What is SC Braga? Facts and background

Sporting Clube de Braga ([ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ˈklub(ɨ) dɨ ˈbɾaɡɐ]) (Euronext: SCB), a sports club founded in the city of Braga in 1921. In 2008, they eliminated Sivasspor from the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Braga, which has managed to participate in European cups regularly since the 2004-2005 season, made a surprise by reaching the final of the UEFA Europa League in the 2010-2011 season, but could not win the cup, losing 1-0 to Porto in the final. The biggest success in the history of the club, which competes in Primeira Liga, is the UEFA Europa League final in the 2010-11 season, as well as 2 Taça de Portugal and 2 Taça de Liga championships.

History

Although Braga was eliminated in the 1st Round of the UEFA Europa League, which was called the UEFA Cup at that time, in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, it managed to reach the last 16 in the 2006-07 and 2008-09 seasons and among the last 32 teams in the 2007-2008 season. However, it was successful in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in the 2008-2009 season and earned the right to participate in the UEFA Cup.

In the 2010-2011 season, it qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history by eliminating Celtic in the 3rd qualifying round and Sevilla in the play-off round. Braga, which was placed in the same group with Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk and Partizan, finished the group in 3rd place with 9 points and continued on its way to the UEFA Europa League 2nd Round.

Braga eliminated the Polish team Lech Poznań in this round and also passed the English team Liverpool. They eliminated Dinamo Kyiv in the quarter-finals and Benfica in the semi-finals and faced Porto in the 2011 UEFA Europa League final.

In the 2009-10 season, Braga finished the league in second place after Benfica with 71 points, achieving the highest score in the history of the league. By finishing the 2010-2011 season of the Portuguese Super League, dominated by Porto, in 4th place with 46 points, they earned the right to compete in the UEFA Europa League.