Campinense Clube

The Campinense Clube, usually called only Campinense, is a football club established in 1915 Campina Grande, a 370,000 population city in the Brazilian state of Paraíba. The club colors are red and black, the mascot of the club is the fox ( Portuguese: Raposa ). 2008 Campinense reached the summit in the second national league: the Série B.

Main competitors are the capital club Botafogo FC from João Pessoa ( not to be confused with the club Botafogo FR ) and the local rivals FC Treze. In general, these three clubs share the dominance in Paraíba.

History

The club was founded in 1915 as a dance club of the local aristocracy and the cotton barons. In 1919, the first time a football game operation, but was already set again in the following year, as there have been various Unansehnlichkeiten and even to a brawl.

1954 finally succeeded in the medical Gilvan Barbosa to convince the club management to offer the members of football again. This was achieved sustainably and 1958 the matches were even more professional. 1960 Campinense played for the first time to the state championship with and won the title at first attempt - and the club should keep him over six years, what is the state record until today. Until the 1970s Campinense should be able to maintain its dominance in Paraíba.

1961 Campinense was the first team from the Paraíba, took part in a national competition, which two years earlier inaugural cup competition Taça Brasil. In 1975, the club also participated in the highest performance level of just four years previously introduced national championship. Of the 42 participants Campinense remained winless as a single and is guided in Statistics last.

A particularly successful year in the club's history was in 2008. Succeeded not only the second state championship of the decade, but the fourth place in the national third division, the Série C, gereichte also for the initial promotion to the second division, the Série B, since the introduction of modern league system in 2003. During the 2009 season the club but increased as Nineteenth immediately off again. In the 2011 season, the club even had to take the course in the Série D.

Stadium

Lange was Campinense in urban Estádio Plinio Lemos, in the district of Pinheiros José at home. After 1975, the larger, 40,000 spectators Estádio Governador Ernani comprehensive state Sátyro called Amigão was completed, the Club moved to there.

In the inaugural match this classic Brazilian, almost round the stadium, on March 8, 1975 Campinense was the big Botafogo from Rio de Janeiro to wrest a 0-0 draw. A week later, it was a red - black to score the first goal in the new arena. On March 16, 1975 Pedrinho Cangula hit against the Treze FC 1-0. After 90 minutes into the match but 1:1.

Opened in 2006 Campinense its own stadium, the 3,000 spectators comprehensive Estádio Renato Cunha Lima, also called Raposão or Renatão. The stadium is located in the district of Bela Vista and is mainly used for training and for subordinate teams.

Achievements

• State Championship of Paraíba: (18 x ) 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1993, 2004, 2008

Known player

• Marcelinho, Campinense of youth until 1994, and later, among others Hertha BSC ( 2001-06 ), VfL Wolfsburg
• Rodrigo Tabata, 2003 Campinense, later Goiás EC, Santos FC, ​​Gaziantepspor
• Aílton. The league league top scorer and German Footballer of the Year in 2004 joined in March 2009 by the Austrian club SCR Altach coming shortly on the club. (As, inter alia, at Werder Bremen, Schalke 04 and HSV under contract )
• Tiago, 2007 played some games for the first FC Cologne in the Bundesliga