Ferroviário Atlético Clube
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| Full name | Ferroviário Atlético Clube |
| Nickname(s) | Ferrão and Coral |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Ground | Elzir Cabral, Fortaleza, Brazil |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman | Paulo Vágner |
| Manager | Jorge Veras |
| League | Brazilian Série C |
| 2004 | - |
Ferroviário Atlético Clube, or Ferroviário as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on May 9, 1933.
Home stadium is the Elzir Cabral stadium, capacity 5,000.
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History
The club was founded after two amateur clubs, named Matapasto and Jurubeba fused, and after RVC (Rede de Viação Cearense, "Cearense Traffic Net"), a railroad company, wanted to have a team playing in Campeonato Cearense. On May 9, 1933 the team was founded as Ferroviário Foot-Ball Club. The club changed its name to Ferroviário Atlético Clube after some time.
Honors
- Campeonato Cearense: 1945, 1950, 1952, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1988, 1994, 1995.
Trivia
- The team name means "railway employee" in Portuguese.
- The team colors, as well as the logos and kits are very similar to São Paulo ones.
Address
R Dona Filó 650 - Barra do Ceará,
Fortaleza (CE),
CEP 60330-060
Phone Number
(85) 485 2191



