Brazilian association football team
Football club
Democrata Futebol Clube, also referred
to as Democrata de Sete Lagoas, Democrata-SL or just Democrata, is ❤️ a Brazilian
association football team from the city of Sete Lagoas in Minas Gerais state.
History [
edit ]
People who frequented ❤️ the popular Bar Chique desired to found a sporting club in
the city.[2] After meeting from June 9 to June ❤️ 13 of 1914, to discuss the concept.[3]
The group scheduled a meeting to the following day to decide the foundation ❤️ details.[3]
The club was founded on 14 June of that year and named Democrata Futebol Clube.[3] The
club's first president ❤️ was Francisco Wanderley Azevedo.[4]
Democrata played their first
match on 6 September 1914, against another Minas Gerais state club. They beat
❤️ Matozinhos city's Ordem e Progresso 4-1.[3]
Stadium [ edit ]
The club plays its home
matches at Joaquim Henrique Nogueira stadium, nicknamed ❤️ Nogueirão and Arena do Jacaré,
and inaugurated on 26 January 2006.[5] It has a maximum capacity of approximately
18,000 people.[5] ❤️ The old stadium, José Duarte de Paiva, which had a maximum capacity
of approximately 7,000 people, is now inactive.[2]
Achievements [ ❤️ edit ]
Noted head
coaches [ edit ]
Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who coached the Brazil national football team
from 1998 to 2000 and ❤️ coached Real Madrid of Spain in 2004 and in 2005, was the head
coach of Democrata in 1985 and in ❤️ 1986.[6]
Club's colors [ edit ]
The club's colors are
red and white.[3] Its home kit is composed of a red and ❤️ white vertical striped shirt,
white short and white socks.
Democrata's first kit was ordered from a Rio de Janeiro
company, by ❤️ telegraph and arrived on 25 June, transported by train.[3]
Mascot [ edit
]
The club's mascot is a yacare caiman, because it ❤️ is one of the most agile animals in
the Brazilian fauna.[3] The mascot is sometimes depicted as an anthropomorphic animal
❤️ wearing the club's kit.[3]
Anthem [ edit ]
Democrata's anthem was composed by Elson
Corrêa Barbosa (both the lyrics and the song).[7] ❤️ Ary Pires was responsible for the
arrangement.[7]