Goiás Esporte Clube

Goiás

Full name	Goiás Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	Verdão Esmeraldino (Big Emerald Green)
Founded	April 6, 1943 (1943-04-06)
Stadium	Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil
Ground Capacity	41,574
President	Sérgio Rassi
Head coach	Enderson Moreira
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Goiano
2014	Brasileirão, 12th Goiano, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

Goiás Esporte Clube, also known as Goiás, is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in Goiânia, Goiás state. Biggest club of the Central-Western, Goiás have won the Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, also 26 Campeonato Goiano and 3 Copa Centro-Oeste. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A, been promoted to Latin America's Copa Libertadores thrice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times.

Its main rival is Vila Nova. Goiás has a wide advantage in derbies between the two teams.

History

On April 6, 1943, in a meeting among friends at Lino Barsi's home, Goiás Esporte Clube was founded. In 1973, the team was promoted to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro.

In 1998, the team joined the Clube dos 13 (Clube dos 13 is an organization composed by the greatest teams of Brazil). They won the Série B in 1999 and 2012.

Honors

Domestic competitions

• Série B

Winners (2): 1999, 2012

Runner-up (1): 1994

• Campeonato Goiano

Winners (25): 1966, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015

• Copa Centro-Oeste

Winners (3): 2000, 2001, 2002

• Copa do Brasil

Runner-up (1): 1990

• Copa Sul-Americana

Runner-up (1): 2010

International

• Copa Sudamericana

Runner-up (1): 2010

Stadium

Goiás' stadium is Serrinha, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. However, the club plays several matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, built in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 54,048 people.

Current squad

As of 3 January 2016^[1]

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

No. Position Player — GK Ivan — GK Paulinho — GK Renan — DF Alex Alves — DF Baiano — DF Deivid — DF Felipe Macedo — DF Fred — DF Valmir Lucas — DF Everton — DF Felipe Saturnino — DF Juninho — DF Sueliton

No. Position Player — MF Patrick — MF Péricles — MF Túlio — MF Wendel — MF Willian (on loan from Fluminense) — MF Arthur — MF Daniel Carvalho — MF David — MF Liniker — MF Murilo — MF Wagner — FW Carlos Eduardo — FW Rafhael Lucas

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player — DF Clayton Sales (to Aparecidense) — DF Mário Sérgio (to Guarani-SP) — MF Pither (to Anápolis)

No. Position Player — FW Danilo (to Anápolis) — FW Jarlan (to Aparecidense)

Technical staff

• Goalkeeping Coaches : Aílton Serafim, Márcio Defendi
• Fitness Coach: Danny Sérgio, Robson Gomes
• Physiotherapist: André Araújo

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A record

Copa Libertadores record

Copa Sudamericana record

Managers

Support

In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans, alluding to the few fans who had at that time.

It is currently club with the largest amount of fans of Goiás, the North and Midwest regions of Brazil, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute Placar,^[2] Serpes, Fortiori and Pluri Consultoria..

Following the research, Esmeraldino of Central Brazil has the 16th largest fans in Brazil, with 1.6 million fans.

Ultras

Organized

• Força Jovem Goiás

Founded on May 23, 1997, from the extinction of the Green Hell, with the goal of creating an association of fans really emerald, and they had the same thought, love Goias Esporte Clube.

And fulfilling your goals and your ideal Jovem Goiás Force managed to win the support and respect among all the emerald, thus becoming the most vibrant and passionate, which now has approximately 12,000 associates.

Heritage

Headquarters Serrinha

Administrative Headquarters

• Serrinha Stadium (Stadium Haile Pinheiro): capacity: 10,000 spectators.
• Gymnasium covered with capacity for 3,000 people.
• Complete structure of concentration for the athletes.
• 2 grasslands training for students of the Little School Sports Initiation.
• A 25m swimming pool and indoor semi-Olympic heated for Sports Initiation.
• Parking for 300 vehicles.
• 2 sand courts for volleyball and lighted futvôlei.
• Runs to 1-kilometer jogging.
• Area available for conduct of parties.

Edmo Pinheiro Sports and Recreation Center

Park Anhanguera

• 4 grasslands officers.
• Changing rooms with custom closets (with photo of each player), air conditioning, showers, hot tubs, and special chairs.
• Technical Committee room with computers, TV and DVD and meeting table, besides an exclusive locker room with shower and toilet.
• Medical Department
• Gym
• Recreation area with kiosk and barbecue.
• 3 soccer fields.
• Lake natural.

The mini-forest with native trees.

• Playground amusement.

Coimbra Bueno Center

Aparecida de Goiânia

• Training Center.
• Assistance to needy children in the south, and Goiânia.
• Jogging track.
• 200 grasslands.

References

External links

• Goiás Official Web Site
• Goiás Selection of Young Players

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