Football club
Associação Ferroviária de Esportes, commonly referred to as simply Ferroviária, is a Brazilian association football club in Araraquara, São ♠ Paulo.
They currently play in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista, ♠ São Paulo's premier state league.
Founded on April 12, 1950, Ferroviária is the only Araraquara club to reach the Campeonato Paulista ♠ first division.
The club's best campaign in that competition was in 1959, when the club finished in the third position.
It is ♠ also the only club of the city to have competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
The club competed in this ♠ competition in 1995.
They play in carmine shirts, white shorts and socks.
History [ edit ]
The club was founded on April 12, ♠ 1950, by engineers of Estrada de Ferro Araraquara (meaning Araraquara Railroad).
Antônio Tavares Pereira Lima was chosen as the club's first ♠ president.
Initially the club's colors were to be blue and white, like the Rio de Janeiro city team.
However, these colors were ♠ not very popular, and were changed to carmine and white, like the Juventus ones.
On May 13, 1951, the club played ♠ their first match ever.
The club beat Mogiana of Campinas 3–1.
The club's first goal was scored by Fordinho in that match.
On ♠ May 20, 1951, the club played their second match, in Taquaritinga city.
It was also the club's first defeat.
Linense, of Lins, ♠ beat Ferroviária 2–1.
On June 10, 1951, Ferroviária's stadium, called Estádio Fonte Luminosa, was inaugurated.
In the inaugural match, Vasco da Gama, ♠ of Rio de Janeiro, beat Ferroviária 5–0.
On July 1, 1951, Ferroviária played their first match against a club from the ♠ same city.
Ferroviária was defeated by Paulista (Araraquara) 4–0.
On April 15, 1956, Ferroviária beat Botafogo of Ribeirão Preto 6–3 in the ♠ Campeonato Paulista Second Division final stage (disputed by eight teams playing against each other twice), and won the title and ♠ the promotion to the following year's first division.
In the last match of the competition, Ferroviária beat Portuguesa Santista 5–4.
In 1983, ♠ Ferroviária competed in the Brazilian Série A, finishing in the 12th position.
In 1994, the club was the runner-up of the ♠ Brazilian Série C, after losing to Novorizontino 1–0 in the first leg, at home, and 5–0 in the second leg, ♠ in Novo Horizonte.
The club was promoted to the following year's second division.
From 1994 until 1996, the Ferroviária participated in the ♠ top division of São Paulo state championship, having Otavio Augusto (Otavio Braga) as their topscore in 1994 with 8 goals ♠ and in 1996 with 6 goals.
Current squad (2018) [ edit ]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility ♠ rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Achievements [ edit ]National [ edit ]
Runners-up (1): 1994State [ edit ]Copa Paulista: ♠ 22006, 2017
Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 31955, 1966, 2015
Torneio Incentivo: 21977, 1982Stadium [ edit ]
Ferroviária plays their matches at Estádio Fonte ♠ Luminosa, inaugurated in 1951, with a maximum capacity of 18,453 people.
Mascot [ edit ]
The club's mascot is a locomotive.
Women's team ♠ [ edit ]
The women's team won the 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino as well as the 2014 Copa do ♠ Brasil de Futebol Feminino.[1][2]
