Boavista F.C.

Boavista
Full name	Boavista Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	As Panteras; (The Panthers); Os Axadrezados; (The Chequered ones)
Founded	1903; 121 years ago
Ground	Estádio do Bessa
Capacity	28,263
President	João Loureiro
Manager	Erwin Sánchez
League	Primeira Liga
2014–15	13th
Website	http://www.boavistafc.pt
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (Portuguese pronunciation: [boɐˈviʃtɐ]), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and plays in the Primeira Liga.

It 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, the most notable being the football section with their trademark chequered white and black shirts. The club is the most ecletic in the North region of Portugal and one of the most eclectic sports clubs in Portugal, practicing a total of 16 sports.

One of the most prominent clubs in Portuguese football, with 9 main national titles won (1 Championship, 5 Cups of Portugal, 3 Supercups of Portugal) Boavista spent 39 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga (50 in total), winning in 2001, being together with Belenenses, the only team outside the big three to win the Portuguese Championship. 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

Early League years (1934–1969)

Boavista was promoted to the Primeira Liga for the first time in 1935–36 and were relegated instantly. For the next two decades they were yo-yos bouncing between the Primeira and Segunda Divisão; their lowest ebb was in 1966, when they were relegated to the Terceira Divisão. They were promoted back to the second tier after two seasons and began building their reputation in earnest.

The Golden Era begins (1969–1981)

Their first "threat" to the league title domination by The Big Three was in 1975–76 under the guidance of Valentim Loureiro and José Maria Pedroto, when Boavista finished second.

From contenders to Champions (1981–2003)

They would be second place again in 1998–99, already in the presidency of João Loureiro. Finally, with the same President and with Jaime Pacheco as coach, in 2000–01, Boavista won the national championship after beating Desportivo das Aves 3–0, on 18 May—the first time in 55 years, and only the second time ever, that a side outside the "Big Three" had won the title. The following season saw them finish second to Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Erwin Sánchez, one of Bolivia's football legends, is widely considered to be Boavista's most influential player of the last 15 years, after helping the club win the 2001 league and captaining the team, while also participating in the over-achieving 2003 European campaign. A midfielder with an accurate and powerful long-range shot and a free-kick specialist, he was a leading player for Bolivia both in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and finals. Sánchez left the club in March 2004, after a brief and unsuccessful spell as its manager.

European forays (1981–2003)

In Europe, during the presidencies of Valentim Loureiro and of his son João Loureiro, Boavista have achieved strong success, and are referred to as 'the club with the strange shirts'. The highlight was their brilliant UEFA Cup run in 2002–03, when they were knocked out by Celtic in the semi-finals, just one match from what could have been an all-Portuguese and indeed all-Porto final, with F.C. Porto ultimately lifting the trophy. Boavista enjoyed several other high points in the same competition, including the elimination of Atlético Madrid 5–4 in the first round in 1981–82. In 1986–87, Boavista beat ACF Fiorentina but lost to Rangers in a tense second round match at Ibrox Stadium. In 1991–92, they knocked out F.C. Internazionale Milano 2–1 in the first round and, two seasons later, made it to the quarter-finals after knocking out Greek outfit OFI Crete and S.S. Lazio of Italy.

Boavista qualified twice for the UEFA Champions League. In 1999–2000, although having shown interesting football in the respective matches, they finished bottom of their group, thus being eliminated, but, two seasons later, sprang surprise by beating and knocking out German giants Borussia Dortmund and Dynamo Kiev in the initial group stages, advancing to the next round with Liverpool. There, "The Panthers" met with stronger challenges like Manchester United and FC Bayern Munich. With their financial objective already met, new horizons opened up for the team as they began their group by surprising FC Nantes at home by winning 1–0, and went to the top of the group after the draw between Manchester United and Bayern Munich, eventually finishing a respectable third, only one point behind the qualification.

Boavista has a reputation in Portugal and, to some extent abroad, as an attacking team, playing hard-fought matches, even in defeat. One shining example of this is the 2001 Portuguese title, during the golden João Loureiro's presidency, where the team was the best defense in terms of goals conceded, at the same time having one of the best attacks of the competition. It was only the second time a team other than the Big Three managed to win the title. The other was C.F. Os Belenenses back in the 1945–46 season. This style was mainly the brainchild of coach Jaime Pacheco. With his departure for RCD Mallorca in 2003, the team started to play less attractive football over the next two years and their results began to decline. Pacheco returned but their image only started to change when Pacheco was replaced by Carlos Brito for 2005–06. Ironically, he came back to replace sacked Željko Petrović in October 2006, who in turn was a late replacement for Porto-bound Jesualdo Ferreira, who departed before the first matchday.

