Tupi Football Club

Tupi Football Club, usually known simply as Tupi, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. They won the Série D once.

Tupi
Full nameTupi Football Club
FoundedMay 16, 1912 (1912-05-16)
GroundMário Helênio
Capacity31,863
ChairmanMyrian Fortuna
ManagerAdemir Fonseca
LeagueMineiro Módulo II
2019Série D, 54th
Mineiro, 12th (relegated)

History

On May 16, 1912,[1] Antônio Maria Júnior and four other people founded Tupi Football Club.[2]

In 2001, Tupi won its first title, which was the Campeonato Mineiro Second Level (actually the tournament is the First Division Module II of the Minas Gerais State Championship), finishing ahead of Nacional de Uberaba in the final stage, which was a group stage competed by six clubs.[3] In 2008, Tupi won the Taça Minas Gerais. In the final, they beat América Futebol Clube (MG) (América Mineiro) in a 4−3 aggregate result.[4]

They won the Série D in 2011, after they beat Santa Cruz in the final.[5]

In 2015 the club finished 3rd in the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série C (third tier), qualifying for the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série B (second tier) in 2016.

Stadium
Main article: Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio

Tupi's stadium is Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio, inaugurated in 1988, with a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.[6]

Achievements

National

Regional
  • Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol Módulo II (2): 1983 and 2001
  • Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Interior (5): 1985, 1987, 2003, 2008 and 2012
  • Taça Minas Gerais (1): 2008
  • Supercopa Minas Gerais (1): 1995

Municipal
  • Campeonato Citadino de Juiz de Fora (23): 1921, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1977 and 1978
  • Torneio Início da Liga de Juiz de Fora (17): 1922, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1963, 1964 and 1967

Other Achievements
  • Taça Juiz de Fora 159 anos (1): 2009
  • Torneio Quadrangular Juiz de Fora 140 anos (1): 1990
  • Torneio de Integração Regional (1): 1975
  • Torneio de Quadrangular Intermunicipal de Juiz de Fora (2): 1952 e 1959
  • Campeonato Mineiro - Runners-up (1): 1933

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 Glaysson
— GK  BRA Gonçalves
— GK  BRA Rafael Santos
— DF  BRA Bruno Costa
— DF  BRA Euller
— DF  BRA Gabriel Santos
— DF  BRA Hélder
— DF  BRA Rodolfo Mol
— DF  BRA Rodrigo
— DF  BRA Sidimar
— DF  BRA Thiago Sales
— DF  BRA Douglas
— DF  BRA Filippe Formiga
— DF  BRA Henrique
— DF  BRA Luiz Paulo
— DF  BRA Thiago Espíndola
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Filipe Alves
— MF  BRA Marcos Serrato
— MF  BRA Recife
— MF  BRA Renan
— MF  BRA Hiroshi
— MF  BRA Jonathan
— MF  BRA Octávio
— MF  BRA Pedrinho
— MF  BRA Raphael Augusto
— MF  BRA Sávio
— MF  BRA Vinícius Kiss
— MF  BRA Ygor
— FW  BRA Dudu
— FW  BRA Emaxwell
— FW  BRA Giancarlo
— FW  BRA Rubens

References
  1. "2007 Campeonato Mineiro clubs". Federação Mineira de Futebol - FMF (Minas Gerais Football Federation). Archived from the original on May 28, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  2. "Tupi Football Club" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  3. "Minas Gerais State Championship 2001 - Módulo II (Second Level)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  4. "Tupi se sagra campeão da Taça Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). Globo Online. November 23, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
  5. "Série D: Tupi campeão" (in Portuguese). Futebol MT. November 20, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  6. "Estádio Municipal Radialista Maria Helênio" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved July 10, 2007.

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