Ibis

Ibis Sport Club, or Ibis as they are usually called, are a Brazilian football team from Paulista in Pernambuco state, founded on 15 November 1938. Their home stadium is the Municipal de Paulista. They play in black and red colors. Ibis are one of the founders of the Pernambuco Football Federation.

History

Ibis Sport Club were founded on 15 November 1938 by employees of Tecelagem de Seda e Algodao ("Silk and Cotton Weaving Factory"), owned by Joao Pessoa de Queiroz, and located in Santo Amaro. Initially only employees of that company could play. The club were named Ibis after the African bird. After the death of Joao Pessoa de Queiroz, who was the club's owner, his heirs lost interest in the club, then one of the company's managers, Onildo Ramos adopted Ibis. Ibis, under Onildo Ramos administration, started to accept non-employees of Tecelagem de Seda e Algodao as players.

While the Pernambuco Football Federation was founded on 16 June 1915 as Liga Sportiva Pernambucana, only in 1955 it was renamed to its current name. Ibis is considered by the organization as one of its founders.

Ibis won the Torneio Inicio in 1948 and in 1950, and the Torneio Incentivo in 1975 and in 1976. Carlito of Ibis, with 12 goals, was the Campeonato Pernambucano's top goal scorer in 1948. The team are commonly known as the "Worst Team of the World" due to their several defeats in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The club spent three years and eleven months between 1980 and 1984 without winning a game. Ibis were the runners-up of the Campeonato Pernambucano Second Level in 1999, when they were defeated by Central in the final. After celebrating their 70th birthday on 15 November 2008, the club started a project to become a private company, with the help of Portuguese entrepreneur Filipe Fernandes.

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