Tupi Football Club, commonly referred to as Tupi, is a Brazilian professional club based in

Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora (; ), also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately from the state border with Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 census the current population is 54 ...

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founded on 26 May 1912. It competes in the

Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão The Campeonato Mineiro Segunda Divisão is the third tier of the professional State football leagues in Brazil, state football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Federação Mineira de Futebol, Minas ...

, the third tier of the Minas Gerais state football league.

History

On May 16, 1912, Antônio Maria Júnior, João Baptista Georg and four other people founded Tupi Football Club. In 2001, Tupi won its first title, which was the

Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II The Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II is the second tier of the professional State football leagues in Brazil, state football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Federação Mineira de Futebol, Minas Gera ...

, finishing ahead of Nacional de Uberaba in the final stage, which was a group stage competed by six clubs. In 2008, Tupi won the Taça Minas Gerais. In the final, they beat

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(América Mineiro) in a 4−3 aggregate result. They won the Série D in

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, after they beat Santa Cruz in the final. In 2015 the club finished 3rd in the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série C (third tier), qualifying for the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série B (second tier) in 2016.

Stadium

Tupi's stadium is Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio, inaugurated in 1988, with a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

State

* Campeonato Mineiro do Interior (6): 1985, 1987, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2018

City

*Campeonato Citadino de Juiz de Fora (24): 1921, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978 *Torneio Início da Liga de Juiz de Fora (17): 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1967

Runners-up

Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Minas Gerais Football Federation (FMF). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: bef ...

(1): 1933 * Taça Minas Gerais (1): 2007 *

(1): 2006

References

External links

Official Site

Tupi on Globo Esporte
{{Campeonato Mineiro Tupi Football Club Association football clubs established in 1912 Football clubs in Minas Gerais Football clubs in Brazil Juiz de Fora 1912 establishments in Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Série D winners