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Vitória
Full name	Esporte Clube Vitória
Nickname(s)	Leão da Barra ("Lion from Barra")
Founded	1899
Ground	Estádio Barradão, Salvador, Brazil; (Capacity: 32,000)
Chairman	Jorge Sampaio
Head coach	Vágner Mancini
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2009	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 13th

Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.

Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium (Manoel Barradas, capacity 32,000^[1]). They play 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.

[edit] History

The club was founded on May 13, 1899, by the brothers Artur and Artêmio Valente. They were from a traditional Bahian family and discovered football during their studies in England. Initially, however, Vitória was a cricket club named Club de Cricket Victoria.

On May 22, 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.

On September 13, 1903, Vitória beat Paulista settlement São Paulo-Bahia 2-0. This match was the club's first professional match.

In 1908, Vitória won its first title ever, the Campeonato Baiano.

In 1998, the Vitória S/A was founded (short for Vitória Sociedade Anônima), which is an incorporated company created to manage the club's professional football businesses.

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.

In 2006, Vitória was sub-champion of the Third Division, being promoted to the Brazilian Second Division.

In 2007, Vitória played the Brazilian Second Division and was promoted back to the Brazilian First Division after finishing in 4th place. This means the club managed to return from the lowest Brazilian division to its original place in the First Division in only two years.

[edit] Titles

[edit] Major competitions

Campeonato do Nordeste in 1997, 1999 and 2003.
25 state championships (in 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).
Brazilian Championship runner-up in 1993.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B runner-up in 1992.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C runner-up in 2006.

[edit] Other competitions

Torneio Maria Quitéria: 1996

[edit] Youth competitions

Dallas Cup: 1996 and 1997.
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores: 1994.

[edit] Current squad

[edit] First team

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Julián Viáfara
2	DF	Apodi
3	DF	Wallace
4	DF	Anderson Martins
5	MF	Vanderson
7	MF	Carlos Alberto
8	MF	Bida
9	FW	Edson
10	MF	Ramon
11	MF	Jackson
12	GK	Gléguer (on loan from Bragantino)
13	DF	Nino Paraíba
14	DF	Marco Aurélio
15	DF	Ernandes
16	MF	Uelliton
17	MF	Leandro Domingues
18	FW	Adriano
20	MF	William

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Luiz Henrique
22	GK	Thiago Régis
23	FW	Roger (on loan from São Paulo)
25	DF	Robson
26	FW	Leandrão (on loan from Internacional)
27	MF	Magal
28	MF	Gil
30	DF	Elkeson
31	MF	Elton
32	FW	Robert
33	DF	Leandro (on loan from FC Porto)
34	FW	Neto Berola
37	FW	Itacaré
38	DF	Reniê
41	DF	Fabio Ferreira
44	GK	Bagio
99	FW	Derlei

[edit] 2008 Season transfers

List of Brazilian football transfers 2008

[edit] 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.

[edit] Ultras

[edit] References

^ www.fussballtempel.net

[edit] External links

[0] www.fussballtempel.net

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