Barra do Garças Futebol Clube, commonly known as Barra do Garças, is a Brazilian

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club based in

Barra do Garças Barra do Garças is a city with a population of 61,135 located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, around far from the capital city of Cuiabá. It was founded on 13 June 1924, but it became political independent just on 15 September 1948. Now ...

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. They competed once in the Série B, in the Série C and twice in the

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History

The club was founded on May 5, 1978. Barra do Garças competed in the Série C in 1993, gaining promotion to the following year's Série B after beating Nacional-AM. The club was eliminated in the First Stage in the 1994 Série B. Barra competed in the

in 2004, in this year, the name of the club was "Barra Esporte Clube", when they were eliminated in the First Stage by Santa Cruz, and in 2007, when they were eliminated in the First Stage by Brasiliense.

Stadium

Barra do Garças Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio José Valeriano Costa, nicknamed ''Estádio Zeca Costa''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barra Do Garcas Futebol Clube Association football clubs established in 1978 Football clubs in Mato Grosso 1978 establishments in Brazil