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2012 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2012 association football season in Brazil, which was the 111th season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on May 20, 2012, and concluded on December 2, 2012. Fluminense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are Sport, Palmeiras, Atlético Goianiense and Figueirense, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on May 19, 2012, and concluded on November 24, 2012. Goiás declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions. Promotion The four best placed teams, which are Goiás, Criciúma, Atlético Paranaense and Vitória, were promoted to the following year's first level. Relegation The four worst placed teams, which are CRB, Guarani, Ipatinga and Grêmio Barueri, were relega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociedade Esportiva E Recreativa Caxias Do Sul
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul, commonly known as Caxias, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The team plays in Série C, the third tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Gauchão Série A, the top tier of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Caxias won the Campeonato Gaúcho – Rio Grande do Sul State Championship in 2000. Its fiercest rival is Juventude, the other club based in Caxias do Sul. The local derby is known as Ca-Ju. As of 2024, the G''rená'' is ranked as the 74th best team in Brazil, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation Ranking. History Caxias was founded on 10 April 1935, as Grêmio Esportivo Flamengo (commonly referred at the time as Flamengo de Caxias, to not confuse with the more famous homonymous Rio de Janeiro club), which had been a fusion of two other teams (Ruy Barbosa and Rio Branco). However the club, as well as Juventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco state football league. History Early history On 3 February 1914, eleven young men aging from 14 to 16 years founded a football society. Because the boys used to play football on the streets by the yard of the ''Santa Cruz'' Church, the club was named after that church, which is situated on Santa Cruz Street in Recife. At the first meeting, they decided the position of each member, the name of the club "Santa Cruz Foot-Ball Club", and the society's colors. The original colors were black and white. Some time after, the color pattern was changed because another local team ( Sport Club Flamengo) already had those colors. Therefore, the club included the red color by suggestion of Teófilo Batista de Carvalho, also known as ''Lacraia''. ''Lacraia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salgueiro Atlético Clube
Salgueiro Atlético Clube is a Brazilian football club, founded in 1972 in Salgueiro, Pernambuco. History The club was founded on May 23, 1972. Salgueiro's greatest achievement so far was being the first club outside Recife, to win the Pernambuco state championship. This fact was accomplished on August 6, 2020. Honours Official tournaments Others tournaments Inter-state * Copa Integração (1): 2005 Runners-up *Campeonato Pernambucano (2): 2015, 2017 Appearances in competitions * Pernambuco Championship Second level: 2 :: 2005, 2007 * Campeonato Pernambucano: 5 ::2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 3 :: 2008 (14th), 2009 (10th), 2010 (3rd) * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...: 1 :: 2011 Rivalry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paysandu Sport Club
Paysandu Sport Club, commonly referred to as Paysandu, is a Brazilian professional club based in Belém, Pará founded on 2 February 1914. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paraense, the top flight of the Pará state football league. History On February 2, 1914, members of Norte Club protested against a decision of the football federation of Pará benefiting Remo by terminating the team and refounding another team. Unanimously, the assembly chose Hugo Leão to chair the meeting. As the leader of the movement, he proposed the name of Paysandu Football Club for the new club. The name was chosen as a tribute to the unfortunate event in Paysandú, an Uruguayan city, which would take the start of the war against Paraguay. That year, the Norte Club held a good campaign and needed to beat Guarany to force an extra match against Grupo do Remo. After the match finished in a draw, the members of the Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oeste Futebol Clube
Oeste Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as simply Oeste, is a Brazilian association football club based in Barueri, São Paulo. They currently play in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second division of the São Paulo state football league. Originally from Itápolis in São Paulo state, Oeste was founded on 25 January 1921. They play in black and red shirts, black shorts and red socks. History The club was founded in 1921 by two brothers from Rio de Janeiro. One was a supporter of Flamengo, while the other was a supporter of Fluminense. A training match against an amateur club from the municipality of Fazenda Itaquerê was set to decide if the club would be named Flamengo or Fluminense. With a victory, the club would be named Flamengo, while if defeated the club would be named Fluminense. The club beat their opponents 3–0, but adopted the name Oeste Futebol Clube, after the Center-West region of São Paulo state, while Flamengo's colors were chosen. The club compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madureira Esporte Clube
