Cuiabá Esporte Clube is a Brazilian professional club based in
Cuiabá
Cuiabá () is the capital city and the largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America and also forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várz ...
,
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...
founded on 12 December 2001. It competes in the
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 ...
, the second division of
Brazilian football
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, as well as in the
Campeonato Mato-Grossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is run by the Mato Grosso Football Federation (FMF).
List of champions
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, the top flight of the Mato Grosso
state football league.
The club plays at
Arena Pantanal
Arena Pantanal is a multi-use stadium in Cuiabá, Brazil. It has been the home ground of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Cuiabá Esporte Clube since 2015. Completed on 26 April 2014, it is used mostly for football and hosted four group stage ...
, one of the stadiums of the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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. It was founded in 2001 by former player
Luís Carlos Tóffoli first as a
football academy
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and amateur club, later it became a fully professional team in 2003, winning a
Campeonato Mato-Grossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is run by the Mato Grosso Football Federation (FMF).
List of champions
Following is the list with the champions of Ca ...
on its first year, but it soon closed in 2006.
In 2009 it was bought and reactivated by the Grupo Dresch and in 2021 the club reached the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...
.
Its main achievements include a two-time
Copa Verde
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title and twelve
Campeonato Mato-Grossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is run by the Mato Grosso Football Federation (FMF).
List of champions
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championships.
History
The club was founded on 12 December 2001 by former player
Gaúcho,
who was the manager in the club's amateur era. In 2003, they took part of their first professional tournament, the
Campeonato Mato-Grossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is run by the Mato Grosso Football Federation (FMF).
List of champions
Following is the list with the champions of Ca ...
, and lifted the trophy after defeating
Barra do Garças
Barra do Garças is a city with a population of 61,135 located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, around from the capital city of Cuiabá. It was founded on 13 June 1924, but it became politically independent on 15 September 1948. Nowadays, B ...
in the finals.
Cuiabá also played in the
2003 Série C, being knocked out by
Palmas. In 2004, the club again won the Mato-Grossense, but was knocked out in both the
2004 Copa do Brasil
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The competition started on February 4, 2004 and concluded on June 30, 2004 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Santo ...
and
2004 Série C.
In December 2006, after a disappointing ninth position in the year's Mato-Grossense, Cuiabá closed their football department.
The club only returned to an active status in 2009, after being acquired by the ''Grupo Dresch'', owners of ''Drebor Borrachas Ltda'', a local industry specialized in tires,
and competed in the
Campeonato Mato-Grossense Segunda Divisão, where they finished second and achieved promotion back to the top tier.
In 2011, Cuiabá lifted the Mato-Grossense after seven years. They also played in
that year's Série D, and achieved promotion after finishing third. In the following year, they lost the Mato-Grossense on penalties to
Luverdense, and managed to
avoid relegation from the Série C.
The club won two consecutive Mato-Grossense titles in 2013 and 2014, and avoided relegation from the Série C. In 2014, the club left their stadium and moved to the
Arena Pantanal
Arena Pantanal is a multi-use stadium in Cuiabá, Brazil. It has been the home ground of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Cuiabá Esporte Clube since 2015. Completed on 26 April 2014, it is used mostly for football and hosted four group stage ...
, built for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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.
In 2015, Cuiabá won the greatest title in its history to date. After losing the first match to the
Remo
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by 4–1, it obtained a historic turnaround and won by 5–1, obtaining the title of
Copa Verde
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of that year. With the title, the club secured a place in the
Copa Sudamericana
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the following year and participated for the first time in an international competition. Cuiabá was eliminated in the second round by
Chapecoense.
In 2018 and 2019, Cuiabá won two consecutive Mato-Grossense titles without a single defeat, and was promoted to the Série B in 2019. In 2021, the club was promoted to the Série A for the first time in their history after finishing in 4th place, and became the first team from
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible ...
to play in the first division since
CEOV's participation in the
1986 edition.
Supporters
Since 2010 when Cuiabá began to invest more in its cast and was gaining prestige in its city earning local titles and having access to the third national division, quickly was gaining strength of the local press and of the inhabitants of the region, and with that strength increased very much their number of fans. In 2011 was founded its first
organized fans, who had a reputation at all home games for being very festive, colorful and noisy.
The highlight of this growth was during the
2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C finals, where Cuiabá broke the attendance record at the Arena Pantanal, previously belonging to a World Cup game, and gathered more than 41 thousand fans in the final of the competition.
Stadium
Cuiabá play their home games at
Arena Pantanal
Arena Pantanal is a multi-use stadium in Cuiabá, Brazil. It has been the home ground of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Cuiabá Esporte Clube since 2015. Completed on 26 April 2014, it is used mostly for football and hosted four group stage ...
. The stadium, which was built for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
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, has a maximum capacity of 42,968 people. Before the construction of the new stadium, the club played their home games at
Estádio Eurico Gaspar Dutra, with a capacity of 4,500 people.
Rivalries
One of the biggest rivalries is against
Luverdense from the city of
Lucas do Rio Verde
The city of Lucas do Rio Verde (in English, "Lucas of the Green River") is located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, 220 miles north of the state capital, Cuiabá
Cuiabá () is the capital city and the largest city of the Brazilian state ...
located 330km from Cuiabá, known as the ''Clássico Ouro-Verde'' (Golden-Green Classic). This game is considered to be the greatest derby in Mato Grosso today because the two teams are the largest forces in state football, as well as being a team match between the capital and the interior of Mato Grosso.
Mixto is the main intra-city rival, it is a much older and traditional team than Cuiabá but it has been less successful in a national scale. It is known as ''Dérbi Cuiabano'' (Cuiabá Derby).
Players
First team squad
Youth players
Out on loan
First-team staff
Honours
Official tournaments
Runners-up
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
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Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...
(1):
2018
Events January
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Campeonato Mato-Grossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is run by the Mato Grosso Football Federation (FMF).
List of champions
Following is the list with the champions of Ca ...
(2): 2012, 2025
*
Copa FMF
The Copa Federação Matogrossense de Futebol, also known as Copa FMF, is a tournament organized by Federação Matogrossense de Futebol every second half of the season.
The tournament was also previously called Copa Governador de Mato Grosso ...
(5): 2004, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2023
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Campeonato Mato-Grossense Second Division
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense Second Division is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third ...
(1): 2009
Youth team
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Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-23
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List of champions
Following there are all the championship editions:
Tit ...
(1): 2022
References
External links
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Cuiabá Esporte Clube
Association football clubs established in 2001
Cuiabá
Cuiabá () is the capital city and the largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America and also forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várz ...
Cuiabá
2001 establishments in Brazil
Copa Verde winners