Boavista F.C.

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Boavista

Full name	Boavista Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	As Panteras (The Panthers) Os Axadrezados (The Checkereds)
Founded	1 August 1903
Ground	Estádio do Bessa, Porto (Bessa Stadium) (Capacity: 28,263)
Manager	Rui Bento
League	Liga de Honra
2008-09	Liga de Honra, 15th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Boavista Futebol Clube, often simply known as Boavista (Portuguese pronunciation: [boɐˈviʃtɐ]), is a sports club from Porto, Portugal that was founded in 1903. Boavista grew to become Porto's fifth greatest club with sections dedicated to several sports, such as football, chess, gymnastics, bicycle racing and futsal (among others), the most notable being the football section. The trademark of the team are the checkered white and black shirts. Estádio do Bessa, their stadium, was built in 1973 and remodeled in time for the UEFA Euro 2004, but plans for renewal already existed.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Sánchez years 1.2 Later years and major difficulties 2 Estádio do Bessa 3 Current Squad 4 Notable former players 5 Honours 6 League and cup history 7 Official anthem 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] History

Internally, Boavista grew from a minor team in the 1970s to a regular fixture in Europe since then. The first "threat" to the The Big Three title domination was in 1975-76 under guidance of José Maria Pedroto, when Boavista finished second, achieving the same position later in 1998-99. Finally, in 2000-01 Boavista won the SuperLiga (on 18 May 2001, after beating Desportivo das Aves 3-0), finishing second to Sporting in 2002.

In Europe, Boavista was commonly known as the club with the strange shirts, and achieved success. The highlight is still the brilliant UEFA Cup run in 2003, when they were knocked out by Celtic in the semi-finals, in a year which could have been an all Portugal and all Porto final, and where Porto lifted the trophy. In the same competition: In 1981-82 Boavista eliminated Atlético Madrid 5-4 in the first round. In 1986-87, Boavista beat Fiorentina but lost to Rangers in a tense second round game at the Ibrox Stadium. In 1991-1992, they managed to knock out Internazionale 2-1 in the first round, making it to the quarterfinals in 1993-1994, after knocking out Greece's Crete and Lazio of Italy.

Boavista has played twice in the UEFA Champions League. After a first participation in 1999, finishing in the last place of the group, thus being eliminated, Boavista surprised Europe in 2001 by beating and knocking out German giants Borussia Dortmund in the first group stages, advancing to the next round together with Liverpool. The panthers went through to the second phase where they met stronger challenges like Manchester United and Bayern Munich. With their financial objective more than complete, new horizons were rising for the team, as they started their group by surprising Nantes at home winning by 1-0, and reaching the top of the group after the draw between Manchester and Bayern. The team eventually finished a respectable third.

The football side has reputation in Portugal and, to some extent, abroad, as a result of its aggressive style, resulting always in hard-fought matches for their opponent team, even in defeats. One shining example of this is the 2001 Portuguese title, where the team finished first in goals conceded, with one of the best attacks. This style was mainly the brainchild of coach Jaime Pacheco. With his departure for Mallorca in 2003-04, the team started to play a less attractive football, which kept for the next two years. This image started to change when Pacheco was replaced by Carlos Brito for the 2005-06 season, but, ironically, Pacheco came back to replaced sacked Željko Petrović in October 2006 (who in turn was a late replacement for Porto-bound Jesualdo Ferreira (who departed before the first matchday)) and that reputation caught back with the club.

The women's team is one of the strongest in Portugal, having won several titles in a row during the 1990s.

[edit] The Sánchez years

Erwin Sánchez is considered to be Boavistas most influential player of the last 15 years, after captaining the team to the semi-finals of the 2003 UEFA Cup. He is also one of Bolivia's football living legends. A midfielder with an accurate and powerful long-range shot who was a free-kick specialist, he was a leading player for Bolivia both in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifyings and finals. He was also part of the Boavista squad that became 2000-01 Portuguese Superliga champions. Sánchez left the club in March 2004, after a brief and unsuccessful spell as manager.

