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This page is about the Portuguese football club. For the Capeverdian football team, see Boavista FC (Cape Verde). For Portuguese futsal team, see Boavista F.C. (futsal). For Brazilian football team, see Boavista SC. For other uses of Boavista, see Boa Vista.
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Boavista
Boavista F.C. logo.svg
Full name Boavista Futebol Clube
Nickname(s) Os Axadrezados
(The Chequered ones)
Boavisteiros
As Panteras
(The Panthers)
Os pretos e brancos (The black and whites)
Founded 1 August 1903; 121 years ago (1903-08-01)
Ground Estádio do Bessa
Ground Capacity 28,263
Owner Gérard López
President Fary Faye
Head coach Cristiano Bacci
League Primeira Liga
2023–24 Primeira Liga, 15th of 18

Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (Portuguese pronunciation: [boɐˈviʃtɐ]), is a Portuguese professional sports club from the Boavista neighborhood [pt] of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and plays in the Primeira Liga, Portuguese football's top flight.

Boavista grew to become an important sports club in Portugal, with sections dedicated to several sports including football, chess, gymnastics, bicycle racing, futsal, volleyball, rink hockey and boxing, among others, with the most notable being the football section with their trademark chequered white and black shirts.

With 9 major domestic trophies won (1 Championship, 5 Portuguese Cups and 3 domestic Super Cups, all during the presidencies of Valentim Loureiro or João Loureiro, of the Loureiro family), Boavista is the most decorated Portuguese football club after the "Big Three" (Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP). Boavista spent 39 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga (50 in total) and, together with Belenenses, is the only team outside the "Big Three" to have won the Portuguese Championship, in the 2000–01 season. Boavista has a rivalry with fellow city club Porto; the matches between the clubs are sometimes called O Derby da Invicta.

Its stadium, Estádio do Bessa, was built in 1973, although football has been played there at the former 'Campo do Bessa' since the 1910s, and was revamped for use in Euro 2004.

History

Foundation and the chequered shirts (1903–1933)

Equipa de futebol do Boavista Futebol Club, 1923
Boavista in June 1923, in their previous all-black shirts.

The club was founded on 1 August 1903, in the Boavista area of the western part of the city of Porto, by two English brothers, Harry and Dick Lowe. Having received an imported football from their father in England, they founded The Boavista Footballers, and an early rival was another English club in the city, the Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club. The team had an early schism as its British contingent refused to play on Sundays due to their Anglican faith, while the Catholic locals could only play on Sundays due to work commitments; the locals won, drastically changing the demographics of the club. In 1910 the current name was adopted, and on 11 April that year the ground now occupied by the Estádio do Bessa was inaugurated with a match against Leixões SC. In 1913–14, the team won the inaugural Porto Football Association.

In the 1920s the club increased the number of sports practiced. The team boasted "the best defensive trio of the North": goalkeeper Casoto and defenders Lúzia and Óscar Vasques de Carvalho. In the following decade, the club lobbied for the legalisation of professionalism after being sanctioned, having been investigated after complaining that FC Porto had paid Boavista's Nova to join them. In 1933, the club adopted its black-and-white shirts, based on a French team that club president Artur Oliveira Valença had watched.

League entry and golden 1970s (1934–1980)

Boavista's first decades in league football saw the club bounce between the Primeira and the Segunda Divisão, winning the latter's title in 1937 and 1950. In 1966, they fell to the Terceira Divisão, and stayed there for two years.

The team bounced back to the top flight by 1970 with two consecutive promotions, finished renovation of its stadium two years later and in 1974 hired manager José Maria Pedroto and president Valentim Loureiro. In their first year, Boavista achieved their best classification of fourth in the 1974-1975 championship, and won the Taça de Portugal for the first time after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the final. A year later, the club finished as runners-up to S.L. Benfica by two points, and defended their cup title by defeating Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 in the 1976 final at rival Porto's Estádio das Antas; Pedroto left for Porto at the end of the season.

