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Full name | Esporte Clube Bahia | |
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Nickname(s) | Tricolor Bahiaço (mix of Bahia and aço, steel) Baêa Tricolor de aço (tricolor of steel) Esquadrão de aço (Steel Squad) | |
Founded | 1 January 1931 | |
Ground | Arena Fonte Nova (Capacity: 47,907) | |
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Current League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Baiano | |
2023 2024 |
Série A, 16th Baiano, 1st (champions), | |
Website | Club home page |
Esporte Clube Bahia, known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's first-tier league.
Bahia has won the Brasileirão title twice: in the 1959 season, defeating the Santos' Santásticos which contained figures such as Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, Coutinho, Pepe and Pelé, in the finals and in the 1988 season Bahia edged Internacional. Bahia has only appeared in the Copa Libertadores three times, reaching the quarterfinals in 1989, Bahia's best-ever performance. The club has also won their state title a record 49 times.
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2024 |
Athletico Paranaense · Atlético Goianiense · Atlético Mineiro · Bahia · Botafogo · Corinthians · Criciúma · Cruzeiro · Cuiabá · Flamengo · Fluminense · Fortaleza · Grêmio · Internacional · Juventude · Palmeiras · Red Bull Bragantino · São Paulo · Vasco · Vitória |
City Football Group-owned clubs |
Bahia · Girona · Lommel · Manchester City · Melbourne City · Montevideo City Torque · Mumbai City · New York City FC · New York City FC II · Palermo · Shenzhen Peng City · Troyes · Yokohama F. Marinos |
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