Soccer club
Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo, commonly referred to as Novo Hamburgo, is a Brazilian football club based in Novo Hamburgo, 🗝 Rio Grande do Sul.
It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A, the first level of the Rio Grande do Sul 🗝 state football league.
Home stadium is the Estádio do Vale (Stadium of the Valley).
It has a maximum capacity of 5,196.
History [ 🗝 edit ]
On 1 May 1911, employees of Adams Footwear Factory founded an association.
In that day, during the celebrations of the 🗝 Worker's Day, as it used to happen every year, took place a social gathering event between the employers and employees 🗝 of the factory.
After the barbecue ended, they always played football.
Manoel Lopes Mattos, João Scherer, Aloys Auschild, Manoel Outeiro, João Tamujo 🗝 and Adão Steigleder decided to found a football club.
The suggested name was Adams Futebol Clube, but the name they chose 🗝 was Sport Club Novo Hamburgo, later renamed to Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo (German: Sport Club Neu-Hamburg).
As Brazil entered World War 🗝 II in 1944 war joining the allies side, Novo Hamburgo had to change its name, as it was of German 🗝 origin – Novo Hamburgo means New Hamburg.
The city was renamed to Marechal Floriano Peixoto and the club turned into Esporte 🗝 Clube Floriano.
In 1968, the club reverted to its previous name.
Despite that, the 1940s and 50s were a golden age for 🗝 the team, being the Campeonato Gaúcho runner-ups on 1942, 1947, 1949, 1950 and 1952.
The famous player Garrincha, who won the 🗝 1958 and the 1962 World Cups, played once for Novo Hamburgo.
On 2 July 1969, he wore the number 7 of 🗝 the club.
The friendly match, played at Beira-Rio stadium ended 3–1 in favour of Internacional.
He played the whole first half, and 🗝 the first 15 minutes of the second one.
Novo Hamburgo was champion of the Campeonato Gaúcho Divisão de Acesso twice in 🗝 1996 and 2000.
As well the champion of the local state cup Copa FGF in 2013.
The club also has some participations 🗝 in national competitions.
It played once at the Brasileirão on the 1979 season, at the time, the championship was formed by 🗝 a single division and had 80 teams, with 8 groups of 10 teams.
Novo Hamburgo finished in 7th of Group A 🗝 and 74th in the overall ranking of the championship.
The best result was finishing in 4th at the 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro 🗝 Série C.
However, at that time the regulations were that only the top two teams would be promoted for next year's 🗝 Série B, and thus Novo Hamburgo wasn't promoted.
Campeonato Gaúcho 2017 [ edit ]
In 2017, Novo Hamburgo conquered its greatest title: 🗝 the 2017 Campeonato Gaúcho.
The club started the season with an extremely well campaign, the team organized by head coach Beto 🗝 Campos was able to win seven games of the first round and have only two losses, finishing in first in 🗝 the table, ahead of traditional powerhouses like Grêmio and Internacional.
At the playoffs, Novo hamburgo defeated São José at the quarterfinals 🗝 with victories in both legs.
The team met Grêmio in the semi-finals, tying both games and winning at the penalties.
The finals 🗝 were against Internacional, in the first leg at the Beira Rio, the match ended with a 2 × 2 tie, 🗝 the championship was decided in a neutral field at the Estádio Centenário in Caxias do Sul; the match again ended 🗝 in a tie and Novo Hamburgo won in the penalties with a 3 × 1 score.
[1][2] It was the first 🗝 time a team outside the Grenal duo to win the title since Caxias in 2000, and it was a remarkable 🗝 underdog victory.[2]
The club played at the state supercup Recopa Gaúcha in 2018 against 2017 Copa FGF champions São José.
Novo Hamburgo 🗝 lost both away and home games.[3]Rivals [ edit ]
Novo Hamburgo's first rival was Sociedade Esportiva Esperança, from the same city.
At 🗝 that time, Novo Hamburgo was named Floriano.
The derby was known as Flor-Esp.
The second and current rival of Novo Hamburgo is 🗝 Aimoré from São Leopoldo, as both cities are located in the Sinos River Valley, the derby is known as the 🗝 Clássico do Vale (Derby of the Valley).
This rivalry was stronger during the 1960s and the 1970s, but continues up until 🗝 today.[4]
Current squad [ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one 🗝 non-FIFA nationality.
Honours [ edit ]State [ edit ]
Campeonato Gaúcho: 1Copa FGF: 22005, 2013
Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2: 21996, 2000Copa ACEG: 2
Copa 🗝 Emídio Perondi: 1
Copa Metropolitana: 22013, 2014City [ edit ]
Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre: 11937
Ultra groups [ edit ]
Two ultra groups 🗝 supports the club: Fogo Anil and Torcida Independente Mancha Anil.
Fogo Anil was founded in 1996, and Torcida Independente Mancha Anil 🗝 was founded on 13 May 2005.
Anthem [ edit ]
The club's anthem lyrics were composed by Juracy Araújo, the music by 🗝 Pedro Araújo and the piano transcription by Rejane Frota Dillenburg.
Mascot [ edit ]
The club's mascot is an anthropomorphic shoe, as 🗝 Novo Hamburgo is known for its shoe industry.
