Linhares Esporte Clube
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| Full name | Linhares Esporte Clube | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Coruja Azul | ||
| Founded | 15 March 1991 | ||
| Dissolved | 2003 | ||
| Ground | Guilherme Augusto de Carvalho | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| League | – | ||
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Linhares Esporte Clube, commonly known as Linhares, was a Brazilian football team from Linhares, Espírito Santo.[1] They competed once in the Série C and four times in the Copa do Brasil.[1]
Linhares Esporte Clube were founded on March 15, 1991, after a failed attempt to merge Industrial Esporte Clube and América Futebol Clube de Linhares.[2] After the merger failed, Industrial folded and were founded again as Linhares Esporte Clube.[3]
Linhares won the Campeonato Capixaba for the first time in 1995.[1] The club competed in the Série C in 1995,[1] and reached the Copa do Brasil semifinals in 1994, when they were eliminated by Ceará.[3] They competed again in 1996, in 1998 and in 1999.[4][5][6]
The club were relegated to the Campeonato Capixaba Second Division in 2002, then, after a financial crisis, the club folded in 2003.[1]
Stadium
The club played their home games at the Guilherme Augusto de Carvalho stadium.[7] The stadium had a maximum capacity of 12,000 people.[7]