Downfall (2003–2008)

2003 marked the latest appearance on the spotlight by the club. The construction of the modern and aesthetic 30.000 all covered seats Estádio do Bessa XXI (and the failure of the promised financing support from the government and municipality of Oporto for that construction^[1]) left a deep hole on the club's finances, and the less money to hire quality players, together with internal turmoil, contributed to the fall of the club. So, after three consecutive failures to achieve European competition, Boavista lived through a less brilliant period. Talisman coach Jaime Pacheco returned for a third stint as Boavista manager, but the club did not manage to leave the second half of the table. The financial problems originated by the failure of the public entities promises prompted the club to a "back-to-basics" attitude, betting on younger players and resurrecting the club's youth academy, which launched the careers of well-known players as João Vieira Pinto, Petit, Nuno Gomes, Bosingwa, Raul Meireles and a lot of others.

After the legendary President João Loureiro went out, in 2007, and during the hapless presidency of Joaquim Teixeira, despite finishing ninth in the 2007–08 season, Boavista was relegated in June 2008 to the second division due to intimidation of referees, through its involvement in the Apito Final scandal.

Back to the second and third tiers and to the first tier (2008–present)

The club suffered greatly throughout 2008–09, and although finishing in 15th place was, at first, spared from relegation to the third level, due to the irregularities-related demotion of F.C. Vizela. The club's financial debts, however, led to an eventual demotion nonetheless. This was the first time they played in the Portuguese third tier in 41 years.

In January 2013, João Loureiro, pressed by thousands of members of the club to come back, was elected President once again. After a long legal battle, in June 2013 Boavista was entitled the right to come back to the main Portuguese league.^[2]^[3] Also, after a negotiation with the creditors of the club, the debt was cut in half, which created a lot of hope for the future, with a good number of fans of the club returning to Bessa stadium.^[4]

In February 2014, Boavista also achieved a SIREVE (Companies' Recovery System through Extrajudicial Agreements) with its creditors.^{[clarification needed]}

In April 2014, the Executive Committee of the League approved the application for participation in the Primeira Liga in the 2014/2015 season. Through a statement,^[5] the Commission explains that the application of the club also received the assent of the Technical Study Group and Audit.

After 6 years, and with the multi-awarded^{[clarification needed]} President João Loureiro, it returned to the Primeira Liga in the 2014/2015 season, coached by Petit, a former champion in the club, debuting in Braga. On 14 September 2014, after three defeats in the first three matches, the club recorded their first win in the Primeira Liga with a 1-0 home victory against Académica. After that match, a draw at Dragão Stadium with FC Porto. In the end of the season Boavista was on the 13th place of the table, managing to stay on the top tier, which was considered a success considering the budget the club had.^{[by whom?]}, In the end of the season, Boavista achieved the objective of keeping participating in the portuguese 1ª Liga, and the same on the season 2015/2016, coached by the bolivian Erwin Sanchez, also a former champion in the club.

Honours

Primeira Liga

Winners (1): 2000–01

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

Rivalries

The club has fierce rivalry with fellow city club FC Porto^[6] the games between them sometimes called O Derby da Invicta.

