Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube

Operário Ferroviário

Full name	Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	OFEC Alvinegro Paranaense (Paraná's Black & White) Fantasma da Vila (Ghost of the Town) Fantasma de Vila Oficinas (Ghost of the Oficinas' Village) Trem Fantasma (Ghost Train)
Founded	1 May 1912; 111 years ago (1912-05-01)
Ground	Germano Krüger
Capacity	10,632
President	Álvaro Goes
Head coach	Rafael Guanaes
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Paranaense
2023 2023	Série C, 3rd of 20 (promoted) Paranaense, 3rd of 12
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Operário Ferroviário, Operário de Ponta Grossa or simply Operário-PR, is a Brazilian professional association football club in Ponta Grossa, Paraná which currently plays in Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state football league.^[1]

They competed in Série A once.

History

The team was founded on 1 May 1912, thus being the second oldest club in the state of Paraná.^[1] The club won the Southern Zone Campeonato Paranaense Second Level in 1969.^[2] Operário competed in the Série A in 1979 and in the Série B in 1980, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.^[2]

Stadium

They play their home games at the Germano Krüger stadium. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10.632 people.^[3]

Honours

National
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C	1	2018
	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D	1	2017
State
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Campeonato Paranaense	1	2015
	Taça FPF	1	2016
	Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata	3s	1916, 1969, 2018

•   record
• ^S shared record

Others

• Campeonato Paranaense do Interior (16): 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1957, 1958, 1990, 1991
• Torneio Início do Paraná (2): 1927, 1956

Runners-Up

• Campeonato Paranaense (14): 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1958, 1961
• Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata (3): 1966, 1985, 2009

Current squad

As of 24 April 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Rafael Santos 2 DF  PAR Santiago Ocampos 3 DF  BRA Allan Godói 4 DF  BRA Willian Machado 5 MF  BRA Índio 6 DF  BRA Pará 7 FW  BRA Luidy 8 MF  BRA Vinícius Diniz 9 FW  BRA Felipe Garcia 10 MF  BRA Cássio Gabriel 11 FW  BRA Felipe Augusto 12 GK  BRA Talles 13 DF  BRA Lucas Hipólito 14 DF  BRA Borech 15 MF  BRA João Denoni 16 DF  BRA Arthur Neves 17 FW  BRA Erik Bessa 18 FW  BRA Gui Azevedo 19 MF  BRA Rodrigo Lindoso 20 MF  BRA Marco Antônio 21 DF  BRA Alemão

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  BRA Guilherme Pira 23 DF  BRA Sávio 25 FW  BRA Marcelo Cirino 27 MF  BRA Felipe Tontini 28 DF  BRA Pacheco 29 MF  BRA Dudu Scheit (on loan from Ponte Preta) 30 DF  BRA Joseph 31 FW  BRA Ronald 33 MF  BRA Rodriguinho 38 FW  BRA Filipe Claudino 55 MF  BRA Jacy 77 FW  BRA Maxwell 88 MF  BRA Neto Paraíba 90 FW  BRA Ronaldo 91 GK  BRA Gabriel Mesquita 99 FW  BRA Daniel (on loan from Atlético Goianiense) — GK  BRA Guilherme Lopes — DF  BRA Igor Ribeiro (on loan from Atlético Goianiense) — MF  BRA Pedro Lucas — FW  BRA Rafhael Lucas — FW  BRA Rodrigo Farofa

Youth team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 DF  BRA Ryan Carvalho 37 FW  BRA Eli Júnior

No. Pos. Nation Player 39 FW  BRA Dudu Mosconi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Amorim (on loan at Votuporanguense until 30 April 2024) — MF  BRA Rafael Oller (on loan at Água Santa until 30 November 2024)

References