Tupi

Tupi Football Club, usually known simply as Tupi, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. They won the Serie D once.

History

On May 16, 1912, Antonio Maria Junior and four other people founded Tupi Football Club.

In 2001, Tupi won its first title, which was the Campeonato Mineiro Second Level (actually the tournament is the First Division Module II of the Minas Gerais State Championship), finishing ahead of Nacional de Uberaba in the final stage, which was a group stage competed by six clubs. In 2008, Tupi won the Taca Minas Gerais. In the final, they beat America Futebol Clube (MG) (America Mineiro) in a 4−3 aggregate result.

They won the Serie D in 2011, after they beat Santa Cruz in the final.

In 2015 the club finished 3rd in the Campeonato Brasileiro - Serie C (third tier), qualifying for the Campeonato Brasileiro - Serie B (second tier) in 2016.

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