Esporte Clube Vitória

Not to be confused with the Portuguese club Vitória S.C..

Esporte Clube Vitória is a Brazilian professional club based in Salvador, Bahia founded on 13 May 1899. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, as well as in the Campeonato Baiano, the top flight of the Bahia state football league.

Vitória

Full name	Esporte Clube Vitória
Nickname(s)	Leão da Barra (Barra's Lion) Nêgo Rubro-negro (Red and Black) Colossal
Founded	13 May 1899; 125 years ago (1899-05-13)
Ground	Barradão
Capacity	30,618
President	Fábio Rios Mota
Head coach	Thiago Carpini
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Baiano
2024 2024 [pt]	Série A, 11th of 20 Baiano, 1st of 10 (champions)
Website	ecvitoria.com.br
Home colors Away colors Third colors
Current season

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 Esporte Clube Bahia and "Vi" from Esporte Clube Vitória). It is one of the most intense rivalries, consistently ranked among the world's most bitter.^{[citation needed]}

History

The club was founded on 13 May 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.^[3][4]

On 22 May 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 13 September 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 semi-finals.

In the 2000s, the Campeonato Baiano trophy was won by Vitória eight out of ten years.^[5]

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.

In February 2018 the intense rivalry between Vitória and Esporte Clube Bahia drew international attention when nine players (four from Bahia and five from Vitória) were shown the red card in a State Championship match.^[6]

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.

  Classified for Sudamericana.

  Promoted.

  Relegated.

Year	Campeonato Baiano	Campeonato Brasileiro	Copa do Brasil	Copa do Nordeste	Copa Sudamericana
Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Division	Pos	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	Pos	Pld	W	D	L
2001	4º	10	5	1	4	Série A	16º	36	27	9	9	9	14º	6	3	1	2	7º	15	6	3	6	-	-	-	-	-
2002	1º	12	7	3	2	Série A	10º	37	25	11	4	10	25º	4	1	2	1	2º	19	12	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
2003	1º	14	9	2	3	Série A	16º	56	46	15	11	20	7º	8	4	0	4	1º	5	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
2004	1º	14	10	3	1	Série A	23º	48	46	13	9	24	4º	10	5	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	1º	14	9	5	0	Série B	17º	27	21	7	6	8	23º	4	1	0	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	2º	34	21	8	5	Série C	2º	36	32	18	5	9	9º	6	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	1º	28	20	6	2	Série B	4º	59	38	18	5	15	26º	4	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	1º	28	16	4	8	Série A	10º	52	38	15	7	16	26º	3	2	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	1º	26	19	3	4	Série A	13º	48	38	13	9	16	8º	8	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	14º	4	1	1	2
2010	1º	22	14	4	4	Série A	17º	42	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
...	...	...	...	...	...
2020	5º	13	3	4	2	Série B	14º	48	38	11	15	12	27º	4	1	1	2	9º	8	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
2021	5º	9	2	5	2	Série B	18º	40	38	8	16	14	14º	6	3	0	3	4º	9	4	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
2022	5º	9	3	4	2	Série C	4º	59	25	10	8	7	52º+	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	6º	12	3	3	3	Série B	1º	72	38	22	6	10	52º+	1	0	0	1	14º	8	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
2024	1º	13	9	2	2	Série A	11º	47	38	13	8	17	31º	2	0	0	2	9º	8	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
2025						Série A

Colours

Its colours are red and black, which made it to be called "Rubro-Negro" ("red-black", in portuguese). In the early years, the club's colours would be green and yellow, but due to difficulty in find the proper materials in these colours, it was chosen to be white and black. That was the colours worn in the inaugural match facing the International Sport Club. The current red-black colours were adopted 3 years later, in 1902.^{[citation needed]}

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

1993

1997

2000

2003

2007

2008

2009

2012

2022

2023

2023 kit

home

away

alternative

2024 kit

home

away

third

Nordeste

2025 kit

Nordeste

Current squad

As of 18 February 2025^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Lucas Arcanjo 2 DF  BRA Claudinho 3 DF  BRA Zé Marcos 5 DF  BRA Lucas Halter (on loan from Botafogo) 6 DF  BRA Hugo (on loan from Botafogo) 7 FW  BRA Gustavo Silva 8 MF  BRA Ronald Lopes 10 MF  BRA Wellington Rato 11 FW  BRA Osvaldo 13 DF  BRA Camutanga 14 MF  BRA Dionísio 15 MF  BRA Caio Vinícius 16 FW  BRA Fábio Soares 17 MF  BRA Thiaguinho 21 GK  BRA Gabriel 22 FW  BRA Lucas Braga

