Full name Tupi Football Club Chairman Myrian Fortuna Founded 1912 | Ground Capacity 31,863 Manager Ailton Ferraz | |
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2015 Série C, 3rd (promoted) League Campeonato Brasileiro Série B | ||
Tupi football club
Tupi Football Club, usually known simply as Tupi, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state. They won the Série D once.
Contents
- Tupi football club
- Hino oficial do tupi football club mg vers o original
- History
- Stadium
- Current squad
- References
Hino oficial do tupi football club mg vers o original
History
On May 16, 1912, Antônio Maria Júnior and four other people founded Tupi Football Club.
In 2001, Tupi won its first title, which was the Campeonato Mineiro Second Level (actually the tournament is the First Division Module II of the Minas Gerais State Championship), finishing ahead of Nacional de Uberaba in the final stage, which was a group stage competed by six clubs. In 2008, Tupi won the Taça Minas Gerais. In the final, they beat América Futebol Clube (MG) (América Mineiro) in a 4−3 aggregate result.
They won the Série D in 2011, after they beat Santa Cruz in the final.
In 2015 the club finished 3rd in the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série C (third tier), qualifying for the Campeonato Brasileiro - Série B (second tier) in 2016.
Stadium
Tupi's stadium is Estádio Municipal Radialista Mário Helênio, inaugurated in 1988, with a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