Madureira Esporte Clube, usually abbreviated to Madureira, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the neighbourhood of Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, Madureira. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro State football leagues in Brazil, state football league. History Madureira was founded on August 8, 1914 as Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube. The businessmen Elísio Alves Ferreira, Manoel Lopes da Silva, Manuel Augusto Maia and Joaquim Braia, among others, in 1932, wanted to found a strong club in Madureira (Rio de Janeiro), Madureira neighborhood. They contacted Uassir do Amaral, president of Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube at that time. In the same year, they tried to fuse Fidalgo and Magno Futebol Clube, but the partners of Fidalgo did not approve this. After several assemblies, on February 16, 1933, the team was named Madureira Atlético Clube, and the founda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube
Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube, commonly known as Macaé, is a Brazilian professional football club in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league. History The city's most popular team, the Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube was founded on July 17, 1990 as Botafogo Futebol Clube. For eight years, the team only participated in amateur competitions and the first titles came in the middle of the decade, when he became a double champion in the municipality of Macaé (1994 and 1995). But it was from 1998 that the club began to show its "face" to the State of Rio, when the professionalization took place. And soon in its first season, the then Botafogo conquered the State of the Third Division. In that same year, the team finished runner-up of Copa Rio do Interior and one of the semifinalists of Copa Rio da Capital, being eliminated by Fluminense. In 1999, already using the fancy name Macaé Sports, the club dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luverdense Esporte Clube
Luverdense Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Luverdense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso founded on 24 January 2004. It competes in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, the top flight of the Mato Grosso state football league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. History The club was founded on 24 January 2004, by entrepreneurs and farmers. The club name, Luverdense, refers to the used to refer to people born in Lucas do Rio Verde city. The club won the Copa Governador do Mato Grosso in 2004, in 2007 and in 2011. As the club won the 2007 edition, the club qualified to the 2008 Série C. Luverdense won the Campeonato Mato-Grossense for the first time on May 17, 2009, after beating Araguaia in the final. The club was eliminated in the First Stage in the 2005 Série C, in the Third Stage in 2008, in the First Stage in 2009, in the First Stage in the 2010 and in the First Stage in 2011. Rivalries Sorriso Luverdense’s Bigges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarany Sporting Club
Guarany Sporting Club, commonly known as Guarany de Sobral or just as Guarany, is a Brazilian association football, football club from Sobral, Ceará, Sobral, Ceará, Ceará state. They competed once in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Série B and in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Série C, and won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Série D once. History Guarany Sporting Club was founded on July 2, 1938, at Luiz Nogueira Adeodato's home, located in Sobral, Ceará, Sobral, Ceará state. The first members of the club's board of directors were Father José Aloísio Pinto and Luiz Nogueira Adeodato. Guarany won their first title, which was the Campeonato Cearense (lower levels), Campeonato Cearense Second Level, in 1966, winning the competition again in the following year and in 1999. They competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Série C in 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, 2001, finishing in the third place, and then being promoted to the Campeonato Brasilei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortaleza Esporte Clube
Fortaleza Esporte Clube () is a Brazilian multi-sport club based in Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará. Founded in 18 October 1918, primarily a football club, is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. The club's colors are red, blue and white. Fortaleza is one of the most successful football clubs in the Brazilian Northeast, having won 46 state league titles and 3 Copa do Nordeste titles. It is placed by surveys as the third biggest fan base in the Northeast, behind only EC Bahia and Sport Clube do Recife. Its biggest rival is Ceará SC, and clashes between them are called Clássico-Rei (Classic of Kings). History On 23 February 1912, Alcides Santos founded a club called Fortaleza, and participated shortly after in the founding of the Stella Foot-Ball Club. Finally, on 18 October 1918, Fortaleza Sporting Club was born, the first denomination of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Its colors represent the colors of the French flag, since the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
