2025 Esporte Clube Vitória season

Esporte Clube Vitória
2025 season
PresidentFábio Rios Mota
ManagerThiago Carpini
StadiumBarradão
Série A20th
Campeonato BaianoRunners-up
Copa do BrasilSecond Round
Copa Sudamericana[1]Group stage
Copa do NordesteGroup stage

The 2025 season will be Esporte Clube Vitória's 126th overall and 1st consecutive in Brazil's top division. The club will also compete in the Campeonato Baiano, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Sudamericana.

Squad

Current Squad

As of 21 March 2025.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Lucas Arcanjo
2 DF  BRA Claudinho
3 DF  BRA Zé Marcos
5 DF  BRA Lucas Halter (on loan from Botafogo)
6 MF  BRA Pepê
7 FW  BRA Gustavo Silva
8 MF  BRA Ronald Lopes
10 MF  BRA Wellington Rato
11 FW  BRA Osvaldo
13 DF  BRA Camutanga
14 MF  BRA Dionísio
16 DF  BRA Hugo (on loan from Botafogo)
17 MF  BRA Thiaguinho
21 GK  BRA Gabriel
22 FW  BRA Lucas Braga
23 FW  BRA Fabrício
27 DF  PAR Raúl Cáceres
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF  BRA Ricardo Ryller
29 MF  BRA Willian Oliveira
30 FW  BRA Matheuzinho
35 GK  BRA Fintelman
37 MF  BRA Bruno Xavier
39 FW  BRA Janderson
43 DF  BRA Edu
44 MF  BRA Gabriel Baralhas (on loan from Internacional)
62 MF  BRA Pablo
77 DF  BRA Neris
83 DF  BRA Jamerson (on loan from Coritiba)
96 FW  BRA Carlos Eduardo
97 MF  BRA Val Soares
99 FW  BRA Carlinhos (on loan from Flamengo)
MF  BRA Felipe Cardoso (on loan from Atlético de Alagoinhas)
FW  BRA Fábio Soares

Transfers In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
MF Wellington Rato São Paulo €785,000 3 January 2025
MF Ronald Fortaleza Free 5 January 2025 [3]
DF Hugo Botafogo Loan 7 January 2025 [4]
FW Fabrício Levante €500,000 11 January 2025 [5]
GK Gabriel Vasconcelos Coritiba Undisclosed 13 January 2025 [6]

Transfers Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
GK Yuri Sena Azuriz Loan 7 January 2025 [7]
FW Erick Castillo Alianza Lima Free 7 January 2025
FW Dudu Ponte Preta Loan 8 January 2025
MF Everaldo Coritiba Undisclosed 14 January 2025
GK Maycon Cleiton Portimonense Contract terminated 16 January 2025 [8]
MF João Pedro Kyoto Sanga Loan 20 January 2025
FW Janderson Göztepe Undisclosed 30 June 2025 [9]

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Série A 29 March 2025 21 December 2025 Matchday 1 10 2 3 5 10 14 −4 020.00
Campeonato Baiano 11 January 2025 23 March 2025 First Stage Runners-up 13 8 4 1 26 7 +19 061.54
Copa do Brasil 25 February 2025 12 March 2025 First Round Second Round 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
Copa do Nordeste 22 January 2025 7 4 3 0 10 6 +4 057.14
Copa Sudamericana 2 April 2025 28 May 2025 Group stage Group stage 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 016.67
Total 38 16 13 9 50 33 +17 042.11

Last updated: 28 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Série A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 São Paulo 12 2 6 4 10 14 −4 12
15 Santos 12 3 2 7 11 14 −3 11
16 Vitória 12 2 5 5 10 14 −4 11
17 Internacional 12 2 5 5 12 18 −6 11 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18 Fortaleza 12 2 4 6 12 18 −6 10
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2025. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between two teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) drawing of lots.[10]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
1 0 0 1 0 2  −2 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 1 0 2  −2

Last updated: 30 March 2025.
Source:

