Maracanã Esporte Clube, commonly known as Maracanã, is a Brazilian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Maracanaú
Maracanaú is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Its name comes from Tupi language and means "lagoon where maracanãs (red-shouldered macaws) drink", because of the presence of these birds flying over the lagoons in the city's area. ...
,
Ceará state.
History
The club was founded on January 31, 2005 and joined the
Federação Cearense de Futebol
The Federação Cearense de Futebol (English: Football Association of Ceará state) was founded on March 23, 1920, and it manages all the official football tournaments within the state of Ceará, which are the Campeonato Cearense
The Campeon ...
in the same year.
Maracanã was promoted to the 2008
Campeonato Cearense Second Level after finishing in the second position in the 2007
Campeonato Cearense Third Level. The team was promoted to the 2013
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 ever ...
after they won the Campeonato Cearense Second Level in 2012, when they defeated
Pacatuba 4–2 on May 27, 2012 in
Horizonte, in the last round of the competition.
Honours
*
Campeonato Cearense Série B
The Campeonato Cearense Série B is the second tier of the state league of Ceará, Brazil.
List of champions
;Name changes
*Uniclinic is the currently Atlético Cearense.
Titles by team
Teams in bold stills active.
By city
Reference ...
: 2012, 2021
*
Campeonato Cearense Série C
The Campeonato Cearense Série C is the third tier of the state league of Ceará, Brazil.
List of champions
;Name changes
*Uniclinic is the currently Atlético Cearense.
Titles by team
Teams in bold stills active.
By city
References ...
: 2020
*
Campeonato Cearense de Futsal: 2012
Stadium
Maracanã Esporte Clube play their home games at
Estádio Municipal Ribeirão.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 2,000 people.
Uniforms
The colors of the Maracanã uniform, the sky blue, and the white, being the 1st uniform, is the vertical striped shirt in sky blue and white, with blue shorts and white socks.
The second uniform consists of a white shirt with details in light blue, with white shorts and white stockings.
References
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Association football clubs established in 2005
Football clubs in Ceará
2005 establishments in Brazil