Operário Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Operário de Campo Grande, Operário-MS or simply Operário is a Brazilian professional club based in
Campo Grande
Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour o ...
,
Mato Grosso do Sul founded on 21 August 1938. It competes in the
Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense, the top flight of the Mato Grosso do Sul
state football league.
Operário is currently ranked third among Mato Grosso do Sul teams in
CBF's national club ranking, at 179th place overall.
History
The club was founded on August 28, 1938, by civil construction workers of Campo Grande. The name Operário means Factory Worker in Portuguese.
In 1982 the club won the
President's Cup, played in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
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Since November 29, 1999, Operário is an enterprise. Because of this, the team name changed from Operário Futebol Clube to Operário Futebol Clube S/A. S/A means joint-stock company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders a ...
.
Currently Operário is in a very serious financial crisis and most of its debts are labor debts and tax debts.
Stadium
Home stadium is the Morenão, capacity 45,000.
Rivalries
Operário's biggest rival is Comercial, with whom he plays the ''Clássico Comerário'' (Comerário derby), the biggest of the Mato Grosso do Sul state and one of the largest in the central-west region of Brazil.
Honours
* Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense
: Winners (12): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2018, 2022
* Campeonato Mato-Grossense
: Winners (4): 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978
* President's Cup (Korea)
: Winners (4): 1982
Events January
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* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
References
External links
Official Site
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Operário-MS on Globo Esporte
Operário Futebol Clube (MS)
Association football clubs established in 1938
Football clubs in Mato Grosso do Sul
Football clubs in Brazil
Campo Grande
1938 establishments in Brazil