Esporte Clube Vitória

Vitória

Full name	Esporte Clube Vitória
Nickname(s)	Leão da Barra (Barra's Lion) Nêgo Rubro-negro (Red and black)
Founded	May 13, 1899
Stadium	Barradão, Salvador, 35,632 capacity
President	Carlos Sérgio Falcão
Head coach	Vágner Mancini
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2015	Série B, 3rd (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899. The team plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Campeonato Baiano, respectively top divisions of national and state football.

Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium, Manoel Barradas, capacity 35,632.^[1] 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.^[2] 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 Bahia and "Vi" from Vitória). It is one of the most intense rivalries in the country.

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.

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.

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.

     Promoted.

     Relegated.

Year	Campeonato Baiano	Campeonato Brasileiro	Copa do Brasil	Copa do Nordeste	Copa Sudamericana
Pos	G	W	D	L	Division	Pos	G	W	D	L	Pos	G	W	D	L	Pos	G	W	D	L	Pos	G	W	D	L
2001	4º	10	5	1	4	Série A	16º	27	9	9	9	14º	6	3	1	2	7º	15	6	3	6	-	-	-	-	-
2002	1º	12	7	3	2	Série A	10º	25	11	4	10	25º	4	1	2	1	2º	19	12	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
2003	1º	14	9	2	3	Série A	16º	46	15	11	20	7º	8	4	0	4	1º	5	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
2004	1º	14	10	3	1	Série A	23º	46	13	9	24	4º	10	5	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	1º	14	9	5	0	Série B	17º	21	7	6	8	23º	4	1	0	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	2º	34	21	8	5	Série C	2º	32	18	5	9	9º	6	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	1º	28	20	6	2	Série B	4º	38	18	5	15	26º	4	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	1º	28	16	4	8	Série A	10º	38	15	7	16	26º	3	2	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	1º	26	19	3	4	Série A	13º	38	13	9	16	8º	8	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	14º	4	1	1	2
2010	1º	22	14	4	4	Série A	17º	38	9	15	14	2º	12	7	1	4	1º	16	9	4	3	16º	2	1	0	1
2011	2º	22	14	4	4	Série B	5º	38	17	9	12	46º	2	0	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	2º	25	13	8	4	Série B	4º	38	21	8	9	7º	9	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Colors

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

1987

1993

2000

2003

2007

2008

2009

Achievements

Domestic competitions

• Copa do Nordeste

Winners (5): 1976, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2010

Runners-up (3): 1998, 2000, 2002

• Campeonato Baiano

Winners (27): 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

• Copa do Brasil

Runner-up (1): 2010

• Série A

Runner-up (1): 1993

• Série B

Runner-up (1): 1992

• Série C

Runner-up (1): 2006

Other competitions

• Torneio Maria Quitéria: 1

1996

Youth competitions

• Dallas Cup: 2

1996, 1997

• Copa do Brasil Sub-20: 1

2012

• Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores: 1

1994

• Northern Ireland Milk Cup: 1

1999

• Philips/Otten Cup: 6

1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006

• USA Cup: 2

1997, 1998

• Rotary Cup: 2

1997, 1998

• Sparkasen Cup: 2

1996, 1997

• Austria Cup: 1

1999

• Bayer Cup: 2

1997, 1999

• Riviera Cup: 1

1999

• Nike Premier Cup: 1

2001

Current squad

As of 2 February 2016^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Fernando Miguel 2 DF Maicon Silva 3 DF Guilherme Mattis (on loan from Bragantino) 4 DF Ramon 5 MF Amaral 6 DF Vinícius 7 FW Marinho (on loan from Cruzeiro) 8 MF Willian Farias (on loan from Cruzeiro) 9 FW William Henrique 10 MF Arthur Maia 11 MF Tiago Real (on loan from Palmeiras) 12 GK Ronaldo 13 DF Álef 14 MF José Welison 15 MF Flávio

