Guarani Futebol Clube, colloquially called Guarani, is a Brazilian association football club in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is the only club not based in a state capital or coastal city to have won the top tier of the Brazilian Championship. The team currently play in the Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top tier of the São Paulo state football league.
It is also known as Bugre, a popular term for an Indigenous Brazilian, and its supporters are known as bugrinos.
History
Guarani Football Club was founded on April 1, 1911, in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, as Guarany Foot-Ball Club, by the initiative of 12 students from the Gymnasio do Estado (now Culto à Ciência). The students, including Pompeo de Vito, Hernani Felippo Matallo and Vicente Matallo, usually played football at Praça Carlos Gomes. Vicente Matallo became Guarani's first president. Guarani was named after maestro Antônio Carlos Gomes' opera "Il Guarany". Antônio Carlos Gomes was born in Campinas, Brazil, and is one of the most distinguished nineteenth century classical composers. Guarani was officially founded on April 1, 1911, but to avoid April Fools' Day jokes by supporters of rival teams, the directors of Guarani changed the official foundation date to April 2, 1911.
In 1949, Guarani won Campeonato Paulista Second tier, earning the right to play in the top tier the following season.
As of 2023, Guarani is one of only two Brazilian clubs not based in a state capital to have won the national championship - the other one being Santos. The club won Campeonato Brasileiro in 1978, after defeating Palmeiras.
In 1979, the club was a semi-finalist in the Copa Libertadores, but was eliminated by the eventual season champions Club Olimpia. This run remains Guarani's best performance in international competitions to date.
In 2016, Guarani qualified for the playoff semifinals of 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, thus ensuring its return to Serie B after a four-year absence.
Honours
Official tournaments
NationalCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsCampeonato Brasileiro Série A11978Campeonato Brasileiro Série B11981StateCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsCampeonato Paulista Série A241932, 1944, 1949, 2018
Others tournaments
State Torneio Início (3): 1953, 1954, 1956
City Campeonato Campineiro (13): 1916, 1919, 1920, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1953, 1957 Taça Cidade de Campinas (2): 1950, 1952 Torneio Início do Campeonato Campineiro (6): 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1947
Runners-up Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2): 1986, 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (2): 1991, 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (2): 2008, 2016 Torneio dos Campeões (1): 1982 Campeonato Paulista (2): 1988, 2012 Copa Paulista (1): 2004 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (1): 2011
Youth team Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (1): 1994
Titles timeline
1912 : Runner-up - Liga Operária de Foot-Ball Campineira 1916 : Champions - AFC (Associação de Foot-Ball Campineira) 1919 : Champions - AFC 1920 : Champions - AFC 1921 : Runner-up - APEA (Associação Paulista de Esportes Athleticos) 1926 : Champions - APEA 1928 : Runner-up - APEA 1932 : Champions - APEA 1938 : Champions - LCF (Liga Campineira de Futebol) 1939 : Champions - LCF 1941 : Champions - LCF 1942 : Champions - LCF 1943 : Champions - LCF 1943 : Runner-up - Copa do Interior (Amateur) - FPF (Federação Paulista de Futebol) 1944 : Champions - Copa do Interior (Amateur) - FPF 1944 : Champions - State Amateur Championship - FPF 1945 : Champions - LCF 1946 : Runner-up - Copa do Interior (Amateur) - FPF 1946 : Champions - LCF 1949 : Champions - Campeonato Paulista Série A2 - FPF 1953 : Champions - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF 1954 : Champions - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF 1956 : Champions - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF 1957 : Runner-up - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF 1969 : Runner-up - Torneio-Início do Campeonato Paulista - FPF 1970 : Awarded A Gazeta Esportiva 's "Taça dos Invictos" 1970 : Champions - Torneio de Classificação para 1970 (Paulistinha) - FPF 1970 : Champions - Torneio de Classificação para 1971 - FPF 1974 : Awarded "II Troféu Folha de S.Paulo" (Champions - Countryside 1972/73/74) 1976 : Champions - Campeonato Paulista First Stage (Taça Alm. Heleno Nunes) 1978 : Champions - Brazilian Championship - CBF 1981 : Champions - Taça de Prata - CBF 1982 : Runner-up - Torneio dos Campeões - CBF 1986 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship - CBF 1987 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship - CBF 1988 : Runner-up - Paulista Championship - FPF 1991 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série B - CBF 2008 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série C - CBF 2009 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série B - CBF 2012 : Runner-up - São Paulo State Championship Série A1 - FPF 2016 : Runner-up - Brazilian Championship Série C - CBF 2018 : Champions - Campeonato Paulista Série A2 - FPF
Youth team titles 1994 : Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior 1998 : Copa Zico de Futebol Juvenil 2001 : Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil (disputed in Japan) 2002 : Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil (disputed in Japan)
Stadium
Guarani's stadium is Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa, built on May 31, 1953, with a maximum capacity of 30,988 people.
