Ceará Sporting Club
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Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914.
Ceará's greatest rival is Fortaleza.
History
- 1914 Founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Gilberto Gurgel, Walter Barroso, Raimundo Justa, Newton Rôla, Bolívar Purcell, Aluísio Mamede, Orlando Olsen, José Elias Romcy, Isaías Façanha de Andrade, Raimundo Padilha, Rolando Emílio, Meton Pinto, Gotardo Morais, Artur de Albuquerque, Luís Esteves Júnior, Cincinato Costa, Carlos Calmon and Eurico Medeiros.
- 1915 In their first birthday, the club change its name to Ceará Sporting Club.
- 1915-1919 Five times in a row champion of Campeonato de Fortaleza.
- 1941 Champion of Campeonato Cearense in the same year of the inauguration of Presidente Vargas stadium.
- 1961-1963 Three times in a row state champion.
- 1969 Northeast Cup Champion
- 1970 End of the seven-year titleless state championship period.
- 1971 Last placed team in Campeonato Brasileiro first edition.
- 1975-1978 Four times in a row state champion
- 1985 7th placed in Brazilian League
- 1994 Runner-up of Copa do Brasil.
- 1995 Plays Copa CONMEBOL, the club's first international championship, becoming the first and only club of Ceará State to play an International Tournament.
- 1996-1999 Four times in a row state champion.
- 2002 Wins State Championship after 3 years.
- 2005 Reaches Brazilian Cup semi-final.
- 2006 Wins state championsip after 4 years.
Titles
- Campeonato de Fortaleza: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919.
- Campeonato Cearense: 1922, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006
- Copa Norte-Nordeste: 1969
- Copa do Brasil Runner-up: 1994
- Copa Verão do Recife: 1997
Stadium
Ceará's home stadium is the Presidente Vargas stadium, capacity 22,000.
Trivia
- Brazilian famous comic actor Chico Anysio supports the club.
- As Rio Branco Football Club, the team colors were white and lilac.
- The team is affectionately known as Vovô (Grandpa) because is the oldest team in Ceará state.
- In 1996, the team administrator was Forró bands businessman Emanuel Gurgel. The team changed its home shirt to an all black one. Because of this, the team was nicknamed "Urubu do Nordeste" (Northeast Vulture), a reference to Flamengo's mascot, a vulture.
- In 2003, the team restylized its old logo.
Mascot
The team mascot, an old man known as "Vovô" ("Grandpa") dressing Ceará uniform was designed by Cearense cartoonist Mino for the "Ceará: Paixão Total" Project ("Ceará: Full Passion" Project).Best Players
Logo Evolution
The first logo was the club's first logo as Ceará Sporting Club, and was used from 1915 to 1954.
The second logo was used from 1955 to 1969 and was inspired in Santos logo.
The third logo was used from 1970 to 2003.
The fourth logo is the current team logo, and was adopted in 2003. The logo is a restylized version of the previous logo. Adman Orlando Mota is the creator of this logo. This logo introduced the white stars and the foundation date.
External links
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