Beira-Mar
Full nameSport Clube Beira-Mar
Nickname(s)Auri-negros (Gold-and-Blacks)
Founded31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)
GroundEstádio Municipal de Aveiro
Capacity32,830
ChairmanHugo Coelho
ManagerMiguel Valença
LeagueCampeonato de Portugal

Sport Clube Beira-Mar (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ ˈkluβɨ ˈβɐjɾɐ ˈmaɾ]) is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 championship season. The old Estádio Mário Duarte was the home ground from 1935 until 2019. From 2020, SC Beira-Mar plays home matches at Estádio Municipal de Aveiro. The club also has futsal, basketball, boxing, judo, handball, billiards, athletics, and paintball departments.

Famous Portuguese players who have represented the club include Eusébio, António Veloso, and António Sousa. All three players have regularly been chosen for the Portugal national team and have played for the biggest clubs in the country—the former two with Benfica and the latter with both Porto and Sporting CP. After becoming a manager, Sousa also coached the team, guiding it to win the 1999 Taça de Portugal.

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. It first reached the top division in 1961, only lasting one season. Subsequently, Beira-Mar reached the top flight several times enjoying a spell lasting from 1971 to 1974. In the 1976–77 campaign, former S.L. Benfica and Portugal legend Eusébio signed up to play for Beira-Mar, requesting to be excluded in all matches against S.L. Benfica. Injuries prevented him from being fielded regularly, and the campaign ended in relegation.

In 1988 Beira-Mar returned to the "Primeira Divisão" managing to remain there most of the following years and achieving a best ever sixth place overall finish in the 1990/91 top league season and also reaching the Cup final. In 1999 the club again reached the Cup final, this time defeating S.C. Campomaiorense 1–0 to win the Taça de Portugal. Beira-Mar's goal was scored by Ricardo Sousa, son of coach António Sousa, who played for the club in the 1970s. Despite winning its biggest honour to date, the team was relegated at 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 club Vitesse. In the domestic league, the club finished second place in the second division, automatically returning to the top flight. On 23 February 2002, Beira-Mar achieved a 3–2 away win against FC Porto, which was managed by a young José Mourinho; it would be his last home defeat in the following decade.[1]

In 2006, former European Golden Shoe winner Mário Jardel returned to Portugal to play for Beira-Mar, signing 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 and later transferred to a club in Cyprus. In 2007 Beira-Mar was relegated in a campaign that included the sacking of manager Carlos Carvalhal, who was replaced by Spaniard Francisco Soler after the team signed a deal with Inverfutbol, a Spanish-based sporting company.[2]

In 2010, Beira-Mar finished the season as second division champions and returned to the top division after a three-year absence. In 2013, the team was relegated to the second division for finishing in last place. In 2015, Beira-Mar was demoted by administrative decree to the second-lowest league of the Aveiro FA district (Associação de Futebol de Aveiro), the fifth lowest overall level in the pyramid, despite finishing tenth, due to financial difficulties and debt. According to the FA legislation, the club was found ineligible to participate in national competitions and had to restart competitive activity from the bottom in the regional levels.[3]

Following promotions in 2016[4] and 2019, Beira-Mar returned to the national leagues, entering the third-tier Campeonato de Portugal for the 2019–20 season.[5]

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Portugal POR Pedro Soares
3 DF Portugal POR João Edgar
4 DF Brazil BRA Caio Sena
5 DF Portugal POR Mário Mendonça
6 MF Guinea GUI Ibrahima Sory
7 FW Portugal POR Diogo Tavares
8 MF Portugal POR Ivo Lemos
9 FW Sweden SWE Marko Mitrović
10 MF Portugal POR Pedro Aparício
11 FW Brazil BRA Diego Raposo
12 GK Portugal POR João Frade
13 MF Portugal POR Rui Sampaio (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Portugal POR Manuel Garruço (on loan from Tondela)
15 DF Portugal POR Bernardo Santos
17 FW Brazil BRA Michel Renner
19 FW Burkina Faso BFA Sydney Sylla
20 DF Portugal POR João Nogueira
21 MF Portugal POR Elsinho
22 MF Portugal POR Leandro Vieira
25 FW Guinea-Bissau GNB Zidane Cá
26 DF Portugal POR Luís Breda
27 DF Cape Verde CPV Romário
29 FW Portugal POR Zé Pedro
— GK Portugal POR Afonso Silva

League and Cup history

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 Winners
1999–00 2D 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 2D 1 3418142 451868 Last 128 Promoted
2006–07 1D 18 3041115 285523 4th round Relegated
2007–08 2D 6 3010128 303242 6th round
2008–09 2D 12 3081111 323235 4th round
2009–10 2D 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

By qualifying to play in the 1999 edition of UEFA Cup, Beira-Mar became the second team from a second division to appear in the competition, after Bray Wanderers from the Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1999–2000 UEFA Cup 1R Netherlands Vitesse 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 (4): 1928–29, 1937–38, 2018–19, 2021–22
Winners (3): 1948–49, 1955–56, 1958–59
Winners (2): 2017–18, 2021–22
Winners (2): 2019, 2021

Stadiums

From 1935 until 2019, Beira-Mar played home games at Estádio Mário Duarte, a 12,000- seating capacity ground in the city center. However, during this time, there were exceptions to Mario Duarte stadium use exclusivity when Beira-Mar occasionally used the new Municipal Stadium, purpose built for the 2004 Euro Championship. After the 2015 relegation, due to the poor economic situation of the club, Mario Duarte Stadium played an important role in the team recovering their support base due to the ease of access by the local fans.

Due to the stadium's ground being conveniently situated next door, the latest city planning and infrastructure developments require the area presently occupied by Mario Duarte Stadium for the long waiting expansion of Aveiro's main regional hospital. As a result of these developments, the city authorities reached a deal with the club for the use of the new Estádio Municipal de Aveiro by Beira-Mar S. C.. This modern 32000 seat stadium was purpose built to host some matches in the 2004 Euro Championship, is currently undergoing further development on its adjoining grounds by the Aveiro Football Association to establish new training facilities and a football academy. Nevertheless, due to the stadium's position being about 5 km outside the city limits next to the highway, does not enjoy public transportation accesses or shuttle services, thus, it never was very popular with Beira-Mar home or visiting supporters, who preferred the old historical stadium's cosiness and ease of access. To counter the stadium's lack of popularity due to accessibility problems, the local authorities are studying the implementation of a new shuttle service scheme incorporating the metropolitan bus services for match days, to help supporters reach the stadium easily. A passenger link from Aveiro railway station could also become a reality in the future by using the existing Vouga railway line that passes a few hundred meters from the stadium.

Notable players

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

Former managers

References

  1. ↑ Jose Mourinho's unbeaten home run ends Archived 2016-01-07 at the Wayback Machine; 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) Archived 2017-06-30 at the Wayback Machine; 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.
  4. ↑ "Beira-Mar em festa com a subida de divisão" [Beira-Mar partying with promotion] (PDF). Diário de Aveiro (in Portuguese). 30 May 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Definidas as séries do Campeonato de Portugal para a época 19/20" [Series for the 19/20 Campeonato de Portugal season confirmed] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 4 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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