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Moto Club De São Luís
Moto Club, commonly referred to as Moto, is a Brazilian professional club based in São Luís, Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ... founded on 13 September 1937. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Maranhense, the top flight of the Maranhão state football league. Moto Club is currently ranked third among Maranhão teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 74th place overall. History The Moto Club with the name Ciclo Moto. The objective was to participate in the modalities of motorcycling and cycling, quite practiced at that time. However, it is in football that the Moto Club achieves great notoriety. In 1939 the Santa Isabel Stadium was inaugurated, in homage to the in ...
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Castelão (Maranhão)
The Estádio Governador João Castelo, also known as the Castelão, is a multi-purpose stadium inaugurated on March 9, 1975, in São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 40,149 people in a three-tier configuration. The stadium is owned by the Maranhão state Government, and is the home ground of Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, Moto Club de São Luís, Moto Club and Maranhão Atlético Clube, Maranhão. Its formal name honors João Castelo Ribeiro Gonçalves (1937–2016), Maranhão governor from 1979 to 1982. History Castelão was completed in 1982 and was inaugurated on February 5 of that year, when the Brazil national football team, Brazil national team beat the Portugal national football team, Portugal national team 3–1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Brazil's Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Júnior. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 98,720, set on September 24. 1998, when Santos Futebol Clube, Santos beat ...
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São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís (; "Saint Louis") is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Upaon-açu Island or Ilha de São Luís, in the Baía de São Marcos (''Saint Mark's Bay''), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west. São Luís has the second largest maritime extension within Brazilian states. Its maritime extension is 640 km (397 miles). The city proper has a population of some 1,037,775 people (2022 IBGE census). The metropolitan area totals 1,536,017, ranked as the 15th largest in Brazil. São Luís, created originally as ''Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan'', is the only Brazilian state capital founded by France (see France Équinoxiale) and it is one of the three Brazilian state capitals located on islands (the others are Vitória and Florianópolis). The historic center of the city (dating from the 17th century) has ...
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Maranhão
Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent within the common Northeastern Brazilian dialect. Maranhão is described in literary works such as ''Canção do exílio, Exile Song'' by Gonçalves Dias and ''Casa de Pensão'' by Aluísio Azevedo. The dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Lençóis are an important area of environmental preservation. Also of interest is the state capital of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Another important conservation area is the Parnaíba River delta, between the states of Maranhão and Piauí, with its lagoons, desert dunes and deserted beaches or islands, suc ...
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D (English: Brazilian Championship Serie D), commonly known as the Série D or the Brazilian Série D to distinguish it from the Italian Serie D, is the fourth division of the Brazilian football league system, and was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) on 9 April 2008. The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was formed from the split of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Série C, keeping its best 20 clubs and playing double round robin as does the top three divisions. The Série D keeps the same format of the older Série C, but with participation limited to 40 clubs recognized by the state federation. In 2016 the Série D was expanded to 68 clubs, but in 2022 it was reduced to 64 clubs. The Série D format is a mixed system: the 64 clubs are divided in 8 groups organized regionally, playing in a Round-robin tournament, round-robin format. The top teams qualify for playoffs and clubs that reach the semi-finals are Promotion and re ...
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Brazilian Football League System
The Brazilian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Brazil. It consists of several independent pyramids, which are the national pyramid and the states pyramids. As these pyramids are independent, clubs usually compete in a state pyramid and a national pyramid. Both the national pyramid and the states pyramids consist of several levels. The best placed teams in the states championships compete in the Copa do Brasil. Structure There are two simultaneous and independent functioning pyramids in Brazil's football, the national pyramid and the states pyramids. While the national competitions are organized by CBF, the state championships are organized by the respective football federations of each state (for example, the Campeonato Pernambucano is organized by the Pernambuco Football Federation). The national pyramid competitions start in May and end in December. The state pyramids have varying durations and schedules in each state. In ...
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Campeonato Maranhense
The Campeonato Maranhense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. It is run by the Maranhão Football Federation (FMF). List of champions Titles by team Teams in bold stills active. By city Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol The Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol () is a competition contested in the second semester of the year, by Maranhão state teams, to determine a spot in the following year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and Copa do Brasil. The competition was previously called ''Taça Cidade de São Luís'' (1967 until 2009), ''Copa União do Maranhão'' (2010, 2011 and 2012) and ''Copa São Luis'' (2013) before switching to current name in 2018. List of champions * 1967: Maranhão * 1968: Maranhão * 1969: Maranhão * 1970: Maranhão * 1971: Maranhão * 1972: Moto Club * 1973: Sampaio Corrêa * 1974: Ferroviário * 1975: Maranhão * 1976: Sampaio Corrêa * 1977: ''Not held'' * 1978: Moto Club ...
