Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube
Soccer club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soccer club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Duque de Caxias, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state. It currently plays in the Campeonato Carioca Série B1, the second tier of the Rio de Janeiro state league.
 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2013) |
| Full name | Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Gigante Tricolor da Baixada Tricolor Duque | ||
| Founded | March 8, 2005 | ||
| Ground | Marrentão | ||
| Capacity | 3,334 | ||
| Chairman | Paulo César Sabino | ||
| Head coach | Mário Junior | ||
| League | Campeonato Carioca Série B1 | ||
| 2021 | 9th of 12 | ||
|
| |||
The club was founded on March 8, 2005.
Tamoio Futebol Clube was founded on February 22, 1957, in Xerém, a district of Duque de Caxias, by local sportsmen.[1]
On March 8, 2005, the mayor of Duque de Caxias, Washington Reis, refounded Tamoio Futebol Clube as Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube, with the purpose of increasing the club's visibility.[2]
In 2008, Duque de Caxias finished in the 4th place in that season's Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, thus being promoted to the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
|
Duque de Caxias plays its home games at Estádio Romário de Souza Faria, also known as Marrentão, which has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people.[4] Marrentão replaced Estádio Mestre Telê Santana, also known as Maracanãzinho, as the club 's home ground.[5]
The official colors are orange, blue and white.[1]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