League and cup history

The club has made 54 appearances at the top level of Portuguese football. In 1979, it also won the very first edition of the national supercup.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1934–35	2D.4	1	6	6	0	0	36	5	12				Promoted
1935–36	1D	6	14	4	3	7	24	39	11				Relegated
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			Promoted
1940–41	1D	8	14	2	1	11	12	63	5	Last 16			Relegated
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				Promoted
1945–46	1D	11	22	6	0	16	39	73	12
1946–47	1D	9	26	7	6	13	52	74	20	Not held
1947–48	1D	9	26	9	2	15	40	65	20
1948–49	1D	14	26	4	6	16	35	89	14				Relegated
1949–50	2D.B	2	18	12	1	5	56	21	25	Not held			Promoted
1950–51	1D	10	26	10	3	13	50	62	23
1951–52	1D	5	26	12	1	13	47	55	25
1952–53	1D	9	26	7	6	13	35	54	20
1953–54	1D	11	26	7	5	14	29	66	19
1954–55	1D	13	26	7	4	15	33	71	18				Relegated
1955–56	2D.N	1	26	16	6	4	77	35	38
1956–57	2D.N	6	26	13	3	10	54	45	29
1957–58	2D.N	3	26	16	2	8	56	38	34
1958–59	2D.N	2	26	17	4	5	78	43	38				Promoted
1959–60	1D	14	26	4	4	18	27	81	12				Relegated
1960–61	2D.N	3	26	14	1	11	56	35	29
1961–62	2D.N	5	26	10	8	8	30	30	28
1962–63	2D.N	11	26	9	3	14	35	52	21
1963–64	2D.N	9	26	8	8	10	45	60	24
1964–65	2D.N	10	26	9	6	11	37	37	24
1965–66	2D.N	14	26	6	7	13	31	45	19				Relegated
1966–67	3D.2	1	10	6	1	3	15	7	13
1967–68	3D.2	1	10	6	2	2	25	11	14				Promoted
1968–69	2D	1	26	17	5	4	57	21	39				Promoted
1969–70	1D	12	26	6	6	14	35	61	18
1970–71	1D	6	26	9	4	13	18	38	22
1971–72	1D	11	30	7	10	13	28	46	24
1972–73	1D	7	30	12	7	11	41	47	31
1973–74	1D	9	30	9	7	14	35	43	25
1974–75	1D	4	30	16	6	8	58	32	38	Winner
1975–76	1D	2	30	21	6	3	65	23	48	Winner	CWC	2nd round
1976–77	1D	4	30	13	8	9	41	33	34		CWC	2nd round
1977–78	1D	7	30	10	8	12	36	38	28		UC	1st round
1978–79	1D	9	30	12	3	15	36	40	27	Winner
1979–80	1D	4	30	15	7	8	44	30	37		CWC	2nd round
1980–81	1D	4	30	14	8	8	36	25	36		UC	2nd round
1981–82	1D	9	30	10	6	14	36	37	26		UC	2nd round
1982–83	1D	5	30	12	6	12	32	38	30
1983–84	1D	7	30	12	7	11	36	31	31
1984–85	1D	4	30	13	11	6	37	26	37
1985–86	1D	5	30	14	8	8	44	29	36		UC	1st round
1986–87	1D	8	30	9	9	12	34	36	27		UC	2nd round
1987–88	1D	5	38	16	14	8	42	25	46
1988–89	1D	3	38	19	11	8	56	29	49
1989–90	1D	8	34	13	8	13	49	36	34		UC	1st round
1990–91	1D	4	38	15	11	12	53	46	41
1991–92	1D	3	34	16	12	6	45	27	44	Winner	UC	2nd round
1992–93	1D	4	34	14	11	9	46	34	39	Final	CWC	2nd round
1993–94	1D	4	34	16	6	12	46	31	38		UC	Quarter-final
1994–95	1D	9	34	12	8	14	40	49	32		UC	2nd round
1995–96	1D	4	34	19	8	7	59	28	65
1996–97	1D	7	34	12	13	9	62	39	49	Winner	UC	3rd round
1997–98	1D	6	34	15	10	9	54	31	55		CWC	1st round
1998–99	1D	2	34	20	11	3	57	29	71	Quarter-final
1999–00	1D	4	34	16	7	11	40	31	55		CL	Group stage
2000–01	1D	1	34	23	8	3	63	22	77		UC	2nd round	Champions
2001–02	1D	2	34	21	7	6	53	20	70		CL	2nd group stage
2002–03	1D	10	34	10	13	11	32	31	43		(CL)/UC	Semi-final
2003–04	1D	8	34	12	11	11	32	31	47
2004–05	1D	6	34	13	11	10	39	43	50	Semi-final
2005–06	1D	6	34	12	14	8	37	29	50	Quarter-final
2006–07	1D	10	30	8	11	11	32	34	35	Quarter-final
2007–08	1D	9	30	8	12	10	32	41	36	5th round			Relegated in court
2008–09	2D	15	30	9	5	16	28	44	32	4th round			Relegated
2009–10	3D.N	7	28	10	7	11	34	38	37	1st round
2010–11	3D.C	2	30	16	8	6	46	25	56	1st round
2011–12	3D.C	4	30	15	5	10	43	31	50	1st round
2012–13	3D.N	10	30	9	11	10	44	40	38	1st round
2013–14	3D.N	4	32	21	5	6	59	26	68	2nd round			Promoted to Primeira Liga in court
2014–15	1D	13	34	9	7	18	27	50	34	3rd round

Sources: Soccer Library,^[7] Zero a Zero, ^[8] Fora de Jogo. ^[9]

European matches

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

Current squad

As of 26 January 2016^[10]

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	POR	Mika
4	MF	NGA	Reuben Gabriel
5	DF	BRA	Paulo Vinícius
6	DF	BRA	Anderson Correia
7	MF	POR	Rúben Ribeiro
8	MF	POR	Tengarrinha
9	FW	NGA	Uche Nwofor
11	MF	ESP	Mario Martínez
12	GK	BRA	Gideão
14	DF	GHA	Emmanuel Hackman
15	FW	BRA	Douglas Abner
17	FW	POR	Renato Santos
21	MF	ALG	Aymen Tahar (on loan from Steaua București)
22	DF	POR	Carlos Santos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	POR	Nuno Henrique
25	DF	POR	Afonso Figueiredo
27	MF	BRA	Anderson Carvalho
28	DF	POR	Tiago Mesquita
29	GK	SEN	Mamadou Ba
30	MF	BRA	Ancelmo Júnior
42	MF	SEN	Idrissa Mandiang
70	FW	POR	Zé Manuel
75	FW	NGA	Michael Uchebo
77	MF	POR	Luisinho
79	FW	ARG	Imanol Iriberri
94	DF	BRA	Philipe Sampaio
95	MF	COD	André Bukia
99	FW	COL	Cristian Cangá

