Guarani Futebol Clube, colloquially called Guarani, is a Brazilian association football club in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is the only club not based in a state capital or coastal city to have won the top tier of the Brazilian Championship. The team currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top tier of the São Paulo state football league.

Guarani
Official Logo
Full nameGuarani Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Bugre (Indigenous)
FoundedApril 2, 1911; 113 years ago (1911-04-02)
GroundBrinco de Ouro da Princesa
Capacity29,130[1]
PresidentAndré Marconatto
Head coachUmberto Louzer
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Paulista
2023
2023
Série B, 10th of 20
Paulista, 7th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Carlos Gomes

It is also known as Bugre, a popular term for an Indigenous Brazilian, and its supporters are known as bugrinos.

History edit

Guarani Football Club was founded on April 1, 1911, in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, as Guarany Foot-Ball Club, by the initiative of 12 students from the Gymnasio do Estado (now Culto à Ciência).[2] The students, including Pompeo de Vito, Hernani Felippo Matallo and Vicente Matallo, usually played football at Praça Carlos Gomes.[2] Vicente Matallo became Guarani's first president.[2] Guarani was named after maestro Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany". Antônio Carlos Gomes was born in Campinas, Brazil, and is one of the most distinguished nineteenth century classical composers.[3] Guarani was officially founded on April 1, 1911, but to avoid April Fools' Day jokes by supporters of rival teams, the directors of Guarani changed the official foundation date to April 2, 1911.[3]

In 1949, Guarani won Campeonato Paulista Second tier, earning the right to play in the top tier the following season.[3]

As of 2023, Guarani is one of only two Brazilian clubs not based in a state capital to have won the national championship - the other one being Santos. The club won Campeonato Brasileiro in 1978, after defeating Palmeiras.[4]

In 1979, the club was a semi-finalist in the Copa Libertadores, but was eliminated by the eventual season champions Club Olimpia. This run remains Guarani's best performance in international competitions to date.

In 2016, Guarani qualified for the playoff semifinals of 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, thus ensuring its return to Serie B after a four-year absence.

Achievements edit

National edit

State edit

Youth team edit

Titles timeline edit

  • 1912 : Runner-up - Liga Operária de Foot-Ball Campineira
  • 1916 : Champions - AFC (Associação de Foot-Ball Campineira)
  • 1919 : Champions - AFC
  • 1920 : Champions - AFC
  • 1921 : Runner-up - APEA (Associação Paulista de Esportes Athleticos)
  • 1926 : Champions - APEA
  • 1928 : Runner-up - APEA
  • 1932 : Champions - APEA
  • 1938 : Champions - LCF (Liga Campineira de Futebol)
  • 1939 : Champions - LCF
  • 1941 : Champions - LCF
  • 1942 : Champions - LCF
  • 1943 : Champions - LCF
  • 1943 : Runner-up - Copa do Interior (Amateur) - FPF (Federação Paulista de Futebol)
  • 1944 : Champions - Copa do Interior (Amateur) - FPF
  • 1944 : Champions - State Amateur Championship - FPF
  • 1945 : Champions - LCF
  • 1946 : Runner-up - Copa do Interior (Amateur) - FPF
  • 1946 : Champions - LCF
  • 1949 : Champions - Campeonato Paulista Série A2 - FPF
  • 1953 : Champions - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF
  • 1954 : Champions - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF
  • 1956 : Champions - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF
  • 1957 : Runner-up - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF
  • 1969 : Runner-up - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF
  • 1970 : Awarded A Gazeta Esportiva 's "Taça dos Invictos"
  • 1970 : Champions - Torneio de Classificação para 1970 (Paulistinha) - FPF
  • 1970 : Champions - Torneio de Classificação para 1971 - FPF
  • 1974 : Awarded "II Troféu Folha de S.Paulo" (Champions - Countryside 1972/73/74)
  • 1976 : Champions - Campeonato Paulista First Stage (Taça Alm. Heleno Nunes)
  • 1978 : Champions - Brazilian Championship - CBF
  • 1981 : Champions - Taça de Prata - CBF
  • 1982 : Runner-up - Torneio dos Campeões - CBF
  • 1986 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship - CBF
  • 1987 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship - CBF
  • 1988 : Runner-up - Paulista Championship - FPF
  • 1991 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série B - CBF
  • 2008 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série C - CBF
  • 2009 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série B - CBF
  • 2012 : Runner-up - São Paulo State Championship Série A1 - FPF
  • 2016 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série C - CBF
  • 2018 : Champions - Campeonato Paulista Série A2 - FPF

Youth team titles edit

Stadium edit

 
Overview of the Brinco de Ouro stadium.
 
