Independente Esporte Clube, commonly known as Independente-AP () or simply Independente, is a Brazilian

multi-sport club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

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Amapá Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...

. The club is most notable for its association football team, that plays in the

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, the top division in the Amapá state football league system. The club's traditional rivals are

, and games between the two are known as the ''Clássico do Porto''. They won the

five times.

History

The club was founded on 19 January 1962. They won the

in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1995, and in 2001.

Stadium

Independente Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Antônio Vilela, nicknamed ''Vilelão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.

Honours

Regional

* Torneio de Integração da Amazônia ** Winners: 1989 ** Runners-up: 1990

State

** Winners (5): 1982, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2001 ** Runners-up (8): 1964, 1965, 1981, 1988, 2002, 2003, 2022, 2023

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Stadium

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Regional

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