# Goiás Esporte Clube

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.

## History

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.

## Stadium

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

## Support
### Fanbase size

In its first year of existence, it was said that Goiás had only 33 fans.
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, Serpes, and Pluri Consultoria.
Esmeraldino of Central Brazil was found to have the 16th largest number of fans in Brazil, with 1.6 million fans.

### Ultras
#### Força Jovem Goiás (FJG)

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.

#### Headquarters Serrinha
##### 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.

#### Edmo Pinheiro Sports and Recreation Center
##### 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.

#### Coimbra Bueno Center
##### Aparecida de Goiânia

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

## Honours
### Official tournaments

National :
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | 2$^s$ | 2023 |
| Regional |||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Copa Verde | 1 | 2023 |
| Copa Centro-Oeste | 3 | 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| State |||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Goiano | 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 | 5 | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975-I, 1977 |
* record
* $^s$ shared record

### Others tournaments
#### State

* Torneio Início do Campeonato Goiano (9): 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1968, 1971, 1974

### Runners-up

* Copa Sudamericana (1): 2010
* Copa do Brasil (1): 1990
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (2): 1994, 2021
* Campeonato Goiano (24): 1945, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023
* Copa Goiás (2): 1968, 1998

### Women's Football

* Campeonato Goiano de Futebol Feminino (1): 2019

## Statistics
### Campeonato Brasileiro Série A record

| Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position | Year | Position |
| 1971 | - | 1981 | 24th | 1991 | 15th | 2001 | 10th | 2011 | - | 2021 | - |
| 1972 | - | 1982 | 33rd | 1992 | 17th | 2002 | 12th | 2012 | - | 2022 | 13th |
| 1973 | 13th | 1983 | 7th | 1993 | 26th | 2003 | 9th | 2013 | 6th | 2023 | |
| 1974 | 21st | 1984 | 14th | 1994 | - | 2004 | 6th | 2014 | 12th | | |
| 1975 | 17th | 1985 | 35th | 1995 | 8th | 2005 | 3rd | 2015 | 19th | | |
| 1976 | 30th | 1986 | 23rd | 1996 | 4th | 2006 | 8th | 2016 | - | | |
| 1977 | 35th | 1987 | 13th | 1997 | 19th | 2007 | 16th | 2017 | - | | |
| 1978 | 14th | 1988 | 13th | 1998 | 22nd | 2008 | 8th | 2018 | - | | |
| 1979 | 7th | 1989 | 10th | 1999 | - | 2009 | 9th | 2019 | 10th | | |
| 1980 | - | 1990 | 10th | 2000 | 10th | 2010 | 19th | 2020 | 18th | | |

### Copa Libertadores record

| Year | Position |
| 2006 | 20th |

### Copa Sudamericana record

| Year | Position |
| 2004 | 14th |
| 2005 | 33rd |
| 2007 | 13th |
| 2009 | 12th |
| 2010 | 2nd |
| 2014 | 12th |
| 2015 | 27th |

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 2 March 2025.
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 | Diego Caito |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Luiz Felipe (on loan from Santos) |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Anthony |
| 5 | MF | URU | Gonzalo Freitas |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Douglas Teixeira (on loan from Barra-SC) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rafael Gava |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Régis |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Halerrandrio |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Ezequiel |
| 14 | DF | BRA | Lucas Ribeiro |
| 15 | FW | VEN | Esli García |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Aloísio |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Pedrinho |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Breno Herculano |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Edson Carioca |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Jean Carlos |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Vitinho (on loan from Cruzeiro) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | BRA | Tadeu |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Vitor Hugo |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho Vietro |
| 31 | FW | URU | Facundo Barceló |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Andrade |
| 36 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lovat |
| 41 | GK | BRA | José Vitor |
| 45 | FW | BRA | Arthur Caíke |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Baldória |
| 66 | DF | BRA | Danilo |
| 71 | FW | BRA | Zé Hugo (on loan from Azuriz) |
| 75 | DF | BRA | Messias (on loan from Santos) |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Marcão |
| 97 | DF | BRA | Willean Lepo |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Edu Jr. |
| — | FW | BRA | Jajá Silva |
| — | FW | BRA | Welliton Matheus (on loan from Primavera) |

