# Maringá Futebol Clube

Maringá Futebol Clube, usually shortened to Maringá, is a Brazilian football team from Maringá in the southern state of Paraná. The club was founded on 7 July 2010 as Grêmio Metropolitano Maringá. Their stadium, the Estádio Willie Davids was built in 1957.

## History

The name Maringá Futebol Clube was used previously by an unrelated club founded in 1995 that after winning the title of the Second Division in its first participation, participated in the Campeonato Paranaense from 1996 to 1998 and also participated in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in 1997.
In the same years of its foundation already won the 3rd Division State Championship and got promoted to 2nd Division, where the club played 3 consecutive seasons (2011 to 2013). When, finally, they won the championship and got promoted to 1st Division of the State.
In their 1st participation in 2014, the club reached the finals, eventually losing to Londrina. In 2015 they won Copa Paraná, a second level tournament, the state cup.
In 2016 they got relegated to Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata and won it in 2017. They also won Copa Paraná again that year.
After that, played 2 more years in State's 1st Division (2018 and 2019), then got relegated again to 2nd Division in 2019.
In 2020 Maringá FC won the Campeonato Paranaense 2nd tier again and got promoted to the 1st Division, where the club still since 2021.
In 2023, Maringá FC Participated in the Copa do Brasil Reaching the third phase of the championship, in the third round they faced a great team, Flamengo, and in the first leg at home they ended up winning 2-0, a great result for the club.
In 2024, Maringá FC has gained promotion to the Série C for getting to the Semi-Finals of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. This will be their first time in the division since the 1997 season. In which they placed last in Group 13.

## Rivalries
### Derby Maringaense (Maringaense Derby)

The "Derby Maringaense" is far from the value and importance of the Coffee Derby, its played between Grêmio Maringá and Maringá FC, began to be disputed in 2010 and the record is as follows:
* Matches: 6
* Grêmio Maringá Wins: 2
* Draws: 1
* Maringá FC Wins: 3
* Grêmio Maringá Goals: 7
* Maringá FC Goals: 14

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 26 March 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dheimison |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Marcos Vinícius |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Carlão |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gustavo Vilar |
| 5 | MF | BRA | João Denoni |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Martinelli |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Alemão |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Lopes |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Leandrinho (on loan from Red Bull Bragantino) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Robertinho |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Filipe |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Caio Filipe |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Max Miller (on loan from Nova Venécia) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Parrudo |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Iago Santana |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Matheus Bianqui |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Gui Sales |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Michel |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Everton Morelli |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Júlio Pacato |
| 26 | DF | BRA | João Cubas |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Wevysther |
| 28 | FW | BRA | PH Aprigio |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Wesley Di Maria |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Wellington |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Gabriel Calabres |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Matheus Moraes |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Caíque |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Serginho |
| 40 | DF | BRA | Fernando Campos |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Wesley |
| 65 | GK | BRA | Igor Silva |
| 86 | DF | BRA | Davison Dutra |
| — | FW | BRA | Kalani (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |

## Honours
### Official tournaments

State :
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Taça FPF | 2$^s$ | 2015, 2017 |
| Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata | 2 | 2013, 2017 |
| Campeonato Paranaense Série Bronze | 1 | 2010 |
* record
* $^s$ shared record

### Runners-up

* Campeonato Paranaense (3): 2014, 2022, 2024
* Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata (1): 2020