Moto Club, commonly referred to as Moto, is a Brazilian professional club based in São Luís, Maranhão founded on 13 September 1937. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Maranhense, the top flight of the Maranhão state football league.
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| Full name | Moto Club de São Luís | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Boogeyman Red Black of Fabril | ||
| Founded | 13 September 1937 | ||
| Ground | Castelão | ||
| Capacity | 40,149 | ||
| President | Mário Carneiro | ||
| Head coach | Tuca Guimarães | ||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Maranhense | ||
| 2023 | Maranhense, 2nd of 8 | ||
| Website | https://motocluboficial.com.br/ | ||
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Moto Club is currently ranked third among Maranhão teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 74th place overall.[1]
History
editThe Moto Club with the name Ciclo Moto. The objective was to participate in the modalities of motorcycling and cycling, quite practiced at that time. However, it is in football that the Moto Club achieves great notoriety. In 1939 the Santa Isabel Stadium was inaugurated, in homage to the industrial factory César Aboud. With its own stadium, since the Moto Club was the only team in the state to have one, it managed its first titles and in an incredible way, because it was seven consecutive titles, the state ones of 1944 to 1950, remembered until today by its fans of the time, Becoming the only seven-time champion in the state. But in 1972 the stadium is demolished and in its place is erected the building of the Ministry of Finance in São Luís.
Moto Club is one of the largest state champions in Maranhão, with 26 titles won.
Stadium
editThe club's home matches are usually played at Castelão stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 40,000 people. The club also plays at Estádio Nhozinho Santos, which has a maximum capacity of 21,000 people.
Rivalries
editMoto Club biggest rival is Sampaio Corrêa.
Honours
editRegional
edit- Torneio Campeão dos Campeões do Norte
- Winners (1): 1948
Inter-state
edit- Torneio Pará-Maranhão
- Winners (1): 1972
State
edit- Campeonato Maranhense
- Winners (26): 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2018
- Copa FMF
- Winners (8): 1972, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1993, 2003, 2004
- Campeonato Maranhense Second Division
- Winners (2): 2010, 2013
References
edit- ^ "RNC - Ranking Nacional dos Clubes 2022" (PDF). CBF. 16 December 2021.
External links
edit- (in Portuguese) Official Site