Brasília Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Brasília, is a Brazilian professional club based in

Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...

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founded on 2 June 1975. It competes in the

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, the top flight of the Distrito Federal state football league.

History

They were founded on June 2, 1975 as Brasília Esporte Clube by the entrepreneurs José da Silva Neto and Vicente de Paula Rodrigues. The club won the

eight times, the last time being in 1987. Brasília were

Torneio Centro-Oeste Copa Centro-Oeste ( en, Center-West Cup) was a Brazilian football competition contested between Center-West region teams and teams from the Southeastern State Espírito Santo. For one edition, it was also contested by teams from Minas Gerais. ...

's runner-up in 1984, after being defeated by Guará in the final. The club's football department was bought in 1999 by Brasília Promoções e Participações Desportivas S/A, which is a company owned by eight members (in Portuguese ''sócios'') of the club, and the club was renamed to Brasília Futebol Clube, adopting a new logo, and changing its colors from red to yellow and blue. The club reverted to play in red in 2002. They competed in the Série A several times, the last time being in 2000 when the 116-team

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was played. The year 2014 was marked in the history of Brasília by the title of the first edition of the Copa Verde. The club advanced the two initial stages of the competition by defeating

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and

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, respectively. In the semifinals, he faced his rival Brasiliense. It was defeated by 2–0 in the first leg, however in the second leg, achieved a spectacular turnaround and won by 3–0. In the final, against Paysandu, defeat by 2–1 in the first leg. In the second game, more than 50,000 people watched Brasília win by the same score and take the decision for the penalties. In an exciting contest, the ''Avião do Cerrado'' won 7-6 and won the title. With the title, the team secured a spot in the

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. Brasília continued making history by eliminating the

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in the second stage, but was eliminated in the third stage by

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Stadium

Brasília play their home games at

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha Arena BRB Mané Garrincha, formerly Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha, also known as ''Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha'', ''Estádio Nacional de Brasília'', ''Arena Mané Garrincha'' or simply ''Mané Garrincha'', is a football ...

, one of the venues of both

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and

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Honours

Copa Verde The Copa Verde ( en, Green Cup) is an annual regional knockout football competition in Brazil that started in 2014, and played by 24 teams from the North and Central-West regions, plus Espírito Santo (Espírito Santo state was included because ...

: Winners (1):

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: Winners (8): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987 *

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: Winners (2): 2001, 2008

References

External links

Official Site
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Official page on Facebook
Brasília Futebol Clube Association football clubs established in 1975 Brasília 1975 establishments in Brazil Copa Verde winners