Real Brasília Futebol Clube, commonly known as Real Brasília or simply Real, is a Brazilian

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team based in

Brasília Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...

. They competed in Série C and in the

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twice. They went through two relocations and several name changes in their history. The club was formerly known as Esporte Clube Dom Pedro II. Real Brasília is currently the fifth-best ranked team from the Federal District in CBF's national club ranking, at 201st overall.

History

The club was founded on 22 February 1996 in

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as Esporte Clube Dom Pedro II, and it was named after

Pedro II of Brazil ''Don (honorific), Dom'' PedroII (Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; 2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (), was the List o ...

, who was the second Emperor of the country. The club moved to

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in 2009, and it was renamed to Esporte Clube Dom Pedro Bandeirante. Dom Pedro competed in the Série C in

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, when they failed to reach the Final Stage of the competition. The club competed in the

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, when they were eliminated in the Second Stage by Ponte Preta. Dom Pedro competed in the 2000 edition of the Série A, named

Copa João Havelange The 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Copa João Havelange) was the 44th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Due to legal complications, the championship was organized ...

. The club participated in the Green Group, reaching the Second Stage of the competition. They won the Campeonato Brasiliense Second Level in 2002. The club competed in the Série C again in

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, when they reached the Second Stage Stage of the competition. Dom Pedro competed in the Copa do Brasil for a second time in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, when they were eliminated in the First Stage by

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. On 1 November 2016, after achieving promotion back to the first division of the

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, the club changed its name to ''Real Futebol Clube'' and moved to

. Ahead of the 2020 campaign, the club again changed name to ''Real Brasília Futebol Clube''.

Honours

State

** Winners (1):

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** Runners-up (2): 1999, 2008 *

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** Winners (2): 2002, 2016

Stadium

Real Brasília plays their home matches in the Defelê, with a capacity of 1,500 people. When established in

, Esporte Clube Dom Pedro Bandeirante played their home games at Estádio Vasco Viana de Andrade, nicknamed Metropolitana. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 3,000 people. When based in

, the club played at Estádio Adonir Guimarães. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.

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