### Youth team

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 |
| 29 | DF | BRA | Murilo Câmara |

### 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 | Mina (to Capital until 30 September 2025) |
| — | DF | BRA | Xavier (to Aparecidense until 30 September 2025) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Wendell (to Sampaio Corrêa until 30 September 2025) |

### Technical staff

* 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

## Managers

* Zé Mário (1987–88)
* Luiz Felipe Scolari (1988)
* Roberto Oliveira (1990)
* Zé Mário (1991–92)
* Arthur Bernardes (1992)
* Roberval Davino (1993)
* Mauro Fernandes (1993–95)
* Hélio dos Anjos (1995)
* Carlos Alberto Silva (1997–98)
* Gílson Nunes (1998)
* Hélio dos Anjos (1999–01)
* Lori Sandri (2001)
* Hélio dos Anjos (2001–02)
* Vica (2002)
* Nelsinho Baptista (Aug 27, 2002 – June 18, 2003)
* Edinho (Aug 27, 2002 – June 15, 2003)
* Cuca (May 26, 2003 – Dec 13, 2003)
* Ivo Wortmann (Dec 16, 2003 – Feb 27, 2004)
* Celso Roth (March 30, 2004 – Dec 19, 2004)
* Péricles Chamusca (Jan 1, 2005 – April 24, 2005)
* Edson Gaúcho (April 24, 2005 – July 17, 2005)
* Geninho (July 18, 2005 – May 10, 2006)
* Antônio Lopes (May 12, 2006 – Aug 14, 2006)
* Geninho (Aug 14, 2006 – May 6, 2007)
* Wanderley Filho (int.) (May 1, 2007 – May 12, 2007)
* Paulo Bonamigo (May 11, 2007 – Sept 15, 2007)
* Márcio Araújo (Sept 20, 2007 – Nov 29, 2007)
* Cassius Hartmann (int.) (Dec 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007)
* Caio Júnior (Jan 6, 2008 – May 5, 2008)
* Vadão (May 7, 2008 – June 15, 2008)
* Hélio dos Anjos (June 15, 2008 – Jan 25, 2010)
* Jorginho Cantinflas (Jan 25, 2010 – April 20, 2010)
* Émerson Leão (April 26, 2010 – Aug 27, 2010)
* Jorginho (Aug 29, 2010 – Nov 9, 2010)
* Arthur Neto (Nov 9, 2010 – June 28, 2011)
* Márcio Goiano (2011)
* Ademir Fonseca (2011)
* Enderson Moreira (2011–13)
* Claudinei Oliveira (2014)
* Ricardo Drubscky (2014)
* Wagner Lopes (2015)
* Hélio dos Anjos (2015)
* Julinho Camargo (2015)
* Arthur Neto (2015)
* Danny Sérgio (2015)
* Enderson Moreira (2016)
* Léo Condé (2016)
* Gilson Kleina (2016–17)
* Sérgio Soares (2017)
* Sílvio Criciúma (2017)
* Argel Fucks (2017)
* Sílvio Criciúma (2017)
* Hélio dos Anjos (2017–18)
* Ney Franco (2018)
* Mauricio Barbieri (2019)
* Claudinei Oliveira (2019)
* Ney Franco (2019–20)
* Thiago Larghi (2020)
* Enderson Moreira (2020)
* Augusto César (2020–21)
* Glauber Ramos (interim; 2021)
* Pintado (2021)
* Marcelo Cabo (2021)
* Glauber Ramos (interim; 2021–22)
* Bruno Pivetti (2022)
* Glauber Ramos (interim; 2022)
* Jair Ventura (2022)
* Guto Ferreira (2023)
* Armando Evangelista (2023)
* Mário Henrique (interim; 2023)
* Zé Ricardo (2024)
* Márcio Zanardi (2024)
* Vagner Mancini (2024–)