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When Clube Bahiano de Tênis and Associação Atlética da
When Clube Bahiano de Tênis and Associação Atlética da Bahia decided to close their football teams, some “orphan” players from the team decided to join together to create Esporte Clube Bahia. The first meeting was at a cabaret in Salvador. The team was founded on January 1, 1931.
Esporte Clube Bahia is also known as Tricolor de Aço or Esquadrão de Aço
Esporte Clube Bahia is also known as Tricolor de Aço or Esquadrão de Aço, so no one better than the Man of Steel to be the club's mascot. The Superman drawing that represents the club was created by cartoonist Ziraldo, in 1979. To help in the fight against racism, the classic mascot gained, in 2014, a companion: Lindona da Bahêa, a version of the artist Nei Costa for the Wonder Woman.
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Bahia won two titles in the Brazilian Championship: in 1959 and in 1988
Bahia won two titles in the Brazilian Championship: in 1959 and in 1988. The one in 1959, played under the name of Taça Brasil, is considered the first edition of the Brasileirão. The final was played in three games against Santos. Bahia won the first game 3-2, lost the second 2-0 and won the third 3-1. In 1988, the final was played over two games. Bahia beat Internacional 2-1, at Fonte Nova, in Salvador, in the first leg, and drew 0-0, at Beira Rio, in Porto Alegre, in the return leg.
The greatest scorer in the history of Bahia is Carlos Domingues Viana, Carlito
The greatest scorer in the history of Bahia is Carlos Domingues Viana, Carlito. He scored 233 goals with the shirt of Esquadrão de Aço and defended the team throughout his career, from 1946 to 1959. Only against the biggest rival of the team, Vitória, were 21 balls in the net.
In 1934
In 1934, Bahia won a historic title for the Northeast in the National Championship of State Teams. Of the 11 players in the starting lineup, seven played for Tricolor Baiano. In the same year, Bahia faced a tragedy. On July 2, for the first time since its foundation in 1931, Esquadrão de Aço lost a classic to Vitória. The player Bitonho, from Bahia, left the field arrested because he attacked the referee. The following day, Bitonho committed suicide.
In the 1939 season
In the 1939 season, Bahia scored two historic defeats on rival Vitória: 9 x 4 and 10 x 2. But the most curious fact happened in a Bahia x Galícia game that ended 4 x 0 for the Esquadrão. Manager Nelson Chaves went to striker Pedro Amorim's house to pick him up for the match, as Pedro declared himself sick and unable to play. Amorim took to the field in earnest and scored three goals.
The day that could have been a party ended in tragedy for Bahia: on November 25
The day that could have been a party ended in tragedy for Bahia: on November 25, 2007, Fonte Nova was packed to see the game against Vila Nova, in which Bahia would gain access from Série C to Série B of the Brasileirão . Part of the concrete structure of the stadium's upper ring gave way, killing seven people and injuring dozens.
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