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49-487: In December 2006, Pinto da Costa's former partner Carolina Salgado published the book Eu, Carolina ("Me, Carolina"), in which she made serious accusations against him. Pinto da Costa called these accusations "absurd" and said he would address them in court. Salgado's book caused the two cases in which Pinto da Costa was involved that had already been dismissed to be re-opened. In March 2008, Porto 's Tribunal de Instrução Criminal decided that one of these cases, concerning

98-416: A violent match where Boavista had two men sent off. In 1997, Valentim Loureiro was succeeded as president by his son João , who at 34 was the youngest in the whole league. Also, former Portugal international Jaime Pacheco was appointed manager, and led the club to runners-up in 1999 and fourth place in 2000. In 2000–01, they won the derby in the second half of the season against Porto and went on to win

147-580: A "hell" since the end of her relationship with Pinto da Costa. Carolina has a twin sister, Ana, and two children. In 2013, Salgado participated in the reality show Big Brother VIP . Boavista F.C. Boavista Futebol Clube , commonly known as Boavista ( Portuguese pronunciation: [boɐˈviʃtɐ] ), is a Portuguese professional sports club from the Boavista neighborhood  [ pt ] of Porto . Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers, it

196-475: A codeword for prostitutes), "dark coffee" and "latte" (referring to the skin tone of the prostitutes), " rebuçado " (literally translated as "candy") being used by both supporters and club officials to mock and attack clubs related to the Apito Dourado wiretaps, such as FC Porto, Boavista FC, CD Nacional and Gondomar SC. CMTV started a series about Apito Dourado in 2013, regarding the 10th anniversary of

245-744: A controversial meeting made by the Justice Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, were to be ruled as "inexistent", due to the fact that those decisions were taken by a small number of the remaining counselors, after the meeting had been declared finished by the council's president, and acting behind the President's and the Vice-president's back, as they were absent by then. The Portuguese Football Federation has announced it would appeal from this decision to

294-581: A different time, allowing Boavista to continue playing there. It cost €45,164,726, from which €7,785,735 were supported from the Portuguese state, and featured an all-seater capacity of 28,263 spectators. Plans for improvement actually existed before the organization of the Euro 2004 was given to Portugal in 1999, and by then, the first works were already underway. It was designed by Grupo 3 Arquitectura. The stadium has also been used several times in matches of

343-503: A fine. The court considered proven that all three of them had received gold objects but that did not mean that the referees had breached the rules of the game of football association. It also stated that it was impossible to prove in which situation of a match the referee was acting intentionally in case of error. Barbosa da Cunha, João Soares Mesquita, Ricardo Pinto, Carlos Carvalho, Valente Mendes, José Manuel Rodrigues, Sérgio Sedas, José Agostinho Silva and Leonel Viana were all acquitted by

392-516: A match between FC Porto and Beira-Mar where Pinto da Costa delivered an envelope containing €2,500 to a referee, would proceed to trial. The other major case involving FC Porto and Pinto da Costa, regarding a match between FC Porto and Estrela da Amadora , where FC Porto offered prostitutes to the match referees , was dismissed for the second time in June 2008 and the main accusation witness, Salgado, accused of perjury. In July 2008, Valentim Loureiro

441-683: A promiscuous world, and revealing details of her relationship with Pinto da Costa. It was alleged by Salgado and widely reported in the news media that Pinto da Costa, who was formally accused in the Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) sports corruption scandal in June 2007, was tipped off to the investigation by one of his personal friends inside the police department in Porto conducting the investigation, Polícia Judiciária . This resulted in Pinto da Costa leaving Portugal to Spain with Salgado, hours before

490-738: A rivalry with fellow city club Porto ; the matches between the clubs are sometimes called O Derby da Invicta . Its stadium, Estádio do Bessa , was built in 1973, although football has been played there at the former 'Campo do Bessa' since the 1910s, and was revamped for use in Euro 2004 . 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

539-478: Is Boavista's home ground, used for football and occasionally for music concerts . The stadium was first used in 1911, then known as 'Campo do Bessa'. The stadium had several renovations in its history, namely in 1967–72, where turf was installed as well as floodlights . Like other stadiums used in UEFA Euro 2004 , the stadium was rebuilt for the competition, but on top of the old stands, and each one of them at

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588-676: Is one of the oldest clubs in the country and plays in the Primeira Liga , Portuguese football's top flight. Boavista grew to become an important sports club in Portugal, with sections dedicated to several sports including football , chess , gymnastics , bicycle racing , futsal , volleyball , rink hockey and boxing , among others, with the most notable being the football section with their trademark chequered white and black shirts. With 9 major domestic trophies won (1 Championship, 5 Portuguese Cups and 3 domestic Super Cups, all during

