Clubname: | Auto Esporte |
Fullname: | Auto Esporte Clube |
Nickname: | O Clube do Povo |
Ground: | Estádio Evandro Lélis |
Capacity: | 2,000 |
Chrtitle: | President |
Chairman: | Watteu Rodrigues |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Ramiro Souza |
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Auto Esporte Clube, also known as Auto Esporte, is a Brazilian football team from João Pessoa, Paraíba. They compete in the Série C once, in the Copa do Brasil twice, and won the Campeonato Paraibano several times.
Auto Esporte Clube was founded on September 7, 1936, by taxi drivers from João Pessoa city.[1] They won the Campeonato Paraibano in 1939, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1990, and in 1992.[1] União was eliminated in the first stage in the Green module of the Copa João Havelange in 2000.[2]
The club competed in the 1991, Copa do Brasil, when they were eliminated in the first stage by Grêmio of Rio Grande do Sul state.[3] They competed in the Série C in 1992, reaching the second stage of the competition.[4] Auto Esporte was again eliminated in the Copa do Brasil first round in 1993, when they were eliminated by Paysandu of Pará state.[5]
The team play their home games at Estádio Evandro Lélis.[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 2,000 people.[6]