Ceara Sporting Club, or Ceara, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Fortaleza, capital city of the Brazilian state of Ceara, founded on June 2, 1914 by Luis Esteves e Pedro Freire. Ceara is one of the most traditionally successful clubs in the Northeast region of Brazil alongside Bahia, Santa Cruz, Sport, Nautico, Vitoria and their city rivals Fortaleza.
History
On June 2, 1914, the club was founded as Rio Branco Football Club by Luiz Esteves Junior and Pedro Freire. Later, some of their friends also joined: Gilberto Gurgel, Walter Barroso, Raimundo Justa, Newton Rola, Bolivar Purcell, Aluisio Mamede, Orlando Olsen, Jose Elias Romcy, Isaias Facanha de Andrade, Raimundo Padilha, Rolando Emilio, Meton Alencar Pinto, Gotardo Morais, Artur de Albuquerque, Cincinato Costa, Carlos Calmon and Eurico Medeiros. As Rio Branco Football Club, the team colors were white and lilac. In 1915, on their first birthday, the club changed its name to Ceara Sporting Club.
In 1941, Ceara won the Campeonato Cearense, the same year of the inauguration of Presidente Vargas stadium. From 1961 to 1963, the club was three times consecutive state champion. In 1969, Ceara won the Northeast Cup.
In 1970, ended the seven-year titleless state championship period. In 1971, Ceara was the last placed team in Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A first edition. From 1975 to 1978, the club was four times in a row state champion.
In 1985, Ceara finished 7th in the Brazilian League. This is the best league position of a team from Ceara State in the Brazilian Championships. In 1994, the club finished Brazilian Cup runners-up, beaten by Gremio in the final. In 1995, Ceara participated in the Copa CONMEBOL, the club's first international championship, becoming the only club of Ceara State to play an international tournament. In 1996, the team administrator was Forro bands businessman Emanuel Gurgel. The team changed its home shirt color to all black. Because of this, the team was nicknamed "
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