Guarani

Full name	Guarani Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Bugre (Indigenous)
Founded	April 2, 1911; 113 years ago (1911-04-02)
Ground	Brinco de Ouro da Princesa
Capacity	29,130 [1]
President	André Marconatto
Head coach	Umberto Louzer
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Paulista
2023 2023	Série B, 10th of 20 Paulista, 7th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

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.

Achievements

National

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
  • Winner (1): 1978
  • Runners-up (2): 1986, 1987
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
  • Winner (1): 1981
  • Runners-up (2): 1991, 2009
• Série C
  • Runner-up (2): 2008, 2016

State

• Campeonato Paulista
  • Runners-up (2): 1988, 2012
• Campeonato Paulista Série A2
  • Winner (4): 1932, 1944, 1949, 2018
  • Runner-up (1): 2011
• Torneio Início
  • Winners (3): 1953, 1954, 1956

Youth team

• Copa São Paulo de Juniores
  • Winner (1): 1994

Titles timeline

Youth team titles

• 1994 : Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior
• 1998 : Copa Zico de Futebol Juvenil
• 2001 : Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil (disputed in Japan)
• 2002 : Copa Toyota de Futebol Juvenil (disputed in Japan)

Stadium

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	12th	1985	15th	1995	19th	2005	-	2015	-
1976	10th	1986	2nd	1996	6th	2006	-	2016	-
1977	28th	1987	2nd	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 24 April 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   BRA Pegorari 2 DF   BRA Heitor 3 DF   BRA Léo Santos 4 DF   BRA Rayan 5 MF   BRA Anderson Leite 8 FW   BRA Marlon (on loan from Gil Vicente) 9 FW   BRA Bruno Mendes (on loan from Deportivo Maldonado) 10 MF   BRA Luan Dias (on loan from Água Santa) 12 DF   BRA Lucas Adell 13 DF   BRA Diogo Mateus 14 MF   BRA Camacho 15 DF   BRA Pedro Henrique 17 DF   BRA Jefferson 18 MF   BRA Matheus Bueno 19 FW   BRA João Victor 20 FW   BRA Reinaldo (on loan from Santa Clara) 21 MF   BRA Lucas Araújo

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK   BRA Álvaro 23 DF   BRA Douglas Bacelar 25 DF   BRA Witinho 26 FW   BRA Rafael Freitas 30 FW   BRA Airton (on loan from Atlético Goianiense) 31 GK   BRA Douglas Borges 33 FW   BRA Gustavo França 44 DF   BRA Márcio Silva (on loan from Coritiba) 43 FW   BRA Renyer 89 GK   BRA Vladimir (on loan from Santos) 99 FW   BRA Caio Dantas — DF   BRA Vinicius Kauê — DF   BRA Yan Henrique — MF   BRA Bruno Oliveira — MF   BRA Kayque (on loan from Botafogo) — FW   BRA Chay (on loan from Botafogo) — FW   BRA Luccas Paraizo

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   BRA Eliel (at Água Santa until 30 November 2024) — DF   BRA Mateus Ludke (at Boavista until 30 April 2024) — DF   BRA Titi (at Sampaio Corrêa until 30 November 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   BRA Lima (at Inter de Limeira until 30 April 2024) — FW   BRA Renanzinho (at Manaus 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]

Records

GUARANI´GREATEST SCORERS
	Player	Goals
1º	Zuza	221
2º	Nenê	137
3º	Careca	118
4º	Augusto	104
5º	Zequinha	95
6º	Roberto Caco	93
7º	Fumagalli	89
8º	Jorge Mendonça	88
9º	Villalobos	87
10º	Ambrósio	54

Ultras

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

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)