Ferroviário Atlético Clube, commonly referred to as Ferroviário, is a Brazilian professional club based in

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founded on 9 May 1933. It competes in the

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 ...

, the fourth tier of

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, as well as in 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 ...

, the top flight of the Ceará state football league.

History

The club was founded after two amateur soccer teams, named Matapasto and Jurubeba fused, and after RVC ( Rede de Viação Cearense, "Cearense Transit Net"), a railroad company, wanted to have a team playing in

. On May 9, 1933 the team was founded as Ferroviário Foot-Ball Club. The club changed its name to Ferroviário Atlético Clube after some time. In 1937, Ferroviário won its first title, the

Second Division, being promoted to the following year's first division. In 1945, the club won its first state championship, the

, after beating Maguari 3-1 in the final. In 1968, Ferroviário won the Campeonato Cearense without losing a single match. On December 6, 2005, a Ferroviário player, Alessandro, died during a training at Vila Olímpica Elzir Cabral.

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

State

*Torneio Início do Ceará (5): 1940, 1941, 1946, 1949, 1966

Runners-up

(20): 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2017 * Copa Fares Lopes (1): 2023

Women's Football

* Campeonato Cearense de Futebol Feminino (1): 1983

External links

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Ferroviário on Globo Esporte
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