# 2023 Esporte Clube Bahia season

The 2023 season was Bahia's 93rd season in the club's history. Bahia competed in the Campeonato Baiano, Copa do Nordeste, Série A and Copa do Brasil.

## Squad
### First team

    As of 26 September 2023
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 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ademir |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Cauly |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Everaldo |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Biel |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rafael Ratão |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Tiago Gomes |
| 13 | DF | BRA | André |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Thaciano |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Diego Rosa |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Léo Cittadini |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Mugni |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Yago Felipe |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Vinícius Mingotti (on loan from Athletico Paranaense) |
| 22 | GK | BRA | Marcos Felipe |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Patrick Verhon |
| 26 | MF | URU | Nicolás Acevedo (on loan from New York City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Caio Roque |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Vítor Jacaré |
| 31 | DF | BRA | Vitor Hugo |
| 33 | DF | BRA | David Duarte (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 34 | DF | BRA | Raul Gustavo (on loan from Corinthians) |
| 35 | GK | BRA | Adriel (on loan from Grêmio) |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Kayky (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 38 | DF | URU | Camilo Cándido (on loan from Nacional) |
| 40 | DF | BUL | Cicinho |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Marcos Victor |
| 46 | FW | BRA | Luciano Juba |
| 66 | DF | BRA | Ryan |
| 77 | GK | BRA | Mateus Claus |
| 79 | DF | BRA | Matheus Bahia |

## Statistics
### Overall

| Games played | 67 (13 Campeonato Baiano, 8 Copa do Nordeste, 8 Copa do Brasil, 38 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games won | 27 (9 Campeonato Baiano, 2 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Copa do Brasil, 12 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games drawn | 16 (1 Campeonato Baiano, 3 Copa do Nordeste, 4 Copa do Brasil, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Games lost | 24 (3 Campeonato Baiano, 3 Copa do Nordeste, 0 Copa do Brasil, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro) |
| Goals scored | 93 |
| Goals conceded | 85 |
| Goal difference | +8 |
| Best results (goal difference) | 5–1 (A) v Corinthians - Série A - 2023.11.24 |
| Worst result (goal difference) | 0–6 (A) v Sport - Copa do Nordeste - 2023.02.22 |
| Top scorer | Everaldo (20) |
Source: EC Bahia official website

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Campeonato Baiano | Copa do Nordeste | Copa do Brasil | Série A | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Everaldo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Biel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Cauly | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Ademir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| = | MF | 16 | Thaciano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| = | FW | 29 | Vítor Jacaré | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 37 | Kayky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| = | FW | 11 | Rafael Ratão | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| = | MF | 5 | Rezende | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | Arthur Sales | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | 16 | Ricardo Goulart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 21 | Vinícius Mingotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 14 | Arthur Sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 38 | Camilo Cándido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 33 | David Duarte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | 18 | Everton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 3 | Gabriel Xavier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 2 | Gilberto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 6 | Jhoanner Chávez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 4 | Kanu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | 19 | Lucas Mugni | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 46 | Luciano Juba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | DF | 31 | Vitor Hugo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | Total | 20 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 93 |

### Managers performance

| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Avg% |
| Renato Paiva | Portugal | 11 January 2023 | 3 September 2023 | 50 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 66 | 57 | 51% |
| Rogério Ferreira (c) | Brazil | 26 February 2023 | 26 February 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| Rogério Ceni | Brazil | 14 September 2023 | 6 December 2023 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 45% |
(c) Indicates the caretaker manager

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Série A | 15 April 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 031.58 |
| Campeonato Baiano | 11 January 2023 | 2 April 2023 | First stage | Winners | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 069.23 |
| Copa do Nordeste | 22 January 2023 | 22 March 2023 | Group stage | 11th | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 025.00 |
| Copa do Brasil | 1 March 2023 | 12 July 2023 | First round | 6th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 93 | 85 | +8 | 040.30 |
Source: Competitions

### Campeonato Baiano
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 1st | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 69% |

### Copa do Nordeste
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 11th | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25% |

### Copa do Brasil
#### Record

| Final Position | Points | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Away | Win% |
| 6th | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 66% |

### Série A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 45 | |
| 16 | Bahia | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 44 | |
| 17 | Santos (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 43 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 18 | Goiás (R) | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 38 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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