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State Football Leagues In Brazil
The Brazilian states football championships ( or simply ''Estaduais'') are the professional adult male Football in Brazil, football competitions in Brazil that take place between January and April for the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast, Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West, Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast and South Region, Brazil, South regions. In some states from the North Region, Brazil, North Region, however, it takes place in May or June. One such league, the Campeonato Paulista, which started in 1902, is the oldest football competition in Brazil. All professional football clubs in Brazil play in a state championship, but not all qualify for the Brazilian football league system, national league. The state championships were the first professional competitions formed in Brazil; due to Economy of Brazil, economic and Geography of Brazil, geographic reasons, and especially long distances between the country's main cities and different states, each of the federa ...
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Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation (, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979. The CBF has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The confederation owns a training center, named Granja Comary, located in Teresópolis. It was announced on 29 September 2007, that the CBF would launch a women's league and cup competition in October 2007 following pressure from FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. The confederation reported a budget of $265.6 million ( R$1.5 billion) for 2024, and a projection of $398.4 million (R$2.25 billion) for 2025. Association staff References External links Official website CBFat YouTube CBFat X CBFat Facebook CBFat Instagram CBFat Flickr Other Brazilat FIFA site {{Authority ...
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Estádio Nhozinho Santos
Estádio Nhozinho Santos is a multi-use stadium located in São Luís, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Moto Club de São Luís. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 12,891 people and was built in 1950. It is owned by the São Luís city hall and is named after Joaquim Moreira Alves dos Santos, nicknamed Nhozinho, who introduced football in Maranhão state. History It was built in 1950 and inaugurated on October 1 of that year. The inaugural match was played on that day when Sampaio Corrêa beat Paysandu 2-1. The first goal of the stadium was scored by Paysandu's Hélio. The stadium's attendance record currently stands at 24,865, set on March 26, 1980, when Maranhão and Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama ( , ; – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and nobleman who was the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India, first European to reach India by sea. Da Gama's first voyage (1497–1499) was the first to link .. ...
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Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube
Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, better known simply as Sampaio Corrêa or just Sampaio, was founded on 25 March 1923 by a group of young workers practicing amateur football on São Pantaleão Street, in the Centro neighborhood of São Luís, which gave rise to the nickname “Tricolor of Saint Pantaleon”. The club's name and colors were inspired by the Sampaio Corrêa II Hydroplane, which landed in the capital of Maranhão in December 1922. Quite popular in the Brazilian football scene, Sampaio Corrêa is recognized for having the biggest fan base in the state of Maranhão. The club has several organized fan groups, but the main ones are Tubarões da Fiel and Brava Bolivia (Barra Brava). Having the shark as its mascot and its colors are red, green and yellow. He usually sends his games to Castelão. Its main rivals are Moto and Maranhão, with whom it shares the biggest rivalries in Maranhão football. Due to the unity between the Sampaio Corrêa and Imperatriz fans, there is n ...
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Copa Federação Maranhense De Futebol
The Campeonato Maranhense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. It is run by the Maranhão Football Federation (FMF). List of champions Titles by team Teams in bold stills active. By city Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol The Copa Federação Maranhense de Futebol () is a competition contested in the second semester of the year, by Maranhão state teams, to determine a spot in the following year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and Copa do Brasil. The competition was previously called ''Taça Cidade de São Luís'' (1967 until 2009), ''Copa União do Maranhão'' (2010, 2011 and 2012) and ''Copa São Luis'' (2013) before switching to current name in 2018. List of champions * 1967: Maranhão * 1968: Maranhão * 1969: Maranhão * 1970: Maranhão * 1971: Maranhão * 1972: Moto Club * 1973: Sampaio Corrêa * 1974: Ferroviário * 1975: Maranhão * 1976: Sampaio Corrêa * 1977: ''Not held'' * 1978: Moto Club ...
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Campeonato Maranhense Second Division
The Campeonato Maranhense Second Division is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. It is run by the Maranhão Football Federation (FMF). List of champions Notes Titles by team Teams in bold still active. By city References {{Brazilian Football Competitions Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...
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