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Team photo from the 1915 season

Cear� Sporting Club, or Cear�, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the Brazilian state of Cear�, founded on June 2, 1914, by Lu�s Esteves and Pedro Freire.

Cear� is one of the most traditionally successful clubs[citation needed] in the Northeast region of Brazil alongside Bahia, Santa Cruz, Sport, N�utico, Vit�ria and their city rivals Fortaleza.

History [ edit ]

On June 2, 1914, the club was founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Luiz Esteves Junior and Pedro Freire.

Later, some of their friends also joined: Gilberto Gurgel, Walter Barroso, Raimundo Justa, Newton R�la, Bol�var Purcell, Alu�sio Mamede, Orlando Olsen, Jos� Elias Romcy, Isa�as Fa�anha de Andrade, Raimundo Padilha, Rolando Em�lio, Meton Alencar Pinto, Gotardo Morais, Artur de Albuquerque, Cincinato Costa, Carlos Calmon and Eurico Medeiros.

As Rio Branco Football Club, the team colors were white and lilac.

In 1915, on their first birthday, the club changed its name to Cear� Sporting Club.

In 1941, Cear� won the Campeonato Cearense, the same year of the inauguration of Presidente Vargas stadium.

From 1961 to 1963, the club was three times consecutive state champion.

In 1969, Cear� won the Northeast Cup.

In 1970, ended the seven-year titleless state championship period.

In 1971, Cear� was the last placed team in Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie A first edition.

From 1975 to 1978, the club was four times in a row state champion.

In 1985, Cear� finished 7th in the Brazilian League.

This is the best league position of the club in the Brazilian Championships.

In 1994, the club finished Brazilian Cup runners-up, beaten by Gr�mio in the final.

In 1995, Cear� participated in the Copa CONMEBOL, the club's first international championship, becoming the only club of Cear� State to play an international tournament.

In 1996, the team administrator was Forr� bands businessman Emanuel Gurgel.

The team changed its home shirt color to all black.

Because of this, the team was nicknamed "Urubu do Nordeste" (Northeast Vulture).

From 1996 to 1999, the club was state champion four times in a row .

In 2002, Cear� won the state championship, for the first time in three years.

In 2005, Cear� reached the Copa do Brasil semifinals.

The club was defeated by Fluminense.

In 2006, the club won the state championship after 4 years without winning the competition.

In 2010, after a 17-year absence, Cear� was promoted back to the Brazilian League, after finishing third in the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie B.

They finished in 12th position, achieving a place in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.

In 2011, Cear� reached the 2011 Copa do Brasil semi-finals.

Cear� ended Ronaldinho's Flamengo's unbeaten streak in the previous round winning the away game, and drew the home game, eliminating the Rio de Janeiro team in a notorious upset.

Cear�, however, was defeated by Coritiba in the semi-finals.

Honours [ edit ]Regional [ edit ]

Winners (3): 2015, 2020, 2023Winners (1): 1969State [ edit ]

Winners (45): 1922, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

Friendly tournaments [ edit ]Winners (1): 2016Stadium [ edit ]

Cear� at the Est�dio Governador Pl�cido Aderaldo Castelo (Castel�o)

Cear�'s home venue is Est�dio Carlos de Alencar Pinto, capacity 3,000, but the team also plays at Castel�o Stadium which has a capacity of 60,326,[2] and at Presidente Vargas Stadium, which has a 22,228 capacity.

Rivals [ edit ]

Cear�'s greatest rival is Fortaleza.

It is the biggest derby in Fortaleza city.

It has been played 603 times, with Cear� winning 213 times, Fortaleza winning 187 times and 203 draws.

[3][circular reference] Cear�'s second biggest rival is Ferrovi�rio, the third biggest club of Fortaleza city.

This derby has been played 302 times, with 140 wins for Cear�, 71 wins for Ferrovi�rio and 91 draws.

[4][circular reference]Mascot [ edit ]

The team mascot, an old man known as "Vov�" ("Grandpa") dressing Cear� uniform was designed by Cearense cartoonist Mino for the "Cear�: Paix�o Total" Project ("Cear�: Full Passion" Project).

The team mascot appeared in late 1919, when Meton de Alencar Pinto, former president of Cear� SC, coached young players of America Football Club, a small club from the city, in the Porangabussu training center.

Meton, who used to call the kids as "my grandsons", asked them to "go easy on grandpa".

Afterwards, the nickname started to apply to the team of Cear� as well, helped by the seniority of the club; Cear� Sporting Club was the first football team founded in the state.

Logo evolution [ edit ]

The first logo was the club's first as Cear� Sporting Club, and was used from 1915 to 1954.

The second logo was used from 1955 to 1969 and was inspired by the Santos logo.

The third logo was used from 1970 to 2003.

The fourth logo is the current team logo, and was adopted in 2003.

The logo is a restyled version of the previous logo created by Adman Orlando Mota.

This logo introduced the white stars and the foundation date.

Players [ edit ]

First-team squad [ edit ]As of 21 June 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Academy [ edit ]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan [ edit ]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.

Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Staff [ edit ]

Current staff [ edit ]

As of 5 January 2023.

[5]Managers [ edit ]

Ultras groups [ edit ]