Esporte Clube Taubaté

Taubaté
Full name Esporte Clube Taubaté
Nickname(s) Burro da Central, Alvi Azul and Gigante do Vale
Founded November 1, 1914
Ground Joaquinzão, Taubaté
Ground Capacity 20,000
Chairman Ary Kara José
Manager João Abelha
League Campeonato Paulista Série A3
2012 11th

Esporte Clube Taubaté, also known as Taubaté, is a Brazilian football team in Taubaté, São Paulo.

History

The idea of founding a football club in Taubaté appeared when the football fans José Pedro de Oliveira, Jayme Tindal and Frederico Livrero had a meeting at Associação Comercial, and they decided to study the viability of founding a football club in the city. At that meeting they decided that the name of the club would be Sport Club Taubaté.[1]

On October 25, 1914, the colors of the club were chosen: blue and white. On November 1, 1914, the club was founded as Sport Club Taubaté.[1]

First match

The first match of the club was on December 25, 1914, against AA Palmeiras at Estádio da Praça Monsenhor Silva Barros (known also as Campo do Bosque) in Taubaté. The match ended with a defeat by 1-6. The players of Taubaté were Paulinho, Luiz Simi, Paiva; Synésio, Sérgio Areão, Hugo; Paulo Silva, Waldemiro, Renato Granadeiro (captain), Abreu and Jacinto. Irito also played.[2]

Titles

The club won the following titles:[3]

Rivalry

Taubaté has a fierce rivalry with São José. 1979 Campeonato Paulista second division final match was an epic match between them. Another rival of Taubaté is Guaratinguetá.

Symbols and colors

The club's mascot is a donkey, known as Burro da Central (burro means donkey in Portuguese). In 1954, the club played the Campeonato Paulista second division final against Comercial of Ribeirão Preto and fielded an ineligible player in the match. Because of this mistake, the press of São Paulo nicknamed the club Burro (Donkey) not just meaning for donkey but for being dumb because of this mistake.

The blue color of the club represents the infinity of the sky, and the white color represents peace.[1]

See also

São José Esporte Clube and Esporte Clube Taubaté football rivalry

References

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