Esporte Clube Bahia (Portuguese pronunciation: [isˈpɔʁtʃi ˈklubi baˈi.ɐ]), known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Brazil's second tier league.

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Bahia

Full name	Esporte Clube Bahia
Nickname(s)	EC Bahia Tricolor Bahiaço (mix of Bahia and aço, steel) Baêa Tricolor de aço (tricolor of steel) Esquadrão de aço (Steel squadron)
Founded	January 1, 1931; 91 years ago (1931-01-01)
Ground	Arena Fonte Nova
Capacity	47,907
President	Guilherme Bellintani[1]
Head coach	Enderson Moreira
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Baiano
2022 2021	Série B, 4th of 20 (promoted) Baiano, 4th of 10
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Bahia has won the Brasileirão title twice: in the 1959 season, defeating the Santos' Santásticos which contained figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and Pelé, in the finals and in the 1988 season Bahia edged Internacional. Bahia has only appeared in the Copa Libertadores three times, reaching the quarterfinals in 1989, Bahia's best-ever performance. The club has also won their state title a record 49 times.

The 2000s have seen the club win only four state titles. Bahia was demoted to the Série B in 2003 and demoted, for the first time ever, to the Série C in 2005, spending two seasons at the bottom of the Brazilian league system. In 2007, they were promoted back to the second level, and in 2010 the club found itself back in the Série A, after eight seasons. Bahia had played its home games with 66,080 people capacity Estádio Fonte Nova since 1951 but after a section of the stadium collapsed in 2007, the Tricolor played at the Estádio de Pituaçu. With the reopening of the Fonte Nova stadium in 2013 as the Arena Fonte Nova, a modern arena built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Bahia resumed playing its matches there. The club's home uniform consists of white shirts with blue shorts and red socks. It has a long-standing rivalry with the Vitória and matches between the two sides are known as Ba–Vi. Players

History

Early years and the first national title

The Esporte Clube Bahia was founded in 1931 when players from two clubs decided to merge. The Associação Atlética da Bahia and the Clube Bahiano de Tênis had decided to discontinue their football divisions. A few years later Bahia became the most popular team in the Northeast of Brazil.^{[citation needed]}

In the club's first year, Bahia won the Torneio Inicio and Bahia State Championship. The first Bahia president was Waldemar Costa, a doctor. Bahia's crest is based on Corinthians'^{[citation needed]}. Bahia's state flag, created by Raimundo Magalhães, was used in place of the São Paulo state flag.

The team was founded with the motto "Nasceu para Vencer" (Born to Win). Bahia won 44 State Championships, 18 more than the Vitória (their rival club), and was the first club to participate in Taça Libertadores da America in 1960.

Between 1959 and 1963, and in 1968, the club represented the state of Bahia in Taça Brasil (the precursor of the Brazilian Championship), winning the title in 1959 and finishing as runner-up in 1961 and 1963.

The 1980s and the second national title

The 1980s were the best in Bahia's history. Bahia won their second national title in 1988, finishing 5th in 1986 and 4th in 1990.

In 1989, Bahia won its second Brazilian Championship against the Internacional from Porto Alegre Bahia won the first leg in Salvador by 2–1. The second leg ended in an 0–0 tie-in Porto Alegre at the Beira Rio Stadium. After these results, Bahia won the Brasileirão, their second national title. The championship gave Bahia the right to play Copa Libertadores for the third time. It was a shock for the southern press ^{[citation needed]} because Salvador is in the Northeast and the victory was over the Internacional, a team from southern Brazil, the region that has the highest Human Development Index in the country.

Dark years

In 1997, Bahia was relegated to the Série B for the first time in its history after a 0–0 draw against the Juventude at the Fonte Nova stadium. In 1999 Bahia was close to being promoted to the Série A again. Bahia had a very good season but finished in 3rd place, which was not enough to see them promoted.

In 2000, due to bribery scandals involving clubs such as the São Paulo and the Internacional, the team returned to the Brazilian First Division, invited by the Clube dos 13, along with the Fluminense, which was made a scapegoat for the controversy and was nationally victimized by the media (see Copa João Havelange).

In 2002 the bank that had sponsored the team went bankrupt and the Bahia began a descent down the Brazilian football pyramid. After the title of the Northeast Cup in 2001 and 2002, Bahia performed poorly in 2003 and was relegated to the Série B for the second time in the club's history. In 2004, the team was close to getting promoted to the Série A again, finishing 4th. In order to be promoted, Bahia would have to win the final match against the Brasiliense, but the referee Paulo César de Oliveira was assigned to that match and many people ^[who?] say he was all but fair on that day. In 2005, the club again competed in the Série B, finishing in 18th place, and was relegated to the Série C for the first time in the club's history.

