Full name | Sociedade Imperatriz de Desportos | |||
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Founded | January 4, 1962 | |||
Ground | Estádio Frei Epifânio D'Abadia, Imperatriz, Maranhão state, Brazil (Capacity: 10,000) |
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Sociedade Imperatriz de Desportos, commonly known as Imperatriz, is a Brazilian football club based in Imperatriz, Maranhão state. They competed in the Série B once, in the Série C five times and in the Copa do Brasil twice.
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The club was founded on January 4, 1962 as Sociedade Atlética Imperatriz.[1] The club competed in the 1987 Série B, which was the White Module of the Copa União, being eliminated in the First Stage of the competition.[2] Imperatriz competed in the Série C in 1995, when they were elimianted in the Second Stage of the competition by Intercap.[3] The club was renamed to Sociedade Esportiva Imperatriz on February 2, 2000. and soon after that to Sociedade Impeatriz de Desportos, which is its current name.[1] They competed again in the Série C in 2002, when they were eliminated in the First Stage.[4] The club competed in the Série C in 2003, when they were eliminated in the Fourth Stage by Tuna Luso.[5] Imperatriz were eliminated in the First Stage in the 2005 Série C,[6] but in the same year they won the Campeonato Maranhense.[7] They competed in the Copa do Brasil in 2006, when they were eliminated in the first round by Vitória.[8] The club was eliminated in the Second Stage in the 2007 Série C[9] Imperatriz competed again in the Copa do Brasil in 2008, when they were eliminated in the first round by Sport.[10]
Sociedade Imperatriz de Desporto play their home games at Estádio Frei Epifânio D'Abadia, nicknamed Danielzinho.[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.[1]