[edit] Later years and major difficulties

2003 marked the latest appearance on the spotlight by the club. The construction of the Estádio do Bessa XXI left a deep hole on the club's finances, and the inability to hire quality players, together with internal turmoil contributed to the fall of the club. Today, after three consecutive failures to achieve European competition, Boavista is living through a deep crisis. 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. Also, a financial crisis prompted the club to a "back-to-basics" attitude, betting on younger players and resurrecting the club's youth academy, in a club that launched the careers of well-known players as João Vieira Pinto, Petit and Nuno Gomes.

Despite finishing 9th in the 2007-08 season, Boavista was relegated to the Liga de Honra, due to alleged intimidation of referees in 2003-04, through their involvement in the Apito Dourado corruption scandal.

Boavista suffered greatly throughout 2008-09, and although finishing in 15th place, the club was spared from relegation to the third level, due to the irregularities-related demotion of F.C. Vizela.

[edit] Estádio do Bessa

The Estádio do Bessa (now Estádio do Bessa XXI) is Boavista's home ground; it is used solely for football.

Like other stadiums used in UEFA Euro 2004, the Bessa Stadium was built anew 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. 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 Arquitectura.

[edit] Current Squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Pedro Trigueira 2 DF Diogo Leite 4 DF Bruno Pinheiro 5 DF Jorge Silva 7 MF Gilberto 8 MF Pedro Moreira 10 MF Ivan Santos 13 DF Zâmbia 14 FW Benvindo 15 DF François

No. Position Player 16 DF Pedrosa 19 FW Sidnei 21 DF Araújo 23 MF Rui Lima 26 FW Djibril 27 MF Bruno Monteiro 77 DF Diogo Fernandes 79 GK Sérgio Leite 80 FW Adriano

[edit] Notable former players

Luís Carlos Alfredo Carlos Manuel Diamantino João Vieira Pinto Frederico Litos Almani Moreira Nuno Frechaut Nuno Gomes Pedro Emanuel Ricardo Petit José Bosingwa Carlos Raul Meireles Zé Kalanga Mateus Fernando Avalos

Erwin Sánchez William Roudolphe Douala Phil Walker Kwame Ayew Peter Jehle Mourtala Diakité Ali El-Omari Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Ricky Przemysław Kaźmierczak Rafał Grzelak Ion Timofte Faye Fary Tomáš Oravec Leonson Lewis Russell Latapy Serhiy Atelkin

[edit] Honours

• Portuguese League: 2000-01
• Portuguese Cup: 1974-75, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1991-92, 1996-97
• Portuguese Supercup: 1979, 1992, 1997

[edit] League and cup history

The club has 50 presences at the top level of Portuguese football, including all seasons from 1969-2008. In 1979, it also won the very first edition of the domestic supercup.

