Operário Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Operário de Campo Grande, Operário-MS or simply Operário is a Brazilian professional club based in

Campo Grande Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour ...

Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul () is one of the Midwestern states of Brazil. Neighboring Brazilian states are (from north clockwise) Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay, to the southwest, and ...

founded on 21 August 1938. It competes in the

Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense The Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Before 1979, the Sul-Mato-Grossense clubs competed in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, because Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul were a single st ...

, the top flight of the Mato Grosso do Sul state football league. Operário is currently ranked third among Mato Grosso do Sul teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 179th place overall.

History

The club was founded on August 28, 1938, by civil construction workers of Campo Grande. The name Operário means Factory Worker in Portuguese. In 1982 the club won the

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, played in

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/ref> Since November 29, 1999, Operário is an enterprise. Because of this, the team name changed from Operário Futebol Clube to Operário Futebol Clube S/A. S/A means

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. Currently Operário is in a very serious financial crisis and most of its debts are labor debts and tax debts.

Stadium

Home stadium is the Morenão, capacity 45,000.

Rivalries

Operário's biggest rival is Comercial, with whom he plays the ''Clássico Comerário'' (Comerário derby), the biggest of the Mato Grosso do Sul state and one of the largest in the central-west region of Brazil.

Honours

: Winners (12): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2018, 2022 * Campeonato Mato-Grossense : Winners (4): 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 *

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: Winners (4): 1982

References

External links

Official Site
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Operário-MS on Globo Esporte
Operário Futebol Clube (MS) Association football clubs established in 1938 Football clubs in Mato Grosso do Sul Football clubs in Brazil Campo Grande 1938 establishments in Brazil