Guarany Sporting Club

Guarany de Sobral
Full name Guarany Sporting Club
Nickname(s) Bugre Sobralense
Cacique do Vale
Guarassol
Founded July 2, 1938
Ground Estádio do Junco
(Capacity: 15,000)
President Luís de Melo Torquato Filho
Head coach Oliveira Canindé
League Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
2011 Série C, 12th
Home colours
Away colours

Guarany Sporting Club, commonly known as Guarany de Sobral or just as Guarany, is a Brazilian football club from Sobral, Ceará state. They competed once in the Série B and in the Série C, and won the Série D once.

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History

Guarany Sporting Club was founded on July 2, 1938, at Luiz Nogueira Adeodato's home, located in Sobral, Ceará state.[1] The first members of the club's board of directors were Father José Aloísio Pinto and Luiz Nogueira Adeodato.[1] Guarany won their first title, which was the Campeonato Cearense Second Level, in 1966, winning the competition again in the following year and in 1999.[1] They competed in the Série C in 2001, finishing in the third place,[2] and then being promoted to the Série B in 2002, replacing Malutrom in the competition.[3] The club competed in the Série D in 2010,[4] winning the competition after beating América-AM in the final.

Stadium

Guarany de Sobral play their home games at Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, commonly known as Estádio do Junco.[5] The stadium is located in Sobral, Ceará, and has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.[6]

Achievements

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Ricardo
GK Eliardo
GK Jefferson
DF Oziel
DF Alexandre
DF Junior Alves
DF Tiago
MF Marquinhos (on loan from Náutico)
MF Paulo Roberto
MF Hendrich
MF Ricardo Baiano
MF Julinho
MF Carlos
No. Position Player
MF Luiz Carlos
MF Igor
MF Guego
MF Rodolfo Potiguar
MF Leandro Mendes
MF Tiago Santos
FW Fabinho
FW Kelson
FW Danilo Pitbull
FW Eliomar
FW Rômulo
FW Clodoaldo
FW Cleiton

References

  1. ^ a b c "Guarany de Sobral" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/ce/guaranys.htm. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Brazil 2002 Championship - Second Level (Série B)". RSSSF. September 20, 2006. http://www.rsssfbrasil/tablesae/br2002l2.htm. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Brazil 2001 Championship - Third Level". RSSSF. December 17, 2001. http://www.rsssfbrasil/tablesae/br2001l3.htm. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Brazil 2010 - Fourth Level". RSSSF. October 24, 2010. http://www.rsssfbrasil/tablesae/br2010l4.htm. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
  5. ^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 181. ISBN 85-88651-01-7. 
  6. ^ "Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol (CNEF)" (in Portuguese) (PDF). CBF. http://www.cbf.com.br/cnef/cnef.pdf. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 

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