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1934-1935	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1935-1936	CL	6	14	4	3	7	24	39	11				relegated
1936-1937	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1937-1938	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1938-1939	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1939-1940	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	quarter-final
1940-1941	1D	8	14	2	1	11	12	63	5	last 16			relegated
1941-1942	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1942-1943	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1943-1944	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1944-1945	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1945-1946	1D	11	22	6	0	16	39	73	12
1946-1947	1D	9	26	7	6	13	52	74	20	not held
1947-1948	1D	9	26	9	2	15	40	65	20
1948-1949	1D	14	26	4	6	16	35	89	14				relegated
1949-1950	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1950-1951	1D	10	26	10	3	13	50	62	23
1951-1952	1D	5	26	12	1	13	47	55	25
1952-1953	1D	9	26	7	6	13	35	54	20
1953-1954	1D	11	26	7	5	14	29	66	19
1954-1955	1D	13	26	7	4	15	33	71	18				relegated
1955-1956	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1956-1957	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1957-1958	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1958-1959	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?				promoted
1959-1960	1D	14	26	4	4	18	27	81	12				relegated
1960-1961	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1961-1962	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1962-1963	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1963-1964	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1964-1965	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1965-1966	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1966-1967	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1967-1968	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
1968-1969	2D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?				promoted
1969-1970	1D	12	26	6	6	14	35	61	18
1970-1971	1D	6	26	9	4	13	18	38	22
1971-1972	1D	11	30	7	10	13	28	46	24
1972-1973	1D	7	30	12	7	11	41	47	31
1973-1974	1D	9	30	9	7	14	35	43	25
1974-1975	1D	4	30	16	6	8	58	32	38	Winner
1975-1976	1D	2	30	21	6	3	65	23	48	Winner	CWC	2nd round
1976-1977	1D	4	30	13	8	9	41	33	34		CWC	2nd round
1977-1978	1D	7	30	10	8	12	36	38	28		UC	1st round
1978-1979	1D	9	30	12	3	15	36	40	27	winner
1979-1980	1D	4	30	15	7	8	44	30	37		CWC	2nd round
1980-1981	1D	4	30	14	8	8	36	25	36		UC	2nd round
1981-1982	1D	9	30	10	6	14	36	37	26		UC	2nd round
1982-1983	1D	5	30	12	6	12	32	38	30
1983-1984	1D	7	30	12	7	11	36	31	31
1984-1985	1D	4	30	13	11	6	37	26	37
1985-1986	1D	5	30	14	8	8	44	29	36		UC	1st round
1986-1987	1D	8	30	9	9	12	34	36	27		UC	2nd round
1987-1988	1D	5	38	16	14	8	42	25	46
1988-1989	1D	3	38	19	11	8	56	29	49
1989-1990	1D	8	34	13	8	13	49	36	34		UC	1st round
1990-1991	1D	4	38	15	11	12	53	46	41
1991-1992	1D	3	34	16	12	6	45	27	44	winner	UC	2nd round
1992-1993	1D	4	34	14	11	9	46	34	39	final	CWC	2nd round
1993-1994	1D	4	34	16	6	12	46	31	38		UC	quarter-final
1994-1995	1D	9	34	12	8	14	40	49	32		UC	2nd round
1995-1996	1D	4	34	19	8	7	59	28	65
1996-1997	1D	7	34	12	13	9	62	39	49	winner	UC	3rd round
1997-1998	1D	6	34	15	10	9	54	31	55		CWC	1st round
1998-1999	1D	2	34	20	11	3	57	29	71	quarter-final
1999-2000	1D	4	34	16	7	11	40	31	55		ECC	group stage
2000-2001	1D	1	34	23	8	3	63	22	77		UC	2nd round
2001-2002	1D	2	34	21	7	6	53	20	70		ECC	2nd group stage
2002-2003	1D	10	34	10	13	11	32	31	43		UC	semi-final
2003-2004	1D	8	34	12	11	11	32	31	47
2004-2005	1D	6	34	13	11	10	39	43	50	semi-final
2005-2006	1D	6	34	12	14	8	37	29	50	quarter-final
2006-2007	1D	10	30	8	11	11	32	34	35	quarter.final
2007-2008	1D	9	30	8	12	10	32	41	36	Fifth Round			relegated
2008-2009	2D	15	30	9	5	16	28	44	32	?

[edit] Official anthem

"Boavista, Boavista,

É do Porto muito amado; (Very beloved in Porto)

Tem distintivo bairrista (with a strong attachment)

Preto e branco axadrezado. (checkered black and white)

E no estádio a multidão, (In the stadium the crowd)

Quando ele entra na pista, (when it enters the pitch)

Rompe nesta saudação: (bursts this salute)

Boavista! ... Boavista! ...

Luta sempre com vigor, (always fighting hard)

É brioso e é leal; (punchy and loyal)

No prélio põe todo o ardor (leaving its skin in the fight)

De princípio até final; (from start to end)

No seu vibrar sempre amigo, (always with friendly energy)

No seu porte sem igual, (with unmatched allure)

Ama o estandarte querido, (loves its beloved banner)

Prestígio de Portugal! (Portugal's prestige)

Vamos em frente (Straight ahead)

Pela bandeira (for the banner)

Vê-la fulgente (to watch it sparkle)

E altaneira, (and proud)

Ser desportista (To be a sportsman)

Puro ideal, (the ideal pure)

P'lo Boavista! ... (FOR BOAVISTA!!!)

Arraial, arraial, arraial!

[edit] See also

• Boavista (cycling team)
• Boavista (futsal)

[edit] External links

• Official site (Portuguese)
• Unofficial site (Portuguese)

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