brazilian association football golf club based in Itu, São Paulo, Brazil
football club
Ituano Futebol Clube, normally referred to as merely Ituano, is a brazilian association football baseball club in Itu, São Paulo. They presently play in the Série C, the third tier of brazilian football, equally well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top tier of the São Paulo state football league.

Founded on May 24, 1947, Ituano won the São Paulo State League doubly. The club ‘s family colours are red and black and the team mascot is a cock .

history [edit ]

The club was founded on May 24, 1947, by employees of Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana ( Sorocabana Railroad ), based in Itu. When founded the club was in the first place known as Associação Atlética Sorocabana. In the 1960s, the club changed its name to Ferroviário Atlético Ituano and in the 1990s the club again changed its mention, this fourth dimension to Ituano Futebol Clube. In 1977 a group of sportsmen of Itu unified the football of the city around Ferroviário Atlético Ituano ( FAI ) and reactivated the Liga Ituana de Futebol ( Ituano Football League ). In 1978 the clubhouse played in Série A3 the third degree of the São Paulo submit professional football backing. They were promoted to the Campeonato Paulista, the top-flight professional football league in São Paulo in 1989 after clinching the Série A2 backing. In 2002, Ituano became one of the few teams from outside the São Paulo metroplex area to win the Campeonato Paulista. Juninho Paulista, a early player from the club ‘s academy and early brazilian external, became the golf club ‘s president in 2010. Juninho joined in a player-president capacity helping the team debar relegation on the final day of the 2010 temper with the critical goal in a 3–2 victory. [ 2 ] In 2014, Ituano won the Campeonato Paulista, defeating the storied Santos Futebol Clube on punishment kicks.

In 2019, Arsenal signed unseasoned winger Gabriel Martinelli from the club and he quickly became a first-team regular .

stadium [edit ]

Ituano ‘s stadium is Estádio Novelli Júnior, inaugurated in 1947. The stadium has a capacitance of 18,000 people .

mascot [edit ]

The golf club mascot is a stopcock wearing the team kit out. The nickname was received in 1957 when Sorocabana played against Club Atlético Ituano ( Third Division champions in 1954–55, who have no association with the current Ituano FC ). On this affair Sorocabana lost the match but the supporters said that the team had fought like a cock and from there the baseball club received its nickname .

Rivalries [edit ]

Ituano ‘s biggest rival is Paulista Futebol Clube and they contest the Briga de Galo. other major rivals are Ponte Preta and São Bento, representing the cities of Campinas and Sorocaba, respectively .

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 7 December 2021

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

Out on lend [edit ]

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

Honours [edit ]

domestic competitions [edit ]

  • Campeonato Paulista do Interior
    • Winners (1): 2017
  • Copa Paulista
    • Winners (1): 2002
  • Campeonato Paulista Série A2
    • Winners (1): 1989

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