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  BRA Fabrício 27 DF  PAR Raúl Cáceres 28 MF  BRA Ricardo Ryller 29 MF  BRA Willian Oliveira 30 FW  BRA Matheuzinho 35 GK  BRA Fintelman 37 MF  BRA Bruno Xavier 39 FW  BRA Janderson 43 DF  BRA Edu 44 MF  BRA Gabriel Baralhas (on loan from Internacional) 62 MF  BRA Pablo 77 DF  BRA Neris 83 DF  BRA Jamerson (on loan from Coritiba) 96 FW  BRA Carlos Eduardo 97 MF  BRA Val Soares 99 FW  BRA Carlinhos (on loan from Flamengo)

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  BRA Bruno Uvini — MF  BRA Jean Mota

Youth team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  BRA Kauan 24 GK  BRA Luis Eduardo

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  BRA Edenilson 88 DF  BRA Emerson Buiu

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Yuri Sena (at Azuriz until 1 April 2025) — DF  BRA Felipe Vieira (at Chapecoense until 30 November 2025) — DF  BRA João Victor (at Mirassol until 31 December 2025) — DF  BRA Marco Antônio (at Londrina until 30 November 2025) — DF  BRA Willean Lepo (at Goiás until 30 November 2025) — MF  BRA Daniel Júnior (at Portuguesa until 9 April 2025) — MF  BRA Dudu (at Ponte Preta until 30 November 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Eduardo (at Noroeste until 1 April 2025) — MF  BRA João Pedro (at Kyoto Sanga until 31 December 2025) — MF  BRA José Breno (at Londrina until 30 November 2025) — MF  BRA Léo Naldi (at Atlético Goianiense until 30 November 2025) — FW  BRA Alisson Santos (at União de Leiria until 30 June 2025) — FW  BRA Lawan (at São José-SP until 30 April 2025) — FW  BRA Luis Miguel (at Botafogo-PB until 30 November 2025)

Honours

Official tournaments

National
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	1	2023
Regional
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Copa do Nordeste	4s	1997, 1999, 2003, 2010
State
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Baiano	30	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, 2016, 2017, 2024
Taça Estado da Bahia	3s	2004, 2005, 2006

•   record
• ^s shared record

Others tournaments

International

• Dakar Tournament (1): 1992
• Trofeo Ciudad de Valladolid (1): 1997

National

• Torneio Maria Quitéria (1): 1996

Regional

• Torneio José Américo de Almeida Filho (1): 1976

State

• Torneio Início da Bahia (11): 1926, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1980

Runners-up

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (1): 1993
• Copa do Brasil (1): 2010
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (1): 1992
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 2006
• Copa do Nordeste (3): 1998, 2000, 2002
• Campeonato Baiano (28): 1906, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1942, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018
• Taça Estado da Bahia (2): 2001, 2002

Youth team

• Copa do Brasil Sub-20 (1): 2012
• Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (1): 1994
• Copa Votorantim Sub-15 (1): 2000

Women's Football

• Campeonato Baiano de Futebol Feminino (2): 2016–17, 2018

See also

• Esporte Clube Vitória (basketball)

References

1. "Football stadiums of the world – Stadium List South America – Football stadiums of the world". www.fussballtempel.net.
2. "Principais Títulos Internacionais" (in Portuguese). ECVitoria.com.br. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
3. "PRIMEIROS CLUBES BRASILEIROS EM ATIVIDADE A ENTRAREM EM CAMPO". www.rsssfbrasil.com. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
4. "Esporte Clube Vitória". www.campeoesdofutebol.com.br. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
5. "Vitória conquista seu oitavo título e é o maior campeão da década". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
6. "Súmula do Ba-Vi confirma triunfo por 3 a 0 do Bahia sobre o Vitória". Universo Online (in Portuguese). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
7. Vitória Official Website (in Portuguese)

External links

• (in Portuguese) Official website
• (in Portuguese) Vitória on Globo Esporte