Experienced English manager Jimmy Hagan led the club to its third Taça de Portugal win in five years after defeating Sporting CP 1–0 in the replay of the 1979 final, after a 1–1 draw occurred the day prior. At the beginning of the following season, Porto and Boavista organised the first edition of the Portuguese Supercup, a season-opening match between the league and cup holders. The match was contested at the Estádio das Antas, and Boavista (with new manager Mário Lino) beat Pedroto's Porto 2–1 in a violent match where Boavista had two men sent off.

From contenders to champions and European forays (1980–2003)

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The panther is the club symbol and nickname.

In 1997, Valentim Loureiro was succeeded as president by his son João, who at 34 was the youngest in the whole league. Also, former Portugal international Jaime Pacheco was appointed manager, and led the club to runners-up in 1999 and fourth place in 2000. In 2000–01, they won the derby in the second half of the season against Porto and went on to win the league with a 3–0 win over C.D. Aves on 18 May. This was only the second time that a team from outside the Big Three won the league, after C.F. Os Belenenses in 1946. Pacheco's team conceded just 22 goals in 34 games and lost at home only once. The team featured Ricardo in goal, academy product Petit in midfield, Bolivian free-kick specialist Erwin Sánchez in attacking midfield, Duda and Martelinho on the wings, and Brazilian striker Elpídio Silva was the club's top scorer with 11 goals.

After finishing runners-up to Sporting a year later, the squad began to break up, with Petit heading to Benfica and fellow midfielder Pedro Emanuel going to Porto; both skippered their new teams. The club rebuilt the Estádio do Bessa for UEFA Euro 2004, contributing to their financial problems. Pacheco left for Spain's RCD Mallorca in 2003, returning soon to replace Sánchez briefly as manager the following year, and came back again in October 2006.

Boavista were regulars in UEFA competitions in the 1990 and early 2000s. In the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, they reached the semi-finals before a 2–1 aggregate loss to Celtic due to a late Henrik Larsson strike; they would have faced Porto in the final.

Downfall and return (2008–present)

In June 2008, Boavista was sentenced to relegation for its part in the Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) matchfixing scandal, for three games in the 2003–04 season. A year later the club was relegated again: originally saved by promoted club F.C. Vizela being sanctioned for corruption, the team withdrew from the second division for financial reasons.

In January 2013, João Loureiro, pressed by thousands of members of the club to return to the presidency, was elected president once again. After a long legal battle, in June 2013, Boavista was entitled the right to come back to the Primeira Liga. Also, after a negotiation with the creditors of the club, the €65 million debt was cut in half. After a six-year absence, Boavista returned to the Primeira Liga in the 2014–15 season, coached by Petit, a member of the title-winning side of 2001.

In October 2020, Boavista's members approved of investment from Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman Gérard Lopez, owner of Ligue 1 club Lille OSC. Petit returned as manager, leading the club to the Taça da Liga semi-finals for the first time in 2021–22.

Honours

  • Primeira Liga
    • Winners (1): 2000–01
    • 2nd place (3): 1975–76, 1998–99, 2001–02
  • Taça de Portugal
    • Winners (5): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1996–97
    • Runners-up (1): 1992–93
  • Supertaça de Portugal
    • Winners (3): 1979, 1992, 1997
    • Runners-up (1): 2001
  • Segunda Divisão
    • Winners (2): 1936–37, 1949–50
  • Campeonato do Porto
    • Winners (1): 1913–14
  • 1.ª Divisão da AF Porto
    • Winners (1): 1967–68

League and cup history

The club has made 55 appearances at the top level of Portuguese football and has won the Portuguese cup five times. In 1979, it also won the first edition of the national supercup.

Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Competitions Top scorer
Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Comp Pos Comp Pos Player Goals
1934–35 2D.4 1 6 6 0 0 36 5 12 Not held —
1935–36 1D 6 14 4 3 7 24 39 11 Costuras 5
1936–37 2D.2 1 6 4 1 1 22 12 9
1937–38 2D.1 1 6 5 0 1 20 6 10
1938–39 2D.DL 2 10 6 1 3 27 14 13
1939–40 2D.DL 1 8 7 0 1 30 11 14 Quarter-Final
1940–41 1D 8 14 2 1 11 12 63 5 R16 Leonel Loureiro 3
1941–42 2D.2.1 2 14 9 2 3 63 23 20
1942–43 2D.2.2 2 10 6 2 2 26 13 14
1943–44 2D.2.2 2 14 12 1 1 76 23 25
1944–45 2D.2 1 8 6 2 0 35 11 14 Quarter-Final
1945–46 1D 11 22 6 0 16 39 73 12 Quarter-Final Barros 12
1946–47 1D 9 26 7 6 13 52 74 20 Not held Fernando Caiado 19
1947–48 1D 9 26 9 2 15 40 65 20 R32 Fernando Caiado 12
1948–49 1D 14 26 4 6 16 35 89 14 R32 Serafim Baptista 10
1949–50 2D.B 2 18 12 1 5 56 21 25 Not held
1950–51 1D 10 26 10 3 13 50 62 23 R16 Barros
Duarte		 12
1951–52 1D 5 26 12 1 13 47 55 25 R16 Gaston 15
1952–53 1D 9 26 7 6 13 35 54 20 R16 Manero 6
1953–54 1D 11 26 7 5 14 29 66 19 Semi-Final Manero 7
1954–55 1D 13 26 7 4 15 33 71 18 R32 Manero 9
1955–56 2D.N 1 26 16 6 4 77 35 38
1956–57 2D.N 6 26 13 3 10 54 45 29 R32
1957–58 2D.N 3 26 16 2 8 56 38 34
1958–59 2D.N 2 26 17 4 5 78 43 38
1959–60 1D 14 26 4 4 18 27 81 12 R64 Adriano Teixeira 7
1960–61 2D.N 3 26 14 1 11 56 35 29 R32
1961–62 2D.N 5 26 10 8 8 30 30 28 R64
1962–63 2D.N 11 26 9 3 14 35 52 21 R64
1963–64 2D.N 9 26 8 8 10 45 60 24 R32
1964–65 2D.N 10 26 9 6 11 37 37 24 R32
1965–66 2D.N 14 26 6 7 13 31 45 19 R64
1966–67 3D.2 1 10 6 1 3 15 7 13
1967–68 3D.2 1 10 6 2 2 25 11 14
1968–69 2D 1 26 17 5 4 57 21 39 1st Round
1969–70 1D 12 26 6 6 14 35 61 18 R16 Moura 9
1970–71 1D 6 26 9 4 13 18 38 22 R16 Taí
Moinhos
Juvenal
Alexandre		 3
1971–72 1D 11 30 7 10 13 28 46 24 R32 Jorge Félix 7
1972–73 1D 7 30 12 7 11 41 47 31 R32 Moinhos 14
1973–74 1D 9 30 9 7 14 35 43 25 Quarter-Final Rufino 9
1974–75 1D 4 30 16 6 8 58 32 38 Winner Salvador 14
1975–76 1D 2 30 21 6 3 65 23 48 Winner CWC 2nd Round João Alves 15
1976–77 1D 4 30 13 8 9 41 33 34 R32 CWC 2nd Round Celso Pita 14
1977–78 1D 7 30 10 8 12 36 38 28 R16 UC 1st Round Albertino Pereira 13
1978–79 1D 9 30 12 3 15 36 40 27 Winner — Jorge Gomes 11
1979–80 1D 4 30 15 7 8 44 30 37 Quarter-Final CWC 2nd Round Supertaça Winner Júlio 12
1980–81 1D 4 30 14 8 8 36 25 36 R16 UC 2nd Round Júlio 13
1981–82 1D 9 30 10 6 14 36 37 26 R32 UC 2nd Round Diamantino 8
1982–83 1D 5 30 12 6 12 32 38 30 Quarter-Final — Reinaldo 9
1983–84 1D 7 30 12 7 11 36 31 31 2nd Round Jorge Silva 13
1984–85 1D 4 30 13 11 6 37 26 37 Quarter-Final Filipović 10
