Clube de Regatas Guará, commonly known as Guará, was an
association football club from
Guará
Guará is a municipality situated in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 21,308 (2020 est.) in an area of 362 km2. The elevation is 573 m.
This place name comes from the Tupi language for two animals com ...
, a
satellite town just west of the Brazilian capital of
Brasília.
They won the championship of the Federal District, the
Campeonato Brasiliense of 1996 and competed in
1979
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in the national first division, the
Série A.
Guará's colors are yellow, black and white and taken from the official colours of the Administrative Region of Guará. Their badge its inspired by the one of
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista () is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tatuapé district of São Paulo. Although competing in a number of different sports, Corinthians is mostly known for its professional association football team that plays ...
of São Paulo.
History
CR Guará was founded on January 9, 1957,
by employees of the Departamento de Topografia Humana.
Oswaldo Cruz Viera, who was one of the founders, was the club's first president.
The club stopped its football activities during the 1960s, but after merging in the 1970s with two local amateur clubs, named Humaitá and Corinthians, they reopened their football department.
Stadium
CR Guará play their home games at the
Estádio Antônio Otoni Filho stadium, nicknamed CAVE.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people.
Achievements
Regional
*
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. ...
:
** Winners (1): 1984
State
*
Campeonato Brasiliense:
** Winners (1): 1996
References
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Association football clubs established in 1957
Association football clubs disestablished in 2019
Football clubs in the Federal District (Brazil)
1967 establishments in Brazil