Fênix tricolor (tricolored phoenix)

Bahia finished 2007 among the first four teams of the Third Division and was promoted to the Second Division for the 2008 season. The Bahia began strongly, but in the last game of the 3rd stage of the Série C against the already-eliminated Fast Club, Bahia needed a win to advance to the final. The victory came in the last minute of the game with a goal scored by Charles. In the final, the team finished the third division in 2nd place, only losing the title in the final round.^{[citation needed]} This moment is called the "Fênix Tricolor" amongst Bahia fans.^{[citation needed]} The phoenix represents Bahia rising from the ashes.

Despite playing in the Third Division of Brazilian football in 2007, Bahia had the largest average attendance in Brazil: 40,400 people per match.^{[citation needed]} No club in the Third, the Second, or even the First Division was able to match it.^{[citation needed]} However, this is not unusual for Bahia, having also achieved the biggest average attendance in Brazil in 2004 (Second Division), 1988 (First Division), 1986 (First Division), and 1985 (First Division).^{[citation needed]}

Recent years

From 2010 to 2014 Bahia remained in the first division. In 2013, a fan takeover lead the club to pursue more left-wing and socially engaged politics, focusing on racism, LGBTQ rights, the demarcation of indigenous lands and the treatment of female fans in football stadiums. At the same time, they have managed to reduce ticket prices, increase revenues, pay off some of the debt that was crippling the club and improve their results on the pitch. [2]

In 2014 they were relegated to the second division again but came back in 2016. In 2017 they are playing in the first division. After 22 years out of international competition, Bahia returned in 2012 when they qualified for the Copa Sul-Americana. In addition, they won the 2012, 2014, and 2015 Bahia State Championship and the Northeast Cup in 2017.

In February 2018 the intense rivalry between Bahia and Esporte Clube Vitória drew international attention when ten players (five from each team) were shown the red card in a State Championship match.[3]

Symbols

Bahia's colors are blue, red, and white. The blue color pays homage to the Associação Atlética da Bahia; white, to the Clube Baiano de Tênis; and red for the Bahia state flag. The club's mascot is called Super-Homem Tricolor (Tricolor Superman) and was inspired by the DC Comics character. The mascot was created by the famous cartoonist Ziraldo based on the expression "Esquadrão de Aço" (Steel Squad) and wears a costume very similar to the original Superman's costume, which shares the team's colors.

Stadium

Bahia played at the Fonte Nova stadium from its inauguration in 1951 until November 2007. During the game against the Vila Nova (during Bahia's promotion campaign) a part of the stadium collapsed. Seven people died and more than 30 were injured.

After that episode, the state government declared that the stadium would be demolished. A new stadium was built on the site for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Some notable games at the Fonte Nova:

• Bahia : Internacional 2–1 (Série A – Final – 1988)
• Bahia : Fluminense 2–1 (Série A – Semi-finals – 1988)
• Bahia : Flamengo 4–1 (Série A – 2000)
• Bahia : Sport Recife 3–1 (Northeast Cup – Final – 2001)
• Bahia : Fast Club 1–0 (Série C – 3rd Stage – 2007)