1985–86 1D 5 30 14 8 8 44 29 36 R64 UC 1st Round Tonanha 9
1986–87 1D 8 30 9 9 12 34 36 27 Quarter-Final UC 2nd Round Coelho 7
1987–88 1D 5 38 16 14 8 42 25 46 Quarter-Final — Parente 8
1988–89 1D 3 38 19 11 8 56 29 49 R32 Jorge Andrade 11
1989–90 1D 8 34 13 8 13 49 36 34 R16 UC 1st Round Isaías 12
1990–91 1D 4 38 15 11 12 53 46 41 Semi-Final — Jorge Andrade 13
1991–92 1D 3 34 16 12 6 45 27 44 Winner UC 2nd Round Ricky 30
1992–93 1D 4 34 14 11 9 46 34 39 RU CWC 2nd Round Supertaça Winner Ricky 14
1993–94 1D 4 34 16 6 12 46 31 38 R16 UC Quarter-Final Marlon Brandão 9
1994–95 1D 9 34 12 8 14 40 49 32 R16 UC 2nd Round Artur 16
1995–96 1D 4 34 19 8 7 59 28 65 R16 — Artur 14
1996–97 1D 7 34 12 13 9 62 39 49 Winner UC 3rd Round Jimmy Hasselbaink 20
1997–98 1D 6 34 15 10 9 54 31 55 Quarter-Final CWC 1st Round Supertaça Winner Ayew 16
1998–99 1D 2 34 20 11 3 57 29 71 Quarter-Final — Ayew
Timofte		 15
1999–00 1D 4 34 16 7 11 40 31 55 Quarter-Final CL Group Stage Whelliton 11
2000–01 1D 1 34 23 8 3 63 22 77 Semi-Final UC 2nd Round Elpídio Silva 11
2001–02 1D 2 34 21 7 6 53 20 70 R16 CL 2nd Group Stage Supertaça RU Elpídio Silva 8
2002–03 1D 10 34 10 13 11 32 31 43 R32 CL
UC		 3rd Qualifying Round
Semi-Final		 Elpídio Silva 10
2003–04 1D 8 34 12 11 11 32 31 47 R32 — Ricardo Sousa 14
2004–05 1D 6 34 13 11 10 39 43 50 Semi-Final Zé Manel 10
2005–06 1D 6 34 12 14 8 37 29 50 Quarter-Final João V. Pinto 9
2006–07 1D 10 30 8 11 11 32 34 35 Quarter-Final Roland Linz 10
2007–08 1D 9 30 8 12 10 32 41 36 R16 2nd Round Jorge Ribeiro 8
2008–09 2D 15 30 9 5 16 28 44 32 R32 — João Tomás 12
2009–10 3D.N 7 28 10 7 11 34 38 37 — Diogo Fonseca 11
2010–11 3D.C 2 30 16 8 6 46 25 56 Beré 14
2011–12 3D.C 4 30 15 5 10 43 31 50 Fary 8
2012–13 3D.N 10 30 9 11 10 44 40 38 1st Round Fary 15
2013–14 3D.N 4 32 21 5 6 59 26 68 2nd Round Bobô 18
2014–15 1D 13 34 9 7 18 27 50 34 R64 Group Stage Zé Manuel 6
2015–16 1D 14 34 8 9 17 24 41 33 Quarter-Final 2nd Round Zé Manuel 6
2016–17 1D 9 34 10 13 11 33 36 43 R32 2nd Round Iuri Medeiros 7
2017–18 1D 8 34 13 6 15 35 44 45 R64 2nd Round Mateus 6
2018–19 1D 8 34 13 5 16 34 40 44 R16 2nd Round Mateus 5
2019–20 1D 12 34 10 9 15 28 39 39 R64 2nd Round Heriberto Tavares 4
2020–21 1D 13 34 8 12 14 39 49 36 R32 — Alberth Elis 8
2021–22 1D 12 34 7 17 10 39 52 38 R64 Semi-Final Petar Musa 11
2022–23 1D 9 34 12 8 14 43 54 44 R64 Quarter-Final Yusupha Njie 13
2023–24 1D 15 34 7 11 16 39 62 32 R32 1st Round Róbert Boženík 8
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup League Cup Comp Pos Comp Pos Player Goals
Top scorer
Champions
Promoted
Promoted in court
Relegated
Relegated in court

