EC Pelotas
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Wikipedia - Esporte Clube 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 Campeonato Gaúcho, the state of Rio Grande do Sul's premier state league, holding home games at Estádio Boca do Lobo, with a 23,336-seat capacity.
The club competed several times in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, and won the Campeonato Gaúcho 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 Gaúcho, beating Grêmio in the final.
In 1983, Pelotas won the Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level. In 1988, Pelotas competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B for the first time, but was eliminated in the first stage. In 1989, the club competed again in the Série B, being eliminated in the first stage again.
In 1995, 1996 and in 1998, Pelotas competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, being eliminated in the first stage in all three seasons. In 2003, the club competed again in the Série 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 Cerâmica in the final, thus qualifying to the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira, and the following season's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The club was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals 2–0, by Atlético Sorocaba.
EC Pelotas este una dintre cele mai vechi echipe de fotbal din Brazilia și are o istorie bogată. Echipa a câștigat de două ori Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (în 1994 și 2011) și de trei ori Campeonato Gaúcho (în 1930, 1945 și 1962).
Stadionul de acasă al EC Pelotas este Estádio Boca do Lobo, care are o capacitate de 18.392 de locuri. Echipa are o bază de fani pasionați și este cunoscută pentru atmosfera electrică de pe stadionul său de acasă.
Unii dintre cei mai cunoscuți jucători care au jucat pentru EC Pelotas includ Levir Culpi, Renato Portaluppi și Anderson Polga. Echipa este condusă în prezent de antrenorul Marcelo Chamusca.