Luverdense Esporte Clube

Luverdense Esporte Clube, commonly known as Luverdense, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso. The club currently competes in Campeonato Mato-Grossense, the top division of the Mato Grosso state football league.

Luverdense
Full nameLuverdense Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)Verdão do Centro-Oeste (Big Green of Central-West)
FoundedFebruary 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)
GroundEstádio Passo das Emas
Capacity10,000
PresidentGuilherme Lawisch
Head coachToninho Pesso
LeagueCampeonato Mato-Grossense
2020Matogrossense, 3rd

They won the Campeonato Mato-Grossense twice and competed several times in the Série C. In 2013 gained access to Série B.

History

The club was founded on January 24, 2004, by entrepreneurs and farmers. The club name, Luverdense, refers to the used to refer to people born in Lucas do Rio Verde city.[1]

The club won the Copa Governador do Mato Grosso in 2004, in 2007 and in 2011.[2] As the club won the 2007 edition, the club qualified to the 2008 Série C.[3] Luverdense won the Campeonato Mato-Grossense for the first time on May 17, 2009, after beating Araguaia in the final.[4]

The club was eliminated in the First Stage in the 2005 Série C, in the Third Stage in 2008, in the First Stage in 2009, in the First Stage in the 2010 and in the First Stage in 2011.

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 Diogo Silva
GK  BRA Gabriel Leite
GK  BRA Gabriel Soares
GK  BRA Thomazela
DF  BRA Airton
DF  BRA Gabriel Valongo
DF  BRA Luiz Otávio
DF  BRA Pablo
DF  BRA Marcão
DF  BRA Gabriel Passos
DF  BRA Paulinho
DF  BRA Raul Prata
MF  BRA Alaor Júnior
MF  BRA Caio Quiroga
MF  BRA Diogo Sodré (on loan from Coritiba)
MF  BRA Jean Patrick
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  BRA Kazu
MF  BRA Leandro
MF  BRA Mauricio
MF  BRA Moacir
MF  BRA Ricardo
MF  BRA Sérgio Mota
FW  BRA Alfredo (on loan from Portimonense)
FW  BRA Café
FW  BRA Douglas Baggio (on loan from Flamengo)
FW  BRA Eder
FW  BRA Hugo
FW  BRA João Vitor
FW  BRA Lucas Braga
FW  BRA Rafael Silva
FW  BRA Raphael Macena
FW  BRA Tozin

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Honours

Winners (1): 2017
Winners (3): 2009, 2012, 2016
Winners (4): 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019

References

  1. "Luverdense Esporte Clube" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  2. "Mato Grosso - Copa Governador champions". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  3. "IV Copa Governador do Mato Grosso - 2007". RSSSF Brasil. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  4. "Luverdense campeão. Confira demais estaduais" (in Portuguese). O Globo. May 17, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.


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