Matches

29 March 2025 1 Juventude 2–0 Vitória Caxias do Sul
18:30 (UTC-3) Taliari 8', 52' Report Stadium: Estádio Alfredo Jaconi
Attendance: 6,547
Referee: Paulo Cesar Zanovelli
6 April 2025 2 Vitória 1–2 Flamengo Salvador
18:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 29,493
Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein
13 April 2025 3 Atlético Mineiro 2–2 Vitória Belo Horizonte
20:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Mineirão
Attendance: 23,234
Referee: Davi de Oliveira Lacerda
16 April 2025 4 Vitória 2–1 Fortaleza Salvador
21:30 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Estádio Manoel Barradas (Barradão)
20 April 2025 5 Fluminense 1–1 Vitória Rio de Janeiro
18:30 UTC-03:00
Report Stadium: Maracanã
27 April 2025 6 Vitória 1–1 Grêmio Salvador
18:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 18,688
Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima
3 May 2025 7 Ceará 1–0 Vitória Fortaleza
18:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Castelão
10 May 2025 8 Vitória 2–1 Vasco da Gama Salvador
18:30 UTC−3 Renato Kayzer 60', 90' Report Vegetti 42' Stadium: Barradão
18 May 2025 9 Bahia 2–1 Vitória Salvador
16:00 (UTC-3) Report Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
25 May 2025 10 Vitória 0–1 Santos Salvador
18:30 (UTC-03:00) Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 27,515
Referee: Anderson Daronco
1 June 2025 11 Corinthians 0–0 Vitória São Paulo
18:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Neo Química Arena
Attendance: 44,943
Referee: Felipe Fernandes de Lima
12 June 2025 12 Vitória 0–0 Cruzeiro Salvador
19:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 6,264
Referee: Alex Gomes Stefano

Campeonato Baiano

Results by round

Round123
GroundHAH
ResultDWD
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
11 January 2025 1 Vitória 0–0 Barcelona de Ilhéus Salvador
16:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 8,955
Referee: Emerson Souza Silva
15 January 2025 2 Juazeirense 1–4 Vitória Juazeiro
21:30 UTC−3 Report
Stadium: Estádio Adauto Moraes
Attendance: 1,633
Referee: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade
19 January 2025 3 Vitória 1–1 Jacuipense Salvador
16:00 UTC−3
Report
  • Flavinho 49'
Stadium: Barradão
Referee: Wagner Francisco Silva Souza
25 January 2025 4 Colo Colo 1–4 Vitória Salvador
18:30 UTC−3 Wesley 61' Report Gustavo Mosquito 18'
Janderson 41'
Wellington Rato 50'
Fabrício 90+3'
Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
Referee: Diego Pombo Lopez
29 January 2025 5 Vitória 4–0 Jacobina Salvador
21:30 UTC−3 Bruno Xavier 14'
Fabrício 59'
Claudinho 89'
Matheuzinho 90+3'
Report Stadium: Barradão
Referee: Bruno Nogueira Prado
1 February 2025 6 Bahia 0–0 Vitória Salvador
16:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
Referee: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos
8 February 2025 7 Vitória 2–1 Porto Salvador
18:30 UTC−3 Fabrício 12'
Carlinhos 90'
Report Adriano 20' Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 11,248
Referee: Emerson Ricardo de Almeida Andrade
16 February 2025 8 Vitória 2–0 Jequié Salvador
16:00 UTC−3 Willian Oliveira 40'
Janderson 44'
Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 10,399
Referee: Reinaldo Silva de Santana
22 February 2025 9 Atlético de Alagoinhas 0–1 Vitória Alagoinhas
18:30 UTC−3 Report Val Soares 9' Stadium: Estádio Antônio Carneiro
Referee: Josué Reis de Jesus Júnior

Semi-finals

1 March 2025 First Leg Atlético de Alagoinhas 0–4 Vitória Alagoinhas
18:30 Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal Antônio de Figueiredo
Referee: Wagner Francisco Silva Souza
8 March 2025 Second Leg Vitória 3–0
(7–0 agg.)
Atlético de Alagoinhas Salvador
18:00 Report Stadium: Barradão

Finals

16 March 2025 First Leg Bahia 2–0 Vitória Salvador
Report Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein
23 March 2025 Second Leg Vitória 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Bahia Salvador
Claudinho 84' Report Kayky 90+18' Stadium: Barradão
Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio

Copa do Brasil

25 February 2025 First Round Maranhão 0–1 Vitória São Luís
19:00 Report Stadium: Castelão
Attendance: 673
Referee: Bruno Arleu de Araújo (Rio de Janeiro)
12 March 2025 Second Round Vitória 0–2 Náutico Salvador
19:00 Report
Stadium: Barradão
Referee: Paulo César Zanovelli da Silva (Minas Gerais)

