Imperial Futebol Clube, commonly known as Imperial, is a Brazilian football team from the city of

Petrópolis Petrópolis (; ), also known as The Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2010 National Brazilian Census, Petr ...

Rio de Janeiro state Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...

, founded on April 2, 2004. The club was formerly known as Universidade Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube and as Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube.

History

On April 2, 2004, the club was founded by Estácio de Sá University (Universidade Estácio de Sá), as Universidade Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube, but was eventually renamed to Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube. Estácio de Sá was bought by the Movimento Esportivo de Petrópolis and renamed to Imperial Futebol Clube in late 2011.

Honors

* Campeonato Carioca Terceira Divisão: 2005

Stadium

Imperial Futebol Clube plays its home games at Estádio Osório Júnior, which has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. As Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube, they played at Estádio Universidade Estácio de Sá Futebol Clube, which has a capacity of 6,000 people.

Colors

The official colors are yellow, white and black.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imperial Futebol Clube Association football clubs established in 2004 Football clubs in Rio de Janeiro (state) University and college association football clubs