Brinco de Ouro stadium, during a night game.

Guarani's stadium is Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa, built on May 31, 1953,[5] with a maximum capacity of 30,988 people.[6]

Rival edit

Guarani's biggest rival is Ponte Preta, who also hail from Campinas. The games between Guarani and Ponte Preta are known as Derby Campineiro.[7]

Performances in the Série A edit

Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position
1971 - 1981 - 1991 - 2001 19th 2011 - 2021 -
1972 - 1982 3rd 1992 9th 2002 16th 2012 - 2022 -
1973 15th 1983 16th 1993 6th 2003 13th 2013 - 2023 -
1974 12th 1984 - 1994 3rd 2004 22nd 2014 - 2024 -
1975 12th 1985 15th 1995 19th 2005 - 2015 -
1976 10th 1986 2nd 1996 6th 2006 - 2016 -
1977 28th 1987 2nd 1997 21st 2007 - 2017 -
1978 1st 1988 14th 1998 19th 2008 - 2018 -
1979 16th 1989 20th 1999 8th 2009 - 2019 -
1980 16th 1990 - 2000 17th 2010 18th 2020 -

Current squad edit

As of 24 April 2024[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BRA Pegorari
2 DF   BRA Heitor
3 DF   BRA Léo Santos
4 DF   BRA Rayan
5 MF   BRA Anderson Leite
8 FW   BRA Marlon (on loan from Gil Vicente)
9 FW   BRA Bruno Mendes (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado)
10 MF   BRA Luan Dias (on loan from Água Santa)
12 DF   BRA Lucas Adell
13 DF   BRA Diogo Mateus
14 MF   BRA Camacho
15 DF   BRA Pedro Henrique
17 DF   BRA Jefferson
18 MF   BRA Matheus Bueno
19 FW   BRA João Victor
20 FW   BRA Reinaldo (on loan from Santa Clara)
21 MF   BRA Lucas Araújo
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   BRA Álvaro
23 DF   BRA Douglas Bacelar
25 DF   BRA Witinho
26 FW   BRA Rafael Freitas
30 FW   BRA Airton (on loan from Atlético Goianiense)
31 GK   BRA Douglas Borges
33 FW   BRA Gustavo França
44 DF   BRA Márcio Silva (on loan from Coritiba)
43 FW   BRA Renyer
89 GK   BRA Vladimir (on loan from Santos)
99 FW   BRA Caio Dantas
DF   BRA Vinicius Kauê
DF   BRA Yan Henrique
MF   BRA Bruno Oliveira
MF   BRA Kayque (on loan from Botafogo)
FW   BRA Chay (on loan from Botafogo)
FW   BRA Luccas Paraizo

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   BRA Eliel (at Água Santa until 30 November 2024)
DF   BRA Mateus Ludke (at Boavista until 30 April 2024)
DF   BRA Titi (at Sampaio Corrêa until 30 November 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   BRA Lima (at Inter de Limeira until 30 April 2024)
FW   BRA Renanzinho (at Manaus until 30 November 2024)

First-team staff edit

Position Name Nationality
Coach Claudinei Oliveira   Brazilian

Guarani players in the World Cup edit

The following footballers, who have played for Guarani at some point during their careers, represented Brazil in the FIFA World Cup:

