# 2025 Esporte Clube Bahia season

The 2025 season will be Esporte Clube Bahia’s 94th overall and 3rd consecutive in Brazil's top division. The club will also participate in the Campeonato Baiano, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Libertadores.

## Squad
### First team

    As of 5 February 2025
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 | Danilo Fernandes |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Gilberto |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Xavier |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Kanu |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Rezende |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Jean Lucas |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ademir |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Cauly |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Everaldo |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Éverton Ribeiro (captain) |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Willian José |
| 13 | DF | COL | Santiago Arias |
| 14 | MF | BRA | Erick |
| 15 | MF | URU | Michel Araújo |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Erick Pulga |
| 17 | FW | URU | Luciano Rodríguez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Caio Alexandre |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Yago Felipe |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Santiago Ramos Mingo |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Marcos Felipe |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Nestor (on loan from São Paulo) |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Iago Borduchi |
| 26 | MF | URU | Nicolás Acevedo |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Vitor Hugo |
| 33 | DF | BRA | David Duarte |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Kayky (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 41 | GK | BRA | Denis Júnior |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Marcos Victor |
| 46 | DF | BRA | Luciano Juba |
| 71 | DF | BRA | Kauã Davi |
| — | GK | BRA | Gabriel Souza |

### Transfers In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Nicolás Acevedo | New York City FC | Undisclosed | 3 January 2025 |
| MF | Erick | Athletico Paranaense | €4,500,000 | 8 January 2025 |
| MF | Michel Araújo | São Paulo | €2,800,000 | 9 January 2025 |
| MF | Rodrigo Nestor | São Paulo | Loan | 9 January 2025 |
| FW | Willian José | Spartak Moscow | Undisclosed | 14 January 2025 |
| DF | Santiago Ramos Mingo | Defensa y Justicia | $4,500,000 | 16 January 2025 |

### Transfers Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Carlos de Pena | | Contract terminated | 1 January 2025 |
| DF | Víctor Cuesta | | Contract terminated | 1 January 2025 |
| DF | Cicinho | Noroeste | Contract terminated | 1 January 2025 |
| MF | Miqueias | América Mineiro | Loan | 3 January 2025 |
| FW | Rafael Ratão | Cerezo Osaka | Loan | 13 January 2025 |
| FW | Thaciano | Santos | €4,500,000 | 13 January 2025 |

## Statistics
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Campeonato Baiano | 12 January 2025 | | Matchday 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 054.55 |
| Copa do Nordeste | 23 January 2025 | | Group Stage | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Copa Libertadores | 18 February 2025 | | Second stage | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Copa do Brasil | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Série A | 29 March 2025 | 21 December 2025 | Matchday 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 055.56 |
Last updated: 13 March 2025 Source: Competitions

## Competitions
### Campeonato Baiano
#### Finals
### Copa do Nordeste
#### Group stage
### Copa Libertadores
#### Group Stage

The draw for the group stage was held on March 17, 2025.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAC | INT | ATN | BAH |
| 1 | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 15 May | 28 May | 9 Apr |
| 2 | Internacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to round of 16 | 22 Apr | — | 10 Apr | 28 May |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Transfer to Copa Sudamericana | 2 Apr | 8 May | — | 14 May |
| 4 | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 7 May | 3 Apr | 24 Apr | — |

### Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Atlético Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 4 | Ceará | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 5 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |

#### Results summary

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