Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú)
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| XV de Jaú | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Esporte Clube XV de Novembro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Galo da Comarca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Zezinho Magalhães (Jauzão) (Capacity 13,040) |
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Esporte Clube XV de Novembro, usually known as XV de Jaú, is a Brazilian football club from Jaú, São Paulo state.
The club is also known as Galo da Comarca, roughly meaning County's Rooster.[1]
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[edit] History
On November 15, 1924,[2] the club was founded as Esporte Clube XV de Novembro de Jaú by José Piragine Sobrinho, Hermínio Cappabianca and other sportsmen.[3]
In 1951, XV de Jaú won the Campeonato Paulista Second Level, beating Linense, of Lins in the final. The club then played the relegation/promotion play-off against Jabaquara, which was the last placed team of Campeonato Paulista First Level. XV de Jaú won the first leg, but was defeated in the second leg. In the third match against Jabaquara, the club beat its opponent and was promoted to the following year's Campeonato Paulista First Level.[4]
In 1976, for the second time, the Campeonato Paulista Second Level was won by the club.[5]
In 1979, the club competed for the first time in the top level of the Brazilian Championship, finishing in the 56th place.[6]
Three years later, in 1982, XV de Jaú competed again in the Brazilian football's top level league, finishing this time in the 20th position, ahead of clubs such as Internacional, Cruzeiro and Atlético Paranaense.[7]
In 1988, the club competed in the third level of the Brazilian Championship, but was eliminated in the first stage of the competition, finishing in the last place of its group.[8]
[edit] Achievements
Campeonato Paulista Second Level: 1951, 1976
[edit] Stadium
XV de Jaú's home stadium is Estádio Zezinho Magalhães,[2] inaugurated in 1973,[9] with a maximum capacity of 13,040 people.[9] The stadium is nicknamed Jauzão, meaning Big Jaú.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ (Portuguese) Embratel patrocina sete times de futebol de São Paulo - EMBRATEL (December 14, 2006) (retrieved on August 29, 2007)
- ^ a b (Portuguese) Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú) at Arquivo de Clubes
- ^ (Portuguese) History at XV de Jaú fansite
- ^ Campeonato Paulista Second Level at RSSSF
- ^ Campeonato Paulista Second Level at RSSSF
- ^ 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF
- ^ http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1982.htm 1982 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF]
- ^ 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C at RSSSF
- ^ a b (Portuguese) Estádio Zezinho Magalhães at Templos do Futebol
- ^ (Portuguese) XV de Jaú's fansite
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú)'s fansite
