Pacajus Esporte Clube, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Pacajus, Ceará. It competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Cearense, the top flight of the Ceará state football league.

Pacajus
Full namePacajus Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)Índio Paiacu do Vale do Caju
Founded17 June 2017; 6 years ago (2017-06-17)
GroundEstádio Municipal João Ronaldo
Capacity2,000
PresidentFrancisco Cristiano Cortez Oliveira
Head coachRaimundo Wágner
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série D
Campeonato Cearense
2022
2022
Série D, 30th of 64
Cearense, 5th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Founded on 17 June 2017, Pacajus affiliated themselves in the Federação Cearense de Futebol shortly after and played in the Campeonato Cearense Terceira Divisão later in the year.[1] The club reached the semifinals and won promotion to the Segunda Divisão. After finishing fifth in the 2018 second level, the club won promotion to the Campeonato Cearense in 2019 after reaching the finals but losing the title to Caucaia.[2]

In the 2020 Campeonato Cearense, Pacajus narrowly avoided relegation by finishing seventh. In the 2021 edition, the club finished fifth and qualified to the 2022 Série D.[3]

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  1. ^ "Nossa história" [Our history] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Pacajus EC. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Finalistas na Série B, Caucaia e Pacajus sobem para primeira divisão do Cearense" [Finalists in the Série B, Caucaia and Pacajus promote to the first division of the Cearense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Povo. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Crato, Pacajus e Atlético-CE garantem vaga na Série D 2022" [Crato, Pacajus and Atlético-CE assure a spot in the 2022 Série D] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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