Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube

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Team photo from the 2010 season

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Team photo from the 2008 season

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Club directors

Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube, or Nova Iguaçu as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Nova Iguaçu in Rio de Janeiro, founded on April 1, 1990.

Nova Iguaçu greatest rival is from the same city: Artsul.

Home stadium is the Jânio Moraes stadium, capacity 16,000. They play in orange shirts, white shorts and orange socks.

History

Nova Iguaçu Futebol Clube was founded on April 1, 1990, by the initiative of 25 self-employed persons, led by Jânio Moraes. The foundation project was idealized in 1988/1989, by Jânio Moraes, and supported by the 25 self-employed people. 1994 World Cup champion Zinho is one of the founders of the club and was a director-partner of the club.

In 1994, only four years after the club's foundation, Nova Iguaçu won the Campeonato Carioca Third Level, and gained promotion to the state championship second level.

In 2005, after a successful campaign, Nova Iguaçu won the Campeonato Carioca Second Level and was promoted to the 2006 Campeonato Carioca First Division.

On January 14, 2006, Nova Iguaçu played their first ever Campeonato Carioca first division match, against the major club Flamengo, at Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, where the club won 1-0. However, Flamengo's players were youngsters.

On June 21, 2008, the club won the Copa Rio for the first time, after beating Americano 3-2 at Estádio Godofredo Cruz, Campos dos Goytacazes, home of the opponent club.

Achievements

Major competitions

• Copa Rio:
  • Winners (2): 2008, 2012
• Campeonato Carioca First Level:
  • Troféu Edílson Silva de 2012
• Campeonato Carioca Second Level:
  • Winners (1): 2005

• Campeonato Carioca Third Level:
  • Winners (1): 1994

Other competitions

• Copa João Ellis Filho:
  • Winners (1): 2005

• Olimpíada da Baixada Fluminense:
  • Winners (1): 2005

• Campeonato Iguaçuano:
  • Winners (1): 2005

• Segundo Turno do Estadual de Profissionais do Módulo Especial:
  • Winners (1): 1996

• Primeiro Turno de Profissionais da Série Intermediária:
  • Winners (1): 1995

Youth competitions

• Volta Redonda Youth Tournament:
  • Winners (1): 1991

• Torneio Otávio Pinto Guimarães de Juniores:
  • Winners (1): 1996

• Juniores da Série Intermediária:
  • Winners (1): 1995

• AERJ Youth Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1992

Stadium

Estádio Giulite Coutinho

Main article: Estádio Giulite Coutinho

Nova Iguaçu's home stadium is Estádio Jânio Moraes, also known as Estádio Laranjão, inaugurated in 2009, with a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.

Nova Iguaçu's previously home stadium was Estádio Giulite Coutinho, also known as Estádio Édson Passos, inaugurated in 2000, with a maximum capacity of 16,000 people.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Jefferson 2 DF Marcelinho 3 DF Leonardo Devanir 4 DF Rodrigo Almeida 5 MF Filipe 7 MF Léo Salino 10 MF Dieguinho Soares 11 FW Talles Cunha 12 DF Belarmino 13 DF Silvio

No. Position Player 15 MF Luãn 17 MF Glauber 18 MF Mossoró 19 FW Vinicius 20 MF Tiago Corrêa 21 FW Maycon 22 GK Renan 23 MF Márcio Guerreiro 26 FW Nelinho 27 FW Flávio

Club colors and nickname

The club is affectionately known as "Carrossel da Baixada" (Baixada's Carrousel), in reference to the team color (orange), similar to the color of the Netherlands' 1974 World Cup team (known as the Dutch Carrousel). The color adopted by the club was orange, in honor to the period (in the 1930s) when Nova Iguaçu city was one of the biggest orange exporters in the world (the fruit still is one of the city symbols).

External links

• (Portuguese) Official Website