Criciúma Esporte Clube is a Brazilian professional club based in

Criciúma Criciúma () is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home material ...

, Santa Catarina founded on 13 May 1947. Criciúma is the most successful team from Santa Catarina, having won the

1991 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 1991 was the 3rd staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 9, 1991, and concluded on June 2, 1991, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Heriberto Hülse in Criciúma. Criciúma lifte ...

, the

2002 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 7, 2002. The competition had 26 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated ...

, and the

2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 63 clubs, four of which eventually qualified to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, second division to be contested in 2007 Campeonato Brasile ...

History

Criciúma Esporte Clube was founded on May 13, 1947, as Comerciário Esporte Clube; however the club folded due to a

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in the 1960s. The club was refounded in 1976 by some of the original Comerciário Esporte Clube members. In 1978 the club was renamed as Criciúma Esporte Clube, and its current colors black, yellow and white were adopted in 1984. The present colors of Criciúma Esporte Clube are the reason the club is called Tigre (meaning Tiger). The club's greatest feat was winning the

under coach

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, later World Cup winner with Brazil, while being in the second division. The achievement qualified Criciúma for the following year's

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. In the following years, the club was not very successful. After being promoted to Série A in 1992, the club played in the division for 5 years before getting relegated. In

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, Criciúma, after a very poor campaign, was relegated to the

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. In

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, Criciúma won the Série C, and was promoted back to the Série B. After a period of crisis in the club, in 2012 the club regained forces, and after being in the first four places the entire championship returned to the Série A.

Honours

Criciúma has won three national level championships. Winning the

qualified the club to the 1992

where Criciúma finished in the 5th place, surpassing even the expectations of its fans. These achievements make Criciúma one of the most successful teams from Santa Catarina.

Official tournaments

* * shared record

¹'' Champion in

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as Comerciário Esporte Clube''

Others tournaments

State

* Taça Governador do Estado (8): 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

State Regional

*Campeonato Regional da LARM (9): 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1975

Runners-up

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

(1):

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Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is run by the Santa Catarina Football Federation (FCF). History The Catarinense has had different names throughout ...

(10): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2011 *

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(1): 1998

Stadium

Criciúma's stadium is Estádio Heriberto Hülse, built in

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, with a maximum capacity of 19,900 people.

Current squad

Youth players

Out on loan

Notable head coaches

* Argel Fuchs * Cláudio Tencati * Cuca *

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* Gilson Kleina *

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* Lori Sandri * Luiz Gonzaga Milioli *

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1991 Copa do Brasil

Criciúma won the Copa do Brasil 1991, playing the following matches:

Competitions record

Notes

External links

Official Site

Discussion List
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