Rio Branco de Andradas Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Branco de Andradas, 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

Andradas Andradas is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the cou ...

, Minas Gerais state. They competed in the Série B and in the Série C twice.

History

The club was founded on June 13, 1948. They competed in the Série B in

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, when they were eliminated in the First Stage,

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, and in the Série C in

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and in

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. Rio Branco de Andradas won the

Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II The Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II is the second tier of football league of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Participants ''2022 edition'' List of champions Amateur era The first era of second tier of Minas Gerais football was the Serie B ...

in 1998, and in 2006.

Achievements

: ** Winners (2): 1998, 2006

Stadium

Rio Branco de Andradas Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Parque do Azulão. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 6,000 people.

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=March 2011 Association football clubs established in 1948 Football clubs in Minas Gerais 1948 establishments in Brazil