Goiás Esporte Clube

Goiás
Full name Goiás Esporte Clube
Nickname(s) Verdão (Big Green)
Esmeraldino (Emerald Green)
Founded April 6, 1943 (1943-04-06)
Ground Estádio da Serrinha, Goiânia, Brazil
Capacity 6.403
President Marcelo Almeida
Head coach Ney Franco
League Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Goiano
2017 Série B, 14th
Goiano, 1st
Website Club website

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 28 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.

Stadium

Goiás' stadium is Serrinha, with a maximum capacity of 6.403 people. However, the club plays several matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, built in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 41.574 people.

Support

In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans.

It is currently the club with the largest number of fans of Goiás, the North and Midwest regions of Brazil, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute Placar,[1] Serpes, Fortiori and Pluri Consultoria..

Esmeraldino of Central Brazil was found to have the 16th largest number of 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.

Honors

Domestic competitions

Winners (2): 1999, 2012
Runner-up (1): 1994
Winners (28): 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, 2016, 2017, 2018
Winners (3): 2000, 2001, 2002
Runner-up (1): 1990

International

Runner-up (1): 2010

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A record

YearPositionYearPositionYearPositionYearPositionYearPosition
1971-198124th199115th200110th2011-
1972-198233rd199217th200212th2012-
197313th19837th199326th20039th20136th
197421st198414th1994-20046th201412th
197517th198535th19958th20053rd201519th
197630th198623rd19964th20068th
197735th198713th199719th200716th
197814th198813th199822nd20088th
19797th198910th1999-20099th
1980-199010th200010th201019th

Copa Libertadores record

YearPosition
20069th

Copa Sudamericana record

YearPosition
200414th
200533rd
200713th
200912th
20102nd
201412th
201527rd

Players

Current squad

As of 30 December 2016[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 Brazil GK Marcelo Rangel
2 Brazil DF Tony
3 Brazil DF David Duarte
4 Brazil DF Alex Alves
5 Brazil MF Willians (on loan from Cruzeiro)
6 Brazil DF Jefferson
8 Brazil MF Victor Bolt
9 Brazil FW Léo Gamalho
10 Brazil MF Felipe Gedoz (on loan from Atlético Paranaense)
11 Brazil FW Tiago Luis
14 Brazil DF Everton Sena
16 Brazil DF Paulinho
17 Brazil FW Jarlan
19 Brazil FW Michael
20 Brazil MF Léo Sena
No. Position Player
21 Brazil MF Toró
22 Brazil GK Matheus
23 Brazil MF Pedro Bambú
25 Brazil MF Elyeser
31 Brazil MF Rezende
33 Brazil MF Andrezinho (on loan from Vasco)
35 Brazil GK Márcio
85 Brazil GK Renan
99 Brazil FW Gustavo (on loan from Corinthians)
Brazil DF Bruno Aguiar
Brazil DF Fábio Sanches
Brazil DF Felipe Saturnino
Brazil DF Hélder
Brazil MF Ramires
Brazil MF Thalles

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
Brazil GK Paulo Henrique (to Tupi-MG)
Brazil MF Léo Teles (to Aparecidense)
Brazil MF Liniker (to Aparecidense)
No. Position Player
Brazil MF Murilo (to Aparecidense)
Brazil MF Péricles (to Tupi-MG)
Brazil FW Ricardo Verza (to Drita)

Technical staff

Managers

References

  1. "Pesquisa: Goiás detém a maior torcida em Goiânia. Vila em segundo" (in Portuguese). Portal 730. 18 August 2009.
  2. "Goiás (official website)" (in Portuguese). Goiás Esporte Clube.
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