Goytacaz Futebol Clube, or Goytacaz as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from

Campos dos Goytacazes Campos dos Goytacazes () is a city located in the northern region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, with a population of 483,540 inhabitants. It is the largest city in Rio de Janeiro (state) outside of the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan ar ...

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, founded on August 20, 1912. Home stadium is the Ary de Oliveira e Souza stadium, capacity 15,000. They play in blue shirts, white shorts and blue and white striped socks.

History

The club was founded on August 20, 1912, after a misunderstanding of a group of boys from Natação e Regatas Campista club. They felt depreciated because a request to use a boat to travel at Paraíba River was denied by the club. They then abandoned the practice of rowing and founded a football club at Otto Nogueira's house.

Honours

Official tournaments

* * shared record

Others tournaments

State

*Taça Santos Dumont (1): 2017

City

* Campeonato da Cidade de Campos (20): 1914, 1920, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1978 *Torneio Início do Campeonato Campista (11): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972 *Taça Cidade de Campos (3): 1970, 1976, 1978

Runners-up

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): 1985 *

Campeonato Fluminense The Campeonato Fluminense was the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the period when the city of Rio de Janeiro formed the separate state of Guanabara. Until 1960, Rio de Janeiro city was the Brazilian capital and was n ...

(8): 1936, 1943, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1971, 1975 *

Campeonato Carioca Série B1 The Campeonato Carioca Série B1 is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). List of champions Following is the list ...

(1): 1994 *

Campeonato Carioca Série B2 The Campeonato Carioca Série B2 is the fourth tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). The current version from 2021 of Campeon ...

(1): 2022

Stadium

Goytacaz plays its home matches at Ary de Oliveira e Souza stadium, usually known as Arizão, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

Mascot

The club's mascot is a Native American of the Goytacazes tribe, first inhabitants of the city, which are also the source of the club's name.

Rival

Goytacaz greatest rival is Americano. The derby is known as Goyta-cano.

References

External links

Official website
{{Campeonato Carioca Association football clubs established in 1912 Football clubs in Rio de Janeiro (state) 1912 establishments in Brazil