As of 19 May 2024

Sources: Soccer Library, Zero a Zero, Fora de Jogo.

European record

Overview

Competition Appearances Matches Títles Best
UEFA Champions League 3 24 (7W 8D 9L) - Second Group Stage/Last 16 (2001–02)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 5 18 (6W 7D 5L) - Last 16 (1975–76,1976–77,1979–80,1992–93)
UEFA Europa League 12 58 (25W 9D 24L) - Semi-final (2002–03)
Total 20 100 (38W 25D 38L)
  • Biggest win: Portugal Boavista 8–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers, 05/10/1979, Estádio do Bessa, Porto
  • Biggest defeat: Italy Lazio 5–0 Portugal Boavista, 28/09/1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome
  • Players with most UEFA appearances: Bolivia Erwin Sánchez and Portugal Ricardo, 35 matches
  • Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: Brazil Elpídio Silva, 11 goals

Matches

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1975–76 Cup Winners' Cup First round Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 3–0 0–0 3–0
Second round Scotland Celtic 0–0 1–3 1–3
1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup First round Romania CSU Galați 2–0 3–2 5–2
Second round Bulgaria Levski Sofia 3–1 0–2 3–3 (a)
1977–78 UEFA Cup First round Italy Lazio 1–0 0–5 1–5
1979–80 Cup Winners' Cup First round Malta Sliema Wanderers 8–0 1–2 9–2
Second round Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
1980–81 UEFA Cup First round Hungary Vasas 0–1 2–0 2–1
Second round France Sochaux 0–1 2–2 2–3
1981–82 UEFA Cup First round Spain Atlético Madrid 4–1 1–3 5–4
Second round Spain Valencia 0–2 1–0 1–2
1985–86 UEFA Cup First round Belgium Club Brugge 4–3 1–3 5–6
1986–87 UEFA Cup First round Italy Fiorentina 1–0 (3–1 (p)) 0–1 1–1
Second round Scotland Rangers 0–1 1–2 1–3
1989–90 UEFA Cup First round East Germany FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–2 (aet) 0–1 2–3
1991–92 UEFA Cup First round Italy Internazionale 2–1 0–0 2–1
Second round Italy Torino 0–0 0–2 0–2
1992–93 Cup Winners' Cup First round Iceland Valur 3–0 0–0 3–0
Second round Italy Parma 0–2 0–0 0–2
1993–94 UEFA Cup First round Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 4–0 1–0 5–0
Second round Italy Lazio 2–0 0–1 1–1
Third round Greece OFI Crete 2–0 4–1 6–1
Quarter-finals Germany Karlsruher SC 1–1 0–1 1–2
1994–95 UEFA Cup First round Finland MYPA 2–1 1–1 3–2
Second round Italy Napoli 1–1 1–2 2–3
1996–97 UEFA Cup First round Denmark Odense 1–2 3–2 4–4 (a)
Second round Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 5–0 0–1 5–1
Third round Italy Internazionale 0–2 1–5 1–7
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup First round Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 2–3 1–1 3–4
1999–00 UEFA Champions League Q3 Denmark Brøndby 4–2 (aet) 2–1 6–3
Group C Norway Rosenborg 0–3 0–2 4th place
Netherlands Feyenoord 1–1 1–1
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1–0 1–3
2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualif. round Wales Barry Town 2–0 3–0 5–0
First round Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 2–1 2–1 4–2
Second round Italy Roma 1–1 0–1 1–2
2001–02 UEFA Champions League Group B England Liverpool 1–1 1–1 2nd place
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 0–1
Germany Borussia Dortmund 2–1 1–2
Group A England Manchester United 0–3 0–3 3rd place
France Nantes 1–0 1–1
Germany Bayern Munich 0–0 0–1
2002–03 UEFA Champions League Q2 Malta Hibernians 4–0 3–3 7–3
Q3 France Auxerre 0–1 0–0 0–1
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 4–1 0–1 4–2
Second round Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 2–1 1–0 3–1
Third round France Paris Saint-Germain 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Fourth round Germany Hertha BSC 1–0 2–3 3–3 (a)
Quarter-finals Spain Málaga 1–0 (4–1 (p)) 0–1 1–1
Semi-finals Scotland Celtic 0–1 1–1 1–2

