Casimiro de Abreu Esporte Clube

Casimiro de Abreu Esporte Clube, also known simply as Casimiro de Abreu, or by the acronym CAEC, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro state, founded on May 30, 1975.[1]

For other uses, see Casimiro de Abreu (disambiguation).
Casimiro de Abreu
Full nameCasimiro de Abreu Esporte Clube
Founded1975
GroundUbirajara de Almeida Reis
Capacity3,000
Team photo from the 2007 season

History

Eleven athletes, dissatisfied with Independente Esporte Clube, left their club and founded an amateur club called Onze Tufões (meaning Eleven Hurricanes).[2]

On May 30, 1975, with the help of Casimiro de Abreu's city hall, Casimiro de Abreu Esporte Clube was founded by the eleven athletes.[2]

In 2000, Casimiro de Abreu professionalized its football section.[2]

In 2002, the club won its first title, the Campeonato Carioca Módulo Especial, beating Artsul of Nova Iguaçu city in the final.[3]

In 2003, CAEC signed a partnership with Grupo FMK.[2]

Titles

Stadium

The home stadium Ubirajara de Almeida Reis,[1] named after one of the club founders, has a capacity of 3,000 people.[4] The stadium is nicknamed Caecão, which is the augmentative form of the club's acronym CAEC.[5]

Colors

The official colors are yellow, blue and red.[1]

Club kits

The home kit is all yellow, with details in red and blue in the shirt and in the shorts. The away kit is all blue.[1]

Mascot

The team's mascot is called Poetinha (Little Poet) in reference to the famous poet that the city is named after, Casimiro de Abreu.[4]

References
  1. "CAEC at FFERJ". Archived from the original on 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
  2. "Casimiro de Abreu at RSSSF". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
  3. 2002 Campeonato Carioca Módulo Especial at RSSSF Archived May 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Especial Placar - 500 Times do Brasil, São Paulo: Editora Abril: 2003.
  5. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
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