Brazilian association football club based in Londrina, ParanáSoccer club
Londrina Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Londrina, is a Brazilian 🌜 professional association football club in Londrina, Paraná, which currently plays in Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, after 🌜 being promoted from Série C in 2020.
They also play in the Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state 🌜 football league.
The club was founded on April 5, 1956, and originally played at the Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium.
Their current stadium, 🌜 the Estádio do Café was built for Londrina's participation in the 1976 Brazilian league championship.
The most successful period for Londrina 🌜 came between 1976 and 1982 when Londrina competed in Brazil's top league for 6 seasons.
They were relegated for the 1980 🌜 season but claimed their only national league title by becoming champions of the second division.
They have also won the state 🌜 championship four times, as well as claiming 12 Campeonato do Interior Paranaense titles.
In 2013, Londrina finished in top place in 🌜 the general classification of the Campeonato Paranaense.
Although they did not qualify for the state championship final they won the Interior 🌜 final and thereby qualified for a place in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian league 🌜 system and will also be placed in the draw for the first round of the Copa do Brasil.
History [ edit 🌜 ]
Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen who, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama 🌜 in Rolândia, decided that they did not want to go to Rolândia to watch football.
Instead, they founded a club in 🌜 Londrina, their own city.
The club, named Londrina Futebol e Regatas, was founded on April 5, 1956.
They chose blue and white 🌜 to be Londrina's colors.[1]
In 1969, Londrina Futebol e Regatas merged with Paraná Esporte Clube, founded in 1942, forming Londrina Esporte 🌜 Clube.
[2] Red and white, the colors for the city of Londrina, became the new club's colors.
In 1972, Carlos Antônio Franchello 🌜 returned to the presidency of the club, and restored blue and white as the club's colors.[3]
In 2008, Londrina won the 🌜 Copa Paraná for the first time, after beating Cianorte in the final.
[4] The club also competed in the same season's 🌜 Recopa Sul-Brasileira.
[4] Londrina was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals after a penalty shootout by Brusque.
[5]Honours [ edit 🌜 ]National [ edit ]Regional [ edit ]State [ edit ]
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A participations [ edit ]
The club competed in 🌜 the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,[1] and in 1986.
[6] Londrina's best campaign was in 🌜 1977, when the club finished in the fourth place.[1]Stadium [ edit ]
Londrina's stadium is Estádio do Café,[1] inaugurated in 1976,[7] 🌜 with a maximum capacity of 36,000 people.
[1] However, Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people is 🌜 owned by Londrina, and sometimes is also used by the club.[8]Players [ edit ]
First team squad [ edit ]
As of 🌜 23 December 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