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Brazil GK César
2 Guinea MF Ibrahima Camará
7 Portugal FW Salvador Agra
9 Slovakia FW Róbert Boženík
10 Portugal MF Miguel Reisinho
12 Brazil GK Luís Pires
15 Portugal DF Pedro Gomes
16 Portugal MF Joel Silva
17 Portugal FW Manuel Namora
18 Montenegro MF Ilija Vukotić
20 Portugal DF Filipe Ferreira
23 Portugal FW Tiago Machado
24 Colombia MF Sebastián Pérez (captain)
No. Position Player
25 Guinea-Bissau DF Augusto Dabó
26 Uruguay DF Rodrigo Abascal
35 Portugal DF Gonçalo Almeida
70 Nigeria DF Bruno Onyemaechi
71 Portugal FW João Barros
73 Portugal DF Alex Marques
74 Dominican Republic FW Diego Llorente
75 Portugal DF Tomás Silva
76 Portugal GK Tomé Sousa
82 Portugal FW Fábio Sambú
88 Portugal MF Marco Ribeiro
99 Portugal GK João Gonçalves

Out on loan

No. Position Player

Retired numbers

No. Position Player
29 Portugal FW Edu Ferreira (23 April 1997 – 24 December 2017)

Club Officials

Position Staff
Sporting Director Brazil Rafael Bracali
Head Coach Italy Cristiano Bacci
Assistant Head Coach Italy Ferruccio Bonvini
Assistant Head Coach Portugal Gil Andrade
Assistant Head Coach Portugal Ricardo Paiva
Goalkeeping Coach Portugal Pedro Miranda
Scout Portugal António Caetano

