Guarany Sporting Club

Guarany de Sobral
Full name	Guarany Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Bugre Sobralense; Cacique do Vale; Guarassol
Founded	July 2, 1938
Ground	Estádio do Junco
Capacity	15,000
President	Luís de Melo Torquato Filho
Head coach	Oliveira Canindé
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2011	Série C, 12th
Home colours	Away colours

Guarany Sporting Club, commonly known as Guarany de Sobral or just as Guarany, is a Brazilian football club from Sobral, Ceará state. They competed once in the Série B and in the Série C, and won the Série D once.

History

Guarany Sporting Club was founded on July 2, 1938, at Luiz Nogueira Adeodato's home, located in Sobral, Ceará state.^[1] The first members of the club's board of directors were Father José Aloísio Pinto and Luiz Nogueira Adeodato.^[1] Guarany won their first title, which was the Campeonato Cearense Second Level, in 1966, winning the competition again in the following year and in 1999.^[1] They competed in the Série C in 2001, finishing in the third place,^[2] and then being promoted to the Série B in 2002, replacing Malutrom in the competition.^[3] The club competed in the Série D in 2010,^[4] winning the competition after beating América-AM in the final.

Stadium

Guarany de Sobral play their home games at Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, commonly known as Estádio do Junco.^[5] The stadium is located in Sobral, Ceará, and has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.^[6]

Honours

National

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
- Winners (1): 2010

State

Campeonato Cearense
- Runners-up (1): 2013
Copa Fares Lopes
- Winners (1): 2015
Campeonato Cearense Série B
- Winners (4): 1967, 1999, 2005, 2008
Taça Padre Cícero
- Winners (3): 2013, 2019, 2020

Current squad

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	Eliardo
—	GK	BRA	Marcelo Silva
—	DF	BRA	Ari
—	DF	BRA	Joécio
—	DF	BRA	Zadda
—	DF	BRA	Simão
—	DF	BRA	Rick
—	MF	BRA	Erandir
—	MF	BRA	Cacau
—	MF	BRA	Ramon
—	MF	BRA	Jordy
—	MF	BRA	Rafael Rodrigues


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Jorginho
—	MF	BRA	Marcos Cacau
—	MF	BRA	Rodrigo Santos
—	MF	BRA	Leandro Mendes
—	MF	BRA	Kate (on loan from Ceará)
—	FW	BRA	Danilo Pitbull
—	FW	BRA	Rinaldo
—	FW	BRA	Marco Túlio
—	FW	BRA	Oliveira
—	FW	BRA	Rafael
—	FW	BRA	Alemão
—	FW	BRA	Alckmin (on loan from Ceará)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Guarany de Sobral" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
^ "Brazil 2002 Championship – Second Level (Série B)". RSSSF. September 20, 2006. Retrieved November 2, 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Brazil 2001 Championship – Third Level". RSSSF. December 17, 2001. Retrieved November 2, 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Brazil 2010 – Fourth Level". RSSSF. October 24, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 181. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
^ "Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol (CNEF)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2010.