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, 29 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

• 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
• Copa Verde (1): 2025
• 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

Copa Libertadores record

Copa Sudamericana record

Players

First team squad

As of 15 April 2026.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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.

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.

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

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

External links

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