Luverdense Esporte Clube

Luverdense Esporte Clube, commonly known as Luverdense, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso. The club currently competes in Campeonato Mato-Grossense, the top division of the Mato Grosso state football league.

Luverdense
Full nameLuverdense Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)Verdão do Centro-Oeste (Big Green of Central-West)
FoundedFebruary 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)
GroundEstádio Passo das Emas
Capacity10,000
PresidentGuilherme Lawisch
Head coachToninho Pesso
LeagueCampeonato Mato-Grossense
2020Matogrossense, 3rd

They won the Campeonato Mato-Grossense twice and competed several times in the Série C. In 2013 gained access to Série B.

History

The club was founded on January 24, 2004, by entrepreneurs and farmers. The club name, Luverdense, refers to the used to refer to people born in Lucas do Rio Verde city.[1]

The club won the Copa Governador do Mato Grosso in 2004, in 2007 and in 2011.[2] As the club won the 2007 edition, the club qualified to the 2008 Série C.[3] Luverdense won the Campeonato Mato-Grossense for the first time on May 17, 2009, after beating Araguaia in the final.[4]

The club was eliminated in the First Stage in the 2005 Série C, in the Third Stage in 2008, in the First Stage in 2009, in the First Stage in the 2010 and in the First Stage in 2011.

Current squad

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 Diogo Silva
— GK  BRA Gabriel Leite
— GK  BRA Gabriel Soares
— GK  BRA Thomazela
— DF  BRA Airton
— DF  BRA Gabriel Valongo
— DF  BRA Luiz Otávio
— DF  BRA Pablo
— DF  BRA Marcão
— DF  BRA Gabriel Passos
— DF  BRA Paulinho
— DF  BRA Raul Prata
— MF  BRA Alaor Júnior
— MF  BRA Caio Quiroga
— MF  BRA Diogo Sodré (on loan from Coritiba)
— MF  BRA Jean Patrick
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Kazu
— MF  BRA Leandro
— MF  BRA Mauricio
— MF  BRA Moacir
— MF  BRA Ricardo
— MF  BRA Sérgio Mota
— FW  BRA Alfredo (on loan from Portimonense)
— FW  BRA Café
— FW  BRA Douglas Baggio (on loan from Flamengo)
— FW  BRA Eder
— FW  BRA Hugo
— FW  BRA João Vitor
— FW  BRA Lucas Braga
— FW  BRA Rafael Silva
— FW  BRA Raphael Macena
— FW  BRA Tozin

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

Honours
Winners (1): 2017
Winners (3): 2009, 2012, 2016
Winners (4): 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019

References
  1. "Luverdense Esporte Clube" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  2. "Mato Grosso - Copa Governador champions". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  3. "IV Copa Governador do Mato Grosso - 2007". RSSSF Brasil. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  4. "Luverdense campeão. Confira demais estaduais" (in Portuguese). O Globo. May 17, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2009.


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