Presidents edit

As of 26 August 2022[9]
  • Vicente Matallo (1911-12)
  • Vicente Matallo - Pompeo de Vito / Mário Branco de Godoy (1913)
  • Antonio de Souza Letro / Pompeo de Vito (1914)
  • Pompeo de Vito (1915-17)
  • Armando Sarnes / Pompeo de Vito (1918)
  • Júlio dos Santos Mota / Antonio Alberti / Carmine Alberti (1919)
  • Carmine Alberti (1920-21)
  • Antonio Albino Júnior (1922-23)
  • José de Queiroz Telles (1924)
  • Galdino de Moraes Alves / José Ferreira de Godoy (1925)
  • Dr. Lucio Pereira Peixoto / Benedicto da Cunha Campos (1926)
  • Benedicto da Cunha Campos (1927)
  • Wlademir Varanda / Ítalo Franceschini (1928)
  • Augusto de Carvalho Asbahr (1929)
  • Dr. Romeu Tórtima / Dr. Arnaldo de Campos (1930)
  • Alexandre Chiarini (1931)
  • Frederico Borghi (1932)
  • Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1933)
  • Augusto de Carvalho Asbahr (1934)
  • João Mezzalira (1935-36)
  • Vicente Torregrossa (1937)
  • Dr. Januário Pardo Mêo (1938-39)
  • Prof. Floriano de Azevedo Marques (1939-40)
  • Dr. Sebastião Otranto (1941)
  • Jaime Serra / João Mezzalira (1942)
  • Alfredo Ribeiro Nogueira (1943)
  • Cesar Contessotto (1944)
  • Cesar Contessotto / Guilmer Cury Zakia (1945)
  • Artemiro Caruzo Andreoli (1946)
  • Sebastião Otranto - Emílio Porto (1947)
  • Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1948)
  • Nilo de Rezende Rubim / Cesar Contessotto (1949)
  • Cesar Contessotto / Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1950)
  • Isolino Ferramola (1951)
  • Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1952)
  • Dr. Rui Vicente de Mello / Cesar Contessoto (1953)
  • Dolor de Oliveira Barbosa (1954)
  • Miguel Moreno (1955)
  • Esmeraldino Antunes Barreira (1956)
  • Emílio Porto (1957)
  • Jaime Silva (1958)
  • Mário Brocchi (1959)
  • Jaime Silva (1960-62)
  • Jamil Gadia (1963)
  • Jaime Silva (1964)
  • Miguel Moreno (1965)
  • Eder Guimarães Leme / João Motta (1966)
  • Jaime Silva / Manoel Marques Paiva / Eduardo José Farah (1967)
  • Miguel Moreno (1968-69)
  • Leonel Almeida Martins de Oliveira (1970), (1977)
  • Ricardo Chuffi (1978-79)
  • Antonio Tavares Jr. (1980-83)
  • Leonel Almeida Martins de Oliveira (1984-87)
  • Luiz Roberto Zini (1988-91)
  • Luiz Roberto Zini (1992-99)
  • José Luiz Lourencetti (1999-06)
  • Leonel Almeida Martins de Oliveira (2006-11)
  • Marcelo Mingone (2011-2012)
  • Alvaro Negrão de Lima (2012-2014)
  • Horley Senna (2014-2017)
  • Palmeron Mendes Filho (2017-2019)
  • Ricardo Miguel Moisés (2019-to-date)

Records edit

GUARANI´GREATEST SCORERS
Player Goals
  Zuza 221
  Nenê 137
  Careca 118
  Augusto 104
  Zequinha 95
  Roberto Caco 93
  Fumagalli 89
  Jorge Mendonça 88
  Villalobos 87
10º   Ambrósio 54

Ultras edit

  • Torcida Fúria Independente
  • Guerreiros da Tribo
  • Torcida Jovem
  • Bugrinos da Capital

References edit

  1. ^ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "História" (in Portuguese). Plantão do Bugre. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 182–183. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  4. ^ "IV Copa Brasil - 1978 [Brazilian Championship]". RSSSF. June 8, 2000. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  5. ^ "Brinco de Ouro" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  6. ^ "Football Stadiums of South America". Fussballtempel. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  7. ^ "Derby Campineiro" (in Portuguese). Clássicos do Futebol Brasileiro. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  8. ^ "Elenco - Guarani Futebol Clube".
  9. ^ "Presidentes - Guarani Futebol Clube".

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