Boavista F.C.

Foundation and the chequered shirts (1903–1933)

The club was founded on 1 August 1903, in the Boavista area of the western part of the city of Porto, by two English brothers, Harry and Dick Lowe. Having received an imported football from their father in England, they founded The Boavista Footballers, and an early rival was another English club in the city, the Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club. The team had an early schism as its British contingent refused to play on Sundays due to their Anglican faith, while the Catholic locals could only play on Sundays due to work commitments; the locals won, drastically changing the demographics of the club. In 1910 the current name was adopted, and on 11 April that year the ground now occupied by the Estádio do Bessa was inaugurated with a match against Leixões. In 1913–14, the team won the inaugural Porto Football Association. In the 1920s, the club increased the number of sports practiced. The team boasted "the best defensive trio of the North": goalkeeper Casoto and defenders Lúzia and Óscar Vasques de Carvalho. In the following decade, the club lobbied for the legalisation of professionalism after being sanctioned, having been investigated after complaining that Porto had paid Boavista's Nova to join them. In 1933, the club adopted its black-and-white shirts, based on a French team that club president Artur Oliveira Valença had watched.

League entry and golden 1970s (1934–1980)

Boavista's first decades in league…

The club has made 55 appearances at the top level of Portuguese football and has won the Portuguese cup five times. In 1979, it also won the first edition of the national supercup.

^s Top scorer ^c Champions ^p Promoted ^P Promoted in court ^r Relegated ^R Relegated in court As of May 2026 Sources: Soccer Library, Fora de Jogo.

Primeira Liga Winners (1): 2000–01 2nd place (3): 1975–76, 1998–99, 2001–02 Taça de Portugal Winners (5): 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1996–97 Runners-up (1): 1992–93 Supertaça de Portugal Winners (3): 1979, 1992, 1997 Runners-up (1): 2001 Small Club World Cup Runners-up (1): 1975 Segunda Divisão Winners (2): 1936–37, 1949–50 Campeonato do Porto Winners (1): 1913–14 1.ª Divisão da AF Porto Winners (1): 1967–68