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Boavista F.C.

Portuguese professional football club from Porto

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fullname	Boavista Futebol Clube
nickname	Os Axadrezados
(The Chequered ones)
Boavisteiros
As Panteras
(The Panthers)
Os pretos e brancos (The black and whites)
founded
ground	Estádio do Bessa
capacity	28,263
owner	Gérard López
chairman	Rui Garrido Pereira
chrtitle	President
mgrtitle	Head coach
manager	Jorge Couto
league	AF Porto Liga Pro
season	2024–25
position	Primeira Liga, 18th of 18 (administratively relegated)
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the Portuguese football club

(The Chequered ones) Boavisteiros As Panteras (The Panthers) Os pretos e brancos (The black and whites) Boavista Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Boavista, is a Portuguese professional sports club from the Boavista neighborhood of Porto that competes in the Porto Football Association, the district leagues of Portuguese football, at the Estádio do Bessa. It is one of the oldest clubs in the country, having been founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers. As of 2025–26, the club fields its highest competing team in the Porto Football Association's top tier, after being expelled in 2025 from the Primeira Liga on financial grounds.

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), 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; the matches between the clubs are sometimes called Invicta derby.

Its stadium, Estádio do Bessa, was built in 1973, although football had been played there at the former Campo do Bessa since the 1910s, and revamped for use in Euro 2004.

History

Foundation and the chequered shirts (1903–1933)

Boavista in June 1923, in their previous all-black shirts.

The club was founded on 1 August 1903, in the Boavista area of the western part of the city of Porto, by two English brothers, Harry and Dick Lowe. Having received an imported football from their father in England, they founded The Boavista Footballers, and an early rival was another English club in the city, the Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club. The team had an early schism as its British contingent refused to play on Sundays due to their Anglican faith, while the Catholic locals could only play on Sundays due to work commitments; the locals won, drastically changing the demographics of the club. In 1910 the current name was adopted, and on 11 April that year the ground now occupied by the Estádio do Bessa was inaugurated with a match against Leixões. In 1913–14, the team won the inaugural Porto Football Association.

In the 1920s, the club increased the number of sports practiced. The team boasted "the best defensive trio of the North": goalkeeper Casoto and defenders Lúzia and Óscar Vasques de Carvalho. In the following decade, the club lobbied for the legalisation of professionalism after being sanctioned, having been investigated after complaining that Porto had paid Boavista's Nova to join them. In 1933, the club adopted its black-and-white shirts, based on a French team that club president Artur Oliveira Valença had watched.

League entry and golden 1970s (1934–1980)

Boavista's first decades in league football saw the club bounce between the Primeira and the Segunda Divisão, winning the latter's title in 1937 and 1950. In 1966, they fell to the Terceira Divisão, and stayed there for two years.

The team bounced back to the top flight by 1970 with two consecutive promotions, finished renovation of its stadium two years later and in 1974 hired manager José Maria Pedroto and president Valentim Loureiro. In their first year, Boavista achieved their best classification of fourth in the 1974-1975 championship, and won the Taça de Portugal for the first time after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the final. and defended their cup title by defeating Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 in the 1976 final at rival Porto's Estádio das Antas; Pedroto left for Porto at the end of the season.

Experienced English manager Jimmy Hagan led the club to its third Taça de Portugal win in five years after defeating Sporting CP 1–0 in the replay of the 1979 final, after a 1–1 draw occurred the day prior. At the beginning of the following season, Porto and Boavista organised the first edition of the Portuguese Supercup, a season-opening match between the league and cup holders. The match was contested at the Estádio das Antas, and Boavista (with new manager Mário Lino) beat Pedroto's Porto 2–1 in a violent match where Boavista had two men sent off.

From contenders to champions and European forays (1980–2003)

In 1997, Valentim Loureiro was succeeded as president by his son João, who at 34 was the youngest in the whole league.

After finishing runners-up to Sporting a year later, the squad began to break up, with Petit heading to Benfica and fellow midfielder Pedro Emanuel going to Porto; both skippered their new teams.

Boavista were regulars in UEFA competitions in the 1990 and early 2000s. In the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, they reached the semi-finals before a 2–1 aggregate loss to Celtic due to a late Henrik Larsson strike; they would have faced Porto in the final.

