalush and Prykarpattia Kalush (the second team of FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk ), FC Krasyliv
1232-633: The opening game at the Bernabéu , they lost the return 5–1 and went out in the first round. Málaga CF was originally formed in 1948 as Atlético Malagueño , the reserve team of CD Málaga . In 1992 CD Málaga was disbanded and two years later Atlético Malagueño were relaunched as Málaga CF. They were eventually promoted to the Primera División in 1999. There was a Reserve League in the Thai Premier League from 2016 onwards. In Ukraine, there are two types of reserve teams, one doubles and
1276-552: The original club would be changed into a new better club. On rare occasions in the professional league competitions were allowed to compete some clubs' academies ( Sports school of Olympic Reserve (SSOR) Metalurh , FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk , others). Until 1999 second teams and third teams were allowed to compete in the Ukrainian Cup . Since 1999–2000 in Ukraine started to talk about reviving some kind of separate competition for such teams or youth competitions. In 2004 there
1320-577: The other dvushky ( dviyky, triyky ) or second teams . The second teams compete in regular league competitions usually in the Ukrainian Second League or lower, some better have competed in the Ukrainian First League (such as FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv ). Also some smaller clubs voluntarily would join bigger club as its farm (Ternopil-Nyva-2, Poltava-2 Karlivka, others), while other would be forced to be revived anew as
1364-414: The post season 48 times. The club has in recent years endured frustration in its quest to win a Major A championship, losing grand finals in 2004, 2010, 2011 and 2012. This broke in 2013 when the Major A team took home the championship with a two-game sweep of Redlands Rays. The team were minor premiers and won a record 21 straight games to take out the championship on 24 March 2013. The Club has also won
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1408-766: The reserve team of Real Madrid , reached the Copa del Rey final, qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup and won the Segunda División . Since 2015, the Bulgarian Football Union allowed Bulgarian teams to have reserve sides in Bulgarian football league system , obliged to play one level below their main side and also can not compete in the Bulgarian Cup . On 26 May 2023, CSKA 1948 II secured first place in Second League ,
1452-497: The reserve teams of Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao respectively, finished as winners and runners-up of the Segunda División. Castilla, Bilbao Athletic and Atlético Madrid B finished third in 1987–88 , 1989–90 and 1998–99 respectively. In normal circumstances, these teams would have all been promoted except for the fact that their senior team was already in the Primera División. In 1980 Castilla CF also reached
1496-540: The same city as their senior team and should not be confused with clubs from sister companies within a keiretsu or otherwise, which were separate clubs competing for the same championships. An example is Toyota Automated Loom Works , founding member of the JSL in 1965, later relegated and now competing in the Aichi Prefecture league, and Toyota Motors , now known as Nagoya Grampus , founding member and mainstay of
1540-447: The same division with their primary team (senior team). On several occasions, the second team of Dynamo Kyiv ( Dynamo-2 Kyiv ) won the Ukrainian First League , but was not allowed to be promoted to premiers where the primary team of Dynamo Kyiv competes due to the rule. As any rules there are some exceptions, the second team of FC Nyva Ternopil ( FC Ternopil ) were allowed promotion to the same division after it lost its affiliation with
1584-469: The same division. Since 1990 reserve teams are restricted to play in Copa del Rey . In 1951–52 CD Mestalla , the reserve team of Valencia CF , won the Segunda División promotion play-off but were denied promotion because their senior team was already in the Primera División . The following season CD España Industrial , the reserve team of FC Barcelona , also finished as runners-up in
1628-538: The same play-off but were similarly denied. However, after winning another promotion play-off in 1956, España Industrial separated from FC Barcelona and were renamed CD Condal . The club were now able to be promoted to the Primera División. However, they survived only one season and were relegated in 1957. In 1968 the club rejoined the FC Barcelona family as the reserve team and eventually evolved into FC Barcelona B . In 1983–84 Castilla CF and Bilbao Athletic ,
1672-460: The second level of Bulgarian football, becoming the first reserve team to become a champion of the league. Clubs are also allowed have third teams in the league system. In France, the reserve teams of professional clubs playing in Ligue 1 , Ligue 2 or National is restricted to play in fourth-tier Championnat National 2 if the club has a youth center or in fifth-tier Championnat National 3 if
1716-408: The two highest divisions, making the 2. divisjon the highest league they can enter. However, if the first team plays in the second-tiered 1. divisjon , the reserve team is restricted to a fourth-tier league , maintaining a league difference of two. Reserve teams bear the same name as their respective first teams with a "2" attached as a suffix. If a reserve team ends the season in a promotion spot to
1760-555: Was also transformed into Premier Liha. In 2012, there was introduced additional competition in Premier Liha, the under-19 championship (see Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 ). All these youth competitions "cleaned" the lower league structure of the second teams, but some clubs continue field them at national or regional levels. In Ukraine, second teams act same as farm teams and they do not have an age restriction as youth teams. Second teams are not allowed to compete in
1804-608: Was described as a development league for under-20s, but teams could field up to five over-age players in each game. Reserve teams (limited to under-21 players) of the clubs in the Scottish Premiership enter the Scottish Challenge Cup for lower division clubs (and some entrants from other parts of the British Isles). Proposals have been made by the bigger clubs to have 'B teams' placed into
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1848-545: Was joined by Atalanta Under-23 . In 2024, AC Milan became the third Italian club to form a reserve team, with the creation of Milan Futuro . From the days of the old Japan Soccer League , Japan allowed reserve teams to play in the main league system . Even today reserve teams of J. League clubs are allowed to compete in the Emperor's Cup . These teams were never promoted to the top flight due to their senior squad's presence there. Reserve clubs were usually localized in
1892-506: Was known as FC Krasyliv-Obolon as the second team of FC Obolon Kyiv , and there are other examples. Major League Soccer , the highest level of competition in the United States soccer league system , runs its own distinct reserve league, MLS Next Pro , which began play in 2022. Since the United States does not use promotion and relegation , there is no risk of reserve teams having to compete against their parent teams. MLS Next Pro
1936-477: Was organized competition for the Vyshcha Liha teams doubles. Some doubles were formed out of already existing second teams, other clubs kept their second teams as well as created additional doubles. It certainly reduced the number of second teams in regular league competitions as well eliminated some farm clubs. In 2008, championship among doubles was transitioned to youth competition (under-21) as Vyshcha Liha
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