Soccer club
Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC or simply Joinville, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina .
Founded on 🗝 29 January 1976 they have won the Série B and Série C once and they have the largest sequence of 🗝 consecutive state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985).
Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa 🗝 Catarina in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (16) and Figueirense (17).
History [ edit ]
Joinville was founded on 🗝 29 January 1976, after América-SC football department and Caxias football department fused.
The club's Golden Age was in the 1980s, when 🗝 the club won eight state championships in a row.
Joinville's largest win was on 31 October 1976, when the club beat 🗝 Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará.
The club won the Copa Santa Catarina in 2009, and then the 🗝 Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the same year, after beating Serrano Centro-Sul 3–2 in the final.
[1] They won the Copa Santa Catarina 🗝 again in 2011.
Joinville also won the Série C in 2011, after beating CRB 3–1 and 4–0 in the final.
[2] The 🗝 club won the Copa Santa Catarina for the third time in 2012.
In 2014, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série 🗝 B, returning to the Série A after 29 years of absence.
Joinville were relegated to the Serie B in 2015 after 🗝 coming in last place in the Serie A, and then relegated once again to Serie C in 2016.
Honours [ edit 🗝 ]National [ edit ]
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 1Regional [ edit ]State [ edit ]
Campeonato Catarinense: 12
1976, 🗝 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2001
Copa Santa Catarina: 5
2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020
Recopa Catarinense: 12021
Campeonato 🗝 Catarinense Série B: 32005, 2006, 2007Stadium [ edit ]Rivals [ edit ]
Joinville's greatest rivals are Avaí, Figueirense and Criciúma.
The matches 🗝 between Criciúma and Joinville Esporte Clube are called Interior Classic, by the media and fans of these clubs and others.
Mascot 🗝 and nickname [ edit ]
The club's mascot is a rabbit.
Joinville is nicknamed JEC, which is an acronym of the club's 🗝 full name.
Current squad [ edit ]
As of 21 August 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players 🗝 may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan [ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA 🗝 eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
National competitions record [ edit ]
First Division (Série A) Year Position Year 🗝 Position 1977 33rd 1983 37th 1978 41st 1984 25th 1979 29th 1985 8th 1980 21st 1986 14th 1981 38th 2015 🗝 20th 1982 38th Second Division (Série B) Year Position Year Position Year Position 1987 14th 1997 6th 2004 22nd 1988 🗝 5th 1998 7th 2012 6th 1989 10th 1999 15th 2013 6th 1990 18th 2000 20th 2014 1st 1991 23rd 2001 🗝 9th 1992 27th 2002 12th 1996 15th 2003 14th Third Division (Série C) Year Position 2005 11th 2006 17th 2007 🗝 18th 2011 1st Fourth Division (Série D) Year Position 2010 4th Brazilian Cup Year Position 1990 First round 2001 First 🗝 round 2002 First round 2013 Second round 2014 First round 2015 First round 2016 Second roundSeasons [ edit ]Managers [ 🗝 edit ]Futsal [ edit ]
Joinville has a futsal team in partnership with the company Krona Tubos e Conexões that plays 🗝 top tier futsal in the Liga Nacional de Futsal.
