Castanhal Esporte Clube

Brazilian association football club based in Castanhal, Pará, Brazil

Soccer club

Castanhal

Full name

Castanhal Esporte Clube

Nickname(s)

Japiim da Estrada (Yellow-rumped cacique of the Road)

Founded

7 September 1924; 99 years ago (1924-09-07)

Ground

Estádio Maximino Porpino Filho

Capacity

5,000

President

Hélio Paes

Head coach

Emerson Almeida

League

Campeonato Paraense

2023

Paraense, 6th of 12

Website

Club website

Home colors

Away colors

Third colors

Castanhal Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Castanhal, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Castanhal, Pará founded on 7 September 1924. It competes in the Campeonato Paraense, the top flight of the Pará state football league.

History

Founded in 1924, Castanhal Esporte Clube came soon after the founding of the town of Castanhal. A group of local sportsmen gathered and formed the club. Among the founders, Jota Vicente, Orvácio Batista and Lauro Cardoso. The club was professionalized in 1975. It ended up moving away in 1978.. He returned to professionalism in 1998. He has the nickname of Japiim, a bird of yellow and black plumage, very common in the region. Today, Castanhal is a great frequenter of the elite phase of the Campeonato Paraense leading the midsize clubs that are still in contention. Representing the municipality that originated its name, the Castanhal counts on the strength of its great crowd to repeat feats of the past.

In 2003, the club won the Campeonato Paraense Second Division. In the main division of the championship, his best campaign was in the year 2000 when he lost to Paysandu.

In the national scenario, Castanhal participated twice in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. In 2000 he finished 27th out of 36 teams. Four years later he finished in the 33rd position of 60 participants in that edition. In the Copa do Brasil, the club participated only once. It was in 2003, when it was eliminated in the first phase by Ponte Preta.