Associação Desportiva Iguatu, commonly known as Iguatu, is a Brazilian

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club based in Iguatu, Ceará state.

History

Founded on 11 March 2010, Iguatu intended to register the club in the year's

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, but only started playing professionally in 2012. They won the third division in their first professional year, achieving promotion to the

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, where they remained for two years before suffering relegation. Iguatu only returned to the second division of the Cearense in 2015, after finishing third in the Série C. In 2017, the club achieved a first-ever promotion to the Campeonato Cearense, after winning the second division. After a fifth position in the 2018 Cearense, Iguatu suffered relegation in 2019, after finishing ninth. After two seasons in the second division, the club returned to the top tier in 2021, despite losing the finals to Maracanã. In the 2022 Cearense, Iguatu reached the semifinals of the competition, knocking out

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in the quarterfinals but being knocked out by

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. By finishing fourth, the club also assured a spot in the 2023 Série D.

Honours

: 2018 *

: 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iguatu Association football clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in Brazil