Uberlândia Esporte Clube
Uberlândia Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from Uberlândia. The club was founded in 1922 and plays its home games at the Estádio Municipal João Havelange from, which seats 50,000 spectators. Currently the club plays in the fourth Brazilian soccer league, the Série D.
History
EC Uberlândia, Uberlândia Esporte Clube pronounced, was founded on 1 November 1922. The association has its seat in Uberlândia, to Belo Horizonte second largest city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Since its inception, Uberlândia EC played almost always lower in Brazilian football leagues, success was achieved until today hardly. The greatest success of the organization is probably the gain of the second Brazilian league, the Série B in 1984. At that time they finished in the final in first place before Clube do Remo from Belém and thus promotion to the Série A. There occupied one compete in the first season in 37th place in the standings and thus had after just one season in the Brazilian Elite League again the passage in the second division. In 1989 it was 59th in the Série B and had descended into the Série C. Since you could not find in Brazilian higher leagues Uberlândia EC. Currently the club plays in the fourth division Série D, where, however, is not one of the best clubs and most recently was eliminated in the early rounds. While Uberlândia currently not achieved much in league play, was celebrated in recent years, some cup wins. Thus succeeded in 1999 for the second time after 1962 winning the state championship of Minas Gerais, but only the second-highest level. Opponents in this championship are among others Atletico Mineiro and Cruzeiro from Belo Horizonte each or Ipatinga FC from Ipatinga. Furthermore, in 2003 succeeded in winning the cup competition of Minas Gerais, the Taça Minas Gerais.
Achievements
- Série B: 1x (1984 )
- State of Minas Gerais Championship (second level ): 2x (1962, 1999)
- Taça Minas Gerais: 1x (2003)