Ceará Sporting Club
| Ceará Sporting Club | |||
| Full name | Ceará Sporting Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Vozão (Big Grandpa) Vovô (Grandpa) Alvinegro Cearense (Black and White from Ceará) and O Mais Querido (The Dearest) | ||
| Founded | June 2, 1914 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Presidente Vargas (Ceará), Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| President | Evandro Leitão | ||
| Head Coach | Paulo César Gusmão | ||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | ||
| 2011 | Série A, 18th (relegated) | ||
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Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914.
Ceará is one of the most traditionally successful clubs in the Northeast region of Brazil alongside Bahia, Santa Cruz, Sport, Náutico, Vitória and their city rivals Fortaleza. They use the material from Brazilian brand Penalty.
History
On June 2, 1914, the club was founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Gilberto Gurgel, Walter Barroso, Raimundo Justa, Newton Rôla, Bolívar Purcell, Aluísio Mamede, Orlando Olsen, José Elias Romcy, Isaías Façanha de Andrade, Raimundo Padilha, Rolando Emílio, Meton Alencar Pinto, Gotardo Morais, Artur de Albuquerque, Luís Esteves Júnior, Cincinato Costa, Carlos Calmon and Eurico Medeiros. As Rio Branco Football Club, the team colors were white and lilac.
In 1915, on their first birthday, the club changed its name to Ceará Sporting Club.
From 1915 to 1919, Ceará was five time consecutive champion of the Torneios Metropolitanos. In 1941, Ceará won the Campeonato Cearense, the same year of the inauguration of Presidente Vargas stadium. From 1961 to 1963, the club was three times consecutive state champion. In 1969, Ceará won the Northeast Cup.
In 1970, ended the seven-year titleless state championship period. In 1971, Ceará was the last placed team in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A first edition. From 1975 to 1978, the club was four times in a row state champion.
In 1985, Ceará finished in Brazilian League 7th position. This is the best participation of a team of Ceará State in Brazilian Championships all time. In 1994, the club was the Runner-up of Brazilian Cup. In the final, the club was beat by Grêmio. In 1995, Ceará disputed Copa CONMEBOL, the club's first international championship, becoming the only club of Ceará State to play an International Tournament. In 1996, the team administrator was Forró bands businessman Emanuel Gurgel. The team changed its home shirt to an all black one. Because of this, the team was nicknamed "Urubu do Nordeste" (Northeast Vulture), a reference to Flamengo's mascot, a vulture. From 1996 to 1999, the club was four times in a row state champion.
In 2002, Ceará won the state championship after 3 years. In 2005, Ceará reached Brazilian Cup semi-final. The club was defeated by Fluminense. In 2006, the club won the state championship after 4 years without winning the competition.
After 17 years of absence, Ceará was promoted back to the 2010 edition of the Brazilian League, after finishing in 3rd place at the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
In 2010, Ceará finished the Brazilian League in the 12th position, achieving a place in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.
In 2011, Ceará reached the Brazilian Cup semifinals. Ceará notoriously ended Ronaldinho's Flamengo's unbeaten streak in the previous round at the away game, and drew the home game, eliminating the Rio de Janeiro team in a notorious upset. Ceará, however, was defeated by Coritiba in the semifinals.
Achievements
Football
- Campeonato Cearense: 40 (1)
- "1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1922, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012
- Liga Metropolitana Cearense: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- 1969
- 1997
Futsal
- 2002, 2003, 2004
Stadium
Ceará's home venue is Estádio Carlos de Alencar Pinto, with capacity for 3,000 people, but the team only plays at Castelão Stadium which has a 60,326 supporters,[2] and at Presidente Vargas Stadium, which has a 22,228 capacity.
Sponsors
Rivals
Ceará's greatest rival is Fortaleza. It is the biggest derby in Fortaleza city. It was played 511 times, and Ceará won it 174 times, Fortaleza won 156 times and there were 176 draws.
Ceará's second biggest rival is Ferroviário, the third biggest club of Fortaleza city. This derby was played 272 times, with 123 wins for Ceará, 64 wins for Ferroviário and there also 85 draws.
Mascot
The team mascot, an old man known as "Vovô" ("Grandpa") dressing Ceará uniform was designed by Cearense cartoonist Mino for the "Ceará: Paixão Total" Project ("Ceará: Full Passion" Project).
