Linhares Esporte Clube, commonly known as Linhares, was a Brazilian

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team from

Linhares Linhares is the name of a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km², and has a population of 176,688 people (2020). The ...

Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...

. They competed once in the Série C and four times in the

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History

Linhares Esporte Clube were founded on March 15, 1991, after a failed attempt to merge Industrial Esporte Clube and América Futebol Clube de Linhares. After the merger failed, Industrial folded and were founded again as Linhares Esporte Clube. Linhares won the Campeonato Capixaba for the first time in 1995. The club competed in the Série C in

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, and reached the

semifinals in

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, when they were eliminated by

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. They competed again in

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, in

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and in

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. The club were relegated to the Campeonato Capixaba Second Division in 2002, then, after a financial crisis, the club folded in 2003.

Stadium

The club played their home games at the Guilherme Augusto de Carvalho stadium. The stadium had a maximum capacity of 12,000 people.

Presidents

List of presidents: * Ademilson Nunes Loureiro (1991) * José Viguini (1992) * José Armando Maciel (1993) * Cirilo Pandini (1994) * Titi Conti (1995) * Ademilson Nunes Loureiro (1996—1997) * Edson Ferreira de Paula (1998—1999) * Cirilo Pandini (1999)

Achievements

* Campeonato Capixaba: ** Winners (4): 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998

References

{{Use mdy dates, date=February 2011 Defunct football clubs in Espírito Santo Association football clubs established in 1991 Association football clubs disestablished in 2003 1991 establishments in Brazil 2003 disestablishments in Brazil