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. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceará,

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. The club was founded on October 18, 1918. Fortaleza is one of the most traditional clubs in the Northeastern region of

alongside

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, Vitória, Santa Cruz,

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, Náutico and Ceará, its biggest rival. The club's colors are

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History

On 23 February 1912, Alcides Santos founded a club called Fortaleza, and participated shortly after in the founding of the Stella Foot-Ball Club. Finally on 18 October 1918 Fortaleza Sporting Club is born, first denomination of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Its colors represent the colors of the French flag, since the founder spent time in France and decided to put the colors of the European country in the Brazilian club. In 1920, they participated in the foundation of the Associação Cearense de Desportos. That same year they got their first Cearense Championship title. In 1951 , the Municipality of Fortaleza decided to renovate the Presidente Vargas Stadium. The idea of having a private stadium was reborn in the board since it had its own stadium during the 1920s. In 1957, the club acquired from the land in Bairro do Pici from Mrs. Hedwing, which during the Second World War was where the American military base was in Fortaleza, called ''Post Command'' ( ''Command'' Post), hence the name Pici, transfers it to the Club of Gentilândia in exchange for the new neighborhood. It changed its name to Leão do Pici, a reference to the neighborhood where the Parque dos Campeonatos is located. The

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opened its doors in June 1962, beating Usina Ceará in the inaugural match. After finishing in 4th place in the

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, the club qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time in history.

Uniform

* Home Uniform: Blue and red shirt with blue pants and white socks. * Away uniform: White and blue shirt with blue pants and blue socks.

Uniform Evolution

Statistics

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A ** Player with most goals scored: Rinaldo (23 goals) ** Player with most goals scored in a single tournament: Rinaldo (16 goals), in 2005 *All divisions taken in consideration ** Player with most goals scored: Rinaldo (43 goals); in 2004 (14), 2005 (16), 2006 (11) and 2008 (2) *Topscorers in national competitions (cups and leagues) ** Bececê (7 goals), Taça Brasil 1960 ** Rinaldo (14 goals), Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2004 *Best Série A right-back (Bola de Prata award): Louro, in 1974

Mascot

In the 1960s a journalist popularized the Leão, a name that came from the times of ''Praça dos Leões.'' The mascot's name is Juba.

Club structure

Headquarters

The Fortaleza Esporte Clube has its headquarters in the district of Pici, which consists of the Manoel Guimarães administrative headquarters, stadium Alcides Santos stadium, indoor trophies, Hotel Ribamar Bezerra (used for athletes), Otoni Diniz accommodation, dressing rooms, fitness center, and a modern medical department. Castelão Arena (3)

Stadiums

They play their games at Alcides Santos Stadium, with capacity for 8,300 people, Estadio Castelão, which can hold 63,903 supporters and Estádio Presidente Vargas, which has a capacity of 20,600.

Past presidents

*Alcides Santos *João Gentil *João César *Ney Rebouças *Aírton França Rebouças *Péricles Mulatinho *José Atanásio dos Santos *José Nestor Falcão *Osvaldo Azim *Ezequiel Menezes *Jorge Mota (1999—03) *Clayton Alcântara Veras (2004) *Ribamar Bezerra (2005—06) *Marcello Desidério (2007—08) *Lúcio Bonfim (2008—09) *Renan Vieira (2010) *Paulo Arthur Magalhães (2011) *Osmar Baquit (2011—14) *Jorge Mota (2015—17) * Luis Eduardo Girão (2017) *Marcelo Paz (2017—present)

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Staff

Current staff

Honours

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série B ** Winners (1):

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* Copa do Nordeste ** Winners (2):

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** Winners (1): 1970 *

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** Winners (45): 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015,

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, 2019,

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, 2021,

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** Winners (2): 2016, 2017

References

External links

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