Goiás Esporte Clube


Goiás Esporte Clube is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in the city of Goiânia, capital city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Goiás has won Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, in 1999 and 2012, 28 Campeonato Goiano, 3 Copa Centro-Oeste and also its revival, the Copa Verde once in 2023. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A and has played at Latin America's Copa Libertadores twice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times, where it was the runner-up in 2010. Its main rivals are Vila Nova, Atlético Goianiense and Goiânia. Goiás has a wide advantage in matches between the two teams.

History

On 6 April 1943, in a meeting among friends at Lino Barsi's home, Goiás Esporte Clube was founded. In 1973, the team was promoted to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. In 1998, the team joined the Clube dos 13. They won the Série B in 1999 and 2012.

Stadium

Goiás' stadium is Serrinha, with a maximum capacity of 14,450 people. However, the club plays several matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, built in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 50,049 people.

Support

Fanbase size

In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans.
It is currently the football club with the largest number of fans in Goiás, the North and Midwest regions of Brazil, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute, Placar, Serpes, and Pluri Consultoria.
Esmeraldino of Central Brazil was found to have the 16th largest number of fans in Brazil, with 1.6 million fans.

Ultras

Força Jovem Goiás (FJG)

Founded on May 23, 1997, from the extinction of the Green Hell, with the goal of creating an association of fans that really loved Goiás. Jovem Goiás fans managed to win the support and respect among all the emerald, thus becoming the most vibrant and passionate, which now has approximately 12,000 fans.

Headquarters Serrinha

;Administrative Headquarters
  • Serrinha Stadium : capacity: 9.900 spectators.
  • Gymnasium covered with capacity for 3,000 people.
  • Complete structure of concentration for the athletes.
  • 2 grasslands training for students of the Little School Sports Initiation.
  • A 25m swimming pool and indoor semi-Olympic heated for Sports Initiation.
  • Parking for 300 vehicles.
  • 2 sand courts for volleyball and lighted futvôlei.
  • Runs to 1-kilometer jogging.
  • Area available for conduct of parties.

Edmo Pinheiro Sports and Recreation Center

;Park Anhanguera
  • 4 grasslands officers.
  • Changing rooms with custom closets, air conditioning, showers, hot tubs, and special chairs.
  • Technical Committee room with computers, TV and DVD and meeting table, and an exclusive locker room with shower and toilet.
  • Medical Department
  • Gym
  • Recreation area with kiosk and barbecue.
  • 3 football fields.
  • Natural lake.
The mini-forest with native trees.
  • Amusement Playground.

Coimbra Bueno Center

;Aparecida de Goiânia

Honours

Official tournaments

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Others tournaments

State

  • Torneio Início do Campeonato Goiano : 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1968, 1971, 1974

Runners-up

Women's Football

Players

Technical staff

Managers