Ferroviário Atlético Clube, commonly referred to as Ferroviário, is a Brazilian professional club based in Fortaleza, Ceará founded on 9 May 1933. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of

Brazilian football Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country’s national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil an ...

, as well as in the

Campeonato Cearense The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil. Format The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change ev ...

, the top flight of the Ceará state football league.

History

The club was founded after two amateur soccer teams, named Matapasto and Jurubeba fused, and after RVC (

Rede de Viação Cearense Rede is an archaic word meaning, among other things, " counsel" and "advice". It is cognate with Dutch "raad", Luxembourgish "Rot", Common Scandinavian "råd", Icelandic "ráð" and German "Rat". Rede may refer to: People * Edward Rede (by ...

, "Cearense Transit Net"), a railroad company, wanted to have a team playing in

. On May 9, 1933 the team was founded as Ferroviário Foot-Ball Club. The club changed its name to Ferroviário Atlético Clube after some time. In 1937, Ferroviário won its first title, the

Second Division, being promoted to the following year's first division. In 1945, the club won its first state championship, the

, after beating Maguari 3-1 in the final. In 1968, Ferroviário won the Campeonato Cearense without losing a single match. On December 6, 2005, a Ferroviário player,

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, died during a training at Vila Olímpica Elzir Cabral.

Honours

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D) is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on April 9, 2008. The Campeonato Brasileir ...

: Winners (1):

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: Winners (9): 1945, 1950, 1952, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1988, 1994, 1995 *

Copa Fares Lopes The Copa Fares Lopes, is a tournament organized by Federação Cearense de Futebol every second half of the season. Its name is a homage to Fares Cândido Lopes (1934-2004), president of the Federation from 1993 to his death. The champions quali ...

: Winners (2): 2018, 2020 *

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: Winners (1): 2019

External links

Official Site

Ferroviário on Globo Esporte
{{Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) Association football clubs established in 1933 Football clubs in Ceará Football clubs in Brazil Sport in Fortaleza 1933 establishments in Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Série D winners