S.C. Beira-Mar

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S.C. Beira-Mar
Full name Sport Clube Beira-Mar
Nickname(s) Auri-negros (The Gold-and-Blacks)
Founded 1922
Ground Estádio Municipal de
Aveiro – Mário Duarte
, Aveiro
(Aveiro Municipal Stadium
– Mário Duarte
)
(Capacity 30,498)
Chairman Flag of Portugal Artur Valente Filipe
Manager Flag of Portugal Rogério Gonçalves
League Liga Vitalis
2006-07 BWINLIGA, 15th (relegated)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Home colours
Team colours Team colours Team colours
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Away colours

Sport Clube Beira-Mar (pron. IPA[spɔɾ 'klub(ɨ) 'bɐiɾɐ maɾ]) is a Portuguese sports club from Aveiro. Its football team was promoted as champions of Liga de Honra in 2005/06, currently playing in the BWINLIGA, the top league in Portuguese football.

Beira-Mar plays in a football stadium built for the 2004 European Football Championship called Estádio Municipal de Aveiro.

Its best known players of all times were Eusébio (who played for the team during the 1976/77 season) and António Sousa. Both tasted glory with Portugal national football team.

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[edit] Sports departments

Sport Beira-Mar was founded on January,1, 1922 in Aveiro. Beira-Mar is most known for its renowned futsal, basketball, and boxing departments. Football is also a growing spot in the club, with the club being a regular participant in the highest division of Portuguese football, nowadays called BWINLIGA.

[edit] Football

Beira-Mar's best season in the league was in 1990/91 . The biggest feat in the club's history was winning the Portuguese Football Cup in the 1998/99 season, and achieving its final in 1990/91. The club also won the Taça Ribeiro dos Reis in 1964/65 and won the 2nd Division, three times, in 1960/61; 1964/65; 1970/71. The club also won the Liga de Honra in 2005/06. Beira Mar participated in the Uefa Cup in the 1999/2000 season being beaten by Vitesse of Holland 2-1.

[edit] Eusébio Days

Back in the 1960s Eusébio was an icon to Portugal and Benfica fans. But in 1976 many Beira Mar fans were skeptical if Eusebio could still play the way he did 10 years prior, they soon found out as Eusebio soon registered 3 goals in 12 games a feat for a player his age.

[edit] The Portuguese Cup

Without a doubt, the biggest feat in Beira-Mar's history was the Portuguese Football Cup in the 1998/99 season, when the team was managed by António Sousa, a former player of the club, who also played for F.C. Porto and the national squad. The lone goal in the final against Campomaiorense was scored by Ricardo Sousa, his son. Unfortunately, the club was relegated to the Liga de Honra that same year. This was the second time the club reached the competition final, the first one was in 1990/91, when it lost to F.C. Porto.

[edit] Aveiro Stadium

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is a football (soccer) stadium in Aveiro, Portugal. It was designed for Euro 2004 by the architect Tomás Taveira. It is very colorful and festive-looking. It seats 30,498 people. It is the home to the football club of SC Beira-Mar. Many Beira-Mar fans call it the Circus for its' intense design. The question of who actually owns the stadium, the club or the municipality of Aveiro, has caused many tensions between the two entities, endangering the funding of the club.

[edit] Mário Jardel

The return of Mário Jardel to Portugal to play in Beira Mar was one of the biggest news in the Portuguese football in the summer of 2006. It lifted many of Beira-Mar's fans hopes that the club would not get relegated with the Brazilian scorer who won the European boot on several occasions (Which is given to the Top Scorer in Europe). He scored in his debut game, a 2-2 draw against Desportivo das Aves. However, with Beira-Mar struggling in the Liga, Jardel transferred to Anorthosis Famagusta in the winter transfer market.

[edit] Fans of Beira-Mar

The fans of Beira-Mar are known as "Auri-negros" (Yellow-Blacks).

[edit] Notable Players

[edit] Current squad

As of 22 October 2007

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Brazil GK Luís Almeida
2 Flag of Portugal DF Primo
3 Flag of Cameroon DF Buba
4 Flag of Brazil DF Fernando
5 Flag of Portugal FW Vasco Matos
7 Flag of Portugal MF Artur
8 Flag of Brazil MF Tony
9 Flag of Brazil FW Jessé
11 Flag of Brazil FW Roma
12 Flag of Portugal GK Litos
13 Flag of South Korea FW Lee Hyung-Sang
16 Flag of Brazil FW Dede
17 Flag of Portugal MF João Pedro
No. Position Player
19 Flag of Cape Verde DF Ricardo
20 Flag of Brazil MF Fahel
22 Flag of Portugal DF Vitor Alves
23 Flag of Brazil MF Maurinho
24 Flag of Portugal GK Bruno Sousa
26 Flag of Cape Verde MF Emerson
29 Flag of Brazil FW Wegno
35 Flag of Brazil MF Vitinha
36 Flag of Portugal DF Diogo Luís
45 Flag of Portugal FW Camora
77 Flag of Portugal DF Jorge Vidigal
Flag of Venezuela MF Pedro Jorge Santos Santos

[edit] Squad changes 2007/08 season

In:

Out:

Out on loan:

  • Flag of Portugal Magno Fonseca - to Avanca

[edit] League and Cup history

The club has 24 presences at the top level of Portuguese football, and played once in the UEFA Cup, after winning the Portuguese Cup in the same season that it was relegated - becoming, with Bray Wanderers, the first second level team playing in the UEFA Cup (apart from the particular cases of Welsh and Liechtenstein teams).

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1961-1962 1D 11 26 8 5 13 43 61 21
...
1965-1966 1D 11 26 6 6 14 31 65 18
1966-1967 1D 14 26 5 4 17 23 58 14
...
1971-1972 1D 13 30 7 9 14 29 51 23
1972-1973 1D 12 30 5 13 12 27 57 23
1973-1974 1D 13 30 7 7 16 34 59 21
...
1975-1976 1D 13 30 6 9 15 28 47 21
1976-1977 1D 13 30 7 9 14 33 57 23
1978-1979 1D 12 30 11 2 17 44 56 24
1979-1980 1D 15 30 5 10 15 24 46 20
...
1988-1989 1D 15 38 10 13 15 29 36 33
1989-1990 1D 11 34 10 9 15 22 39 29
1990-1991 1D 6 38 12 12 14 40 49 36 runner-up
1991-1992 1D 8 34 11 10 13 32 41 32
1992-1993 1D 8 34 10 12 12 24 33 32
1993-1994 1D 14 34 9 11 14 28 38 29
1994-1995 1D 17 34 8 5 21 33 54 21
1998-1999 1D 16 34 6 15 13 36 53 33 winner
1999-2000 2H 2 34 18 11 5 54 30 65 UC 1st round promoted
2000-2001 1D 8 34 14 7 13 45 49 49
2001-2002 1D 11 34 10 9 15 48 56 39
2002-2003 1D 13 34 10 9 15 43 50 39
2003-2004 1D 11 34 11 8 15 36 45 41
2004-2005 1D 18 34 6 12 16 30 56 30 relegated
2005-2006 2H 1 34 18 14 2 45 18 68 last 128 promoted
2006-2007 1D ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4th round ongoing

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