Beira-Mar

Sport Clube Beira-Mar (Portuguese pronunciation: [sɨˈpɔɾ ˈklub(ɨ) ˈbɐjɾɐ ˈmaɾ]) is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the third national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 championship season. The old Estadio Mario Duarte was the home ground from 1935 until 2019. From 2020, SC Beira-Mar plays home matches at Estadio Municipal de Aveiro. The club also has futsal, basketball, boxing, judo, handball, billiards, athletics, and paintball departments.

Famous Portuguese players who have represented the club include Eusebio, Antonio Veloso, and Antonio Sousa. All three players have regularly been chosen for the Portugal national team and have played for the biggest clubs in the country—the former two with Benfica and the latter with both Porto and Sporting CP. After becoming a manager, Sousa also coached the team, guiding it to win the 1999 Taca de Portugal. Sport Clube Beira-Mar is a very representative club in the Centro Region.

History

Beira-Mar was founded on 1 January 1922. It first reached the top division in 1961, only lasting one season. Subsequently, Beira-Mar reached the top flight several times enjoying a spell lasting from 1971 to 1974. In the 1976–77 campaign, former S.L. Benfica and Portugal legend Eusebio signed up to play for Beira-Mar, requesting to be excluded in all matches against S.L. Benfica. Injuries prevented him from being fielded regularly, and the campaign ended in relegation.

In 1988 Beira-Mar returned to the "Primeira Divisao" managing to remain there most of the following years and achieving a best ever sixth place overall finish in the 1990/91 top league season and also reaching the Cup final. In 1999 the club again reached the Cup final, this time defeating S.C. Campomaiorense 1–0 to win the Taca de Portugal. Beira-Mar's goal was scored by Ricardo Sousa, son of coach Antonio Sousa, who played for the club in the 1970s.

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