Tupi Football Club

Tupi
Full name Tupi Football Club
Founded May 16, 1912
Stadium Mário Helênio
Capacity 31,863
Chairman Myrian Fortuna
Manager Leston Júnior
League Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
2013 Série D, 3rd (promoted)

Tupi Football Club, usually known simply as Tupi, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. They won the Série D once.

History

On May 16, 1912,[1] Antônio Maria Júnior and four other people founded Tupi Football Club.[2]

In 2001, Tupi won its first title, which was the Campeonato Mineiro Second Level (actually the tournament is the First Division Module II of the Minas Gerais State Championship), finishing ahead of Nacional de Uberaba in the final stage, which was a group stage competed by six clubs.[3] In 2008, Tupi won the Taça Minas Gerais. In the final, they beat América Mineiro in a 4-3 aggregate result.[4]

They won the Série D in 2011, after they beat Santa Cruz in the final.[5]

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Brazil GK Gonçalves
Brazil GK Glaysson
Brazil DF Silvio
Brazil DF Fabrício Soares
Brazil DF Thiago Espíndola
Brazil DF Paulo Roberto
Brazil DF Osmar
Brazil DF Mailson
Brazil DF Hugo Sánchez
Brazil MF Albert
Brazil MF Bruno Arrabal
Brazil MF Guilherme Noé
Brazil MF Arilson
Brazil MF Ulisses
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Felipe
Brazil MF Danilo
Brazil MF Marcos Goiano
Brazil MF Davi
Brazil MF Rafael Assis
Brazil MF Genalvo
Brazil FW Ygor
Brazil FW Marcinho
Brazil FW Paulinho
Brazil FW Ademilson
Brazil FW Emerson
Brazil FW João
Brazil FW Daniel Morais

Achievements

2008
2001
2011

Stadium

Tupi's stadium is Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio, inaugurated in 1988, with a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Campeonato Mineiro clubs". Federação Mineira de Futebol - FMF (Minas Gerais Football Federation). Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Tupi Football Club" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Minas Gerais State Championship 2001 - Módulo II (Second Level)". RSSSF. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Tupi se sagra campeão da Taça Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). Globo Online. November 23, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Série D: Tupi campeão" (in Portuguese). Futebol MT. November 20, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Estádio Municipal Radialista Maria Helênio" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved July 10, 2007.

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