Londrina Esporte Clube

Football club infobox
clubname = Londrina


fullname = Londrina Esporte Clube
nickname = "Tubarão (Shark)"
founded = 1956
ground = Café, Londrina, Brazil
capacity = 45,000 | chairman = Peter Silva
manager = Jorge Saran
league = Campeonato Paranaense
season = 2007
position = Campeonato Paranaense, 10th
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Londrina Esporte Clube, or Londrina as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Londrina in Paraná, founded on April 5, 1956. The club won the Taça de Prata in 1980, won the state championship three times, and competed several times in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Londrina's home is the 45,000-person capacity Café stadium.

History

Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen that, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama in Rolândia, decided that they would not need to go to Rolândia to watch football. Instead, they founded a club in their own city. The club was founded on April 5, 1956. They chose blue and white to be Londrina's colors.cite web | title = Londrina Esporte Clube | url=http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/pr/londrina.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-26 | language=Portuguese |publisher=Arquivo de Clubes ]

In 1969, Londrina's two clubs, Londrina Futebol e Regatas and Paraná Esporte Clube merged into Londrina Esporte Clube.cite book | first = | last = | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = 199| id = ISBN 8588651017] Red and white, city of Londrina colors, became the new club's colors. In 1972, Carlos Antônio Franchello returned to the presidency of the club, and restored blue and white as the club's colors.cite web | title = Londrina - História | url=http://www2.uol.com.br/futebolpr/londrina/londrina.shtml | accessdate = 2008-06-26 | language=Portuguese |publisher=FutebolPR ]

Achievements

* Taça de Prata ⁽1):
** Winners (1): 1980

* Campeonato Paranaense:
** Winners (3): 1962, 1981, 1992

⁽¹⁾The 1980 Taça de Prata should not to be confused with Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, which was also known as Taça de Prata.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A participations

The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, and in 1986.cite web | title = Brazil 1986 Championship - Copa Brasil | url=http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1986.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-26| date= 2008-02-04| publisher=RSSSF ] Londrina's best campaign was in 1977, when the club finished in the fourth place.

tadium

Londrina's stadium is Estádio do Café, inaugurated in 1976,cite web | title = Estádio Jacy Scaff | url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/pr/Londrina1.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-26 | language=Portuguese |publisher=Templos do Futebol ] with a maximum capacity of 45,000 people. However, Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium, with a maximum capacity of 13,000 people is owned by Londrina, and sometimes is also used by the club.cite web | title = Estádio Vitorino Gonçalves Dias | url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/pr/Londrina2.htm | accessdate = 2008-06-26 | language=Portuguese |publisher=Templos do Futebol ]

Noted players

* Carlos Alberto Garcia
* Gauchinho
* Neneca
* Élber
* Emílson Cribari
* Rafinha

ymbols

Londrina's official mascot, which is a shark, was chosen in 1975, after Steven Spielberg's film Jaws was released.

References

External links

*pt icon [http://www.londrinaesporteclube.com.br/ Londrina Esporte Clube's official Website]