Downfall and return (2008–2024)

In June 2008, Boavista was sentenced to relegation for its part in the Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) matchfixing scandal, for three games in the 2003–04 season. A year later, the club was relegated again: originally saved by promoted club Vizela being sanctioned for corruption, the team withdrew from the second division for financial reasons.

In January 2013, João Loureiro, pressed by thousands of members of the club to return to the presidency, was elected president once again. After a long legal battle, in June 2013, Boavista was entitled the right to come back to the Primeira Liga. Also, after a negotiation with the creditors of the club, the €65 million debt was cut in half.{{Cite web|url=https://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/boavista-com-perdao-de-33-milhoes-em-divida_176507.html|title=Boavista com perdão de 33 milhões em dívida |trans-title=Boavista pardoned of 33 million debt|website=O Jornal Económico|language=pt|access-date=2018-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316170456/http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/boavista-com-perdao-de-33-milhoes-em-divida_176507.html|archive-date=16 March 2016|url-status=dead}} After a six-year absence, Boavista returned to the Primeira Liga in the 2014–15 season, coached by Petit, a member of the title-winning side of 2001.

In October 2020, Boavista's members approved of investment from Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman Gérard Lopez, owner of Ligue 1 club Lille. Petit returned as manager, leading the club to the Taça da Liga semi-finals for the first time in 2021–22.

Fall to district leagues (2024–)

After being prohibited from signing players in five transfer windows by FIFA, Boavista signed nine players in one day in February 2025. In 2024–25, the team were relegated in last place after a 4–1 loss away to Arouca on the final day, prompting a pitch invasion by some of the 2,000 travelling fans. The club were barred from playing in Liga Portugal 2 by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional, resulting in relegated team Oliveirense receiving a reprieve.

Boavista was also refused registration in 2025 to the third-tier Liga 3 or fourth-tier Campeonato de Portugal, resulting in the Sociedade Anónima Desportiva (SAD) of the club starting the new season in the Liga Pro, the new elite league of the Porto Football Association. The club itself entered a team in the fourth division of the district leagues, a decision which led to the establishment of Panteras Negras F.C. by the supporters' group of the same name. Having had losses by default as a result of never turning up for games, the club-run team withdrew from competition at the end of October.

Honours

Primeira Liga
- Winners (1): 2000–01
- 2nd place (3): 1975–76, 1998–99, 2001–02
Taça de Portugal
- Winners (5): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1996–97
- Runners-up (1): 1992–93
Supertaça de Portugal
- Winners (3): 1979, 1992, 1997
- Runners-up (1): 2001
Segunda Divisão
- Winners (2): 1936–37, 1949–50
Campeonato do Porto
- Winners (1): 1913–14
1.ª Divisão da AF Porto
- Winners (1): 1967–68

League and cup history

The club has made 55 appearances at the top level of Portuguese football and has won the Portuguese cup five times. In 1979, it also won the first edition of the national supercup.

