Madureira Esporte Clube

Madureira

Full name	Madureira Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	Tricolor Suburbano (Suburban Tricolor) Madura
Founded	8 August 1914; 110 years ago (1914-08-08)
Ground	Estádio Conselheiro Galvão
Capacity	4,272
President	Elias José Duba Neto
Head coach	Alfredo Sampaio
League	Campeonato Carioca
2024	Carioca, 9th of 12
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Team photo from the 2007 season

Madureira Esporte Clube, usually abbreviated to Madureira, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the neighbourhood of Madureira. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.

History

Madureira was founded on August 8, 1914 as Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube.[1] The businessmen Elísio Alves Ferreira, Manoel Lopes da Silva, Manuel Augusto Maia and Joaquim Braia, among others, in 1932, wanted to found a strong club in Madureira neighborhood.[2] They contacted Uassir do Amaral, president of Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube at that time.[2] In the same year, they tried to fuse Fidalgo and Magno Futebol Clube, but the partners of Fidalgo did not approve this.[2] After several assemblies, on February 16, 1933, the team was named Madureira Atlético Clube, and the foundation date was determined to be August 8, 1914 (the same foundation date of Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube).[2]

Madureira competed in the Federação Metropolitana de Futebol (Metropolitan Football Federation) state championship in 1939, winning the amateur competition and the Torneio Início, which is disputed by professional players.[1]

Madureira Esporte Clube was founded on October 12, 1971, after Madureira Atlético Clube, Madureira Tênis Clube, and Imperial Basquete Clube fused.[3] The foundation date was determined to be, again, August 8, 1914.[1]

Madureira beat Americano 1–0 on March 29, 2006, winning the Taça Rio for the first time, and qualifying to play the Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro final against Botafogo.[4] In the final, played on April 2, 2006 and on April 9, 2006 the club was defeated in both legs, finishing as the competition runner-up.[5]

In 2013, the club featured Che Guevara's portrait on their shirts to commemorate a tour of the island they made 50 years ago. The goalkeeper’s jersey featured the flag of Cuba.[6][7]

Honours

National

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
  • Runners-up (1): 2010

State

• Campeonato Carioca
  • Runners-up (3): 1936, 1937, 2006
• Copa Rio
  • Winners (1): 2011
• Taça Rio
  • Winners (2): 2006, 2015
• Troféu Carlos Alberto Torres
  • Winners (1): 2011
• Torneio Início
  • Winners (2): 1939, 1947

Stadium and real properties

Main article: Estádio Conselheiro Galvão

Madureira's home stadium is the Estádio Conselheiro Galvão, which has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.[8]

30 (thirty) real properties are owned by Madureira.^[citation needed] The income generated by these properties are used to pay the club's obligations, like the player's wages.[9]

Current squad

As of August 23, 2023^[update] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Guilherme Cabo — DF  BRA Pedro Cavalini — DF  BRA Eisy — DF  BRA Fabricio — DF  BRA Guilherme Zoio — DF  BRA Kadu — DF  BRA Marcão — DF  BRA Oliveira — DF  BRA Wagner Iguatu — MF  BRA Fabio Paulista — MF  BRA Leoni Gastaldelo

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Henrique — MF  BRA Jonnathan Luís — MF  BRA Thiago Marques — MF  BRA Vitor Rocha — MF  BRA Yan Tanque — FW  BRA Douglas Cunha — FW  BRA Guilherme Augusto — FW  BRA Gustavo — FW  BRA Léo Loureiro — FW  HKG Sandro

Symbols

The club's colors, blue, purple and yellow, represent, respectively, Fidalgo Madureira Atlético Clube, Madureira Tênis Clube and Imperial Basquete Clube.[1] Madureira's anthem was composed by Lamartine Babo, who also composed the anthems for the big clubs of Rio de Janeiro.[10]

References

1. Mello, Sérgio (August 10, 2008). "Parabéns, Madureira" (in Portuguese). Jornal dos Sports. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
2. "Madureira Esporte Clube" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
3. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 200–201. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
4. "Madureira leva Taça Rio e faz final com Botafogo" (in Portuguese). Jornal dos Sports. March 29, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
5. "Com festa completa, Botafogo faz história" (in Portuguese). Pelé.net. April 9, 2006. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
6. Downie, Andrew (November 6, 2013). "Rio club has hit with Che Guevara shirt". Reuters. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
7. Brito, Allan (July 11, 2017). "A camisa do Madureira que homenageou Cuba e Che Guevara". Última Divisão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved March 12, 2023.
8. "Madureira Esporte Clube" (PDF) (in Portuguese). FFERJ. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
9. "Sede Social" (in Portuguese). Madureira Esporte Clube. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
10. "Um compositor, dez hinos" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. December 12, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2009.

External links

• (in Portuguese) Official website (archived 23 December 2014)