Joinville Esporte Clube

Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC or simply Joinville, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina. Founded on 29 January 1976 they have won the Série B and Série C once and they have the largest sequence of consecutive state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985).

Joinville

Full name	Joinville Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	JEC Tricolor Catarinense (Santa Catarina's Tricolour) O Coelho (The Rabbit) Nasceu Campeão (The Born Champion)
Founded	29 January 1976 (49 years ago) (1976-01-29)
Ground	Arena Joinville
Capacity	22,675
President	Charles Fischer
Head coach	Gilmar Dal Pozzo
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Catarinense
2024 [pt]	Catarinense, 7th of 12
Website	www.jec.com.br
Home colors Away colors

Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa Catarina in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (20) and Figueirense (18).

History

Joinville was founded on 29 January 1976, after América-SC football department and Caxias football department fused. The club's Golden Age was in the 1980s, when the club won eight state championships in a row.^{[citation needed]}

Joinville's largest win was on 31 October 1976, when the club beat Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará.^{[citation needed]}

The club won the Copa Santa Catarina in 2009, and then the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the same year, after beating Serrano Centro-Sul 3–2 in the final.^[1] They won the Copa Santa Catarina again in 2011. Joinville also won the Série C in 2011, after beating CRB 3–1 and 4–0 in the final.^[2] The club won the Copa Santa Catarina for the third time in 2012. In 2014, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, returning to the Série A after 29 years of absence.^{[citation needed]}

Joinville were relegated to the Serie B in 2015 after coming in last place in the Serie A, and then relegated once again to Serie C in 2016.^{[citation needed]}

After 3 years without national division, Joinville secured their place in 2025 Serie D.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Official tournaments

National
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	1	2014
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C	1	2011
Regional
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Recopa Sul-Brasileira	1s	2009
State
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Catarinense	12	1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2001
Copa Santa Catarina	5s	2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020
Recopa Catarinense	1	2021
Campeonato Catarinense Série B	3s	2005, 2006, 2007

•   record
• ^S shared record

Others tournaments

State

• Taça Santa Catarina (1): 1980
• Taça Governador do Estado (3): 1981, 1982, 1984

Runners-up

• Campeonato Catarinense (8): 1989, 1990, 1996, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Copa Santa Catarina (4): 1995, 2007, 2008, 2010

Stadium

Main article: Arena Joinville

Rivals

Joinville's greatest rivals are Avaí, Figueirense and Criciúma.

The matches between Criciúma and Joinville Esporte Clube are called Interior Classic, by the media and fans of these clubs and others.

Mascot and nickname

• The club's mascot is a rabbit. Joinville is nicknamed JEC, which is an acronym of the club's full name.

Current squad

As of 28 July 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Jhonatan — GK  BRA Matheus — GK  BRA Felipe — GK  BRA Samuel Pires — DF  BRA Danrlei — DF  BRA Fabiano Eller (on loan from Náutico) — DF  BRA Jaime (on loan from Figueirense) — DF  BRA Ligger (on loan from Oeste) — DF  BRA Everton Silva — DF  BRA Reginaldo — DF  BRA Robertinho (on loan from Tombense) — DF  BRA Diego — DF  BRA Fernandinho — MF  BRA Matheus Bertotto (on loan from Internacional) — MF  BRA Diones

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Kadu — MF  BRA Naldo — MF  BRA Paulinho Dias (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) — MF  BRA Tinga — MF  BRA Bruno Farias — MF  BRA Bruno Ribeiro (on loan from Juventude) — MF  BRA Carlos Alberto (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) — MF  BRA Juninho — MF  BRA Mateus Silva — MF  BRA Thomás (on loan from Flamengo) — FW  BRA Adriano — FW  BRA Fernando Viana — FW  BRA Giva (on loan from Ponte Preta) — FW  BRA Heliardo (on loan from Cianorte) — FW  BRA Jael

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA André Baumer (to Flamengo) — DF  BRA Igor (to Flamengo) — DF  BRA Bruno Aguiar (to Muaither SC) — DF  BRA Brenner (to Juventus Jaraguá) — MF  BRA Roberto (to Fluminense) — MF  BRA Luiz Meneses (to Osasco Audax)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Breno (to Juventus Jaraguá) — MF  BRA Jonathan Ramos (to Juventus Jaraguá) — MF  BRA Gustavo Sauer (to Daejeon Citizen) — FW  BRA Ítalo Melo (to América de Natal) — FW  BRA Welinton Júnior (to CRB)

National competitions record

First Division (Série A) Year Position Year Position 1977 33rd 1983 37th 1978 41st 1984 25th 1979 29th 1985 8th 1980 21st 1986 14th 1981 38th 2015 20th 1982 38th

