S.C. Beira-Mar

Football club infobox
clubname = S.C. Beira-Mar


fullname = Sport Clube Beira-Mar
nickname = "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 = flagicon|Portugal Artur Valente Filipe
manager = flagicon|Portugal Rogério Gonçalves
league = Liga Vitalis
season = 2006-07
position = BWINLIGA, 15th (relegated)
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Sport Clube Beira-Mar (pron. IPA2|spɔɾ 'klub(ɨ) 'bɐiɾɐ maɾ) is a Portuguese sports club from Aveiro. Its football team is in Liga Vitalis

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.

ports 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.

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.

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.

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 FC Porto.

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.

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.

Fans of Beira-Mar

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

Notable Players

*flagicon|Portugal Eusébio
*flagicon|Portugal Antonio Sousa
*flagicon|Portugal Ricardo Sousa
*flagicon|Wales Andy Marriott
*flagicon|England Paul Murray
*flagicon|Scotland Stephen McPhee
*flagicon|Egypt Magdi Abdelghani
*flagicon|Bulgaria Todor Kiutchoukov
*flagicon|Argentina Mariano Fernández
*flagicon|Brazil José Carlos da Silva
*flagicon|Paraguay Antolin Alcaraz
*flagicon|Slovakia Marian Zemen
*flagicon|Brazil Mário Jardel
*flagicon|Nigeria Kingsley Sunny Ekeh
*flagicon|Netherlands Clyde Wijnhard
*flagicon|Senegal Faye Fary
*flagicon|Portugal flagicon|Canada Fernando Aguiar
*flagicon|Portugal Jorge Leitao
*flagicon|Czech Republic Pavel Srníček
*flagicon|Mali Mourtala Diakité
*flagicon|Brazil Edgar Bruno da Silva
*flagicon|Montenegro Andrija Delibasic
*flagicon|Portugal Tininho

Current squad

"As of 22 October, 2007

quad changes 2007/08 season

In:
*flagicon|Brazil Luis Almeida - from Crac Mato Grosso
*flagicon|POR Litos - from Ribeirão
*flagicon|Brazil Fernando Campagnolo - from Naval 1º Maio
*flagicon|Portugal‎ Camora - back from loan at Pampilhosa
*flagicon|Portugal Vitor Alves - from C.F. União
*flagicon|Brazil Tony Heleno Pinho - from Naval 1º Maio
*flagicon|Brazil Maurinho - from C.D. Santa Clara
*flagicon|Brazil Dede - from Youth Squad
*flagicon|Portugal João Pedro Cunha - from Penafiel
*flagicon|Brazil Vitinha - from Feirense
*flagicon|Cape Verde Mateus Lopes - from C.D. Santa Clara
*flagicon|Brazil Wegno Santos - back from loan at Chaves
*flagicon|Brazil Fahel - from C.S. Marítimo
*flagicon|South Korea Lee Hyung-Sang

Out:
*flagicon|Brazil Luciano Ratinho - to Shandong Luneng
*flagicon|Paraguay Antolin Alcaraz - to FC Brugge
*flagicon|Portugal André Leão - to CFR Cluj
*flagicon|Portugal Eduardo Carvalho - to Vitória Setúbal (on loan from Sp. Braga)
*flagicon|Brazil Matheus Nascimento - to Vitória Setúbal (on loan from Sp. Braga)
*flagicon|Brazil Ezequias - to Leixões (on loan from FC Porto)
*flagicon|Brazil Alê - to ???
*flagicon|Bulgaria Todor Angelov - to ???
*flagicon|Brazil Reginaldo Araújo - to ???
*flagicon|Serbia Vukasin Devic - to Belenenses
*flagicon|Serbia Borko Veselinovic - to Partizan Belgrade
*flagicon|Brazil Diego Zaporo - to ???
*flagicon|Brazil Edgar Silva - to FC Porto
*flagicon|Montenegro Andrija Delibasic - to RCD Mallorca
*flagicon|Portugal Rui Lima - to Omonia Nicosia
*flagicon|Portugal Pedro Ribeiro - to Rio Ave
*flagicon|Senegal Lamine Diarra - to Partizan Belgrade
*flagicon|Brazil Leandro Makelele - to ???
*flagicon|Mali Mourtala Diakité - to Boavista
*flagicon|Portugal Pedro Almeida - to ???
*flagicon|Portugal Jorge Pinto Silva - to Feirense
*flagicon|Portugal Miguel Tininho - to West Bromwich Albion

Out on loan:
*flagicon|Portugal Magno Fonseca - to Avanca

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).

External links

* [http://www.beiramar.pt Official Site]
* [http://www.portuguesefutebol.com Daily Portuguese futebol news, discussion, stats, images, and more in English]
* [http://www.ovosmoles.net Tourist City Of Aveiro]