Joinville Esporte Clube

Joinville

File:Joinville Esporte Clube.jpg
Full name	Joinville Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	JEC Tricolor (Tricolour) Coelho (Rabbit)
Founded	January 29, 1976  (1976-01-29)
Stadium	Arena Joinville, Joinville, Brazil
Ground Capacity	22,675
President	Nereu Martinelli
Head coach	PC Gusmão
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Catarinense
2015 2015	Série A, 20th (relegated) Catarinão, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC or simply Joinville as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina. They have the largest number of supporters in the State, and were founded on January 29, 1976. They won the Série C once and they have the largest sequence of consecutive state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985).

Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa Catarina in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (16) and Figueirense (16).

History

Joinville was founded on January 29, 1976, after América Futebol Clube football department and Caxias Futebol Clube football department fused. Both clubs were based in Joinville city. The club's Golden Age was in the 1980s, when the club won eight state championships in a row.

Joinville's largest win was on October 31, 1976, when the club beat Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará.

The club won the Copa Santa Catarina in 2009, and then the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the same year, after beating Serrano Centro-Sul 3–2 in the final. They won the Copa Santa Catarina again in 2011. Joinville also won the Série C in 2011, after beating CRB 3–1 and 4–0 in the final. The club won the Copa Santa Catarina for the third time in 2012. In 2014, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, returning to the Série A after 29 years of absence.

Honours

• Série B: 2014
• Série C: 2011
• Recopa Sul-Brasileira: 2009
• Campeonato Catarinense: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2001
• Copa Santa Catarina: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Campeonato Sul-Americano de Juniores: 1992

Stadium

Main article: Arena Joinville

Joinville's stadium is Arena Joinville, inaugurated in 2004, with a maximum capacity of 22,400 people. The plan is to complete the stadium by the year 2012 with final capacity around 30,000 people.

Rivals

Joinville's greatest rivals are Avaí, Figueirense and Criciúma.With this last one making the greatest classic of the state.

The matches between Criciúma and Joinville Esporte Clube are called Interior Classic, by the media and fans of these clubs and others [1]. This brings together the two most successful teams of the state.

Mascot and nickname

• The club's mascot is a rabbit. Joinville is nicknamed JEC, which is an acronym of the club's full name.

Current squad

As of 26 December 2015

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

No. Position Player GK Agenor (on loan from Internacional) GK Oliveira GK Jhonatan DF Alef (on loan from Internacional) DF Bruno Aguiar DF Domingues DF Guti DF Rafael Donato DF Edson Ratinho DF Mário Sérgio DF Diego DF Héracles MF Anselmo MF Diego Felipe

No. Position Player MF Diones MF Gustavo Sauer MF Juninho MF Kadu MF Luiz Meneses MF Naldo MF Ítalo MF Gustavo Sauer FW Fernando Viana FW Mateus Silva FW Mariano Trípodi FW Rafael Furlan FW Welinton Jr. FW Willian Popp

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player

National competitions record

First Division (Série A) Year Position Year Position 1977 33rd 1983 37th 1978 41st 1984 25th 1979 29th 1985 8th 1980 21st 1986 14th 1981 38th 2015 20th 1982 38th

Second Division (Série B) Year Position Year Position Year Position 1987 14th 1997 6th 2004 22nd 1988 5th 1998 7th 2012 6th 1989 10th 1999 15th 2013 6th 1990 18th 2000 20th 2014 1st 1991 23rd 2001 9th 1992 27th 2002 12th 1996 15th 2003 14th

Third Division (Série C) Year Position 2005 11th 2006 17th 2007 18th 2011 1st

Fourth Division (Série D) Year Position 2010 4th

Brazilian Cup Year Position 1990 First Round 2001 First Round 2002 First Round 2013 Second Round 2014 First Round

Managers

• Arturzinho (2011), (2013)
• Ricardo Drubscky (2013)
• Hemerson Maria (2014–15)
• Adílson Batista (2015)
• PC Gusmão (2015–)

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website
• (Portuguese) Unofficial website
• (Portuguese) União Tricolor Official website