637-433: Is terrible what is happening to football (...) In the last few years proven corruption cases have emerged from Italy and Portugal (...) There are people who want to win so much that they are willing to break the rules in the most obscene ways. One of the things that surprises the most is that they (the teams involved) are always the same: Juventus , Porto..." The Apito Dourado scandal not only hit Portuguese football but also

686-514: Is the justification it gave for not considering golden object offers to referees as relevant evidence. A wide debate has also been sparked between the right to privacy (invoked in this case as part of a claim that the unauthorized wiretaps were unusable evidence) and the demand for a more severe justice, regardless of the privacy rights of crime suspects. The codewords used in the wiretaps have since become common Portuguese football jargon, expressions such as " fruta para dormir " ("fruit to sleep with",

735-480: The 1974-1975 championship , and won the Taça de Portugal for the first time after defeating Benfica 2–1 in the final . A year later, the club finished as runners-up to S.L. Benfica by two points, and defended their cup title by defeating Vitória de Guimarães 2–1 in the 1976 final at rival Porto's Estádio das Antas ; Pedroto left for Porto at the end of the season. Experienced English manager Jimmy Hagan led

784-439: The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League . This decision was later annulled by UEFA's Appeals Body, meaning FC Porto was admitted to the competition. The Portuguese League has also sentenced Pinto da Costa to a two-year suspension; João Loureiro , Boavista's chairman and Valentim Loureiro's son, to a four-year suspension; and João Bartolomeu , União de Leiria chairman, to a one-year suspension. Five referees have also been suspended. All

833-659: The Judiciary Police was supposed to conduct a search at Pinto da Costa 's home, but the Chairman of FC Porto had been previously informed by a source in the Judiciary Police, clearing the site beforehand. On the next day, Pinto da Costa presented himself willingly in the Court of Gondomar for questioning, and was released on a 200,000 euro bail. On 20 April 2005, the "fruit affair", named as such because of

882-485: The Primeira Liga and fined €150,000 for attempted bribery; Boavista FC was sentenced to relegation for bribery and referee coercion, and fined €180,000; União de Leiria lost three points and its chairman, João Bartolomeu , was sentenced to a one-year suspension. FC Porto recovered those points in July 2017. In January and October 2010, many of the Apito Dourado wiretaps were uploaded to YouTube . On 20 April 2004,

931-570: The "fruit" (a codeword for prostitutes) which was used in tapped phone calls, involving FC Porto's chairman Pinto da Costa offering prostitutes to referee Jacinto Paixão before the match between FC Porto and Estrela da Amadora , was dropped. In January 2006, the Apito Dourado affair proceeded in Gondomar, and the public prosecution filed charges against 27 people, including Valentim Loureiro, José Oliveira and Pinto de Sousa. By December, Carolina Salgado , former partner of Pinto da Costa, published

980-402: The 2003–04 season. A year later the club was relegated again: originally saved by promoted club F.C. Vizela being sanctioned for corruption, the team withdrew from the second division for financial reasons. In January 2013, João Loureiro, pressed by thousands of members of the club to return to the presidency, was elected president once again. After a long legal battle, in June 2013, Boavista

1029-539: The Administrative Supreme Court. Pinto da Costa was acquitted of corruption in relation to the match between FC Porto and Estrela da Amadora 2003–04 on 23 September 2014. The Justice Council (FPF) president acquitted the FC Porto president of "the practice of infringement disciplinary very serious corruption (...) in the form of trial." Also Jacinto Paixão, at the date first category referee,

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1078-419: The Apito Dourado investigation, and many of them show talks about referee nominations and performances and briberies. After the acquittal decisions, several wiretaps were released on YouTube and immediately went viral. Some of the most notorious ones include: The Apito Dourado process was a major event in Portuguese football and made international headlines at the time. Pinto da Costa, the most notorious suspect,

1127-466: The Apito Dourado operation was triggered, leading to the arrest of 16 people, including club officials and referees. Among them were the then Portuguese League for Professional Football President and Mayor of Gondomar , Valentim Loureiro , the then Chairman of the Refereeing Board, José António Pinto de Sousa , and the then chairman of Gondomar S.C. , José Luís Oliveira . On 2 December,

1176-647: The Gondomar court. On 3 April 2009, Pinto da Costa was acquitted on all criminal charges related to the Beira-Mar-FC Porto match of the 2003–04 season. In 2007, the Portuguese League of Football started a non-criminal process calling it Apito Final (Final Whistle). On 9 May 2008, Boavista were relegated to the second-tier Liga de Honra for bribery and referee coercion and FC Porto were docked six points for attempted bribery. This caused UEFA 's Control and Disciplinary Body to ban FC Porto from

