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América Futebol Clube (SC)
América Futebol Clube is a football club from Joinville, with a population of more than half a million the largest city of the south Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The club, founded on 14 June 1914, won between 1947 and 1971 five times the state championship of Santa Catarina, the Campeonato Catarinense. In the national level, América took part in second level of the national championship of 1971, where it finished on the 15th place. In 1976 a merger of the football operations with the traditional rivals Caxias FC gave birth to the Joinville Esporte Clube, which since has won more than ten state championships. In the second half of the 1980s América returned to football under its own name, albeit only on amateur level. Since the club won between 1989 and 2011 six times the amateur championship of its hometown. Initially América was the dominant team of Joinville, winning the first four editions of the city championship of Joinville which was held 33 times between 1920 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joinville
Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitiba and Porto Alegre. Joinville is also a major industrial, financial and commerce center. The city has a very high human development index (0.809) among Brazilian municipalities, occupying the 21st national position. One study pointed to Joinville as the second best city to live in Brazil. Joinville holds the titles of "Brazilian Manchester", "City of Flowers", "City of the Princes", "City of Bicycles" and "City of Dance". It is known for hosting the Joinville Dance Festival (considered the largest dance festival in the world), as well as for having the only branch of the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet School outside Russia in the world. In 2020, the population of Joinville was estimated at 597,658 people, many of whom are of Portuguese, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It is located in the centre of the country's South Region, Brazil, Southern region. It is bordered to the north by the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, to the south by the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Misiones Province, Misiones. The state covers an area of approximately , comparable to Hungary, and ranking as the List of Brazilian states by area, seventh smallest Brazilian state by area. With a population of 7.6 million inhabitants in 2022, it is the List of Brazilian states by population, tenth most populous state in Brazil. It is divided into 295 municipalities and its capital is Florianópolis, the second most populous city in the state after Joinville. Alongside Espírito Santo, Santa Catarina is one of the two states whose capital is not the largest city. Jorginho Mello, a member of the Conservative liberali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Catarinense
The Campeonato Catarinense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It is run by the Santa Catarina Football Federation (FCF). History The Catarinense has had different names throughout its history. It started out as the Liga de Florianópolis (organised by the then Liga Santa Catharina de Desportos Terrestres) in its early years, and then changed to the Campeonato de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina Championship) when it began to accept clubs from outside Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ..., the state capital. Until 1924, sports in the Santa Catarina state were practiced by clubs that competed in various disciplines, including athletics, swimming, rowing, target shooting, and football. Competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caxias FC
Caxias Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in Joinville, with a population of more than half a million the largest city of the south Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. The club, founded on October 12, 1920, won in the years 1929, 1954 and 1955 the state championship of Santa Catarina, the Campeonato Catarinense. On the national level the club – nicknamed "Gualicho" after a successful race horse of the early 1950s – took part in the cup competition, the Copa do Brasil of 2000, where it was eliminated in the first round. In 1976 a merger of the football operations with the traditional rivals América FC gave birth to the Joinville Esporte Clube, which since has won more than ten state championships. In 1996 Caxias returned to football under its own name and was runner-up of the state championship of 2003. After 2011 the club suspended activities due to financial issues. History The club was formed six years after the foundation of local rivals América FC thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joinville Esporte Clube
Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC or simply Joinville, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina. Founded on 29 January 1976 they have won the Série B and Série C once and they have the largest sequence of consecutive state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985). Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa Catarina in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (18) and Figueirense (18). History Joinville was founded on 29 January 1976, after América-SC football department and Caxias football department fused. The club's Golden Age was in the 1980s, when the club won eight state championships in a row. Joinville's largest win was on 31 October 1976, when the club beat Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará. The club won the Copa Santa Catarina in 2009, and then the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the same year, after beating Serrano Centro-Sul 3–2 in the final. They won the Copa Santa C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B Superbet by sponsorship reasons) is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system. Although not having been played annually since its founding in 1971, the competition format has changed almost every season. Since 2006 it has been contested by 20 teams in a double round-robin format with the top four teams being promoted to the group and the bottom four teams being relegated to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C group. 2024 Série B teams Champions of Série B Official champions Below is the table of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions according to the Brazilian Football Confederation: ; Knockout tournament ; Round-robin tournament ;Notes *In 1986, Treze, Central, Inter de Limeira and Criciúma were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beto Fuscão
Beto Fuscão (born Rigoberto Costa; 13 April 1950 – 6 December 2022) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender. Life and career Born in Florianópolis, Fuscão started his career as a Fluminense defender, and later went to play for Grêmio and Palmeiras, with whom he was vice-champion in the 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. In 1976 he was awarded a Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) for best defender, and the same year he received his first call from the Brazil national team, with whom he played several 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 107 teams entered the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, which began with the preliminary qualification draw on 20 November 1975 at Guatemala City. Argentina, as the hosts, and West Germany, as the defending champions, qualified ... games. Fuscão died of stomach cancer on 6 December 2022, at the age of 72. References External links * 1950 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Florianópolis Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grêmio FBPA
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (), commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in Porto Alegre, the capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Gaúcho, Rio Grande do Sul's top State football leagues in Brazil, state league. The club was founded in 1903 by businessman Cândido Dias da Silva and 32 other men, mostly from the large community of German Brazilians, German immigrants of Porto Alegre. Grêmio's home stadium is the Arena do Grêmio, which the team moved to in 2013. With a capacity of over 55,000, the stadium is one of the most modern venues in South America and the List of football stadiums in Brazil, eight-largest of its kind in Brazil. Prior to that, Grêmio played at Estádio Olímpico Monumental since 1954. Grêmio usually plays in a :w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most populous city in the country and the centre of Brazil's List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4.1 million inhabitants (2022). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state. Porto Alegre was founded in 1769 by Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, who used the pseudonym José Marcelino de Figueiredo to hide his identity; the official date, though, is 1772 with the act signed by Immigration to Brazil, immigrants from the Azores, Portugal. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Guaíba Lake, where five rivers converge to form the Lagoa dos Patos, a giant freshwater lagoon navigable by even the largest of ships. This five-river junction has become an important alluvial port and a chief indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SE Palmeiras
The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with an approximate 21 million supporters and 198,656 affiliated fans. The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league, as well as in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brasileirão Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants on 26 August 1914, as ":pt:Palestra Italia, Palestra Itália" (). However, the club changed its name on 14 September 1942, as a result of Brazil joining the Allies of World War II, Allies in the World War II, Second World War against Italy ("Itália" in Portugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the Americas, Americas, and both the Western Hemisphere, Western and Southern Hemispheres. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) as an global city, alpha global city, it exerts substantial international influence in commerce, finance, arts, and entertainment. It is the List of largest cities#List, largest urban area by population outside Asia and the most populous Geographical distribution of Portuguese speakers, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The city's name honors Paul the Apostle and people from the city are known as ''paulistanos''. The city's Latin motto is ''Non ducor, duco'', which translates as "I am not led, I lead." Founded in 1554 by Jesuit priests, the city was the center of the ''bandeirant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
