Auto Esporte Clube (PB)
Soccer club
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Auto Esporte Clube, also known as Auto Esporte, is a Brazilian football team from João Pessoa, Paraíba. They compete in the Série C once, in the Copa do Brasil twice, and won the Campeonato Paraibano several times.
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| Full name | Auto Esporte Clube | ||
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| Nickname | O Clube do Povo | ||
| Founded | September 7, 1936 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Evandro Lélis | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| President | Watteu Rodrigues | ||
| Head coach | Ramiro Souza | ||
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History
Auto Esporte Clube was founded on September 7, 1936, by taxi drivers from João Pessoa city.[1] They won the Campeonato Paraibano in 1939, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1990, and in 1992.[1] União was eliminated in the first stage in the Green module of the Copa João Havelange in 2000.[2]
The club competed in the 1991, Copa do Brasil, when they were eliminated in the first stage by Grêmio of Rio Grande do Sul state.[3] They competed in the Série C in 1992, reaching the second stage of the competition.[4] Auto Esporte was again eliminated in the Copa do Brasil first round in 1993, when they were eliminated by Paysandu of Pará state.[5]
Stadium
Honours
State
- Campeonato Paraibano
- Winners (6): 1939, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1990, 1992
- Runners-up (8): 1948, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1993
- Copa Paraíba
- Winners (1): 2011
- Campeonato Paraibano Second Division
- Winners (3): 1968, 2006, 2024
- Torneio Início da Paraíba
- Winners (11): 1941, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1990
Women's Football
- Campeonato Paraibano de Futebol Feminino
- Winners (1): 2019