Pelotas

Esporte Clube Pelotas, more commonly referred to as Pelotas, is a professional football club based in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Founded in 1908, it plays in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well in the Campeonato Gaucho, the state of Rio Grande do Sul's premier state league, holding home games at Estadio Boca do Lobo, with a 23,336-seat capacity.

The club competed several times in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B and in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie C, and won the Campeonato Gaucho in 1930. Esporte Clube Pelotas women's football team competed in the 2008 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.

History

The club was founded on October 11, 1908, after two clubs from Pelotas, Club Sportivo Internacional and Football Club, merged. In 1930, Pelotas won the Campeonato Gaucho, beating Gremio in the final.

In 1983, Pelotas won the Campeonato Gaucho Second Level. In 1988, Pelotas competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B for the first time, but was eliminated in the first stage. In 1989, the club competed again in the Serie B, being eliminated in the first stage again.

In 1995, 1996 and in 1998, Pelotas competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie C, being eliminated in the first stage in all three seasons. In 2003, the club competed again in the Serie C, where they were eliminated by RS Futebol in the third stage of the competition. In the same year, Pelotas competed in the Copa do Brasil, being eliminated in the cup's first round, by Guarani.

In 2008, the club won the Copa FGF for the first time, after beating Ceramica in the final, thus qualifying to the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira, and the following season's Campeonato Brasileiro Serie D. The club was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals 2–0, by Atletico Sorocaba.

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