Rival Guarani's biggest rival is Ponte Preta, who also hail from Campinas. The games between Guarani and Ponte Preta are known as Derby Campineiro.
Performances in the Série A
YearPositionYearPositionYearPositionYearPositionYearPositionYearPosition1971-1981-1991-200119th2011-2021-197219823rd19929th200216th20122022197315th198316th19936th200313th20132023197412th1984-19943rd200422nd201420241975198515th199519th2005-2015197610th19862nd19966th20062016197728th1987199721st2007201719781st198814th199819th20082018197916th198920th19998th20092019198016th1990-200017th201018th2020
Current squad
Youth team
Out on loan
First-team staff Position Name Nationality Head coach Elio Sizenando
Guarani players in the World Cup The following footballers, who have played for Guarani at some point during their careers, represented Brazil in the FIFA World Cup:
1974 FIFA World Cup (West Germany) Valdir Peres
1978 FIFA World Cup (Argentina) Amaral Carlos Jorge Mendonça Valdir Peres
1982 FIFA World Cup (Spain) Carlos Paulo Isidoro Renato Valdir Peres
1986 FIFA World Cup (Mexico) Careca Carlos Edson Júlio César
1990 FIFA World Cup (Italy) Careca Ricardo Rocha
1994 FIFA World Cup (United States) Mauro Silva Ricardo Rocha Viola Zetti
2002 FIFA World Cup (South Korea/Japan) Edílson Luizão
2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) Mineiro
Presidents
Vicente Matallo (1911-12) Vicente Matallo - Pompeo de Vito / Mário Branco de Godoy (1913) Antonio de Souza Letro / Pompeo de Vito (1914) Pompeo de Vito (1915-17) Armando Sarnes / Pompeo de Vito (1918) Júlio dos Santos Mota / Antonio Alberti / Carmine Alberti (1919) Carmine Alberti (1920-21) Antonio Albino Júnior (1922-23) José de Queiroz Telles (1924) Galdino de Moraes Alves / José Ferreira de Godoy (1925) Dr. Lucio Pereira Peixoto / Benedicto da Cunha Campos (1926) Benedicto da Cunha Campos (1927) Wlademir Varanda / Ítalo Franceschini (1928) Augusto de Carvalho Asbahr (1929) Dr. Romeu Tórtima / Dr. Arnaldo de Campos (1930) Alexandre Chiarini (1931) Frederico Borghi (1932) Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1933) Augusto de Carvalho Asbahr (1934) João Mezzalira (1935-36) Vicente Torregrossa (1937) Dr. Januário Pardo Mêo (1938-39) Prof. Floriano de Azevedo Marques (1939-40) Dr. Sebastião Otranto (1941) Jaime Serra / João Mezzalira (1942) Alfredo Ribeiro Nogueira (1943) Cesar Contessotto (1944) Cesar Contessotto / Guilmer Cury Zakia (1945) Artemiro Caruzo Andreoli (1946) Sebastião Otranto - Emílio Porto (1947) Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1948) Nilo de Rezende Rubim / Cesar Contessotto (1949) Cesar Contessotto / Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1950) Isolino Ferramola (1951) Dr. Romeu Tórtima (1952) Dr. Rui Vicente de Mello / Cesar Contessoto (1953) Dolor de Oliveira Barbosa (1954) Miguel Moreno (1955) Esmeraldino Antunes Barreira (1956) Emílio Porto (1957) Jaime Silva (1958) Mário Brocchi (1959) Jaime Silva (1960-62) Jamil Gadia (1963) Jaime Silva (1964) Miguel Moreno (1965) Eder Guimarães Leme / João Motta (1966) Jaime Silva / Manoel Marques Paiva / Eduardo José Farah (1967) Miguel Moreno (1968-69) Leonel Almeida Martins de Oliveira (1970), (1977) Ricardo Chuffi (1978-79) Antonio Tavares Jr. (1980-83) Leonel Almeida Martins de Oliveira (1984-87) Luiz Roberto Zini (1988-91) Luiz Roberto Zini (1992-99) José Luiz Lourencetti (1999-06) Leonel Almeida Martins de Oliveira (2006-11) Marcelo Mingone (2011-2012) Alvaro Negrão de Lima (2012-2014) Horley Senna (2014-2017) Palmeron Mendes Filho (2017-2019) Ricardo Miguel Moisés (2019-to-date)
Records GUARANI´GREATEST SCORERSRankPlayer's NameNumbers Of Goals1º Zuza2212º Nenê1373º Careca1184º Augusto1045º Zequinha956º Roberto Caco937º Fumagalli898º Jorge Mendonça889º Jesús Villalobos8710º Ambrósio54
Ultras Torcida Fúria Independente Guerreiros da Tribo Torcida Jovem Bugrinos da Capital
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