No. Position Player 16 DF Euller 17 MF Vander 18 MF Gabriel 20 FW Alípio (on loan from Luverdense) 21 DF Josué 22 MF Yan 23 GK Caique 25 FW Robert 26 DF Diego Renan (on loan from Cruzeiro) 27 MF David 28 MF Nickson 29 MF Marcelo 30 MF Leandro Domingues 31 DF Norberto 33 GK Wallace

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player  — GK Guillermo Viscarra (on loan to Oriente Petrolero)  — DF Mansur (on loan to Atlético Mineiro)  — DF Maracás (on loan to Londrina)  — DF Romário (on loan to Londrina)  — MF Leílson (on loan to Londrina)

No. Position Player  — MF Darlan (on loan to Getafe B)  — FW Élton (on loan to JEF United)  — FW Rômulo (on loan to América-RN)  — FW Willie (on loan to Red Bull Brasil)

Managers

Carlos Volante (1953–55) Jair (1971–72) Paulinho de Almeida (1972) Castilho (1973–74) Aymoré Moreira (1979) Orlando Peçanha (1979) Tim (1980–82) Gainete (1985–86) Valmir Louruz (1987), (1988–89) Gainete (1990) Hélio dos Anjos (1991–92) Péricles Chamusca (July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1995) Geninho (1994–95) Hélio dos Anjos (1996) Edinho (1996) Evaristo de Macedo (1997) Candinho (1997) Celso Roth (1998) Geninho (1998) Hélio dos Anjos (1998–99) Toninho Cerezo (1999) Ricardo Gomes (July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2000) Joel Santana (May 7, 2002 – June 24, 2003) Edinho (June 24, 2003 – July 28, 2003) Oswaldo de Oliveira (2004) Hélio dos Anjos (2004)

Renê Simões (Dec 24, 2004 – Jan 12, 2006) Mauro Fernandes (Sept 15, 2006 – Feb 25, 2007) Givanildo Oliveira (Feb 26, 2007 – July 27, 2007) Marco Aurélio (July 30, 2007–0?) Vadão (Sept 10, 2007 – March 24, 2008) Vágner Mancini (March 25, 2008 – Feb 13, 2009) Mauro Fernandes (Feb 18, 2009 – March 26, 2009) Paulo César Carpegiani (April 9, 2009 – Aug 10, 2009) Vágner Mancini (Aug 12, 2009 – Dec 7, 2009) Ricardo Silva (Jan 1, 2010 – Aug 9, 2010) Toninho Cecílio (Aug 10, 2010 – Sept 9, 2010) Antônio Lopes (Oct 7, 2010 – May 16, 2011) Geninho (May 19, 2011 – July 24, 2011) Vágner Benazzi (Aug 1, 2011 – Dec 1, 2011) Toninho Cerezo (Dec 7, 2011 – April 6, 2012) Ricardo Silva (interim) (April 7, 2012 – May 15, 2012) Paulo César Carpegiani (May 16, 2012 – Oct 21, 2012) Paulo César Gusmão (Nov 4, 2012 – Nov 27, 2012) Caio Júnior (Dec 7, 2012 – Sept 2, 2013) Ney Franco (Sept 3, 2013 – May 12, 2014) Jorginho (May 23, 2014 – Aug 21, 2014) Ney Franco (Aug 22, 2014–14) Ricardo Drubscky (2015) Claudinei Oliveira (2015) Wesley Carvalho (interim) (2015) Vágner Mancini (2015–)

Ultras

• Camisa 12
• Os Imbatíveis – Founded in 1997, is one of the most active ultras in Brazil.

References

1. www.fussballtempel.net
2. "Principais Títulos Internacionais" (in Portuguese). ECVitoria.com.br. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
3. Vitória Official Website (in Portuguese)

External links

• (Portuguese) Official Site
• (Portuguese) Canal ECVitoria – The Biggest Non-Official Site