The team mascot appeared in late 1919, when Meton de Alencar Pinto, former president of Ceará SC, coached young players of America Football Club, a small club from the city, in the Porangabussu training center. Meton, who used to call the kids as "my grandsons", asked them to "go easy on grandpa". Afterwards, the nickname started to apply to the team of Ceará as well, helped by the seniority of the club; Ceará Sporting Club was the first football team founded in the state.
First-team squad
As of January 2012, according to combined sources on the official website.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Ceará Youth Team
Youth players able to play in the first team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth and reserve players with first team experience
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Out on loan
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First-team staff
- As of October 24, 2011.
| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Head coach | Dimas Filgueiras |  Brazil
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| Assistant coach | Anderson Silva | Brazil
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Squad changes in 2012
In
Anderson — Atlético Goianiense — Loan return[4]- Apodi — Cruzeiro — Loan[5]
- Bruno — Fluminense — Loan[6]
- Éderson — Atlético Paranaense — Loan[7]
- Misael — Sport — Loan return[4]
- Mota — Free transfer[8]
- Paulo Sérgio — Guaratinguetá — Free transfer[9]
- Potiguar — América-RN — Free transfer
- Preto — Icasa — Loan return[4]
- Rogerinho — Free transfer[10]
- Romano — Portuguesa — Loan[11]
- Sodinha — Udinese — Free transfer[12]
Out
- Anderson — Fluminense — Free transfer
- Ânderson Luis — Desportivo Brasil — Loan return
- Boiadeiro — Bahia — Free transfer
- Careca — Free agent
- Diego — Free agent
- Diego Sacoman — Corinthians — Loan return
- Dionantan — Bahia de Feira — Loan
- Douglas Silva — Free agent
- Egídio — Flamengo — Loan return
- Enrico — Vasco da Gama — Loan return
- Fabrício — Free agent
- Fuska — Free agent
- Iarley — Corinthians — Loan return
- Júnior — Bahia — Free transfer
- Marcelo Nicácio — Litex Lovech — Free transfer
- Michel — Vitória — Free transfer
- Osvaldo — Al-Ahli Dubai — Loan return
- Pablo — Grêmio — Free transfer
- Roger — Kashiwa Reysol — Loan return
- Rudnei — Corinthians — Free transfer
- Thiago Humberto — Internacional — Loan return
- Vicente — Iraty — Loan return
- Washington — Free agent
Noted players
- Josimar (1992)
- Iarley (2001–02), (2011)
- Mota (1997–98), (2002–03), (2009)
- Sérgio Alves
- Gildo
- Tiquinho
Former coaches
- Ferdinando Teixeira (2005–06)
- Lula Pereira (2008)
- Edmundo Oliveira (2009)
- Ruy Scarpino (2009)
- Zé Teodoro (2009)
- Dimas Filgueiras (2010)
- Vágner Mancini (2011)
- Estevam Soares (2011)
Logo evolution
The first logo was the club's first as Ceará Sporting Club, and was used from 1915-54.
The second logo was used from 1955–69 and was inspired by the Santos logo.
The third logo was used from 1970-03.
The fourth logo is the current team logo, and was adopted in 2003. The logo is a restylized version of the previous logo created by Adman Orlando Mota. This logo introduced the white stars and the foundation date.
Ultras groups
References
- ^ Portuguese: http://www.futebolcearense.com.br/clube.asp?id=41
- ^ "Estádio Castelão". SESPORTE. Retrieved September 12, 2008. [dead link]
- ^ Ceará official website (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b c Após empréstimo, Anderson, Misael e Preto retornam ao Vovô (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Ceará contrata o lateral-direito Apodi (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Ceará acerta as contratações de Paulo Sérgio e Bruno (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Atacante Ederson é a nova contratação do Vovô (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Mota acerta com o Vozão, treina e é apresentado (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Ceará acerta as contratações de Paulo Sérgio e Bruno (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Meio-campista Rogerinho reforça o Vozão em 2012 (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Vovô acerta a contratação do lateral-esquerdo Romano (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Ceará acerta a contratação do meio-campista Felipe Sodinha (in Portuguese). Ceará. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
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