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| Full name | Boavista Futebol Clube | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Os Axadrezados (The Chequered ones) Boavisteiros As Panteras (The Panthers) Os pretos e brancos (The black and whites) | ||
| Founded | 1 August 1903 | ||
| Ground | Estádio do Bessa | ||
| Capacity | 28,263 | ||
| Owner | Gérard López | ||
| President | Fary Faye | ||
| Head coach | Cristiano Bacci | ||
| League | Primeira Liga | ||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga, 15th of 18 | ||
| Website | boavistafc | ||
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Boavista Futebol Clube,[a] commonly known as Boavista (Portuguese pronunciation: [boɐˈviʃtɐ]), is a Portuguese professional sports club from the Boavista neighborhood of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers,[1] it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and plays in the Primeira Liga, Portuguese football's top flight.
Boavista grew to become an important sports club in Portugal, with sections dedicated to several sports including football, chess, gymnastics, bicycle racing, futsal, volleyball, rink hockey and boxing, among others, with the most notable being the football section with their trademark chequered white and black shirts.
With 9 major domestic trophies won (1 Championship, 5 Portuguese Cups and 3 domestic Super Cups, all during the presidencies of Valentim Loureiro or João Loureiro, of the Loureiro family), Boavista is the most decorated Portuguese football club after the "Big Three" (Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP). Boavista spent 39 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga (50 in total) and, together with Belenenses, is the only team outside the "Big Three" to have won the Portuguese Championship, in the 2000–01 season. Boavista has a rivalry with fellow city club Porto;[2] the matches between the clubs are sometimes called O Derby da Invicta.
Its stadium, Estádio do Bessa, was built in 1973, although football has been played there at the former 'Campo do Bessa' since the 1910s, and was revamped for use in Euro 2004.
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- ^ Kennedy, Peter; Kassimeris, Christos (22 March 2016). Exploring the Cultural, Ideological and Economic Legacies of Euro 2012. Routledge. ISBN 9781317602149.
- ^ "Boavista vs. Porto". www.footballderbies.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018.