Manaus Futebol Clube

Manaus

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Full name	Manaus Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Gavião do Norte (Northern Hawk) Gavião Real (Harpy Eagle) Esmeraldino (Emerald)
Founded	5 May 2013 (2013-05-05)
Ground	Arena da Amazônia
Capacity	44,000
President	Giovanni Silva
Head coach	Higo Magalhães
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Amazonense
2023 2023	Série C, 17th of 20 (relegated) Amazonense, 5th of 9
Website	https://manausfc.com.br/
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Manaus Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Manaus, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Manaus, Amazonas founded on 5 May 2013. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Amazonense, the top flight of the Amazonas state football league. Manaus is the best ranked team from Amazonas in CBF's national club ranking, followed by Amazonas and Fast, respectively in second and third.

History

The club emerged as a project of the city councilman of Manaus, Luís Mitoso, after he left the board of Nacional for private matters. Mitoso retired from Nacional in March 2013, when he was vice president of the club, after four years leading the club as president, in the company of Giovane Alves. Manaus was officially founded on May 5, 2013. In the same year, it won the second division of Campeonato Amazonense. After being usually 5th or 6th in 2014 to 2016, in 2017, the club won the title of the main division of the Campeonato Amazonense after defeating Nacional in the final. In 2018, Manaus once again won the main division of the Campeonato Amazonense by defeating Fast Clube in the final. They also played Série D later that year. They were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Imperatriz-MA on penalties, denying them a spot in Série C for 2019. In 2019, Manaus won for the third time straight the Campeonato Amazonense, against Fast again. In Série D, Manaus easily qualified to the knockout phase as the best team in overall standings. They gained promotion to 2020's Série C after defeating Caxias 3–0 on the second leg of the quarter-finals after losing 1-0 in Caxias' home.

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 April 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Gleibson
—	GK	BRA	Paulo Henrique
—	GK	BRA	Rafael
—	DF	BRA	Edvan
—	DF	BRA	Tiago Costa
—	DF	BRA	Igor Carvalho
—	DF	BRA	Dudu Mandai
—	DF	BRA	Assis
—	DF	BRA	Luis Fernando
—	DF	BRA	Ramon Mesquita
—	DF	BRA	Thiago Spice
—	DF	BRA	Jefferson
—	MF	BRA	Gilson Alaves
—	MF	BRA	Márcio Passos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Vinicius Barba
—	MF	BRA	Yuri
—	MF	BRA	Guilherme Amorim
—	MF	BRA	Gabriel Davis
—	MF	BRA	Tabatinga
—	MF	BRA	Erivelton
—	MF	BUL	Marcelinho
—	FW	BRA	Philip Luis
—	FW	BRA	Jack Chan
—	FW	BRA	Alex Douglas
—	FW	BRA	Douglas Lima
—	FW	BRA	Diego Rosa
—	FW	BRA	Rafael Ibiapino
—	FW	BRA	Vanilson

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Stadium

Manaus play their home games at Estádio da Colina. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,400 people. They also tend to play in Arena da Amazônia on big games.

Honours

National

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
  • Runners-up (1): 2019

State

• Campeonato Amazonense
  • Winners (6): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
  • Runners-up (1): 2020
• Campeonato Amazonense Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2013

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)
• Manaus on Globo Esporte