# Londrina Esporte Clube

Londrina Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Londrina, is a Brazilian professional football club in Londrina, Paraná, which currently plays in Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, after being relegated from Série B in 2023. They also play in the Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state football league.
The club was founded on April 5, 1956, and originally played at the Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium. Their current stadium, the Estádio do Café was built for Londrina's participation in the 1976 Brazilian league championship.
The most successful period for Londrina came between 1976 and 1982 when Londrina competed in Brazil's top league for 6 seasons. They were relegated for the 1980 season but claimed their only national league title by becoming champions of the second division. They have also won the state championship four times, as well as claiming 12 Campeonato do Interior Paranaense titles.
In 2013, Londrina finished in top place in the general classification of the Campeonato Paranaense. Although they did not qualify for the state championship final they won the Interior final and thereby qualified for a place in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian league system and will also be placed in the draw for the first round of the Copa do Brasil.

## History

Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen who, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama in Rolândia, decided that they did not want to go to Rolândia to watch football. Instead, they founded a club in Londrina, their own city. The club, named Londrina Futebol e Regatas, was founded on April 5, 1956. They chose blue and white to be Londrina's colors.
In 1969, Londrina Futebol e Regatas merged with Paraná Esporte Clube, founded in 1942, forming Londrina Esporte Clube. Red and white, the colors for the city of Londrina, became the new club's colors. In 1972, Carlos Antônio Franchello returned to the presidency of the club, and restored blue and white as the club's colors.
In 2008, Londrina won the Copa Paraná for the first time, after beating Cianorte in the final. The club also competed in the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira. Londrina was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals after a penalty shootout by Brusque.

## Honours
### Official tournaments

National :
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 1 | 1980 |
| Inter-State |||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Primeira Liga | 1$^s$ | 2017 |
| State |||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Paranaense | 5 | 1962, 1981, 1992, 2014, 2021 |
| Taça FPF | 1 | 2008 |
| Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata | 3$^s$ | 1997, 1999, 2011 |
* record
* $^s$ shared record

### Others tournaments
#### State

* Campeonato Paranaense do Interior (18): 1957, 1959, 1962, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

#### City

* Campeonato Citadino de Londrina (17): 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010

### Runners-up

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 2015
* Campeonato Paranaense (4): 1959, 1980, 1993, 1994
* Taça FPF (2): 1999, 2007

## Campeonato Brasileiro Série A participations

The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, and in 1986. Londrina's best campaign was in 1977, when the club finished in the fourth place.

## Stadium

Londrina's stadium is Estádio do Café, inaugurated in 1976, with a maximum capacity of 30,000 people. However, Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people is owned by Londrina, and sometimes is also used by the club.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 8 November 2023
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 |
| — | GK | BRA | Neneca |
| — | GK | BRA | Saulo |
| — | DF | BRA | Ezequiel |
| — | DF | BRA | Gabriel |
| — | DF | BRA | Igor França |
| — | DF | BRA | Luan Freitas (on loan from Fluminense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Guilherme Lacerda (on loan from Aimoré) |
| — | DF | BRA | Marcos Pedro (on loan from Fluminense) |
| — | DF | BRA | Lucas Mendes |
| — | DF | BRA | Léo Morais |
| — | DF | NGA | Samuel Oti |
| — | DF | BRA | Gustavo Salomão |
| — | DF | BRA | Arthur Silva |
| — | DF | BRA | Rafael Vaz (on loan from São Bernardo) |
| — | DF | BRA | Geferson |
| — | MF | BRA | Ariel (on loan from Goiás) |
| — | MF | BRA | Baiano (on loan from Fortaleza) |
| — | MF | ESP | Mauro Bravo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Pedro Cacho |
| — | MF | BRA | Diego Jardel |
| — | MF | BRA | Garraty |
| — | MF | BRA | João Paulo |
| — | MF | BRA | Natham (on loan from Cianorte) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rodrigo (on loan from Vasco da Gama) |
| — | FW | BRA | William Barbio |
| — | FW | BRA | Lucas Coelho |
| — | FW | BRA | Iago Dias |
| — | FW | BRA | Everton (on loan from Bahia) |
| — | FW | BRA | Matheus Goiás |
| — | FW | BRA | Paulinho Moccelin |
| — | FW | BRA | Peu |
| — | FW | BRA | Nicolas Schulz (on loan from Cianorte) |
| — | FW | BRA | Vinícius Jaú (on loan from Avaí) |
| — | FW | BRA | Zé Vítor (on loan from Vasco da Gama) |

### Out on loan

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 | Felipe Vieira (at Vitória until 30 November 2023) |