Boavista

Full name	Boavista Sport Club
Founded	1961
Ground	Eucy de Resende Mendonça (Capacity: 10,000)
2008	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, eliminated in second stage
Home colours Away colours

Boavista Sport Club, usually known simply as Boavista (the club is sometimes misspelled Boa Vista Sport Club, or Boa Vista), is a Brazilian football team, from the Bacaxá district, city of Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro state. The club was formerly known as Esporte Clube Barreira.

Contents 1 History 2 Current Squad 3 Titles 4 Stadium 5 Idols 6 Club colors 7 Mascot 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

On October 14, 1961, the club was founded as Esporte Clube Barreira.

In 1991, EC Barreira won the Campeonato Carioca Terceira Divisão (Campeonato Carioca Third Division), after beating Bayer of Belford Roxo city. Both clubs were promoted to the following year's Segunda Divisão (Second Division). ^[1]

In 1992, the club finished as the Segunda Divisão's runner-up, only behind Bayer, and was not promoted to the first division.^[1]

In 1995, the club disputed the Campeonato Carioca's top level for the first time in history. The club finished in the 6th position of its group, so, Barreira falied to qualify to the second phase, but also avoided the relegation tournament. In the first phase's first stage the club finished in the 6th position, and in the second stage the club finished in the 7th position. ^[2]

In 1996, the club disputed again the Campeonato Carioca. Barreira finished in the 10th position in Taça Guanabara (which is the competition's first stage, and in the 11th position in Taça Rio (the competition's second stage). ^[3]

In 1997, Barreira finished in Taça Guanabara's 12th position (the last position), so, the club was relegated, and did not disputed Taça Rio. ^[4]

On March 10, 2004, ^[5] a group of businessmen assumed the club's control, and renamed the club to its current name, Boavista Sport Club. The club's logo was also changed. However, the colors remained the same.^[6]

In 2006, the club won its first title as Boavista, the Campeonato Carioca Segunda Divisão, being promoted to the following year's first division. In the final, the club beat Macaé Esporte. In the first leg, on June 25, 2006, Boavista won 2-1, at Estádio Cláudio Moacyr Azevedo, Macaé city. ^[7]. On July 2, 2006, at Estádio Eucy de Resende Mendonça, Boavista and Macaé drew 0-0. ^[8]

[edit] Current Squad

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No. Position Player GK Erivelton GK Adriano Fachini GK Daniel de Oliveira Dias GK Cleber Moura DF Paulo Rodrigues Ivo DF Arilson Mello e Silva DF Esquerdinha DF Tiago Crispin da Silva DF Hélder DF Elton dos Santos Abreu DF Carlos Bruno Gomes DF Felipe da Costa DF Marcos Vinicios Simon DF Fábio Braz MF Roberto Lopes (loan from Vasco da Gama)

No. Position Player MF Bruno Moreno MF Adriano Gomes MF Tiago Rocha MF Romario Santos da Silva MF Flavio Santos MF Flavio Damião Medina MF Jefferson de Almeida FW Faioli (loan from Vasco da Gama) FW Anselmo Tadeu FW Diogo Correa de Oliveira FW Bruno Rangel FW Danilo dos Santos FW Fábio G. da Silva FW Jajang (jony) Mulyana

[edit] Titles

• Campeonato Carioca Segunda Divisão: 2006
• Campeonato Carioca Terceira Divisão: 1991 (as Barreira)

[edit] Stadium

The club's home matches are usually played at Eucy de Resende Mendonça stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.^[6]

[edit] Idols

• Andrade
• Luis Paulo

[edit] Club colors

The club's colors are green, and white. ^[6]

[edit] Mascot

Boavista's mascot is a firefly. ^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Boavista's official website
• Boavista at Arquivo de Clubes
• Club info as Barreira