Season	League	Cup	League Cup	Europe	Other Competitions	Top scorer	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Comp	Pos	Comp	Pos	Player
1934–35	2D.4	1	6	6	0	0	36	5	12			Not held	—
1935–36	1D	6	14	4	3	7	24	39	11					Costuras	5
1936–37	2D.2	1	6	4	1	1	22	12	9
1937–38	2D.1	1	6	5	0	1	20	6	10
1938–39	2D.DL	2	10	6	1	3	27	14	13
1939–40	2D.DL	1	8	7	0	1	30	11	14	Quarter-Final
1940–41	1D	8	14	2	1	11	12	63	5	R16			Leonel Loureiro	3
1941–42	2D.2.1	2	14	9	2	3	63	23	20
1942–43	2D.2.2	2	10	6	2	2	26	13	14
1943–44	2D.2.2	2	14	12	1	1	76	23	25
1944–45	2D.2	1	8	6	2	0	35	11	14		Quarter-Final
1945–46	1D	11	22	6	0	16	39	73	12		Quarter-Final			Barros	12
1946–47	1D	9	26	7	6	13	52	74	20	Not held			Fernando Caiado	19
1947–48	1D	9	26	9	2	15	40	65	20		R32			Fernando Caiado	12
1948–49	1D	14	26	4	6	16	35	89	14		R32			Serafim Baptista	10
1949–50	2D.B	2	18	12	1	5	56	21	25	Not held
1950–51	1D	10	26	10	3	13	50	62	23		R16			BarrosDuarte	12
1951–52	1D	5	26	12	1	13	47	55	25		R16			Gaston	15
1952–53	1D	9	26	7	6	13	35	54	20		R16			Manero	6
1953–54	1D	11	26	7	5	14	29	66	19		Semi-Final			Manero	7
1954–55	1D	13	26	7	4	15	33	71	18		R32			Manero	9
1955–56	2D.N	1	26	16	6	4	77	35	38
1956–57	2D.N	6	26	13	3	10	54	45	29		R32
1957–58	2D.N	3	26	16	2	8	56	38	34
1958–59	2D.N	2	26	17	4	5	78	43	38
1959–60	1D	14	26	4	4	18	27	81	12		R64			Adriano Teixeira	7
1960–61	2D.N	3	26	14	1	11	56	35	29		R32
1961–62	2D.N	5	26	10	8	8	30	30	28		R64
1962–63	2D.N	11	26	9	3	14	35	52	21		R64
1963–64	2D.N	9	26	8	8	10	45	60	24		R32
1964–65	2D.N	10	26	9	6	11	37	37	24		R32
1965–66	2D.N	14	26	6	7	13	31	45	19		R64
1966–67	3D.2	1	10	6	1	3	15	7	13
1967–68	3D.2	1	10	6	2	2	25	11	14
1968–69	2D	1	26	17	5	4	57	21	39		1st Round
1969–70	1D	12	26	6	6	14	35	61	18		R16			Moura	9
1970–71	1D	6	26	9	4	13	18	38	22		R16			TaíMoinhosJuvenalAlexandre	3
1971–72	1D	11	30	7	10	13	28	46	24		R32			Jorge Félix	7
1972–73	1D	7	30	12	7	11	41	47	31		R32			Moinhos	14
1973–74	1D	9	30	9	7	14	35	43	25		Quarter-Final			Rufino	9
1974–75	1D	4	30	16	6	8	58	32	38	Winner			Salvador	14
1975–76	1D	2	30	21	6	3	65	23	48	Winner		CWC	2nd Round			João Alves	15
1976–77	1D	4	30	13	8	9	41	33	34		R32		CWC	2nd Round			Celso Pita	14
1977–78	1D	7	30	10	8	12	36	38	28		R16		UC	1st Round			Albertino Pereira	13
1978–79	1D	9	30	12	3	15	36	40	27	Winner	—			Jorge Gomes	11
1979–80	1D	4	30	15	7	8	44	30	37		Quarter-Final		CWC	2nd Round	Supertaça	Winner	Júlio	12
1980–81	1D	4	30	14	8	8	36	25	36		R16		UC	2nd Round			Júlio	13
1981–82	1D	9	30	10	6	14	36	37	26		R32		UC	2nd Round			Diamantino	8
1982–83	1D	5	30	12	6	12	32	38	30		Quarter-Final	—			Reinaldo	9
1983–84	1D	7	30	12	7	11	36	31	31		2nd Round			Jorge Silva	13
