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Associação Desportiva Iguatu, commonly known as Iguatu, is a Brazilian
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club based in
Iguatu Iguatu is a city in Ceará, a Brazilian State, with a population of 103,074 (2020 est.). Edinaldo Lavor is the city's mayor. History A village of Quixelôs Indians existed at this site before the arrival of the Portuguese. In 1707 the Society o ...
, Ceará state, which currently compete in the
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, the fourth division of Brazilian football, as well as the
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, the top tier of the Ceará state league.


History

Founded on 11 March 2010, Iguatu intended to register the club in the year's
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, but only started playing professionally in 2012. They won the third division in their first professional year, achieving promotion to the Campeonato Cearense Série B, where they remained for two years before suffering relegation. Iguatu only returned to the second division of the Cearense in 2015, after finishing third in the Série C. In 2017, the club achieved a first-ever promotion to the
Campeonato Cearense The Campeonato Cearense is the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Ceará. It is run by the Ceará Football Federation (FCF). In over a hundred years of competition, only 11 clubs have won the title. List of champio ...
, after winning the second division. After a fifth position in the 2018 Cearense, Iguatu suffered relegation in 2019, after finishing ninth. After two seasons in the second division, the club returned to the top tier in 2021, despite losing the finals to Maracanã. In the 2022 Cearense, Iguatu reached the semifinals of the competition, knocking out
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in the quarterfinals but being knocked out by Caucaia. By finishing fourth, the club also assured a spot in the 2023 Série D.


Honours

* Copa Fares Lopes ** Winners (1): 2023 * Campeonato Cearense Série B ** Winners (1): 2018 *
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** Winners (1): 2012 * Taça Padre Cícero ** Winners (2): 2018, 2023


References

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