Itumbiara Esporte Clube

The Itumbiara Esporte Clube, usually called simply Itumbiara, is a football club from Itumbiara, a 100,000 population city about 200 km south of the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás, on the border with Minas Gerais. The club was founded in 1970 won the state championship for the first time in 2008 Goiás. 1979 played the "Giants of the Valley ", as the club also likes to call, even once at the highest power level to the Brazilian championship.

1979 took Itumbiara to date only time in the Brazilian championship part. The club took it the 64th place among 94 participants. In the 1980s, the club failed to qualify in four seasons for participation in the national second highest power level. The first significant title was won in 2008, when Itumbiara defeated in the finals for the state championship of Goiás, the Campeonato Goiano, the record title holder Goiás EC 1-0 and 3-0.

2007 and 2008 there was Itumbiara at the national level in the third- highest division, the Série C and managed in each case in the second phase.

To state championship season of 2009, the 31 -year-old 68- time National Player Denílson closed at short notice at the club before he moved on in June to Xi Mang Haiphong in Vietnam. Denilson was at the Football World Cup 1998 in France as dribbling talent and then was short for his time " most expensive player of all time ".

Since 2008, qualified Itumbiara no longer for national leagues. 2010 was the relegation from the first division of Goiás.

Stadium

The home of the "Giants of the Valley " is the urban Estádio Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, usually only briefly JK mentioned. It is named after Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961, which became known as the builder of Brasília in the story. Opened in 1977, after just nine months multipurpose stadium has a capacity of 20,000 spectators.

For the opening game on October 12, 1977 against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, which ended 0-0, were 41.235 spectators, which is a record to date.

Attendances

In the six games of the Série C in 2007, the club had an average attendance of 2,850, appealing but not at the top., With ticket prices averaging nearly 3 BRL The negative record was not quite reach as Itumbiara the Federal District only attracted 18 spectators at a away game at maned. Two other games had only 16 and 13 spectators.

2008, the average attendance was at just only six games nurmehr 1030, which may have had something to do with it well that the average ticket price had risen to just under 7 BRL.

2007 and 2008, the exchange rate approximately BRL 1.00 = EUR 0.33.

Achievements

• State Championship Goiás: 2008

Known player

• Brazil Tulio Maravilha
• Brazil Adílio
• Brazil Denílson
• Brazil Beto