1984–85	1D	4	30	13	11	6	37	26	37		Quarter-Final			Filipović	10
1985–86	1D	5	30	14	8	8	44	29	36		R64		UC	1st Round			Tonanha	9
1986–87	1D	8	30	9	9	12	34	36	27		Quarter-Final		UC	2nd Round			Coelho	7
1987–88	1D	5	38	16	14	8	42	25	46		Quarter-Final	—			Parente	8
1988–89	1D	3	38	19	11	8	56	29	49		R32			Jorge Andrade	11
1989–90	1D	8	34	13	8	13	49	36	34		R16		UC	1st Round			Isaías	12
1990–91	1D	4	38	15	11	12	53	46	41		Semi-Final	—			Jorge Andrade	13
1991–92	1D	3	34	16	12	6	45	27	44	Winner		UC	2nd Round			Ricky	30
1992–93	1D	4	34	14	11	9	46	34	39	RU		CWC	2nd Round	Supertaça	Winner	Ricky	14
1993–94	1D	4	34	16	6	12	46	31	38		R16		UC	Quarter-Final			Marlon Brandão	9
1994–95	1D	9	34	12	8	14	40	49	32		R16		UC	2nd Round			Artur	16
1995–96	1D	4	34	19	8	7	59	28	65		R16	—			Artur	14
1996–97	1D	7	34	12	13	9	62	39	49	Winner		UC	3rd Round			Jimmy Hasselbaink	20
1997–98	1D	6	34	15	10	9	54	31	55		Quarter-Final		CWC	1st Round	Supertaça	Winner		Ayew	16
1998–99	1D	2	34	20	11	3	57	29	71	Quarter-Final	—				AyewTimofte	15
1999–00	1D	4	34	16	7	11	40	31	55		Quarter-Final		CL	Group stage			Whelliton	11
2000–01	1D	1	34	23	8	3	63	22	77		Semi-Final		UC	2nd Round			Elpídio Silva	11
2001–02	1D	2	34	21	7	6	53	20	70		R16		CL	2nd Group Stage	Supertaça	RU	Elpídio Silva	8
2002–03	1D	10	34	10	13	11	32	31	43	R32	CL UC	3rd Qualifying RoundSemi-Final			Elpídio Silva	10
2003–04	1D	8	34	12	11	11	32	31	47		R32	—			Ricardo Sousa	14
2004–05	1D	6	34	13	11	10	39	43	50	Semi-Final			Zé Manel	10
2005–06	1D	6	34	12	14	8	37	29	50	Quarter-Final			João V. Pinto	9
2006–07	1D	10	30	8	11	11	32	34	35	Quarter-Final			Roland Linz	10
2007–08	1D	9	30	8	12	10	32	41	36	R16	2nd Round			Jorge Ribeiro	8
2008–09	2D	15	30	9	5	16	28	44	32	R32	—			João Tomás	12
2009–10	3D.N	7	28	10	7	11	34	38	37	—			Diogo Fonseca	11
2010–11	3D.C	2	30	16	8	6	46	25	56			Beré	14
2011–12	3D.C	4	30	15	5	10	43	31	50			Fary	8
2012–13	3D.N	10	30	9	11	10	44	40	38		1st Round			Fary	15
2013–14	3D.N	4	32	21	5	6	59	26	68		2nd Round			Bobô	18
2014–15	1D	13	34	9	7	18	27	50	34		R64	Group stage			Zé Manuel	6
2015–16	1D	14	34	8	9	17	24	41	33		Quarter-Final	2nd Round			Zé Manuel	6
2016–17	1D	9	34	10	13	11	33	36	43	R32	2nd Round			Iuri Medeiros	7
2017–18	1D	8	34	13	6	15	35	44	45	R64	2nd Round			Mateus	6
2018–19	1D	8	34	13	5	16	34	40	44	R16	2nd Round			Mateus	5
2019–20	1D	12	34	10	9	15	28	39	39	R64	2nd Round			Heriberto Tavares	4
2020–21	1D	13	34	8	12	14	39	49	36	R32	—			Alberth Elis	8
2021–22	1D	12	34	7	17	10	39	52	38	R64	Semi-Final			Petar Musa	11
2022–23	1D	9	34	12	8	14	43	54	44	R64	Quarter-Final			Yusupha Njie	13
2023–24	1D	15	34	7	11	16	39	62	32	R32	1st Round			Róbert Boženík	8

