Maringá Futebol Clube, usually shortened to Maringá, is a
Brazilian football team from
Maringá in the southern state of
Paraná. The club was founded on 2010 as Grêmio Metropolitano Maringá. Their stadium, the
Estádio Willie Davids
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was built in 1957.
The name Maringá Futebol Clube was used previously by an unrelated club founded in 1995 that after winning the title of the Second Division in its first participation, participated in the
Campeonato Paranaense from 1996 to 1998 and also participated in the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in
1997
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.
In the same years of its foundation already won the 3rd Division State Championship and got promoted to 2nd Division, where the club played 3 years in a row from 2011 to 2013. When, finally, they won the championship and got promoted to 1st Division of the State.
In their 1st participation in 2014, the club reached the finals, eventually losing to
Londrina
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. In 2015 they won
Copa Paraná
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, a second level tournament, the state cup.
In 2016 they got relegated to
Campeonato Paranaense Série B and won it in 2017. They also won
Copa Paraná
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COPA
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again that year.
After that, played 2 more years in State's 1st Division (2018 and 2019), then got relegated again to 2nd Division in 2019.
Achievements
*
Copa Paraná
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COPA
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: 2
::2015, 2017
*Campeonato Paranaense Série B: 1
::2017
*Campeonato Paranaense Série C: 1
::2010
References
External links
Official Website
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