Second Division (Série B) Year Position Year Position Year Position 1987 14th 1997 6th 2004 22nd 1988 5th 1998 7th 2012 6th 1989 10th 1999 15th 2013 6th 1990 18th 2000 20th 2014 1st 1991 23rd 2001 9th 2016 17th 1992 27th 2002 12th 1996 15th 2003 14th

Third Division (Série C) Year Position 2005 11th 2006 17th 2007 18th 2011 1st 2017 9th 2018 20th

Fourth Division (Série D) Year Position 2010 4th 2019 45th 2020 37th 2021 9th

Brazilian Cup Year Position Year Position 1990 First round 2017 Fourth round 2001 First round 2018 Second round 2002 First round 2019 First round 2013 Second round 2021 Second round 2014 First round 2015 First round 2016 Second round

Seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Brazilian Cup	Competition	Result
	League										South America
1976	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	Série A	13	5	3	5	15	18	15	33rd	—	—	—
1978	Série A	20	4	10	6	17	24	18	41st	—	—	—
1979	Série A	16	7	4	5	20	17	18	29th	—	—	—
1980	Série A	15	4	6	5	20	16	14	21st	—	—	—
1981	Série A	9	2	2	5	5	11	6	38th	—	—	—
1982	Série A	8	2	1	5	11	16	5	38th	—	—	—
1983	Série A	8	2	2	4	7	12	6	37th	—	—	—
1984	Série A	14	4	4	6	10	18	12	25th	—	—	—
1985	Série A	28	13	6	9	36	23	32	8th	—	—	—
1986	Série A	28	8	13	7	30	31	29	14th	—	—	—
1987	Yellow Module	14	2	5	7	8	16	9	14th	—	—	—
1988	Série B	22	9	9	4	27	20	41	5th	—	—	—
1989	Série B	14	7	4	3	12	17	18	10th	—	—	—
1990	Série B	10	2	5	3	8	8	9	18th	R1	—	—
1991	Série B	14	5	6	3	16	15	16	23rd	—	—	—
1992	Série B	14	4	4	6	6	11	12	27th	—	—	—
1993	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	Série B	10	3	2	5	15	14	11	15th	—	—	—
1997	Série B	16	7	4	5	22	20	25	6th	—	—	—
1998	Série B	19	8	6	5	23	21	30	7th	—	—	—
1999	Série B	21	8	2	11	22	25	26	15th	—	—	—
2000	Yellow Module	17	5	7	5	19	17	22	20th	—	—	—
2001	Série B	26	11	8	7	39	26	41	9th	R1	—	—
2002	Série B	25	10	4	11	36	44	34	12th	R1	—	—
2003	Série B	23	7	6	10	33	41	30	15th	—	—	—
2004	Série B ↓	23	6	0	17	24	42	18	22nd	—	—	—
2005	Série C	10	5	2	3	13	8	17	11th R3	—	—	—
2006	Série C	12	6	2	5	20	14	20	17th R2	—	—	—
2007	Série C	12	6	3	3	16	9	21	18th R2	—	—	—
2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	Série D ↑	12	6	4	2	14	7	22	4th	—	—	—
2011	Série C ↑	16	11	4	1	38	16	37	1st	—	—	—
2012	Série B	38	17	9	12	58	40	60	6th	—	—	—
2013	Série B	38	17	8	13	58	44	59	6th	R2	—	—
2014	Série B ↑	38	21	7	10	54	33	70	1st	R1	—	—
2015	Série A ↓	38	7	10	21	26	48	31	20th	R1	Copa Sudamericana	R2
2016	Série B ↓	38	9	13	16	32	42	40	17th	R2	—	—
2017	Série C	18	6	7	5	28	23	25	9th	R4	—	—
2018	Série C ↓	18	4	2	12	13	35	14	20th	R2	—	—
2019	Série D	6	2	1	3	3	4	7	45th	R1	—	—
2020	Série D	14	5	5	4	17	11	20	37th	—	—	—
2021	Série D	18	8	9	1	21	10	33	9th	R2	—	—
2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

International record

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

Best: 2015 (2nd stage)

Managers

• João Francisco (1985)
• Hélio dos Anjos (1985–89)
• Edu Coimbra (1987)
• Arturzinho (2011)
• Leandro Campos (2012)
• Marcelo Serrano (2012)
• Artur Neto (2012–13)
• Arturzinho (2013)
• Ricardo Drubscky (2013)
• Sérgio Ramirez (2013)
• Hemerson Maria (2014–15)
• Adílson Batista (2015)
• PC Gusmão (2015–16)
• Hemerson Maria (2016)
• Lisca (2016)
• Ramon Menezes (2016)
• Fabinho Santos (2017)
• Pingo (2017)
• Rogério Zimmermann (2017-)

Futsal

Joinville has a futsal team in partnership with the company Krona Tubos e Conexões that plays top tier futsal in the Liga Nacional de Futsal.

See also

• Joinville Futsal