: Top scorer : Champions : Promoted : Promoted in court : Relegated : Relegated in court

As of 19 May 2024

Sources: Soccer Library, Fora de Jogo.

European record

Overview

Competition	Appearances	Matches	Títles	Best
UEFA Champions League	3	24 (7W 8D 9L)	-	Second Group Stage/Last 16 (2001–02)
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	5	18 (6W 7D 5L)	-	Last 16 (1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1992–93)
UEFA Europa League	12	58 (25W 9D 24L)	-	Semi-final (2002–03)

Biggest win: POR Boavista 8–0 MLT Sliema Wanderers, 05/10/1979, Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Biggest defeat: ITA Lazio 5–0 POR Boavista, 28/09/1977, Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Players with most UEFA appearances: BOL Erwin Sánchez and POR Ricardo, 35 matches
Top scorers in UEFA club competitions: BRA Elpídio Silva, 11 goals

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975–76	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	TCH Spartak Trnava	3–0	0–0	3–0
Second round	SCO Celtic	0–0	1–3	1–3
1976–77	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Romania CSU Galați	2–0	3–2	5–2
Second round	Bulgaria Levski Sofia	3–1	0–2	3–3 (a)
1977–78	UEFA Cup	First round	ITA Lazio	1–0	0–5	1–5
1979–80	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Malta Sliema Wanderers	8–0	1–2	9–2
Second round	USSR Dynamo Moscow	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
1980–81	UEFA Cup	First round	HUN Vasas	0–1	2–0	2–1
Second round	FRA Sochaux	0–1	2–2	2–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup	First round	ESP Atlético Madrid	4–1	1–3	5–4
Second round	ESP Valencia	0–2	1–0	1–2
1985–86	UEFA Cup	First round	BEL Club Brugge	4–3	1–3	5–6
1986–87	UEFA Cup	First round	ITA Fiorentina	1–0 (3–1 (p))	0–1	1–1
Second round	SCO Rangers	0–1	1–2	1–3
1989–90	UEFA Cup	First round	East Germany FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–2 (aet)	0–1	2–3
1991–92	UEFA Cup	First round	ITA Internazionale	2–1	0–0	2–1
Second round	ITA Torino	0–0	0–2	0–2
1992–93	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	ISL Valur	3–0	0–0	3–0
Second round	ITA Parma	0–2	0–0	0–2
1993–94	UEFA Cup	First round	LUX Union Luxembourg	4–0	1–0	5–0
Second round	ITA Lazio	2–0	0–1	1–1
Third round	GRE OFI	2–0	4–1	6–1
Quarter-finals	GER Karlsruher SC	1–1	0–1	1–2
1994–95	UEFA Cup	First round	FIN MYPA	2–1	1–1	3–2
Second round	ITA Napoli	1–1	1–2	2–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	First round	DEN Odense	1–2	3–2	4–4 (a)
Second round	GEO Dinamo Tbilisi	5–0	0–1	5–1
Third round	ITA Internazionale	0–2	1–5	1–7
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	First round	UKR Shakhtar Donetsk	2–3	1–1	3–4
1999–00	UEFA Champions League	Q3	DEN Brøndby	4–2 (aet)	2–1	6–3
Group C	NOR Rosenborg	0–3	0–2	4th place
NED Feyenoord	1–1	1–1
GER Borussia Dortmund	1–0	1–3
2000–01	UEFA Cup	Qualif. round	WAL Barry Town	2–0	3–0	5–0
First round	UKR Vorskla Poltava	2–1	2–1	4–2
Second round	ITA Roma	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	Group B	ENG Liverpool	1–1	1–1	2nd place
UKR Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	0–1
GER Borussia Dortmund	2–1	1–2
Group A	ENG Manchester United	0–3	0–3	3rd place
FRA Nantes	1–0	1–1
GER Bayern Munich	0–0	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	Q2	MLT Hibernians	4–0	3–3	7–3
Q3	FRA Auxerre	0–1	0–0	0–1
2002–03	UEFA Cup	First round	ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv	4–1	0–1	4–2
Second round	CYP Anorthosis Famagusta	2–1	1–0	3–1
Third round	FRA Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
Fourth round	GER Hertha BSC	1–0	2–3	3–3 (a)
Quarter-finals	ESP Málaga	1–0 (4–1 (p))	0–1	1–1
Semi-finals	SCO Celtic	0–1	1–1	1–2

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

Statistics

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Appearances	Goals
1	POR Manuel Barbosa	381	6
2	POR Paulo Sousa	313	0
3	POR Rui Bento	305	6
4	POR Alfredo	302	0
5	POR Rui Casaca	298	15
6	POR Mário João	281	6
7	BOL Erwin Sánchez	278	57
8	POR Jaime Alves	249	26
9	POR Queiró	244	3
10	POR Martelinho	243	32

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Appearances	Goals
1	POR Fernando Caiado	163	63
2	NGA Ricky	121	60
3	BOL Erwin Sánchez	278	57
4	BRA Artur	141	56
5	POR Barros	177	52
BRA Salvador	202	52
POR Moinhos	204	52
8	SEN Fary Faye	179	48
9	POR Júlio	96	46
10	ROM Ion Timofte	174	44

Club Officials

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Portugal Luís Merêncio
Assistant Head Coach	Portugal Ricardo Paiva
Portugal Jorge Couto
Goalkeeping Coach	Portugal José Monteiro
Conditioning Coach	Portugal Xavier Mesquita
Scout	Portugal António Caetano

