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Vitória
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Full name Esporte Clube Vitória
Nickname(s) Leão da Barra (Barra's Lion)
Nêgo
Rubro-negro (Red and Black)
Colossal
Founded 13 May 1899; 125 years ago (1899-05-13)
Stadium Barradão
Ground Capacity 30,618
President Fábio Rios Mota
Head coach Léo Condé
League Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Baiano
2022
2022
Série C, 4th of 20 (promoted)
Baiano, 5th of 10
Third colors

Esporte Clube Vitória, commonly referred to as Vitória, is a Brazilian professional club based in Salvador, Bahia founded on 13 May 1899. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, as well as in the Campeonato Baiano, the top flight of the Bahia state football league.

Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium, Manoel Barradas, capacity 35,632. The team plays in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. The stripes have changed over time: they have been sometimes vertical, horizontal, wide and narrow.

The youth system of the club is one of the most successful of the world, holding, between 1995 and 2000, at its peak, at least 21 international titles. Recent names that started playing in the club are Bebeto, Vampeta, Dida, Júnior, Hulk, David Luiz, Dudu Cearense, Marcelo Moreno, Gabriel Paulista and others.

The rivals of Vitória are Esporte Clube Bahia. Their matches are known as Ba–Vi ("Ba" from Esporte Clube Bahia and "Vi" from Esporte Clube Vitória). It is one of the most intense rivalries, consistently ranked among the world's most bitter.

History

The club was founded on May 13, 1899, by the brothers Artur and Artêmio Valente, along with seventeen other young fellows. They were from an old Bahia family, and discovered football during their studies in England. Initially Vitória was a cricket club, named Club de Cricket Victoria, because all of them lived at the Vitória neighborhood, in Salvador.

On May 22, 1901, Vitória played its first football match, at Campo da Pólvora, against International Sport Club, a team whose players were English seamen. Vitória beat International 3–2. Two months after that match, Vitória changed its original colors, which were black and white, to red and black, which are still in use.

ECV Campeão Baiano 1908
1908 Bahia State Champions – Milzen, Álvaro Tarquinio e Mario Pereira; A. C. Martins, Adriano Porto e Noé Nunes; Armando Gordilho, Oscar Alves, Fernando Alves, C. Muller, R. Mc. Nair, Oscar Luz, A. Galeão e Alfredo Seixas.

On September 13, 1903, Vitória beat a club formed by people from São Paulo state, São Paulo Bahia Football Club 2–0 in the club's first official match. In 1908, Vitória won its first title ever, the Campeonato Baiano. They won the next year as well.

From 1910 to 1952, they didn't win any titles because they were still an amateur club. In 1953, the club turned professional, and won its third Baiano honor. Bahia was dominating the state championship, and Vitória only won titles in 1955, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1980, 1985 and 1989.

The club was runner-up in the 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to Palmeiras, with an extremely small payroll. Vitória was champion of Bahia in 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000, becoming the top club of the state for the first time. In the 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Vitória reached the semifinals.

In the 2000s, the Campeonato Baiano trophy was won by Vitória eight out of ten years.

In 2004 Vitória, after a poor campaign, was relegated to the Brazilian Second Division. In 2005, the club competed in the Brazilian second division, finishing 17th, and so was relegated to the Third Division for the first time in its history.

In 2006, Vitória was runner-up of the third division, and was promoted to the Brazilian second division. In 2007, the club was promoted back to the first division after finishing in fourth place. This meant the club had managed to return from the lowest Brazilian national division to its original place in the first division in only two years.

In February 2018 the intense rivalry between Vitória and Esporte Clube Bahia drew international attention when nine players (four from Bahia and five from Vitória) were shown the red card in a State Championship match.

Mascot

The club's mascot is a lion named Lelê Leão (Lion), and according to Vitória's official site, his objective is to stimulate the club's supporters and players on match days.

Competitions record

The competitions record of Vitória's last ten seasons:

