União Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as União Rondonópolis, is a Brazilian professional club based in

Rondonópolis Rondonópolis (formerly known as Rio Vermelho (Red River)) is the third-largest municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located around from Cuiabá, the capital of the state. The city is named for military officer and explorer Cândido Rondon ...

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

founded on 6 June 1973. It competes in the

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, the fourth tier of

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, as well as in the

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, the top flight of the Mato Grosso state football league.

History

União Esporte Clube were founded on June 6, 1973. They won the Torneio Incentivo in 1975, 1976 and in 1979. União were eliminated in the first stage in the Green module of the

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in 2000. The club competed in the

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, when they gained national fame after beating

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1–0 on February 18, in the first leg of the first round of the cup. However, the club were eliminated in that round, after being defeated 2–0 in the second leg.

Stadium

União Rondonópolis play their home games at Estádio Engenheiro Lutero Lopes. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 18,000 people.

Achievements

: ** Winners (1): 2010 *

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: ** Winners (2): 2017, 2021

References

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