Rio Branco Football Club

Rio Branco
Full name	Rio Branco Football Club
Nickname(s)	Estrelão (Big star); Alvirrubro (Whit-and-Red); O Mais Querido (The Most Loved)
Founded	8 June 1919
Ground	Arena Acreana
Capacity	20,000
President	Valdemar Neto
Head coach	João Mota
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D; Campeonato Acreano
2019	Série D, 58th; Acreano, 3rd
Home colours	Away colours

Rio Branco Football Club, commonly known as Rio Branco, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Rio Branco, Acre. The team competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football. as well as in the Campeonato Acreano, the top flight of the Acre state football league.

Arena da Floresta

José de Melo – ground setting

Club memorials

History

On June 8, 1919, the club was founded by the lawyer Luiz Mestrinho Filho, a relative of Governor Gilberto Mestrinho.[1]

In 1947, the club won the first state championship organized by the Acre State Football Federation.[2] From 1955 to 1957, Rio Branco won three state championships in a row.[2]

Rio Branco won the first edition of Copa Norte in 1997,[3] beating Remo of Pará state, in the final.[4] Rio Branco gained the right to compete in that year's Copa CONMEBOL. The club was eliminated in the first round of Copa CONMEBOL, by Deportes Tolima, of Colombia, after losing in the penalty shootout.[5] From 2002 to 2005, Rio Branco won four state championships in a row.[1]

Season records

Season	League										Campeonato Brasileiro									Copa do Brasil
Season	Division	Format	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Copa do Brasil
1999	A	^(g6,g6)-2	10	6	1	3			19	3rd
2000	A	^(g6,g6)-2	12	8	3	0			27	1st	Green Modul	12	5	3	4	20	16	18
2001	A	^(g6,g6)-2	12	6	2	3	29	11	20	2nd
2002	A	^g6	10	9	0	1	27	4	27	1st
2003	A	^(g7,g7)-2	12	10	2	0			32	1st	C								R32
2004	A		14	9	2	3			29	1st	C								QF	2nd round
2005	A	^(g5,g5)-2	13	9	3	1			30	1st										1st round
2006	A	Tacas	10	6	1	3	19	12	19	2nd	withdrew									1st round
2007	A	^(g7;g7)-2	12	10	2	0	47	11	32	1st	C	6	3	1	2	9	7	10	3rd(R16)	not qualified
2008	A	^(g8;g6)-2	13	12	0	1	42	15	36	1st	C	14	5	1	8	25	30	16	8th(R8)	1st round
2009	A	^2g5-4-2	6	4	2	0	16	7	14	2nd	C	10	4	2	4	18	15	14	QF	1st round
2010	A	^g9*-4	13	11	1	1	40	17	34	1st	C	8	2	4	2	12	17	10	4th(GS)	not qualified
2011	A	^g8-4	18	12	2	4	42	22	38	1st	C									1st round

Current squad

First Team

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	André
—	GK	BRA	Alencar Baú
—	GK	BRA	Babau
—	GK	BRA	Vanderlei
—	DF	BRA	Rodrigão
—	DF	BRA	Ananías
—	DF	BRA	Léo Paulista
—	DF	BRA	Rubran
—	DF	BRA	Alfredo
—	DF	BRA	Guilherme Henrique
—	DF	BRA	Xaro
—	MF	BRA	Zé Marco
—	MF	BRA	Ednei
—	MF	BRA	Testinha


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Paulinho Pitbull
—	MF	BRA	Jose Neném (on loan from Botev Vratsa)
—	MF	BRA	Diego Silva
—	MF	BRA	Rafael Lopes
—	MF	BRA	Ismael
—	MF	BRA	Kléber
—	MF	BRA	Araújo
—	MF	BRA	Radamis
—	FW	PER	Antonio Araújo
—	FW	BRA	Juliano César
—	FW	BRA	Nilton Goiano
—	FW	BRA	Douglas
—	FW	BRA	Kleyr

Stadium

Rio Branco currently plays in their home stadium, the Estádio José de Melo, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people.

The club also plays at Arena da Floresta, which has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.

Colors

Rio Branco's official colors are red and white. Rio Branco's home kit is composed of a red shirt, red shorts and red socks.[1]

Honours

Domestic

Interstate

Copa Norte:

Winners (1): 1997

State

Campeonato Acreano:

Winners (47): 1919, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962*, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018

Runners-up (24): 1920, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1962*, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017

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References

"Rio Branco Football Club". Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
"Acre State League – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
"Competições da Região Norte do Brasil". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
"Brazil – Copa Norte 1997". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
"Copa Conmebol 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

External links

(in Portuguese) Official website
(in Portuguese) Arquivo de Clubes

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[arquivodeclubes-1] "Rio Branco Football Club". Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

[acrestatechampionshipatrsssf-2] "Acre State League – List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

[copanortechampions-3] "Competições da Região Norte do Brasil". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

[1997copanorte-4] "Brazil – Copa Norte 1997". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

[1997copaconmebol-5] "Copa Conmebol 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2007.