Goiás Esporte Clube

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Goiás

Full name	Goiás Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	Verdão (Big Green) Esmeraldino (Emerald Green)
Founded	6 April 1943; 81 years ago (1943-04-06)
Ground	Serrinha
Capacity	14,450[1]
President	Paulo Rogerio Pinheiro
Head coach	Jair Ventura
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Goiano
2024 2024 [pt]	Série B, 6th of 20 Goiano, 5th of 12
Website	https://www.goiasec.com.br/
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Goiás Esporte Clube is a Brazilian sports club, best known for its association football team, located in the city of Goiânia, capital city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. Goiás has won Brazilian's second tier Série B twice, in 1999 and 2012, 28 Campeonato Goiano, 3 Copa Centro-Oeste and also its revival, the Copa Verde once in 2023. Goiás' football team has been a mainstay in premiere Brazilian league Série A and has played at Latin America's Copa Libertadores twice and South America's Copa Sudamericana six times, where it was the runner-up in 2010. Its main rivals are Vila Nova, Atlético Goianiense and Goiânia. Goiás has a wide advantage in matches between the two teams.

On 6 April 1943, in a meeting among friends at Lino Barsi's home, Goiás Esporte Clube was founded. In 1973, the team was promoted to the first division of Campeonato Brasileiro. In 1998, the team joined the Clube dos 13 (Clube dos 13 is an organization composed by the greatest teams of Brazil). They won the Série B in 1999 and 2012.

Goiás' stadium is Serrinha, with a maximum capacity of 14,450 people.^[1] However, the club plays several matches at Estádio Serra Dourada, built in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 50,049 people.

In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans.^{[citation needed]}

It is currently the football club with the largest number of fans in Goiás, the North and Midwest regions of Brazil, according to a survey conducted by the Gallup Institute, Placar,^[2] Serpes,^[3] and Pluri Consultoria.^[4][5]

Esmeraldino of Central Brazil was found to have the 16th largest number of fans in Brazil, with 1.6 million fans.^{[citation needed]}

Founded on May 23, 1997, from the extinction of the Green Hell, with the goal of creating an association of fans that really loved Goiás. Jovem Goiás fans managed to win the support and respect among all the emerald, thus becoming the most vibrant and passionate, which now has approximately 12,000 fans.

Administrative Headquarters

• Serrinha Stadium (Stadium Haile Pinheiro): capacity: 9.900 spectators.
• Gymnasium covered with capacity for 3,000 people.
• Complete structure of concentration for the athletes.
• 2 grasslands training for students of the Little School Sports Initiation.
• A 25m swimming pool and indoor semi-Olympic heated for Sports Initiation.
• Parking for 300 vehicles.
• 2 sand courts for volleyball and lighted futvôlei.
• Runs to 1-kilometer jogging.
• Area available for conduct of parties.

Park Anhanguera

• 4 grasslands officers.
• Changing rooms with custom closets (with photo of each player), air conditioning, showers, hot tubs, and special chairs.
• Technical Committee room with computers, TV and DVD and meeting table, and an exclusive locker room with shower and toilet.
• Medical Department
• Gym
• Recreation area with kiosk and barbecue.
• 3 football fields.
• Natural lake.

The mini-forest with native trees.

• Amusement Playground.

Aparecida de Goiânia

• Training Center.
• Assistance to needy children in the south, and Goiânia.
• Jogging track.
• 200 grasslands.

• Copa Sudamericana
  • Runner-up (1): 2010

• Copa do Brasil
  • Runner-up (1): 1990
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
  • Winners (2): 1999, 2012

• Copa Verde
  • Winners (1): 2023
• Copa Centro-Oeste
  • Winners (3): 2000, 2001, 2002

• Campeonato Goiano
  • Winners (28): 1966, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Copa Leonino Caiado
  • Winners (5): 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975-I, 1977

• Campeonato Goiano de Futebol Feminino
  • Winners (1): 2019

As of 5 September 2024.

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 1 GK  BRA Thiago Rodrigues 2 DF  BRA Douglas Borel (on loan from Bahia) 4 DF  BRA David Braz 5 MF  BRA Wellington 6 DF  BRA Sander 7 FW  BRA Paulo Baya (on loan from Primavera) 8 MF  BRA Rafael Gava 9 FW  COL Ángelo Rodríguez 10 MF  BRA Régis 11 FW  BRA Mateus Gonçalves 12 DF  BRA Cristiano 14 DF  BRA Lucas Ribeiro 16 MF  BRA Aloísio 17 FW  BRA Pedrinho 18 FW  BRA Breno Herculano 19 MF  BRA Edson Felipe 20 MF  BRA Diego 21 MF  BRA Jhonny Lucas 22 DF  BRA Diego Caito

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  BRA Tadeu 25 MF  BRA Ian Luccas (on loan from Cruzeiro) 27 FW  COL Jhon Vásquez (on loan from Independiente Medellín) 29 DF  BRA Reynaldo (on loan from Coritiba) 31 FW  BRA Welliton Matheus 33 FW  BRA Thiago Galhardo (on loan from Fortaleza) 36 DF  BRA Douglas Teixeira (on loan from Barra-SC) 37 DF  BRA Messias (on loan from Santos) 41 GK  BRA Ezequiel 50 MF  BRA Juninho 70 MF  BRA Nathan 76 GK  BRA Murillo Lopes (on loan from Tombense) 77 MF  BRA Marcão 80 FW  BRA Rildo Filho (on loan from Santa Clara) 88 MF  BRA Luiz Henrique 90 FW  BRA Halerrandrio 99 FW  BRA Edu Jr. — MF  BRA Alan — FW  BRA Denzel

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 13 DF  BRA Anthony 22 MF  BRA Tallyson Carlos — DF  BRA Julio César

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Victor Lustosa — FW  BRA Vitor Hugo

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 Mina (to Joinville until 30 November 2024) — MF  BRA Felipe (to Sport Recife until 30 November 2024) — MF  BRA Simioni (to Laranja Mecânica [pt] until 31 July 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Allano (to Criciúma until 31 December 2024) — FW  BRA Wendell (to Aparecidense until 30 November 2024)

• Head coach: Vagner Mancini
• Assistant manager: Réver, Cláudio Andrade
• Fitness coach: Lucas Itaberaba, Ednilson Sena, Leandro Campos, Álvaro Henrique
• Goalkeeping coaches: Edimar Torquato, Flávio Mendes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goiás Esporte Clube.

• Official website
• Goiás Selection of Young Players (archived)