Copa do Nordeste

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vitória 7 4 3 0 10 6 +4 15 Advance to
Quarter-finals
2 Sport 7 4 0 3 11 7 +4 12
3 Ferroviário 7 3 1 3 8 10 −2 10
4 Fortaleza 7 3 0 4 11 7 +4 9
5 CRB 7 2 3 2 12 10 +2 9
Source: CBF
22 January 2025 1 CRB 2–2 Vitória Maceió
21:30 (UTC-3) Stadium: Estádio Rei Pelé
Attendance: 3,862
Referee: Fabio Augusto Santos Sá Junior
4 February 2025 2 Vitória 1–0 Sousa Salvador
21:30 (UTC-3) Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 8,270
Referee: Michelangelo Martins de Almeida Junior
11 February 2025 3 Vitória 2–1 Ferroviário Salvador
19:00 (UTC-3) Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 10,171
Referee: Antonio Dib Moraes de Sousa
19 February 2025 4 Fortaleza 1–2 Vitória Fortaleza
21:30 (UTC-3)
Report Stadium: Castelão
Attendance: 11,949
Referee: Dênis da Silva Ribeiro Serafim
5 March 2025 5 Vitória 1–1 Altos Salvador
21:30 (UTC-3) Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Léo Simão Holanda
19 March 2025 6 Vitória 1–0 Sport Salvador
21:30 (UTC-3) Janderson 45+2' Report Stadium: Barradão
Attendance: 9,770
Referee: Antônio Dib Moares de Souza
26 March 2025 7 Moto Club 1–1 Vitória São Luís
21:30 (UTC-3) Stadium: Castelão
Attendance: 408
Referee: Fabio Augusto Santos Sá Junior

Final stages

8 July 2025 Quarter-finals Vitória Confiança Salvador
21:30 Stadium: Barradão

Copa Sudamericana

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UCA CRL VIT DYJ
1 Universidad Católica 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14 Advance to round of 16 3–1 1–0 3–1
2 Cerro Largo 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 Advance to knockout round play-offs 1–3 0–1 0–0
3 Vitória 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6 1–1 0–1 1–1
4 Defensa y Justicia 6 0 4 2 4 7 −3 4 1–1 1–2 0–0
Source: CONMEBOL
2 April 2025 (2025-04-02) 1 Vitória 1–1 Universidad Católica Salvador, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Barradão
Referee: José Cabero (Chile)
10 April 2025 (2025-04-10) 2 Defensa y Justicia 0–0 Vitória Gobernador Costa, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estadio Norberto Tomaghello
Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)
23 April 2025 (2025-04-23) 3 Vitória 0–1 Cerro Largo Salvador, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3 Report
Stadium: Barradão
Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)
6 May 2025 (2025-05-06) 4 Vitória 1–1 Defensa y Justicia Salvador, Brazil
19:00 UTC−3
Report
Stadium: Barradão
Referee: Francisco Gilabert (Chile)
14 May 2025 (2025-05-14) 5 Cerro Largo 0–1 Vitória Montevideo, Uruguay
21:30 UTC−3 Report Stadium: Estadio Centenario
Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)
28 May 2025 (2025-05-28) 6 Universidad Católica 1–0 Vitória Quito, Ecuador
19:30 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)

References

  1. ^ "Vitória Prepares for Copa Sudamericana 2025: Challenges, Opponents, and Expectations". azscore.com.
  2. ^ Vitória Official Website (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ https://ge.globo.com/ba/futebol/times/vitoria/noticia/2025/01/05/vitoria-anuncia-o-volante-ronald-que-jogou-a-serie-a-pelo-criciuma-e-pertencia-ao-fortaleza.ghtml
  4. ^ "Vitória anuncia a contratação do lateral Hugo, ex-Botafogo". ge. January 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "Vitória anuncia contratação do atacante Fabrício Santos, ex-Levante e Grêmio". ge. January 11, 2025.
  6. ^ "Vitória anuncia a contratação do goleiro Gabriel, ex-Coritiba e Juventude". ge. January 13, 2025.
  7. ^ Amaral, Fellipe (January 7, 2025). "Goleiro do Vitória é anunciado como novo reforço do Azuriz-PR".
  8. ^ "Goleiro rescinde contrato com o Vitória para reforçar time europeu". OneFootball. January 16, 2025.
  9. ^ "Clube turco anuncia contratação de Janderson, ex-Vitória".
  10. ^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 12 February 2025.