Boavista F.C.

This article 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.

Boavista Futebol Clube,^{[lower-alpha 1]} 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,^[1] it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and plays in the Primeira Liga, Portuguese football's top flight.

Boavista

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
Capacity	28,263
Owner	Gérard López
President	Fary Faye
Head coach	Cristiano Bacci
League	Primeira Liga
2023–24	Primeira Liga, 15th of 18
Website	boavistafc.pt
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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;^[2] 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)

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[3] In 1913–14, the team won the inaugural Porto Football Association.^[3]

In the 1920s the club increased the number of sports practiced.^[4] The team boasted "the best defensive trio of the North": goalkeeper Casoto and defenders Lúzia and Óscar Vasques de Carvalho.^[4] 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.^[4] In 1933, the club adopted its black-and-white shirts, based on a French team that club president Artur Oliveira Valença had watched.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[4] A year later, the club finished as runners-up to S.L. Benfica by two points,^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

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

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.^[6] 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.^[9] 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.^[9] 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.^[9]

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.^[9] The club rebuilt the Estádio do Bessa for UEFA Euro 2004, contributing to their financial problems.^[9] 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.^[10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14][15] Also, after a negotiation with the creditors of the club, the €65 million debt was cut in half.^[16] 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.^[17]

In October 2020, Boavista's members approved of investment from Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman Gérard Lopez, owner of Ligue 1 club Lille OSC.^[18] Petit returned as manager, leading the club to the Taça da Liga semi-finals for the first time in 2021–22.^[19]

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
1948–49r	1D	14	26	4	6	16	35	89	14	R32						Serafim Baptista	10
1949–50p	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
1954–55r	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
1958–59p	2D.N	2	26	17	4	5	78	43	38
1959–60r	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
1965–66r	2D.N	14	26	6	7	13	31	45	19	R64
1966–67	3D.2	1	10	6	1	3	15	7	13
1967–68p	3D.2	1	10	6	2	2	25	11	14
1968–69p	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
1991–92s	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
2000–01c	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
2007–08R	1D	9	30	8	12	10	32	41	36	R16			2nd Round			Jorge Ribeiro	8
2008–09r	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
2013–14P	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

^s Top scorer

^c Champions

^p Promoted

^P Promoted in court

^r Relegated

^R Relegated in court

As of 19 May 2024

Sources: Soccer Library,^[20] Zero a Zero, ^[21] Fora de Jogo. ^[22]

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: Boavista 8–0 Sliema Wanderers, 05/10/1979, Estádio do Bessa, Porto
• Biggest defeat: Lazio 5–0 Boavista, 28/09/1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome
• Players with most UEFA appearances: Erwin Sánchez and Ricardo, 35 matches
• Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: Elpídio Silva, 11 goals

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975–76	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Spartak Trnava	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Second round	Celtic	0–0	1–3	1–3
1976–77	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	CSU Galați	2–0	3–2	5–2
		Second round	Levski Sofia	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
		Second round	Dynamo Moscow	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1980–81	UEFA Cup	First round	Vasas	0–1	2–0	2–1
		Second round	Sochaux	0–1	2–2	2–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup	First round	Atlético Madrid	4–1	1–3	5–4
		Second round	Valencia	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
		Second round	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
		Second round	Torino	0–0	0–2	0–2
1992–93	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Valur	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Second round	Parma	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
		Second round	Napoli	1–1	1–2	2–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	First round	Odense	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
		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 BSC	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

Players

Current squad

As of 5 November 2024^[23]

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  BRA César 2 MF  GUI Ibrahima Camará 7 FW  POR Salvador Agra 9 FW  SVK Róbert Boženík 10 MF  POR Miguel Reisinho 12 GK  BRA Luís Pires 15 DF  POR Pedro Gomes 16 MF  POR Joel Silva 17 FW  POR Manuel Namora 18 MF  MNE Ilija Vukotić 20 DF  POR Filipe Ferreira 23 FW  POR Tiago Machado 24 MF  COL Sebastián Pérez (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  GNB Augusto Dabó 26 DF  URU Rodrigo Abascal 35 DF  POR Gonçalo Almeida 70 DF  NGA Bruno Onyemaechi 71 FW  POR João Barros 73 DF  POR Alex Marques 74 FW  DOM Diego Llorente 75 DF  POR Tomás Silva 76 GK  POR Tomé Sousa 82 FW  POR Fábio Sambú 88 MF  POR Marco Ribeiro 99 GK  POR João Gonçalves

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

Retired numbers

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 FW  POR Edu Ferreira (23 April 1997 – 24 December 2017[24])

Club Officials

As of 30 November 2021

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

Coaches

Since 1970

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

Stadium

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.^[25] 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.^[4]

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

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

Notes

1. The "FC" is appended to "Boavista" instead of being prepended, due to its British history.

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External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Boavista F.C. at Primeira Liga (in Portuguese)