1225-463: The Nacional - Benfica match. In March, the public prosecution asked for the conviction of Pinto da Costa, António Araújo and Augusto Duarte regarding the FC Porto - Beira-Mar match. In June 2007, 13 of the 24 suspects in the Gondomar part of the affair, mainly related to lower division football, were convicted of charges comprising corruption, influence peddling and abuse of power. Valentim Loureiro

1274-472: The book Eu, Carolina ("Me, Carolina"), in which she revealed new data about the case, mainly sports corruption situations, tax fraud, breach of judicial secrecy, assaults, perjury and obstruction to justice. This caused the court to reopen several court cases. The court cases related to the FC Porto - Estrela da Amadora and Beira-Mar - FC Porto were reopened in early 2007. The first match involved FC Porto offering prostitutes to Jacinto Paixão (the referee);

1323-593: The club to its third Taça de Portugal win in five years after defeating Sporting CP 1–0 in the replay of the 1979 final , after a 1–1 draw occurred the day prior. At the beginning of the following season, Porto and Boavista organised the first edition of the Portuguese Supercup , a season-opening match between the league and cup holders. The match was contested at the Estádio das Antas, and Boavista (with new manager Mário Lino ) beat Pedroto's Porto 2–1 in

1372-816: The club to the Taça da Liga semi-finals for the first time in 2021–22 . 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. As of 19 May 2024 Sources: Soccer Library, Zero a Zero, Fora de Jogo. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Since 1970 The Estádio do Bessa (later Estádio do Bessa XXI)

1421-590: The clubs, chairmen, and referees punished filed appeals, except for FC Porto, whose punishment did not prevent them from winning the Portuguese League title. In May 2011, the Central Administrative Court of the South of Portugal ruled that the decision of taking six points from FC Porto's global classification in the 2007–08 season, as well as the suspension of FC Porto's president, Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa for two years, both confirmed in 2008 on

1470-564: The following year, and came back again in October 2006. Boavista were regulars in UEFA competitions in the 1990 and early 2000s. In the 2002–03 UEFA Cup , they reached the semi-finals before a 2–1 aggregate loss to Celtic due to a late Henrik Larsson strike; they would have faced Porto in the final. In June 2008, Boavista was sentenced to relegation for its part in the Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) matchfixing scandal, for three games in

1519-521: The ground now occupied by the Estádio do Bessa was inaugurated with a match against Leixões SC . 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

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1568-475: The latter's title in 1937 and 1950. In 1966, they fell to the Terceira Divisão , and stayed there for two years. The team bounced back to the top flight by 1970 with two consecutive promotions, finished renovation of its stadium two years later and in 1974 hired manager José Maria Pedroto and president Valentim Loureiro . In their first year, Boavista achieved their best classification of fourth in

1617-537: The league with a 3–0 win over C.D. Aves on 18 May. This was only the second time that a team from outside the Big Three won the league, after C.F. Os Belenenses in 1946. Pacheco's team conceded just 22 goals in 34 games and lost at home only once. The team featured Ricardo in goal, academy product Petit in midfield, Bolivian free-kick specialist Erwin Sánchez in attacking midfield, Duda and Martelinho on

1666-535: The legalisation of professionalism after being sanctioned, having been investigated after complaining that FC 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. Boavista's first decades in league football saw the club bounce between the Primeira and the Segunda Divisão , winning

1715-505: The police raided his house, where they did not find the documents they were looking for. Other serious accusations were made by Salgado, including match fixing, the bribing of referees with prostitutes, and Pinto da Costa's alleged ordering of the beating of Gondomar municipality councilman Ricardo Bexiga by two people. In addition, Salgado claimed that she was assaulted by Pinto da Costa's driver, who allegedly kicked her sister's pregnant belly. According to Salgado's own words, 6 April 2006

1764-560: The presidencies of Valentim Loureiro or João Loureiro, of the Loureiro family), Boavista is the most decorated Portuguese football club after the " Big Three " ( Benfica , Porto and Sporting CP ). Boavista spent 39 consecutive seasons in the Primeira Liga (50 in total) and, together with Belenenses , is the only team outside the "Big Three" to have won the Portuguese Championship, in the 2000–01 season . Boavista has

1813-552: The scandal, by airing the already known wiretaps as well as releasing previously unknown ones. Carolina Salgado Carolina Salgado (born 14 March 1977) is a Portuguese public figure best known for being a former partner of FC Porto 's long-time chairman Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa , and subsequently as a witness in Apito Dourado . Born in Vila Nova de Gaia , Salgado became known as Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa 's companion between 2000 and 2006, after he met her while she

