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Esporte Clube Bahia ( portuguese pronunciation : [ isˈpɔʁtʃi ˈklubi baˈi.ɐ ] ), known familiarly as Bahia, is a brazilian professional football golf club, based in Salvador, capital city of the brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia ‘s country league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil ‘s foremost tier league.

Bahia has won the Brasileirão title doubly : in the 1959 season, defeating the Santos ‘ Santásticos which contained figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and Pelé, in the finals and in the 1988 season Bahia edged Internacional. Bahia has merely appeared in the Copa Libertadores three times, reaching the quarterfinals in 1989, Bahia ‘s best-ever performance. The club has besides won their country championship a record 46 times. The 2000s have seen the club win only four state titles. Bahia was demoted to the Série B in 2003 and demoted, for the foremost clock time ever, to the Série C in 2005, spending two seasons at the buttocks of the Brazilian league organization. In 2007, they were promoted back to the second grade, and in 2010 the club found itself back in the Série A, after eight seasons. Bahia had played its home games with 66,080 people capacity Estádio Fonte Nova since 1951 but after a section of the stadium collapsed in 2007, the Tricolor play at the Estádio de Pituaçu. With the reopen of the Fonte Nova stadium in 2013 as the Arena Fonte Nova, a mod arena built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Bahia resumed playing its matches there. The cabaret ‘s home uniform consists of white shirts with gloomy shorts and bolshevik socks. It has a long-standing competition with the Vitória and matches between the two sides are known as Ba–Vi .

history [edit ]

early years and the first national claim [edit ]

The Esporte Clube Bahia was founded in 1931, when players from two clubs decided to merge. The Associação Atlética district attorney Bahia and the Clube Bahiano de Tênis had decided to discontinue their football divisions. A few years late Bahia became the most popular team in the Northeast of Brazil. [ citation needed ] In the club ‘s first class, Bahia won the Torneio Inicio and Bahia State Championship. The first base Bahia president was Waldemar Costa, a doctor. Bahia ‘s cap is based on Corinthians ‘ [ citation needed ]. Bahia ‘s state flag, created by Raimundo Magalhães, was used in place of the São Paulo state flag. The team was founded with the motto “ Nasceu para Vencer ” ( Born to Win ). Bahia won 44 State Championships, 18 more than the Vitória ( their rival club ), and was the inaugural club to participate in Taça Libertadores da America in 1960. between 1959 and 1963, and in 1968, the club represented the state of Bahia in Taça Brasil ( the precursor of the brazilian Championship ), winning the title in 1959 and finishing as runner-up in 1961 and 1963 .

The 1980s and the second national entitle [edit ]

The 1980s were the best in Bahia ‘s history. Bahia won their second national title in 1988, finishing 5th in 1986 and 4th in 1990. In 1989, Bahia won its second brazilian Championship against the Internacional from Porto Alegre Bahia won the first leg in Salvador by 2–1. The irregular branch ended in an 0–0 tie in Porto Alegre at the Beira Rio Stadium. After these results Bahia won the Brasileirão, their second national claim. The backing gave to Bahia the right to play Copa Libertadores for a third base clock time. It was a daze for the southerly wardrobe [ citation needed ] because Salvador is in the Northeast and the victory was over the Internacional, a team from southerly Brazil, the region that has the highest Human Development Index in the country .

Dark years [edit ]

In 1997, Bahia was relegated to the Série B for the first time in its history after a 0–0 hook against the Juventude at the Fonte Nova stadium. In 1999 Bahia was close to being promoted to the Série A again. Bahia had a very good season, but finished in 3rd place, which was not adequate to see them promoted.

In 2000, due to bribery scandals involving clubs such as the São Paulo and the Internacional, the team returned to the Brazilian First Division, invited by the Clube cause 13, along with the Fluminense, which was made a scapegoat for the controversy and was nationally victimized by the media ( see Copa João Havelange ). In 2002 the bank that had sponsored the team went bankrupt and the Bahia began a descent down the brazilian football pyramid. After the entitle of the Northeast Cup in 2001 and 2002, Bahia performed ill in 2003, and were relegated to the Série B for the second time in the baseball club ‘s history. In 2004, the team was close to getting promoted to the Série A again, finishing 4th. In order to be promoted, Bahia would have to win the final match against the Brasiliense, but the reviewer Paulo César de Oliveira was assigned to that match and many people [ who? ] say he was all but fair on that day. In 2005, the club again competed in the Série B, finishing in 18th place, and was relegated to the Série C for the first time in the baseball club ‘s history .

Fênix tricolor ( tricolored phoenix ) [edit ]

Bahia finished 2007 among the first four teams of the Third Division, and were promoted to the Second Division for the 2008 season. The Bahia began powerfully, but in the last game of the 3rd stage of the Série C against the already-eliminated Fast Club, Bahia needed a win to advance to the final. The victory came in the final moment of the game with a goal scored by Charles. In the final, the team finished the third division in 2nd set, alone losing the claim in the final cycle. [ citation needed ] This moment is called the “ Fênix Tricolor ” amongst Bahia fans. [ citation needed ] The phoenix represents Bahia rising from the ashes. Despite playing in the Third Division of Brazilian football in 2007, Bahia had the largest average attendance in Brazil : 40,400 people per catch. [ citation needed ] No club in the Third, the Second, or even the First Division was able to match it. [ citation needed ] however, this is not strange for Bahia, having besides achieved the biggest average attendance in Brazil in 2004 ( Second Division ), 1988 ( First Division ), 1986 ( First Division ), and 1985 ( First Division ). [ citation needed ]

holocene years [edit ]

From 2010 to 2014 Bahia remained in the foremost class. In 2014 they were relegated to the second division again, but came back in 2016. In 2017 they are playing in the beginning division. After 22 years out of international rival, Bahia returned in 2012 when they qualified for the Copa Sul-Americana. In accession, they have won the 2012, 2014 and 2015 Bahia State Championship and the Northeast Cup in 2017. In February 2018 the intense competition between Bahia and Esporte Clube Vitória drew international attention when ten-spot players ( five from each team ) were shown the crimson card in a State Championship match. [ 2 ]

Symbols [edit ]

Bahia ‘s colors are blue, loss, and white. The gloomy coloring material pays court to the Associação Atlética da Bahia ; whiten, to the Clube Baiano de Tênis ; and red for the Bahia department of state flag. The clubhouse ‘s mascot is called Super-Homem Tricolor ( Tricolor Superman ) and was inspired by the DC Comics character. The mascot was created by the celebrated cartoonist Ziraldo based on the saying “ Esquadrão de Aço “ ( Steel Squad ), and wears a costume very like to the master Superman ‘s costume, which shares the team ‘s colors .

stadium [edit ]

Bahia played at the Fonte Nova stadium from its inauguration in 1951 until November 2007. During the plot against the Vila Nova ( during Bahia ‘s forwarding campaign ) a depart of the stadium collapsed. seven people died and more than 30 were injured.

After that episode, the country government declared that the stadium would be demolished. A new stadium was built on the locate for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Some luminary games at the Fonte Nova :
In April, the Bahia were back to the Arena Fonte Nova

league record [edit ]

National league [edit ]