Esporte Clube Bahia
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| Full name | Esporte Clube Bahia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Tricolor (three-coloured) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 66,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Petrônio Barradas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Arturzinho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Brazilian Série C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Brazilian Série B, 18th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Esporte Clube Bahia is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia (Brazil), founded on January 1, 1931. They won the first national championship ever in Brazil by beating Pelé's Santos in 1959. They have also won the Brazilian Championship in 1988.
Games are played in both the Fonte Nova stadium, capacity 68,000, and the Pituaçu, capacity 20,000. The team plays in white shirts, blue shorts and red socks.
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[edit] History
In 1930, players of two clubs, Associação Atlética da Bahia and Clube Bahiano de Tênis decided to found a new club, because their former clubs stopped their football divisions. The club was founded under the slogan “Nascido para vencer” (Born to Win, in English) on January 1, 1931, and Otávio Carvalho was provisionally nominated the club's first president.
On February 20, 1931, Bahia joins Liga Bahiana de Desportos Terrestres, today known as Federação Bahiana de Futebol.
On February 20, 1931, Bahia had their first training day ever, at Campo da AAB, in Quinta da Barra, Salvador.
The club played its first match on March 1, 1931, a Torneio Início match (the matches had a duration of 20 minutes each), when they beat Ypiranga 2-0. The goals were scored by Bayma and Guarany. Bahia players in this match were Teixeira Gomes; Leônidas and Gueguê; Milton, Canoa and Gia; Bayma, Guarany, Gambarrota and Pega-Pinto. The club was managed by João Barbosa. In the same day, Bahia won the Torneio Início competition.
On March 22, 1931, Bahia played its first state championship match. In April of the same year, Bahia was defeated in its first international match, against Sud América of Uruguay. On October 11, Bahia played its first intermunicipal match, when they beat Vitória of Ilhéus 5-4.
On October 25, 1931, Bahia won its first state championship.
On December 12, 1939, Bahia beat its greatest rival, Esporte Clube Vitória 10-1. This is the biggest score ever in the derby.
In 1988, Bahia won its first national championship.
In 2005, the club disputed the Brazilian Second Division, ending in 18th, being relegated to the Third Division.
[edit] Symbols
Bahia colors are the Blue, Red and White. The blue color is a homage of Associação Atlética da Bahia; the white, of Clube Baiano de Tênis; and the red, it's a color present in the Bahia State flag
[edit] Logo
Bahia's logo was inspired in the logo of SC Corinthians Paulista. The anchor was retreat and the flag of São Paulo state, changed to the Bahia State flag. The black changed to blue and in the place of de S. C. Corinthians Paulista - 1910, it was put Esporte Clube Bahia - 1931.
[edit] Mascot
The club's mascot is called Super-Homem Tricolor, meaning Tricolor Superman, inspired by the DC Comics character. The mascot was created by the famous cartoonist Ziraldo based on the expression “Esquadrão de Aço” (Steel Squad in English) and wears a costume very similar to the Superman's costume.
[edit] Titles
- Taça Brasil in 1959.
- Brazilian Championship in 1988.
- Campeonato do Nordeste in 2001 and 2002.
- Copa Norte/Nordeste in 1948, 1959, 1961 and 1963
- Forty-two state championships.
[edit] Some famous players
- Alencar
- Baiaco
- Beijoca
- Bobô
- Carlito
- Charles
- Cláudio Adão
- Daniel Alves. Still active, plays for Sevilla FC in Spain.
- Douglas
- Eliseu
- Mário
- Marito
- Nadinho
- Roberto Rebouças
- Rodolfo Rodríguez
- José Sanfilippo
- Sergio Claudio dos Santos . Known as Serginho. Still active, plays for AC Milan in Italy.
[edit] Stadium
Bahia's stadium is Estádio Fonte Nova, inaugurated in 1951, with a maximum capacity of 68,000 people.