1862-426: The second match involved Pinto da Costa delivering Augusto Duarte (the referee) an envelope containing 2,500 euro in order for him to benefit FC Porto. The affair became known as the "envelope affair". In March 2007, the judiciary team responsible for the Apito Dourado affair announced that 56 inquiries were underway. In July, judge Maria José Morgado revealed that 20 charges were produced. In March 2008, FC Porto

1911-453: The whole Portuguese criminal procedure system. One of the big controversies was the fact that the prosecutors had "no doubts" about the Judiciary Police tipping off Pinto da Costa to clear his office hours before the conduction of a search. However, since the source of the leak was unable to be identified, the accusation was dismissed. The court decision which convicted lower division referees to fines has been subject of controversies. One of them

1960-496: The wings, and Brazilian striker Elpídio Silva was the club's top scorer with 11 goals. After finishing runners-up to Sporting a year later, the squad began to break up, with Petit heading to Benfica and fellow midfielder Pedro Emanuel going to Porto; both skippered their new teams. The club rebuilt the Estádio do Bessa for UEFA Euro 2004 , contributing to their financial problems. Pacheco left for Spain's RCD Mallorca in 2003, returning soon to replace Sánchez briefly as manager

2009-576: Was acquitted of the practice of "very serious disciplinary infraction of corruption of the refereeing team", along with the remaining technical team: José Carlos Gladim Chilrito and Manuel António Candeias Square. The Disciplinary Commission of the League, now the professional section of the Disciplinary Council of the Portuguese Football Federation, ignored the wiretaps as evidence. Several conversations between suspects were recorded during

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2058-521: 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

2107-561: Was entitled the right to come back to the Primeira Liga. Also, after a negotiation with the creditors of the club, the €65 million debt was cut in half. After a six-year absence, Boavista returned to the Primeira Liga in the 2014–15 season , coached by Petit, a member of the title-winning side of 2001. In October 2020, Boavista's members approved of investment from Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman Gérard Lopez , owner of Ligue 1 club Lille OSC . Petit returned as manager, leading

2156-501: Was found guilty of abuse of power but not guilty of corruption. He was sentenced to three years and two months of suspended jail time. In May 2008, the disciplinary committee of the Portuguese Professional Football League , who had opened a parallel non-criminal proceeding called Apito Final (Final Whistle), sentenced Pinto da Costa to a two-year suspension and FC Porto was docked six points in

2205-419: Was indicted for the corruption cases in the matches against Beira-Mar and Estrela da Amadora. For the same reason, Nacional and Boavista were also indicted for bribering the referees of the matches against Benfica and Marítimo , and the match against Estrela da Amadora, respectively. In October 2008, the court filed the case against Pinto da Costa, Augusto Duarte, Rui Alves and António Araújo regarding

2254-451: Was not convicted by the criminal court system, although being convicted by the Portuguese League's disciplinary committee to a two-year ban. FC Porto was convicted by the league's disciplinary committee to a six-point loss and ordered to pay a €150,000 fine. Despite no heavy convictions of penalties, the scandal seriously damaged Portuguese football's and FC Porto's reputation. Santiago Segurola, Marca 's assistant director stated in 2008, "It

2303-560: Was sentenced to three years and two months of suspended penalty for abuse of power, and lost his position of mayor of Gondomar. José Luís Oliveira, chairman of Gondomar SC and vice-chairman of the city of Gondomar was found guilty of 25 crimes of abuse of power and 10 crimes of corruption, and was sentenced to three years of suspended penalty. Pinto de Sousa was found guilty of 25 crimes of abuse of power and convicted to three years of suspended penalty. João Macedo, António Eustáquio, Jorge Saramago (all three of them referees) were sentenced to pay

2352-562: Was the saddest day of her life, as she was (allegedly) kicked and slapped by Pinto da Costa. The book Eu, Carolina ("I, Carolina") made an impact on Portuguese news media and society. A film adaptation was made for cinema in 2007 with the title Corrupção ("Corruption"). The film was directed by João Botelho , starring Margarida Vila-Nova as the partner of a football club 's chairman, portrayed by Nicolau Breyner . In 2011, Salgado published another book, titled Descida ao Inferno ("Descent to Hell"), in which she describes her life as

2401-499: Was working in a brothel, "Calor da Noite", as a part-time job. After the couple split, she published a controversial autobiography titled Eu, Carolina ("I, Carolina", officially ghost written by a long-time friend and high school Portuguese teacher Maria Fernanda Freitas de Sousa – although the latter claims there were substantial changes from the manuscript) in December 2006, presenting some quarters of Portuguese football as

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