Guarani FC

Not to be confused with Guarani Esporte Clube (MG), Guarany Futebol Clube, or Club Guaraní.

Guarani
Official Logo
Full nameGuarani Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Bugre (Indigenous)
FoundedApril 2, 1911; 113 years ago (1911-04-02)
GroundBrinco de Ouro da Princesa
Capacity29,130[1]
PresidentAndré Marconatto
Head coachPintado
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Paulista
2023
2023		Série B, 10th of 20
Paulista, 7th of 16
Websiteguaranifc.com.br
Carlos Gomes

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 B, the second 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).[2] The students, including Pompeo de Vito, Hernani Felippo Matallo and Vicente Matallo, usually played football at Praça Carlos Gomes.[2] Vicente Matallo became Guarani's first president.[2] 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.[3] 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.[3]

In 1949, Guarani won Campeonato Paulista Second tier, earning the right to play in the top tier the following season.[3]

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.[4]

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

National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1 1978
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1 1981
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 4 1932 APEA (Campinas), 1944 FPFA (Countryside), 1949, 2018

Others

Runners-Up

Youth team

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

Stadium

Main article: Estádio Brinco de Ouro
Overview of the Brinco de Ouro stadium.
Brinco de Ouro stadium, during a night game.

Guarani's stadium is Estádio Brinco de Ouro da Princesa, built on May 31, 1953,[5] with a maximum capacity of 30,988 people.[6]

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.[7]

Performances in the Série A

Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position
1971 - 1981 - 1991 - 2001 19th 2011 - 2021 -
1972 1982 3rd 1992 9th 2002 16th 2012 2022
1973 15th 1983 16th 1993 6th 2003 13th 2013 2023
1974 12th 1984 - 1994 3rd 2004 22nd 2014 2024
1975 1985 15th 1995 19th 2005 - 2015
1976 10th 1986 2nd 1996 6th 2006 2016
1977 28th 1987 1997 21st 2007 2017
1978 1st 1988 14th 1998 19th 2008 2018
1979 16th 1989 20th 1999 8th 2009 2019
1980 16th 1990 - 2000 17th 2010 18th 2020

Current squad

As of 5 September 2024[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Pegorari
2 DF Brazil BRA Heitor
4 DF Brazil BRA Brunão
5 MF Brazil BRA Anderson Leite
6 DF Brazil BRA Emerson
8 FW Brazil BRA Marlon Douglas (on loan from Gil Vicente)
9 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Mendes (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado)
10 MF Brazil BRA Luan Dias (on loan from Água Santa)
11 MF Brazil BRA Estêvão (on loan from Internacional)
12 DF Brazil BRA Lucas Adell
13 DF Brazil BRA Matheus Salustiano
15 DF Brazil BRA Renê Santos
16 DF Brazil BRA Pedro Manoel
17 DF Brazil BRA Jefferson
18 MF Brazil BRA Matheus Bueno
19 FW Brazil BRA João Victor
20 FW Brazil BRA Reinaldo (on loan from Santa Clara)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Brazil BRA Lucas Araújo
22 GK Brazil BRA Álvaro
23 DF Brazil BRA Douglas Bacelar
27 DF Brazil BRA Vinicius Kauê
28 DF Brazil BRA Pacheco
29 DF Brazil BRA Yan Henrique
30 FW Brazil BRA Airton (on loan from Atlético Goianiense)
31 GK Brazil BRA Douglas Borges
32 DF Brazil BRA Vinicius Yuji
33 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Bispo
39 FW Brazil BRA Lohan
44 DF Brazil BRA Márcio Silva (on loan from Coritiba)
47 MF Brazil BRA Pierre (on loan from Tombense)
77 FW Brazil BRA Marlon Maranhão (on loan from Tupynambás)
89 GK Brazil BRA Vladimir (on loan from Santos)
99 FW Brazil BRA Caio Dantas
— DF Brazil BRA Pedro Henrique

Youth players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF Brazil BRA Witinho

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
— DF Brazil BRA Eliel (at Portuguesa until 30 November 2024)
— DF Brazil BRA Titi (at Sampaio Corrêa until 30 November 2024)
— FW Brazil BRA Luccas Paraizo (at Torreense until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Brazil BRA Rafael Freitas (at Santos until 31 July 2025)
— FW Brazil BRA Renanzinho (at Manaus until 30 November 2024)
— FW Brazil BRA Theo Lanza (at Portuguesa until 30 November 2024)

First-team staff

Position Name Nationality
Coach Claudinei Oliveira  Brazilian

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:

Presidents

As of 26 August 2022[9]
  • 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 SCORERS
Rank Player's Name Numbers Of Goals
1º Brazil Zuza 221
2º Brazil Nenê 137
3º Brazil Careca 118
4º Brazil Augusto 104
5º Brazil Zequinha 95
6º Brazil Roberto Caco 93
7º Brazil Fumagalli 89
8º Brazil Jorge Mendonça 88
9º Peru Jesús Villalobos 87
10º Brazil Ambrósio 54

Ultras

  • Torcida Fúria Independente
  • Guerreiros da Tribo
  • Torcida Jovem
  • Bugrinos da Capital

References

  1. ^ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "História" (in Portuguese). Plantão do Bugre. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 182–183. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  4. ^ "IV Copa Brasil - 1978 [Brazilian Championship]". RSSSF. June 8, 2000. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  5. ^ "Brinco de Ouro" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  6. ^ "Football Stadiums of South America". Fussballtempel. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  7. ^ "Derby Campineiro" (in Portuguese). Clássicos do Futebol Brasileiro. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  8. ^ "Elenco - Guarani Futebol Clube". December 30, 2015. Archived from the original on July 8, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  9. ^ "Presidentes - Guarani Futebol Clube". December 30, 2015. Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022.