Esporte Clube Bahia de Salvador

Bahian club founded in 1931 in Salvador, traditional representative of northeastern Brazilian football. Plays its matches at Estádio da Fonte Nova stadium.

History

Football in Salvador consolidated in the first half of the twentieth century, when clubs from the Bahian capital began organizing regular state competitions and attracting large audiences. Estádio da Fonte Nova, opened in 1951 and rebuilt as Arena Fonte Nova in 2013, became the main stage for Bahian football, hosting matches from the 2014 World Cup. The Campeonato Baiano, contested since 1905, is one of Brazil's oldest state competitions and historically dominated by Salvador clubs. Northeastern Brazilian football gained national prominence with the creation of the Copa do Nordeste in 1994, which expanded the calendar of clubs in the region.