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
—	MF	ARG	Julián Montenegro (at Farense)
—	MF	POR	Fábio Lopes (at Farense)
—	MF	POR	Diogo Gouveia (at Mafra)
—	FW	SEN	Yoro Lamine Ly (at BFC Daugavpils)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Nuno Pereira (at Vila Real)
—	DF	POR	Luís Pimenta (at Gondomar)
—	DF	BRA	Ian Pereira (at Gondomar)
—	DF	HAI	Alex Junior Christian (at Vila Real)

Notable Former Players

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Stadium

The Estádio do Bessa (later Estádio do Bessa XXI) is Boavista's home ground, used solely for football.

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.^[11] 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.

Colours

Originally fully black, Boavista's kit changed throughout the years. In the 1920s the shorts were changed to white while everything else remained the same. Years later and due to the color black being considered morbid and generating a non-consensual feeling towards certain fans, the club's board decided to introduce a black and white striped shirt. Even though if drastically reduced the color black from the kit, it still proved unpopular with some supporters.

Boavista then took the drastic measure to field a team with a shirt made of red, white and blue stripes. The kit was met with some negative remarks from the press and fans, so the colors and patterns had to be changed. After a board member's trip to France, he witnessed a French team playing with a black and white checkered shirt, the dominant colors Boavista had historically on their football kits. Upon his return the team's shirt was finally changed, while the crest was also changed to reflect the new identity Boavista had reached. The checkered shirts were first used in a match against S.L. Benfica, on 29 January 1933, with Boavista winning 4-0.

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.

Footnotes

^ http://justicaparaoboavista.blogs.sapo.pt/20935.html
^ "Boavista back in the top flight". theportugalnews.com. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ "Boavista back in the top flight in 2013/14". portugoal.info. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/boavista-com-perdao-de-33-milhoes-em-divida_176507.html
^ http://www.ligaportugal.pt/media/27147/comunicado-oficial-327.pdf
^ http://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=82
^ "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
^ "Boavista Futebol Clube – Portugal – footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
^ "Boavista Futebol Clube - ForaDeJogo - foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
^ "Squad at Zerozero". Zerozero.
^ http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/por/estadio_do_bessa

External links

[1] ttp://justicaparaoboavista.blogs.sapo.pt/20935.html

[2] "Boavista back in the top flight". theportugalnews.com. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[3] "Boavista back in the top flight in 2013/14". portugoal.info. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[4] ttp://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/boavista-com-perdao-de-33-milhoes-em-divida_176507.html

[5] ttp://www.ligaportugal.pt/media/27147/comunicado-oficial-327.pdf

[6] ttp://www.footballderbies.com/honours/index.php?id=82

[Soccer_Library-7] "Portugal – Table of Honor – soccerlibrary.free.fr" (PDF). Soccer Library. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

[ZeroZero-8] "Boavista Futebol Clube – Portugal – footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

[ForaDeJogo-9] "Boavista Futebol Clube - ForaDeJogo - foradejogo.net". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

[10] "Squad at Zerozero". Zerozero.

[11] ttp://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/por/estadio_do_bessa

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v t e Boavista Futebol Clube
Players Managers
Home stadium	Estádio do Bessa
Other sports	Cycling Futsal
Rivalries	Derby da Invicta - FC Porto Vitória S.C.
Affiliated clubs	Boavista FC (Cape Verde)
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

v t e Primeira Liga
2024–25 clubs	Arouca AVS Benfica Boavista Braga Casa Pia Estoril Estrela da Amadora Famalicão Farense Gil Vicente Moreirense Nacional Porto Rio Ave Santa Clara Sporting CP Vitória de Guimarães
Former clubs	Académica Académico de Viseu Académico do Porto Águeda Alcobaça Alverca Amora Atlético CP Aves B-SAD Barreirense Beira-Mar Belenenses Caldas Campomaiorense Carcavelinhos Chaves CUF Estrela da Amadora (1932) Fafe Feirense Felgueiras Leixões Leça Lusitano de Évora Lusitano VRSA Marítimo Montijo Naval 1º de Maio O Elvas Oliveirense Olhanense Oriental Paços de Ferreira Penafiel Portimonense Riopele Salgueiros Sanjoanense Seixal Sporting da Covilhã Sporting de Espinho Tirsense Tondela Torreense Trofense União da Madeira União de Coimbra União de Leiria União de Lisboa União de Tomar Unidos de Lisboa Varzim Vitória de Setúbal Vizela
Statistics and awards	Silver ball Top scorers Hat-tricks Player of the Year
Associated competitions	Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League