Coaches

Since 1970

  • Portugal Fernando Caiado (1970–71)
  • Portugal Joaquim Meirim (1971)
  • Portugal Jaime Garcia (caretaker manager) (1971)
  • Portugal António Teixeira (1971–72)
  • Portugal Jaime Garcia (caretaker manager) (1972)
  • Argentina Dante Bianchi (1972)
  • Brazil Aymoré Moreira (1972–1974)
  • Portugal José Maria Pedroto (1974–1976)
  • Portugal Mário Wilson (1976–1977)
  • Portugal Fernando Caiado (1977)
  • England Jimmy Hagan (1978)
  • Portugal José Carlos (1978)
  • England Jimmy Hagan (1978–1979)
  • Portugal Mário Lino (1979–1980)
  • Portugal António Teixeira (1980)
  • Portugal Henrique Calisto (1981)
  • Portugal Mário Lino (1981–1982)
  • Portugal Álvaro Carolino (1982)
  • Austria Hermann Stessl (1982)
  • Portugal Joaquim Meirim (1982)
  • Austria Ferdinand Smetana (1982–1983)
  • Portugal Manuel Barbosa (1983)
  • Portugal Henrique Calisto (1983–1984)
  • Portugal Mário Wilson (1984)
  • Portugal João Alves (1984–1986)
  • Portugal José Torres (1987)
  • Brazil Pepe (1987–1988)
  • Portugal Raul Águas (1988–1989)
  • Portugal Manuel Barbosa (1989–1990)
  • Portugal João Alves (1990)
  • Portugal Raul Águas (1990–1991)
  • Portugal Manuel José (1991–1996)
  • Portugal João Alves (1996–1997)
  • Montenegro Zoran Filipović (1997)
  • Portugal Rui Casaca (1997)
  • Portugal Mário Reis (1997–1998)
  • Portugal Jaime Pacheco (1998–2004)
  • Bolivia Erwin Sánchez (2004)
  • Portugal Jaime Pacheco (2004)
  • Portugal Pedro Barny (2005)
  • Portugal Carlos Brito (2005–2006)
  • Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (2006)
  • Portugal Pedro Barny (caretaker manager) (2006)
  • Montenegro Željko Petrović (2006)
  • Portugal Jaime Pacheco (2006–08)
  • Portugal Rui Bento (2008–2009)
  • Portugal Jorge Madureira (2009)
  • Portugal Vítor Paneira (2009–2010)
  • Portugal Rui Ferreira (2010–11)
  • Portugal Filipe Gouveia (2011)
  • Portugal Mário Silva (2011)
  • Portugal Rui Amorim (caretaker manager) (2011)
  • Portugal Ferreirinha (2011–2012)
  • Portugal Amândio Barreiras (2012)
  • Portugal Petit (2012–2015)
  • Bolivia Erwin Sánchez (2015–2016)
  • Portugal Miguel Leal (2016–2017)
  • Portugal Jorge Simão (2017–2019)
  • Angola Lito Vidigal (2019)
  • Portugal Daniel Ramos (2019–2020)
  • Portugal Vasco Seabra (2020)
  • Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (2021)
  • Portugal João Pedro Sousa (2021)
  • Portugal Petit (2021–2023)
  • Portugal Ricardo Paiva (2023–2024)
  • Portugal Jorge Simão (2024)
  • Italy Cristiano Bacci (2024–)

Stadium

Estadio do bessa
Outside photo

The Estádio do Bessa (later Estádio do Bessa XXI) is Boavista's home ground, used for football and occasionally for music concerts. The stadium was first used in 1911, then known as 'Campo do Bessa'.

The stadium had several renovations in its history, namely in 1967–72, where turf was installed as well as floodlights. Like other stadiums used in UEFA Euro 2004, the stadium was rebuilt for the competition, but on top of the old stands, and each one of them at a different time, allowing Boavista to continue playing there. It cost €45,164,726, from which €7,785,735 were supported from the Portuguese state, and featured an all-seater capacity of 28,263 spectators. Plans for improvement actually existed before the organization of the Euro 2004 was given to Portugal in 1999, and by then, the first works were already underway. It was designed by Grupo 3 Arquitectura.

The stadium has also been used several times in matches of the Portuguese national team.

Colours

Boavista's black-and-white chequered shirt was introduced by journalist and club president Artur Oliveira Valença, based on a French team he had seen.

Kit evolution
Boavista's first home colours
Second home colours
Third home colours
Fourth home colours
1933–Present

Women's team

The women's team is one of the strongest in Portugal, having won several titles in a row during the 1990s, as well as the formation U-19, U-17. U-15 and U-13 teams, that won all national championships, and brought up several talented and famous international players.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Boavista Futebol Clube para niños

  • Boavista (cycling team)
  • Boavista (futsal)
  • Boavista FC (women)
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