Soccer club
Íbis Sport Club, or Íbis as they are usually called, are a Brazilian
football team from Paulista in Pernambuco 0️⃣ state, founded on 15 November 1938. Their
home stadium is the Municipal de Paulista. They play in black and red 0️⃣ colors. Íbis are
one of the founders of the Pernambuco Football Federation.
The club is notorious for
its epith of the 0️⃣ "Worst Team in the World" after a long losing streak in the late 1970s
and 1980s.[1] The club has taken 0️⃣ this reputation proudly and humorously, using it to
promote the club.[1]
History [ edit ]
Íbis Sport Club were founded on 15 0️⃣ November 1938
by employees of Tecelagem de Seda e Algodão ("Silk and Cotton Weaving Factory"), owned
by João Pessoa de 0️⃣ Queiroz,[2] and located in Santo Amaro.[3] Initially only employees
of that company could play.[2] The club were named Íbis after 0️⃣ the African bird.[4]
After the death of João Pessoa de Queiroz, who was the club's owner, his heirs lost
interest 0️⃣ in the club, then one of the company's managers, Onildo Ramos adopted Íbis.[4]
Íbis, under Onildo Ramos administration, started to 0️⃣ accept non-employees of Tecelagem
de Seda e Algodão as players.[5]
While the Pernambuco Football Federation was founded
on 16 June 1915 0️⃣ as Liga Sportiva Pernambucana, only in 1955 it was renamed to its
current name.[6] Íbis is considered by the organization 0️⃣ as one of its founders.[7]
Íbis
won the Torneio Início in 1948 and in 1950, and the Torneio Incentivo in 1975 0️⃣ and in
1976.[8] Carlito of Íbis, with 12 goals, was the Campeonato Pernambucano's top goal
scorer in 1948.[4] The team 0️⃣ are commonly known as the "Worst Team of the World" due to
their several defeats in the late 1970s and 0️⃣ early 1980s.[5] The club spent three years
and eleven months between 1980 and 1984 without winning a game.[8] Íbis were 0️⃣ the
runners-up of the Campeonato Pernambucano Second Level in 1999,[9] when they were
defeated by Central in the final.[10] After 0️⃣ celebrating their 70th birthday on 15
November 2008, the club started a project to become a private company, with the 0️⃣ help of
Portuguese entrepreneur Filipe Fernandes.[11] R$15 million will be invested in building
a training center.[11]
In the late 1970s and 0️⃣ early 1980s, Íbis gained worldwide fame
for its poor results on the field. Thanks to nine consecutive defeats and then 0️⃣ a
sequence of 23 games without a win, it achieved national fame. It was three years and
eleven months without 0️⃣ celebrating a single victory, a record included in the Guinness
Book of Records. It became well known to reporters at 0️⃣ the time as the worst team in the
world.[12][13][14]
Notable players [ edit ]
Achievements [ edit ]
