Manaus Futebol Clube

Manaus Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Manaus, is a Brazilian professional club based in Manaus, Amazonas founded on 5 May 2013. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Amazonense, the top flight of the Amazonas state football league.

Manaus
Full nameManaus Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Gavião do Norte (Northern Hawk)
Gavião Real (Eagle Hawk)
Esmeraldino (Emerald)
Founded5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)
GroundArena da Amazônia
Capacity44,000
PresidentLuís Mitoso
Head coachEvaristo Piza
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série C
Campeonato Amazonense
2021
2022		Série C, 7th of 20
Amazonense, 1st of 12 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club emerged as a project of the city councilman of Manaus, Luís Mitoso, after he left the board of Nacional for private matters. Mitoso retired from Nacional in March 2013, when he was vice president of the club, after four years leading the club as president, in the company of Giovane Alves.[1]

Manaus was officially founded on May 5, 2013. In the same year, it won the second division of Campeonato Amazonense. After being usually 5th or 6th in 2014 to 2016, in 2017, the club won the title of the main division of the Campeonato Amazonense after defeating Nacional in the final.

In 2018, Manaus once again won the main division of the Campeonato Amazonense by defeating Fast Clube in the final. They also played Série D later that year. They were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Imperatriz-MA on penalties, denying them a spot in Série C for 2019.

In 2019, Manaus won for the third time straight the Campeonato Amazonense, against Fast again. In Série D, Manaus easily qualified to the knockout phase as the best team in overall standings. They gained promotion to 2020's Série C after defeating Caxias 3–0 on the second leg of the quarter-finals after losing 1-0 in Caxias' home.

Players

First-team squad
As of 19 April 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  BRA Gleibson
— GK  BRA Paulo Henrique
— GK  BRA Rafael
— DF  BRA Edvan
— DF  BRA Tiago Costa
— DF  BRA Igor Carvalho
— DF  BRA Dudu Mandai
— DF  BRA Assis
— DF  BRA Luis Fernando
— DF  BRA Ramon Mesquita
— DF  BRA Thiago Spice
— DF  BRA Jefferson
— MF  BRA Gilson Alaves
— MF  BRA Márcio Passos
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Vinicius Barba
— MF  BRA Yuri
— MF  BRA Guilherme Amorim
— MF  BRA Gabriel Davis
— MF  BRA Tabatinga
— MF  BRA Erivelton
— MF  BUL Marcelinho
— FW  BRA Philip Luis
— FW  BRA Jack Chan
— FW  BRA Alex Douglas
— FW  BRA Douglas Lima
— FW  BRA Diego Rosa
— FW  BRA Rafael Ibiapino
— FW  BRA Vanilson

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Stadium

Manaus play their home games at Estádio da Colina. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,400 people. They also tend to play in Arena da Amazônia on big games.

Honours
Winners (5): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Winners (1): 2013

References
  1. "History of Manaus Futebol Clube". Manaus Futebol Clube. Retrieved 19 February 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.