ecbahia.com

What ecbahia.com does

ecbahia.com is an independent, privately operated Brazilian news website focused exclusively on covering Esporte Clube Bahia, a professional football club based in Salvador, Bahia. The site is positioned by its operators as the largest dedicated independent news portal for the club and functions as a vertical fan media outlet rather than a general sports publisher. Its content surface spans match coverage, player statistics, club history (presidents, coaches, titles, kits, anthem), opinion columns, and championship coverage across Brasileirão, Copa do Nordeste, Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Baiano, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sul-Americana, plus youth and women's football.

The platform is built on a standard WordPress content management system with no disclosed proprietary technology stack, custom algorithms, or AI components. It is operated by a small team of approximately five people, including named editorial contributors (e.g., Dimitri Tavares, José Renato de Carvalho Gomes, Cássio Nascimento, Djalma Gomes, Victor Moreno, Victor de Freitas) who produce columns and news articles. Additional product modules include a player database, match schedule and results, interactive fan polls, an email newsletter, and a dedicated betting odds comparison tool.

The business model is a free, ad- and affiliate-supported content portal. The site generates no subscription revenue; instead, it monetizes through display advertising and affiliate referral commissions from licensed Brazilian sports betting operators (including Betano, BET365, Hiperbet, and Betesporte). Audience reach is extended across social platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram, Linktree). There is no disclosed funding, no parent company, no executive team, and no app distribution; the entity operates as a small, independent informational vehicle focused on a single club's fanbase in Northeast Brazil.

Name

ecbahia.com

Legal name

ecbahia.com

Website

https://ecbahia.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ecbahia.com is an independent Brazilian WordPress-based news website dedicated to covering Esporte Clube Bahia football club, serving the club's fan base with match coverage, statistics, opinion columns, and betting odds comparisons, monetized via advertising and sports-betting affiliate referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports News & Football Fan Media

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121), Spectator Sports (7112)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Sportsbook Affiliate & Comparison Sites (MPAEAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Athletics Marketing, Communications & Fan Engagement (EDALAIAM), Gaming Media Networks & Aggregators (Multi-site Networks, RSS/Content Syndication) (MPAFAMAJ)

Keywords

• Sports news portal
• Football club coverage
• Betting odds comparison
• Player statistics database
• Fan engagement content

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ecbahia.com is an independent digital news portal that publishes editorial coverage of the Esporte Clube Bahia football club, including match previews, live game information, player statistics, championship tables, transfer market news, opinion columns, and interactive polls. It complements its editorial coverage with a betting odds comparison tool that links readers to licensed Brazilian sportsbooks via affiliate relationships, monetizing the free content through advertising and affiliate commissions.

Product overview

ECBahia.com is a single, unified news and fan engagement platform dedicated to covering the Esporte Clube Bahia football club. The core product is the news portal providing match coverage, player information, and club content. Additional modules include betting odds comparison, interactive polls, opinion columns, match scheduling/results, player statistics database, and championship coverage across multiple competitions including Brasileirão, Copa do Nordeste, Copa do Brasil, and Copa Libertadores.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ECBahia.com News Portal Independent digital news portal dedicated to Esporte Clube Bahia football club, providing news articles, match previews, live game information, player profiles, championship tables, transfer market updates, opinion columns, and interactive polls across Brasileirão, Copa do Nordeste, Copa do Brasil, Libertadores, Campeonato Baiano, and youth/women's competitions. Targeted at EC Bahia supporters and sports betting enthusiasts in Brazil and the global Bahia diaspora.
• Betting Odds Comparison (Palpites e Odds) Betting tips and odds comparison service for Esporte Clube Bahia matches, featuring recommendations from betting specialists and comparisons across Brazilian licensed betting houses. Monitized through affiliate referral commissions.
• Newsletter Subscription Free email newsletter delivery service that distributes EC Bahia news content, match previews, and club updates to subscribed readers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Goal.com Brasil: International football media brand with a Brazilian edition covering Brasileirão clubs, transfers, and odds. Competes with ecbahia.com for Bahia-specific search and social attention at broader scale.
• Globo Esporte (ge.globo): Brazil's dominant sports media property, with deep club-by-club Brazilian football coverage including dedicated EC Bahia pages. A broad incumbent that competes with ecbahia.com for Bahia-specific search traffic and audience attention.
• ESPN Brasil: International sports media brand with a strong Brazilian edition covering Brasileirão, Libertadores, and club news. Competes with ecbahia.com for Bahia fan eyeballs on match coverage and analysis.
• Lance!: One of Brazil's most established sports news brands, covering football broadly with real-time news, columns, and betting content. A broader incumbent whose Brazilian football coverage overlaps with ecbahia.com's niche but at national scale.
• UOL Esporte: Major Brazilian sports portal with comprehensive football news, columns, and betting integrations. Operates at national scale with dedicated club coverage, competing for Bahia fan attention.

Direct peers

• Meu Timão: One of Brazil's largest independent fan portals dedicated to a single football club (Sport Club Corinthians Paulista). Operates the same niche-authority news + community + betting affiliate model as ecbahia.com, making it the closest direct comparable in the Brazilian club-fan-site category.
• Torcedores.com: Brazilian sports news and fan community site covering multiple clubs and competitions, combining news, opinion columns, and sportsbook affiliate content. Closely comparable to ecbahia.com in monetizing Brazilian football coverage through betting affiliates and advertising.
• Trivela: Independent Brazilian football-focused digital media outlet delivering news, analysis, and columns. Comparable as a content-led Brazilian football publisher competing for the same fan audience and advertiser/bettor wallet as ecbahia.com.
• Bola.com.br: Independent Brazilian football-focused news portal delivering match coverage, transfers, and fan content. Comparable to ecbahia.com in operating a content + community + betting monetization model for Brazilian football fans.

Regional players

• Estação da Luz 104 (radio/portal): Bahia-region sports content publisher covering EC Bahia and regional football. Most direct regional peer to ecbahia.com, competing for the same local Salvador/Bahia audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ecbahiapontocom
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ecbahiaplay
• Facebookfacebook.com/ecbahiapontocom
• Instagraminstagram.com/ecbahiapontocom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecbahia-com

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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