Coaches

Since 1970

Portugal Fernando Caiado (1970–71)
Portugal Joaquim Meirim (1971)
Portugal Jaime Garcia (caretaker manager) (1971)
Portugal António Teixeira (1971–72)
Portugal Jaime Garcia (caretaker manager) (1972)
ARG Dante Bianchi (1972)
BRA Aymoré Moreira (1972–1974)
Portugal José Maria Pedroto (1974–1976)
Portugal Mário Wilson (1976–1977)
Portugal Fernando Caiado (1977)
ENG Jimmy Hagan (1978)
Portugal José Carlos (1978)
ENG Jimmy Hagan (1978–1979)
Portugal Mário Lino (1979–1980)
Portugal António Teixeira (1980)
Portugal Henrique Calisto (1981)
Portugal Mário Lino (1981–1982)
Portugal Álvaro Carolino (1982)
AUT Hermann Stessl (1982)
Portugal Joaquim Meirim (1982)
AUT Ferdinand Smetana (1982–1983)
Portugal Manuel Barbosa (1983)
Portugal Henrique Calisto (1983–1984)
Portugal Mário Wilson (1984)
Portugal João Alves (1984–1986)
Portugal José Torres (1987)
BRA Pepe (1987–1988)
Portugal Raul Águas (1988–1989)
Portugal Manuel Barbosa (1989–1990)
Portugal João Alves (1990)
Portugal Raul Águas (1990–1991)
Portugal Manuel José (1991–1996)
Portugal João Alves (1996–1997)
Montenegro Zoran Filipović (1997)
Portugal Rui Casaca (1997)
Portugal Mário Reis (1997–1998)
Portugal Jaime Pacheco (1998–2004)
BOL Erwin Sánchez (2004)
Portugal Jaime Pacheco (2004)
Portugal Pedro Barny (2005)
Portugal Carlos Brito (2005–2006)
Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (2006)
Portugal Pedro Barny (caretaker manager) (2006)
Montenegro Željko Petrović (2006)
Portugal Jaime Pacheco (2006–08)
Portugal Rui Bento (2008–2009)
Portugal Jorge Madureira (2009)
Portugal Vítor Paneira (2009–2010)
Portugal Rui Ferreira (2010–11)
Portugal Filipe Gouveia (2011)
Portugal Mário Silva (2011)
Portugal Rui Amorim (caretaker manager) (2011)
Portugal Ferreirinha (2011–2012)
Portugal Amândio Barreiras (2012)
Portugal Petit (2012–2015)
BOL Erwin Sánchez (2015–2016)
Portugal Miguel Leal (2016–2017)
Portugal Jorge Simão (2017–2019)
Portugal Jorge Couto (caretaker) (2019)
Angola Lito Vidigal (2019)
Portugal Daniel Ramos (2019–2020)
Portugal Vasco Seabra (2020)
Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (2021)
Portugal João Pedro Sousa (2021)
Portugal Petit (2021–2023)
Portugal Jorge Couto (caretaker) (2023)
Portugal Ricardo Paiva (2023–2024)
Portugal Jorge Simão (2024)
Italy Cristiano Bacci (2024–2025)
Angola Lito Vidigal (2025)
Portugal Jorge Couto (caretaker) (2025)
Scotland Stuart Baxter (2025)
Portugal Luís Merêncio (2025–)

Stadium

The Estádio do Bessa (later Estádio do Bessa XXI) is Boavista's home ground, used for football and occasionally for music concerts. The stadium was first used in 1911, then known as 'Campo do Bessa'.

The stadium had several renovations in its history, namely in 1967–72, where turf was installed as well as floodlights. Like other stadiums used in UEFA Euro 2004, the stadium was rebuilt for the competition, but on top of the old stands, and each one of them at a different time, allowing Boavista to continue playing there. It cost €45,409,134 to build, from which €7,785,735 were supported from the Portuguese state, and featured an all-seater capacity of 28,263 spectators. Plans for improvement actually existed before the organization of the Euro 2004 was given to Portugal in 1999, and by then, the first works were already underway. It was designed by Grupo 3 Arquitectura.

The stadium has also been used several times in matches of the Portuguese national team.

Colours

Boavista's black-and-white chequered shirt was introduced by journalist and club president Artur Oliveira Valença, based on a French team he had seen.

Kit evolution

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Women's team

The women's team is one of the strongest in Portugal, having won several titles in a row during the 1990s, as well as the formation U-19, U-17. U-15 and U-13 teams, that won all national championships, and brought up several talented and famous international players.

Notes

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