Boavista F.C.
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| Full name | Boavista Futebol Clube |
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| Nickname(s) |
Os Axadrezados (The Chequered ones) As Panteras (The Panthers) |
| Founded | 1 August 1903 |
| Ground | Estádio do Bessa |
| Capacity | 28,263 |
| President | João Loureiro |
| Manager | Miguel Leal |
| League | Primeira Liga |
| 2015–16 | 14th |
| Website | Club home page |
Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (Portuguese pronunciation: [boɐˈviʃtɐ]), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903, by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended - the British way as opposed to the more common Portuguese way of being prepended to the club's name), it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and plays in the Primeira Liga.
It 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, the most notable being the football section with their trademark chequered white and black shirts. The club is the most eclectic in the North region of Portugal, and one of the most eclectic sports clubs in Portugal, practicing a total of 16 sports.
One of the most prominent clubs in Portuguese football, with 9 main national titles won, the most successful after the big three (1 Championship, 5 Cups of Portugal, 3 Supercups of Portugal), Boavista spent 39 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga (50 in total), winning in 2001, being together with Belenenses, the only team outside the big three to win the Portuguese Championship. 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.
The club was founded on 1 August 1903, in the Boavista area, in the western part of the city of Porto. The club was founded by two English brothers, Harry and Dick Lowe, that have received an imported football from their father in England. Deciding to organize football matches in Portugal against fellow English and Portuguese workers and technicians of the William Graham factory, located in the western, industrialized area of Boavista, they founded the club, whose first name was "The Boavista Footballers". They started to organize football matches against other teams, including another English club in the city, the Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club.
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