S.C. Beira-Mar

Beira-Mar
Full name Sport Clube Beira-Mar
Nickname(s) Auri-negros (Gold-and-Blacks)
Founded 1922
Ground Estádio Mário Duarte
Ground Capacity 12,000
Chairman António Cruz
Manager Augusto Semedo
League Aveiro FA First Division
2015–16 Aveiro FA Second Division, 1st (promoted)

Sport Clube Beira-Mar (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾ ˈklub(ɨ) ˈbɐjɾɐ ˈmaɾ]) is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Aveiro FA First Division, holding home games at Estádio Mário Duarte.

Eusébio and António Sousa were two of the club's most famous players; both played for the biggest clubs in the country, the former with Benfica and the latter with both Porto and Sporting, and had long spells with the Portugal national team; Sousa also later managed the team. Beira-Mar also possesses futsal, basketball, boxing, judo, handball, billiards, athletics and paintball departments.

History

Eusébio, one of the world's greatest footballers, played for Beira-Mar in the 1976–77 season.

Beira-Mar was founded on 1 January 1922, and first reached the first division 39 years later, only lasting one single season. Until 1980 it would make a few further appearances in the top flight, the longest spell being from 1971 to 1974; in the 1976–77 campaign, former S.L. Benfica and Portugal legend Eusébio played briefly for the side, often being injured as the campaign ended in relegation.

Returned again to the top flight in 1988, Beira-Mar spent most of the following years in that division. In 1999, eight years after being runners-up in the competition, the club once again reached the final of the Portugal Cup, against S.C. Campomaiorense – Sporting Clube de Portugal, Benfica and F.C. Porto and all been ousted before the round-of-16. The team won the match 1–0 thanks to a goal from Ricardo Sousa, son of coach António Sousa who played for the club during the 1970s; the team would also be relegated at the season's end.

As the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued in 1999, Beira-Mar participated in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, losing 1–2 on aggregate to Dutch team Vitesse. In the domestic league the club finished in second position in the second division and immediately returned to the top flight. On 23 February 2002 Beira-Mar achieved a 3–2 away win against Porto, which was managed by a young José Mourinho: it would be the last home defeat for the manager for the following decade.[1]

The return of Mário Jardel to Portugal to play for Beira-Mar was one of the biggest news in Portugal football in the summer of 2006, as the 33-year-old and former European Golden Shoe winner signed a one-year contract. The Brazilian scored in his official debut, a 2–2 home draw against Desportivo das Aves, but gradually lost his importance in the team, leaving in the following transfer window to a team in Cyprus; Beira-Mar would eventually be relegated, in a campaign which also included the sacking of manager Carlos Carvalhal and his replacement with Spaniard Francisco Soler, after the team signed a cooperation deal with Inverfutbol, a Spanish-based sporting company.[2]

Beira-Mar returned to the first division in 2010 after a three-year absence, having finished the season as champions. In 2013 they were relegated to the second division for finishing 16th and bottom, and were demoted in 2015 to the second and bottom league of the Aveiro district (fifth level overall) despite finishing 10th due to financial debts.[3]

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Portugal GK Nuno Lopes
2 Portugal DF Bruno Quintino
3 Portugal DF Nuno Cruz
4 Portugal DF Bruno Lopes
5 Portugal DF Hernâni Tomás
6 Portugal MF Miguel Mortágua
7 Portugal MF João Paulo
8 Portugal FW Manuel Lopes
9 Portugal FW Pirata
10 Portugal MF Jorge Silva
11 Portugal DF Diogo Aidos
12 Portugal GK Samuel Biscaia
13 Portugal FW Óscar Lopes
16 Portugal MF Ricardo Castro
No. Position Player
17 Portugal MF Alex Silva
18 Portugal DF Pedro Moreira
20 Portugal MF João Dias
21 Portugal DF Diogo Catraio
22 Portugal MF Tiago Ramalho
23 Portugal FW Magno Fonseca
24 Portugal GK Diogo Melo
25 Portugal MF Miguel Pangaio
26 Brazil FW Cílio Souza
27 Portugal FW Diogo Zamorano
28 Portugal DF Mané Vieira
29 Portugal FW Bruno Ribeiro
30 Portugal MF Alexis Martins


After playing in the UEFA Cup in 1999, Beira-Mar became the first second division team to appear in the competition, alongside Bray Wanderers from Ireland.

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes
1961–62 1D 11 268513 436121
1965–66 1D 11 266614 316518
1966–67 1D 14 265417 235814
1971–72 1D 13 307914 295123
1972–73 1D 12 3051312 275723
1973–74 1D 13 307716 345921
1975–76 1D 13 306915 284721
1976–77 1D 13 307914 335723
1978–79 1D 12 3011217 445624
1979–80 1D 15 3051015 244620
1988–89 1D 15 38101315 293633
1989–90 1D 11 3410915 223929
1990–91 1D 6 38121214 404936
1991–92 1D 8 34111013 324132
1992–93 1D 8 34101212 243332
1993–94 1D 14 3491114 283829
1994–95 1D 17 348521 335421
1998–99 1D 16 3461513 365333
1999–00 2H 2 3418115 543065 UC1st round Promoted
2000–01 1D 8 3414713 454949
2001–02 1D 11 3410915 485639
2002–03 1D 13 3410915 435039
2003–04 1D 11 3411815 364541
2004–05 1D 18 3461216 305630 Relegated
2005–06 2H 1 3418142 451868 Last 128 Promoted
2006–07 1D 18 3041115 285523 4th round Relegated
2007–08 2H 6 3010128 303242 6th round
2008–09 2H 12 3081111 323235 4th round
2009–10 2H 1 301668 443054 4th round Promoted
2010–11 1D 13 3071211 323633 4th round
2011–12 1D 12 308517 263829 3rd round
2012–13 1D 16 305817 355523 5th round Relegated
2013–14 2D 12 42141216 454854 5th round
2014–15 2D 10 46161515 554863 3rd round Demoted

European record

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1999–2000 UEFA Cup 1R Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem 1–2 0–0 1–2

Honours

National

Winners (1): 1998–99
Winners (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
Winners (3): 1960–61, 1964–65, 1970–71
Winners (1): 1958–59

Other

Winners (1): 1964–65
Winners (2): 1928–29, 1937–38
Winners (3): 1948–49, 1955–56, 1958–59

Stadium

Beira-Mar play home games at Estádio Mário Duarte, which has a 12000-seat capacity. This is the city center stadium that the team need to recover their support.

Notable players

Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Former managers

References

  1. ↑ Jose Mourinho's unbeaten home run ends; BBC Sport, 2 April 2011
  2. ↑ Beira-Mar: Carvalhal despedido para dar lugar a Paco Soler (Beira-Mar: Carvalhal sacked to make way for Paco Soler); Portal d'Aveiro, 9 January 2007 (in Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Atlético convidado a substituir o Beira-Mar" [Atlético invited to replace Beira-Mar]. ojogo.pt (in Portuguese). 29 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.