Íbis Sport Club, or Íbis as they are usually called, are a Brazilian football team from Paulista in Pernambuco state, founded on 15 November 1938. Their home stadium is the Municipal de Paulista. They play in black and red colors. Íbis are one of the founders of the Pernambuco Football Federation.
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| Full name | Íbis Sport Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Pior Time do Mundo (The Worst Team in the World) Pássaro Preto (Black Birds) | ||
| Founded | 15 November 1938 | ||
| Ground | Municipal de Paulista, Paulista, Brazil | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| President | Ozir Ramos | ||
| Head coach | Carlos Alberto | ||
| League | Campeonato Pernambucano | ||
| 2022 | 9th, 5th (relegation round) | ||
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The club is notorious for its epith of the "Worst Team in the World" after a long losing streak in the late 1970s and 1980s.[1] The club has taken this reputation proudly and humorously, using it to promote the club.[1]
History
editÍbis Sport Club were founded on 15 November 1938 by employees of Tecelagem de Seda e Algodão ("Silk and Cotton Weaving Factory"), owned by João Pessoa de Queiroz,[2] and located in Santo Amaro.[3] Initially only employees of that company could play.[2] The club were named Íbis after the African bird.[4] After the death of João Pessoa de Queiroz, who was the club's owner, his heirs lost interest in the club, then one of the company's managers, Onildo Ramos adopted Íbis.[4] Íbis, under Onildo Ramos administration, started to accept non-employees of Tecelagem de Seda e Algodão as players.[5]
While the Pernambuco Football Federation was founded on 16 June 1915 as Liga Sportiva Pernambucana, only in 1955 it was renamed to its current name.[6] Íbis is considered by the organization as one of its founders.[7]
Íbis won the Torneio Início in 1948 and in 1950, and the Torneio Incentivo in 1975 and in 1976.[8] Carlito of Íbis, with 12 goals, was the Campeonato Pernambucano's top goal scorer in 1948.[4] The team are commonly known as the "Worst Team of the World" due to their several defeats in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[5] The club spent three years and eleven months between 1980 and 1984 without winning a game.[8] Íbis were the runners-up of the Campeonato Pernambucano Second Level in 1999,[9] when they were defeated by Central in the final.[10] After celebrating their 70th birthday on 15 November 2008, the club started a project to become a private company, with the help of Portuguese entrepreneur Filipe Fernandes.[11] R$15 million will be invested in building a training center.[11]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Íbis gained worldwide fame for its poor results on the field. Thanks to nine consecutive defeats and then a sequence of 23 games without a win, it achieved national fame. It was three years and eleven months without celebrating a single victory, a record included in the Guinness Book of Records. It became well known to reporters at the time as the worst team in the world.[12][13][14]
Notable players
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Honours
edit- Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2021
- Torneio Incentivo
- Winners (2): 1975, 1976
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, Euan (6 October 2017). ""Worst Soccer Team in the World" Starts Winning—and Fans Are Outraged". Culture Trip. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Ibis comemora 70 anos e projeta centro de treinamento de R$15 milhões" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Íbis: relembre fatos da história do pior time do mundo" (in Portuguese). Portal Esportivo. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b c Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 184. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
- ^ a b Barbosa, Alexandre (11 October 2008). "Íbis: 70 anos" (in Portuguese). Folha de Pernambuco. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Jornalista conta história da Federação" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Commercio. 18 October 1999. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "História da Federação" (in Portuguese). Federação Pernambucana de Futebol. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b Barbosa, Sidney (15 November 2009). "Íbis Sport Clube, 70 anos de história" (in Portuguese). Campeões do Futebol. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Íbis Sport Club" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Pernambuco State League Second Level 1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 23 November 2000. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b "No aniversário de 70 anos, "Pior Time do Mundo" sonha alto" (in Portuguese). UOL. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Ibis, the "worst football team" in the world, tired of losing". infobae.com.
- ^ "Brazil's 'worst team in the world' starts winning – and the club's fans are livid". theguardian.com.
- ^ "World Cup winner & former most expensive player Denilson comes out of retirement aged 44 to sign for 'worst team in the world". goal.com.