Sport Clube Beira-Mar (pron. ) 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.

Sports 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

• Eusébio
• Antonio Sousa
• Ricardo Sousa
• Andy Marriott
• Paul Murray
• Stephen McPhee
• Magdi Abdelghani
• Todor Kiutchoukov
• Mariano Fernández
• José Carlos da Silva
• Antolin Alcaraz
• Marian Zemen
• Mário Jardel
• Kingsley Sunny Ekeh
• Clyde Wijnhard
• Faye Fary
• Fernando Aguiar
• Jorge Leitao
• Pavel Srníček
• Mourtala Diakité
• Edgar Bruno da Silva
• Andrija Delibasic
• Tininho

Current squad

''As of 22 October, 2007

Squad changes 2007/08 season

In:

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

Out:

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

Out on loan:

• 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).

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1961-1962	1D	11	26	8	5	13	43	61	21
...
1965-1966	1D	11	26	6	6	14	31	65	18
1966-1967	1D	14	26	5	4	17	23	58	14
...
1971-1972	1D	13	30	7	9	14	29	51	23
1972-1973	1D	12	30	5	13	12	27	57	23
1973-1974	1D	13	30	7	7	16	34	59	21
...
1975-1976	1D	13	30	6	9	15	28	47	21
1976-1977	1D	13	30	7	9	14	33	57	23
1978-1979	1D	12	30	11	2	17	44	56	24
1979-1980	1D	15	30	5	10	15	24	46	20
...
1988-1989	1D	15	38	10	13	15	29	36	33
1989-1990	1D	11	34	10	9	15	22	39	29
1990-1991	1D	6	38	12	12	14	40	49	36	runner-up
1991-1992	1D	8	34	11	10	13	32	41	32
1992-1993	1D	8	34	10	12	12	24	33	32
1993-1994	1D	14	34	9	11	14	28	38	29
1994-1995	1D	17	34	8	5	21	33	54	21
1998-1999	1D	16	34	6	15	13	36	53	33	winner
1999-2000	2H	2	34	18	11	5	54	30	65		UC	1st round	promoted
2000-2001	1D	8	34	14	7	13	45	49	49
2001-2002	1D	11	34	10	9	15	48	56	39
2002-2003	1D	13	34	10	9	15	43	50	39
2003-2004	1D	11	34	11	8	15	36	45	41
2004-2005	1D	18	34	6	12	16	30	56	30				relegated
2005-2006	2H	1	34	18	14	2	45	18	68	last 128			promoted
2006-2007	1D	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	4th round			ongoing

External links

• Official Site
• Daily Portuguese futebol news, discussion, stats, images, and more in English
• Tourist City Of Aveiro