     Champion.
     Runner-up.
     Classified for Sudameriana.
     Promoted.
     Relegated.
Year Campeonato Baiano Campeonato Brasileiro Copa do Brasil Copa do Nordeste Copa Sudamericana
Pos Pld W D L Division Pos Pts Pld W D L Pos Pld W D L Pos Pld W D L Pos Pld W D L
2001 10 5 1 4 Série A 16º 36 27 9 9 9 14º 6 3 1 2 15 6 3 6 - - - - -
2002 12 7 3 2 Série A 10º 37 25 11 4 10 25º 4 1 2 1 19 12 3 4 - - - - -
2003 14 9 2 3 Série A 16º 56 46 15 11 20 8 4 0 4 5 3 2 0 - - - - -
2004 14 10 3 1 Série A 23º 48 46 13 9 24 10 5 1 4 - - - - - - - - - -
2005 14 9 5 0 Série B 17º 27 21 7 6 8 23º 4 1 0 3 - - - - - - - - - -
2006 34 21 8 5 Série C 36 32 18 5 9 6 3 2 1 - - - - - - - - - -
2007 28 20 6 2 Série B 59 38 18 5 15 26º 4 1 2 1 - - - - - - - - - -
2008 28 16 4 8 Série A 10º 52 38 15 7 16 26º 3 2 0 1 - - - - - - - - - -
2009 26 19 3 4 Série A 13º 48 38 13 9 16 8 2 4 2 - - - - - 14º 4 1 1 2
2010 22 14 4 4 Série A 17º 42 38 9 15 14 12 7 1 4 16 9 4 3 16º 2 1 0 1
2011 22 14 4 4 Série B 38 17 9 12 46º 2 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
2012 25 13 8 4 Série B 38 21 8 9 9 4 4 1 - - - - - - - - -
... ... ... ... ... ...
2020 13 3 4 2 Série B 14º 48 38 11 15 12 27º 4 1 1 2 8 4 2 2 - - - - -
2021 9 2 5 2 Série B 18º 40 38 8 16 14 14º 6 3 0 3 9 4 4 1 - - - - -
2022 9 3 4 2 Série C 59 25 10 8 7 52º+ 3 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - -
2023 12 3 3 3 Série B 72 38 22 6 10 52º+ 1 0 0 1 14º 8 1 3 4 - - - - -
2024 13 9 2 2 Série A 8 4 2 2 - - - - -

Colours

Its colours are red and black, which made it to be called "Rubro-Negro" ("red-black", in portuguese). In the early years, the club's colours would be green and yellow, but due to difficulty in find the proper materials in these colours, it was chosen to be white and black. That was the colours worn in the inaugural match facing the International Sport Club. The current red-black colours were adopted 3 years later, in 1902.

Many kinds of shirts have been worn by Vitória's players over the years.

1987
1993
2000
2003
2007
2008
2009
2012
2023

2023 kit

home
away
alternative

2024 kit

alternative

Current squad

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Fintelman
Brazil GK Lucas Arcanjo
Brazil GK Maycon Cleiton (on loan from Red Bull Bragantino)
Brazil GK Muriel
Brazil DF Camutanga
Colombia DF Cristián Zapata
Brazil DF João Victor
Brazil DF Reynaldo (on loan from Coritiba)
Brazil DF Wagner Leonardo
Brazil DF Felipe Vieira
Brazil DF Lucas Esteves
Paraguay DF Raúl Cáceres
Brazil DF Patric Calmon
Brazil DF Zeca
Brazil MF Caio Vinícius
Brazil MF Daniel Júnior
Brazil MF Dudu
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Jean Mota
Brazil MF Léo Naldi
Brazil MF Luan Vinícius (on loan from São Paulo)
Brazil MF Luan Vieira
Brazil MF Pablo Baianinho (on loan from Jacuipense)
Brazil MF Rodrigo Andrade
Brazil MF Willian Oliveira
Brazil FW Alerrandro (on loan from Red Bull Bragantino)
Ecuador FW Erick Castillo
Brazil FW Everaldo
Brazil FW Iury Castilho
Brazil FW Léo Gamalho
Brazil FW Luiz Adriano
Brazil FW Mateus Gonçalves
Brazil FW Matheuzinho
Brazil FW Osvaldo
Brazil FW Zé Hugo

Youth team

No. Position Player
Brazil MF José Breno
Brazil FW Fábio Soares

Out on loan

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Pedro (at Campinense until 30 April 2024)
Brazil GK Yuri Sena (at CSA until 30 November 2024)
Brazil DF John (at Confiança until 30 November 2024)
Brazil DF Marco Antônio (at Portuguesa until 30 April 2024)
Brazil DF Mateus Moraes (at Yokohama FC until 31 December 2024)
Brazil MF Alan Pedro (at FC Cascavel until 30 November 2024)
Brazil MF Charlys (at Hellas Verona until 30 June 2024)
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Dionísio (at Brusque until 30 November 2024)
Brazil MF Eduardo (at Portuguesa until 30 April 2024)
Brazil MF Gabriel Santiago (at Ponte Preta until 30 November 2024)
Brazil MF João Pedro (at CRB until 30 November 2024)
Brazil FW Alisson Santos (at Figueirense until 30 November 2024)
Brazil FW Ruan Nascimento (at Figueirense until 30 November 2024)

Honours

National

Runners-up (1): 1993
Winners (1): 2023
Runners-up (1): 1992
Runners-up (1): 2010

Regional

  • Copa do Nordeste
Winners (4): 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010
Runners-up (4): 1998, 2000, 2002

State

  • Campeonato Baiano
Winners (30): 1908, 1909, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1980, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2024

See also

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