Esporte Clube Vitória
| Full name | Esporte Clube Vitória | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Leão da Barra
(Barra's Lion) Nêgo Rubro-negro (Red and Black) Colossal | |||
| Founded | 13 May 1899 | |||
| Ground | Barradão | |||
| Capacity | 30,618 | |||
| President | Fábio Rios Mota | |||
| Head coach | Thiago Carpini | |||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Baiano | |||
| 2024 2024 | Série A, 11th of 20 Baiano, 1st of 10 (champions) | |||
| Website | ecvitoria | |||
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Esporte Clube Vitória (Portuguese: [isˈpɔʁt͡ʃi ˈklubi viˈtɔɾiɐ]) is a Brazilian professional club based in Salvador, Bahia founded on 13 May 1899. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, as well as in the Campeonato Baiano, the top flight of the Bahia state football league.
Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium, Manoel Barradas, capacity 35,632. The team plays in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. The stripes have changed over time: they have been sometimes vertical, horizontal, wide and narrow.
The youth system of the club is one of the most successful of the world, holding, between 1995 and 2000, at its peak, at least 21 international titles. Recent names that started playing in the club are Bebeto, Vampeta, Dida, Júnior, Hulk, David Luiz, Dudu Cearense, Marcelo Moreno, Gabriel Paulista and others.
The rivals of Vitória are Esporte Clube Bahia. Their matches are known as Ba–Vi ("Ba" from Esporte Clube Bahia and "Vi" from Esporte Clube Vitória). It is one of the most intense rivalries, consistently ranked among the world's most bitter.