In April, the Bahia was back to the Arena Fonte Nova

League record

National league

Season Tier Division Place Copa do Brasil 2008 2 B 10th First round 2009 2 B 12th Second round 2010 2 B 3rd Second round 2011 1 A 14th Round of 16 2012 1 A 15th Quarterfinals 2013 1 A 12th Second round 2014 1 A 18th Third round 2015 2 B 9th Third round 2016 2 B 4th Second round 2017 1 A 12th Second round 2018 1 A 11th Quarterfinals 2019 1 A 11th Quarterfinals 2020 1 A 14th First round 2021 1 A 18th Round of 16 2022 2 B TBD TBD 40 seasons in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 10 seasons in Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2 seasons in Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Regional leagues Season Tier Division Place 1931 1 A 3rd 1932 1 A 2nd 1933 1 A 1st 1934 1 A 1st 1935 1 A 3rd 1936 1 A 1st 1937 1 A 4th 1938 1 A 1st 1939 1 A 4th 1940 1 A 1st 1941 1 A 2nd 1942 1 A 3rd 1943 1 A 4th 1944 1 A 5th 1945 1 A 1st 1946 1 A 5th 1947 1 A 1st 1948 1 A 1st 1949 1 A 1st 1950 1 A 1st Season Tier Division Place Taça Brasil 1951 1 A 3rd 1952 1 A 1st 1953 1 A 2nd 1954 1 A 1st 1955 1 A 2nd 1956 1 A 1st 1957 1 A 2nd 1958 1 A 1st 1959 1 A 1st Champions 1960 1 A 1st Zone finals 1961 1 A 1st Runners-up 1962 1 A 1st Zone semififinals 1963 1 A 2nd Runners-up 1964 1 A 2nd 1965 1 A 5th 1966 1 A 6th 1967 1 A 1st 1968 1 A 4th Zone finals 1969 1 A 2nd 1970 1 A 1st Season Tier Division Place 1971 1 A 1st 1972 1 A 2nd 1973 1 A 1st 1974 1 A 1st 1975 1 A 1st 1976 1 A 1st 1977 1 A 1st 1978 1 A 1st 1979 1 A 1st 1980 1 A 3rd 1981 1 A 1st 1982 1 A 1st 1983 1 A 1st 1984 1 A 1st 1985 1 A 2nd 1986 1 A 1st 1987 1 A 1st 1988 1 A 1st 1989 1 A 2nd 1990 1 A 3rd Season Tier Division Place Copa do Nordeste 1991 1 A 1st 1992 1 A 2nd 1993 1 A 1st 1994 1 A 1st Semifinals 1995 1 A 3rd 1996 1 A 3rd 1997 1 A 2nd Runners-up 1998 1 A 1st Second round 1999 1 A 1st Runners-up 2000 1 A 2nd Group stage 2001 1 A 1st Champions 2002 1 A 3rd Champions 2003 1 A 9th 2004 1 A 2nd 2005 1 A 2nd 2006 1 A 3rd 2007 1 A 2nd 2008 1 A 2nd 2009 1 A 2nd 2010 1 A 2nd First round Season Tier Division Place Copa do Nordeste 2011 1 A 3rd 2012 1 A 1st 2013 1 A 2nd Group stage 2014 1 A 1st Group stage 2015 1 A 1st Runners-up 2016 1 A 2nd Semifinals 2017 1 A 2nd Champions 2018 1 A 1st Runners-up 2019 1 A 1st Group stage 2020 1 A 1st Runners-up 2021 1 A 4th Champions 2022 1 A TBD TBD Honors Only senior titles are listed below. National Série A Winners (2): 1959, 1988 Runners-up (2): 1961, 1963 Regional Copa Nordeste: Winners (4): 2001, 2002, 2017, 2021 Runners-up (4): 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018 State Campeonato Baiano Winners (49): 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1938,[4] 1940, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999,[5] 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 Runners-up (19): 1941, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1972, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2017 Other Taça Norte-Nordeste: Winners (3): 1959, 1961, 1963 Runners-up (3): 1960, 1962, 1968 Taça Estado da Bahia Winners (3): 2000, 2002, 2007 Runners-up (2): 2004, 2006 Torneio Início Winners (9): 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1964, 1967, 1979 U-20 Winners (16): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014 Friendly tournaments Copa International Renner Winners (1): 1997 Taça Maria Quitéria Winners (1): 1998 Taça Bernardo Martins Catharino Winners (3): 1953, 1954, 1955 Taça Bahia-Pernambuco Winners (2): 1993, 1994 U-20 International Football Tournament in Marseille (France) Winners (2): 2001, 2002 Trofeo "Angelo Dossena" – Torneo Internazionale di Calcio (Italy) Winners (1): 2011 Current squad First team As of 13 June 2022 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Danilo Fernandes 2 DF  BRA Douglas Borel 3 DF  BRA Luiz Otávio 4 DF  BRA Ignácio 5 MF  BRA Rezende 6 DF  BRA Luiz Henrique (on loan from Juventus-SP) 7 MF  BRA Marco Antonio 9 FW  COL Hugo Rodallega 10 MF  BRA Daniel 11 FW  BRA Raí 12 GK  BRA César 13 DF  BRA André 15 DF  BRA Marcinho 16 MF  BRA Ricardo Goulart 17 MF  BRA Emerson Santos (on loan from Botafogo-SP) 19 MF  ARG Lucas Mugni 22 FW  BRA Everton 23 DF  BRA Henrique