Clube Ferroviário do Recife, commonly known as Ferroviário do Recife, was a Brazilian

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club based in

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, Pernambuco state. They competed in the Série B twice.

History

The club was founded on March 17, 1928. They competed in the Série B in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, when they were eliminated n the First Stage, and in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

, when they were again eliminated in the First Stage of the competition.

Honours

* Torneio Início de Pernambuco ** Winners (1): 1961

Stadium

Clube Ferroviário do Recife play their home games at Estádio Jefferson de Freitas, nicknamed ''Jaboatão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferroviario do Recife Association football clubs established in 1928 Defunct football clubs in Pernambuco 1928 establishments in Brazil Association football clubs disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in Brazil