Guarany Sporting Club

Guarany Sporting Club, commonly known as Guarany de Sobral or just as Guarany, is a Brazilian football club from Sobral, Ceará state. They competed once in the Série B and in the Série C, and won the Série D once.

Guarany de Sobral
Full nameGuarany Sporting Club
Nickname(s)Bugre Sobralense
Cacique do Vale
Guarassol
FoundedJuly 2, 1938
GroundEstádio do Junco
Capacity15,000
PresidentLuís de Melo Torquato Filho
Head coachOliveira Canindé
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
2011Série C, 12th

History
Old crest

Guarany Sporting Club was founded on July 2, 1938, at Luiz Nogueira Adeodato's home, located in Sobral, Ceará state.[1] The first members of the club's board of directors were Father José Aloísio Pinto and Luiz Nogueira Adeodato.[1] Guarany won their first title, which was the Campeonato Cearense Second Level, in 1966, winning the competition again in the following year and in 1999.[1] They competed in the Série C in 2001, finishing in the third place,[2] and then being promoted to the Série B in 2002, replacing Malutrom in the competition.[3] The club competed in the Série D in 2010,[4] winning the competition after beating América-AM in the final.

Stadium

Guarany de Sobral play their home games at Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, commonly known as Estádio do Junco.[5] The stadium is located in Sobral, Ceará, and has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.[6]

Achievements
  • Série D:
  • Campeonato Cearense Second Level:
    • Winners (3): 1966, 1967, 1999

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  BRA Eliardo
— GK  BRA Marcelo Silva
— DF  BRA Ari
— DF  BRA Joécio
— DF  BRA Zadda
— DF  BRA Simão
— DF  BRA Rick
— MF  BRA Erandir
— MF  BRA Cacau
— MF  BRA Ramon
— MF  BRA Jordy
— MF  BRA Rafael Rodrigues
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Jorginho
— MF  BRA Marcos Cacau
— MF  BRA Rodrigo Santos
— MF  BRA Leandro Mendes
— MF  BRA Kate (on loan from Ceará)
— FW  BRA Danilo Pitbull
— FW  BRA Rinaldo
— FW  BRA Marco Túlio
— FW  BRA Oliveira
— FW  BRA Rafael
— FW  BRA Alemão
— FW  BRA Alckmin (on loan from Ceará)

References
  1. "Guarany de Sobral" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  2. "Brazil 2002 Championship – Second Level (Série B)". RSSSF. September 20, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  3. "Brazil 2001 Championship – Third Level". RSSSF. December 17, 2001. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  4. "Brazil 2010 – Fourth Level". RSSSF. October 24, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  5. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 181. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  6. "Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol (CNEF)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
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