Goiás Esporte Clube
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| Full name | Goiás Esporte Clube |
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| Nickname(s) |
Verdão (Big Green) Esmeraldino (Emerald Green) |
| Founded | April 6, 1943 |
| Stadium | Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil |
| Capacity | 41,574 |
| President | Sérgio Rassi |
| Head coach | Gilson Kleina |
| League |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Goiano |
| 2016 |
Série B, 13th Goiano, 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Goiás Esporte Clube, also known as Goiás, is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in Goiânia, Goiás state. Biggest club of the Central-Western, Goiás have won the Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, also 26 Campeonato Goiano and 3 Copa Centro-Oeste. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A, been promoted to Latin America's Copa Libertadores thrice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times.
Its main rival is Vila Nova. Goiás has a wide advantage in derbies between the two teams.
On April 6, 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.
Goiás' stadium is Serrinha, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people. However, the club plays several matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, built in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 54,048 people.
In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans, alluding to the few fans who had at that time.
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