Esporte Clube Taubaté
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Full name | Esporte Clube Taubaté | ||
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Nickname(s) | Burro da Central Alvi Azul Gigante do Vale | ||
Founded | November 1, 1914 | ||
Ground | Joaquinzão | ||
Capacity | 9,600 | ||
Chairman | Eduardo Cursino | ||
Manager | Toninho Cecílio | ||
League | Campeonato Paulista Série A2 | ||
2022 | Paulista A2, 14th of 16 | ||
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Esporte Clube Taubaté, commonly referred to as Taubaté, is a professional association football club based in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.
The club's home colours are blue and white and the team mascot is a donkey.
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History
The idea of founding a football club in Taubaté appeared when the football fans José Pedro de Oliveira, Jayme Tindal and Frederico Livrero had a meeting at Associação Comercial, and they decided to study the viability of founding a football club in the city. At that meeting they decided that the name of the club would be Sport Club Taubaté.[1]
On October 25, 1914, the colors of the club were chosen: blue and white. On November 1, 1914, the club was founded as Sport Club Taubaté.[1]
First match
The first match of the club was on December 25, 1914, against AA Palmeiras at Estádio da Praça Monsenhor Silva Barros (known also as Campo do Bosque) in Taubaté. The match ended with a defeat by 1–6. The players of Taubaté were Paulinho, Luiz Simi, Paiva; Synésio, Sérgio Areão, Hugo; Paulo Silva, Waldemiro, Renato Granadeiro (captain), Abreu and Jacinto. Irito also played.[2]
Titles
The club won the following titles:[3]
- Campeonato Paulista Série A-2: 1918, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1954, 1979
- Campeonato Paulista A-3: 2003, 2015
- Campeonato Paulista de Juniores - 2ª Divisão: 1985
Rivalry
Taubaté has a fierce rivalry with São José. 1979 Campeonato Paulista second division final match was an epic match between them. Another rival of Taubaté is Guaratinguetá.
Symbols and colors
The club's mascot is a donkey, known as Burro da Central (burro means donkey in Portuguese). In 1954, the club played the Campeonato Paulista second division final against Comercial of Ribeirão Preto and fielded an ineligible player in the match. Because of this mistake, the press of São Paulo nicknamed the club Burro (Donkey) not just meaning for donkey but for being dumb because of this mistake.
The blue color of the club represents the infinity of the sky, and the white color represents peace.[1]
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Source: "Esporte Clube Taubaté", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esporte_Clube_Taubaté.
Further Reading

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São José Esporte Clube

Rio Branco Esporte Clube

Nacional Atlético Clube (SP)

União São João Esporte Clube

Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira)

América Futebol Clube (SP)

Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto)

Rio Claro Futebol Clube

Esporte Clube São Bento

Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)

São Carlos Clube

Rio Preto Esporte Clube

Mirassol Futebol Clube
References
- ^ a b c Foundation at the official website Archived 2006-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "First match at the official website". Archived from the original on 2006-06-30. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
- ^ "Titles at the official website". Archived from the original on 2006-06-30. Retrieved 2006-08-06.
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