Ceará Sporting Club

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Ceará

Image:Ceara football.png
Full name	Ceará Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Vozão, Vovô and Alvinegro Cearense
Founded	1914
Ground	Presidente Vargas, Fortaleza, Brazil
Capacity	22,000
Chairman	Alexandre Frota
Manager	Valdyr Espinosa
League	Brazilian Série B
2005	Brazilian Série B, 11th
Image:Kit left arm.png Image:Kit body.png Image:Kit right arm.png Image:Kit shorts.png Image:Kit socks.png 　 Home colours Image:Kit left arm.png Image:Kit body twowhitestripes.png Image:Kit right arm.png Image:Kit shorts.png Image:Kit socks.png 　 Away colours

Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 6, 1914.

Ceará greatest rival is Fortaleza.

Home stadium is the Presidente Vargas stadium, capacity 22,000.

Contents 1 History 2 Honors 3 Trivia 4 Mascot 5 Logo Evolution 6 Address 7 External links

History

• 1914 Founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Gilberto Gurgel, Walter Barroso, Raimundo Justa, Newton Rôla, Bolívar Purcell, Aluísio Mamede, Orlando Olsen, José Elias Romcy, Isaías Façanha de Andrade, Raimundo Padilha, Rolando Emílio, Meton Pinto, Gotardo Morais, Artur de Albuquerque, Luís Esteves Júnior, Cincinato Costa, Carlos Calmon and Eurico Medeiros.
• 1915 In their first birthday, the club change its name to Ceará Sporting Club.
• 1915-1919 Five times in a row champion of Campeonato de Fortaleza.
• 1941 Champion of Campeonato Cearense in the same year of the inauguration of Presidente Vargas stadium.
• 1961-1963 Three times in a row state champion.
• 1970 End of the seven-year titleless state championship period.
• 1971 Last placed team in Campeonato Brasileiro first edition.
• 1994 Runner-up of Copa do Brasil.
• 1996-1999 Five times in a row state champion.

Honors

• Campeonato de Fortaleza: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919.
• Campeonato Cearense: 1922, 1925, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1961 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002.
• Copa Norte-Nordeste: 1969.
• Copa do Brasil Runner-up: 1994.
• Copa Verão do Recife: 1997.

Trivia

• Brazilian famous comic actor Chico Anysio supports the club.
• As Rio Branco Football Club, the team colors were white and lilac.
• The team is affectionately known as Vovô (Grandpa) because is the oldest team in Ceará state.
• In 1996, the team administrator was Forró bands businessman Emanuel Gurgel. The team changed its home shirt to an all black one. Because of this, the team was nicknamed "Urubu do Nordeste" (Northeast Vulture), a reference to Flamengo's mascot, a vulture.
• In 2003, the team restylized its old logo.

Mascot

The team mascot, an old man known as "Vovô" ("Grandpa") dressing Ceará uniform was designed by Cearense cartoonist Mino for the "Ceará: Paixão Total" Project ("Ceará: Full Passion" Project).

Logo Evolution

Image:Ceara logo history.png

The first logo was the first logo of the club as Ceará Sporting Club, and was used from 1915 to 1954.

The second logo was used from 1955 to 1969 and was inspired in Santos logo.

The third logo was used from 1970 to 2003.

The fourth logo is the current team logo, and was adopted in 2003. The logo is a restylized version of the previous logo. Adman Orlando Mota is the creator of this logo. This logo introduced the white stars and the foundation date.

Address

Av João Pessoa 3532 Porangabuçu,
Fortaleza (CE),
CEP 60435-680

External links

• Official website