Goiás Esporte Clube Explained

Clubname:	Goiás
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Fullname:	Goiás Esporte Clube
Nickname:	Verdão (Big Green) Esmeraldino (Emerald Green)
Ground:	Estádio da Serrinha
Capacity:	14,450^[1]
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Paulo Rogerio Pinheiro
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Márcio Zanardi
Current:	2024 Goiás Esporte Clube season
Website:	https://www.goiasec.com.br/
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Goiás Esporte Clube is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in the city of Goiânia, capital city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Goiás has won Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, in 1999 and 2012, 28 Campeonato Goiano, 3 Copa Centro-Oeste and also its revival, the Copa Verde once in 2023. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A and has played at Latin America's Copa Libertadores twice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times, where it was the runner-up in 2010. Its main rivals are Vila Nova, Atlético Goianiense and Goiânia. Goiás has a wide advantage in matches between the two teams.

History

On 6 April 1943, in a meeting among friends at Lino Barsi's home, Goiás Esporte Clube was founded. In 1973, the team was promoted to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. In 1998, the team joined the Clube dos 13 (Clube dos 13 is an organization composed by the greatest teams of Brazil). They won the Série B in 1999 and 2012.

Stadium

See main article: Estádio Serra Dourada and Estádio da Serrinha. Goiás' stadium is Serrinha, with a maximum capacity of 14,450 people. However, the club plays several matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, built in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 50,049 people.

Support

Fanbase size

In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans.

It is currently the football club with the largest number of fans in Goiás, the North and Midwest regions of Brazil, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute, Placar,^[2] Serpes,^[3] and Pluri Consultoria.^[4] ^[5]

Esmeraldino of Central Brazil was found to have the 16th largest number of fans in Brazil, with 1.6 million fans.

Ultras

Força Jovem Goiás (FJG)

Founded on May 23, 1997, from the extinction of the Green Hell, with the goal of creating an association of fans that really loved Goiás. Jovem Goiás fans managed to win the support and respect among all the emerald, thus becoming the most vibrant and passionate, which now has approximately 12,000 fans.

Headquarters Serrinha

Administrative Headquarters

Serrinha Stadium (Stadium Haile Pinheiro): capacity: 9.900 spectators.
Gymnasium covered with capacity for 3,000 people.
Complete structure of concentration for the athletes.
2 grasslands training for students of the Little School Sports Initiation.
A 25m swimming pool and indoor semi-Olympic heated for Sports Initiation.
Parking for 300 vehicles.
2 sand courts for volleyball and lighted futvôlei.
Runs to 1-kilometer jogging.
Area available for conduct of parties.

Edmo Pinheiro Sports and Recreation Center

Park Anhanguera

4 grasslands officers.
Changing rooms with custom closets (with photo of each player), air conditioning, showers, hot tubs, and special chairs.
Technical Committee room with computers, TV and DVD and meeting table, and an exclusive locker room with shower and toilet.
Medical Department
Gym
Recreation area with kiosk and barbecue.
3 football fields.
Natural lake.

The mini-forest with native trees.

Amusement Playground.

Coimbra Bueno Center

Aparecida de Goiânia

Training Center.
Assistance to needy children in the south, and Goiânia.
Jogging track.
200 grasslands.

Honors

Continental

Copa Sudamericana
- Runner-up (1): 2010

National

Copa do Brasil
- Runner-up (1): 1990
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
- Winners (2): 1999, 2012

Regional

Copa Verde
- Winners (1): 2023
Copa Centro-Oeste
- Winners (3): 2000, 2001, 2002

State

Campeonato Goiano
- Winners (28): 1966, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Statistics

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A record

Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position
1971	-	1981	24th	1991	15th	2001	10th	2011	-	2021	-
1972	-	1982	33rd	1992	17th	2002	12th	2012	-	2022	13th
1973	13th	1983	7th	1993	26th	2003	9th	2013	6th	2023
1974	21st	1984	14th	1994	-	2004	6th	2014	12th
1975	17th	1985	35th	1995	8th	2005	3rd	2015	19th
1976	30th	1986	23rd	1996	4th	2006	8th	2016	-
1977	35th	1987	13th	1997	19th	2007	16th	2017	-
1978	14th	1988	13th	1998	22nd	2008	8th	2018	-
1979	7th	1989	10th	1999	-	2009	9th	2019	10th
1980	-	1990	10th	2000	10th	2010	19th	2020	18th