No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  BRA Jonathan 26 GK  BRA Denis Júnior 29 FW  BRA Vítor Jacaré 32 GK  BRA Matheus Teixeira 36 FW  COL Jonathan Copete (on loan from Avaí) 37 FW  BRA Rildo (on loan from Grêmio) 38 DF  BRA Zé Vitor 42 MF  BRA Miqueias 44 DF  BRA Gabriel Xavier 45 MF  BRA Patrick de Lucca 47 MF  BRA Gregory 49 FW  BRA Marcelo Ryan 53 DF  BRA Didi 75 MF  BRA Lucas Falcão (on loan from Avaí) 77 GK  BRA Mateus Claus 79 DF  BRA Matheus Bahia 88 FW  BRA Matheus Davó (on loan from Corinthians) 99 MF  BRA Warley (on loan from XV de Piracicaba) For recent transfers, see List of Brazilian football transfers winter 2019–20. Under-23 team As of 3 February 2022[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA João Pedro — GK  BRA Leandro — DF  BRA Felipe Torres — DF  BRA Pedro Borges — DF  BRA Wesley — MF  BRA Domingos — MF  BRA Luiz Felipe No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Ramon — FW  BRA Brenner — FW  BRA Choco — FW  BRA João Vitor — FW  BRA Riquelme — FW  BRA Thiago Rosa Out on loan Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Felipinho (to ABC until 30 November 2022) — DF  BRA Mayk (to Retrô until 30 November 2022) No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Lucas Araújo (to Sampaio Corrêa until 30 November 2022) — FW  BRA Gustavo Custódio (to Caxias until 30 November 2022) Managers Carlos Volante (1959) Paulo Amaral (1967–68) Manuel Fleitas Solich (1970–71) Sylvio Pirillo (1972) Evaristo de Macedo (1973) Zezé Moreira (1978–79) Aymoré Moreira (1981–82) Paulinho (1985), (1987) Evaristo de Macedo (1988–89) René Simões (1989) Candinho (1990–91) Gílson Nunes (1992) Joel Santana (1994) Júlio César Leal (1995) Geninho (1997) Evaristo de Macedo (1998) Joel Santana (1999) Evaristo de Macedo (2001) Candinho (2002–03) Evaristo de Macedo (2003) Lula Pereira (Aug 18, 2003 – Oct 27, 2003) Edinho (Oct 28, 2003 – Dec 18, 2003) Vadão (Jan 11, 2004 – Dec 17, 2004) Zetti (April 19, 2005 – June 20, 2005) Mauro Fernandes (April 7, 2006 – July 26, 2006) Lula Pereira (Oct 16, 2006 – Dec 5, 2006) Paulo Comelli (Dec 4, 2007 – June 2, 2008) Arturzinho (June 4, 2008 – Feb 2, 2009) Ferdinando Teixeira (Oct 4, 2008 – Dec 15, 2008) Alexandre Gallo (Dec 16, 2008 – July 7, 2009) Paulo Comelli (July 8, 2009 – Aug 1, 2009) Sérgio Guedes (Aug 2, 2009 – Sept 28, 2009) Paulo Bonamigo (Sept 29, 2009 – Dec 3, 2009) Renato Gaúcho (Dec 13, 2009 – Aug 10, 2010) Márcio Araújo (Aug 11, 2010 – Dec 2, 2010) Rogério Lourenço (Dec 7, 2010 – Feb 7, 2011) Vágner Benazzi (Feb 17, 2011 – April 10, 2011) Renê Simões (April 14, 2011 – Sept 2, 2011) Joel Santana (Sept 4, 2011 – Feb 2, 2012) Paulo Roberto Falcão (Feb 7, 2012 – July 20, 2012) Caio Júnior (July 21, 2012 – Aug 27, 2012) Jorginho (Aug 28, 2012 – April 7, 2013) Joel Santana (April 8, 2013 – May 13, 2013) Cristóvão Borges (May 17, 2013 – Dec 9, 2013) Marquinhos Santos (Dec 12, 2013 – July 28, 2014) Gilson Kleina (Aug 13, 2014 – Nov 11, 2014) Charles Fabian (2014) Sergio Soares (2015) Charles Fabian (2015) Doriva (2016) Guto Ferreira (2016–2017) Jorginho (2017) Preto Casagrande (2017) Paulo César Carpegiani (Oct 2017 - Dec 2017) Guto Ferreira (Dec 2017 - Jun 2018) Enderson Moreira (Jun 2018 - Mar 2019) Roger Machado (Apr 2019 - Sep 2020) Mano Menezes (Sep 2020 - Dec 2020) Dado Cavalcanti (Dec 2020 - Aug 2021) Diego Dabove (Aug 2021 - Oct 2021) Guto Ferreira (Oct 2021 - Jun 2022) Enderson Moreira (Jun 2022 - ) References "Guilherme Bellintani". Esporte Clube Bahia. Retrieved December 23, 2017. Law, Joshua (November 13, 2019). "How Bahia became the most progressive football club in Brazil". the Guardian. Retrieved August 13, 2022. "Vitoria v Bahia abandoned after 10 red cards and eight yellows". February 18, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk. Two championships were organized in 1938.the other one was won by Botafogo. The 1999 title was shared with Vitória. "Time de transição" [Transition squad] (in Brazilian Portuguese). EC Bahia. Retrieved January 18, 2020. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Esporte Clube Bahia. Look up Bahia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Official website

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