Londrina Esporte Clube

Londrina
Full name	Londrina Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	LEC; Alviceleste (The White and Sky Blue); Tubarão (Shark); Rama do Café (The Coffee Branch)
Founded	5 April 1956; 68 years ago
Ground	Estádio do Café
Capacity	30,000
President	Cláudio Canuto
Head coach	Eduardo Souza
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C; Campeonato Paranaense
2024; 2024 [pt]	Série C, 8th of 20; Paranaense, 7th of 12
Website	www.londrinaesporteclube.com.br

Londrina Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as Londrina, is a Brazilian professional football club in Londrina, Paraná, which currently plays in Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, after being relegated from Série B in 2023. They also play in the Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state football league.

The club was founded on April 5, 1956, and originally played at the Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium. Their current stadium, the Estádio do Café was built for Londrina's participation in the 1976 Brazilian league championship.

The most successful period for Londrina came between 1976 and 1982 when Londrina competed in Brazil's top league for 6 seasons. They were relegated for the 1980 season but claimed their only national league title by becoming champions of the second division. They have also won the state championship four times, as well as claiming 12 Campeonato do Interior Paranaense titles.

In 2013, Londrina finished in top place in the general classification of the Campeonato Paranaense. Although they did not qualify for the state championship final they won the Interior final and thereby qualified for a place in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian league system and will also be placed in the draw for the first round of the Copa do Brasil.

History

Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen who, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama in Rolândia, decided that they did not want to go to Rolândia to watch football. Instead, they founded a club in Londrina, their own city. The club, named Londrina Futebol e Regatas, was founded on April 5, 1956. They chose blue and white to be Londrina's colors.^[1]

In 1969, Londrina Futebol e Regatas merged with Paraná Esporte Clube, founded in 1942, forming Londrina Esporte Clube.^[2] Red and white, the colors for the city of Londrina, became the new club's colors. In 1972, Carlos Antônio Franchello returned to the presidency of the club, and restored blue and white as the club's colors.^[3]

In 2008, Londrina won the Copa Paraná for the first time, after beating Cianorte in the final.^[4] The club also competed in the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira.^[4] Londrina was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals after a penalty shootout by Brusque.^[5]

Honours

National
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	1	1980
Inter-State
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Primeira Liga	1^s	2017
State
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Paranaense	5	1962, 1981, 1992, 2014, 2021
Taça FPF	1	2008
Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata	3^s	1997, 1999, 2011

record
^s shared record

Others

Campeonato Paranaense do Interior (18): 1957, 1959, 1962, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

City

Campeonato Citadino de Londrina (17): 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010

Runners-Up

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 2015
Campeonato Paranaense (4): 1959, 1980, 1993, 1994
Taça FPF (2): 1999, 2007

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A participations

The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,^[1] and in 1986.^[6] Londrina's best campaign was in 1977, when the club finished in the fourth place.^[1]

Stadium

Londrina's stadium is Estádio do Café,^[1] inaugurated in 1976,^[7] with a maximum capacity of 30,000 people.^[1] However, Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people is owned by Londrina, and sometimes is also used by the club.^[8]

Players

First team squad

As of 8 November 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	BRA	Neneca
—	GK	BRA	Saulo
—	DF	BRA	Ezequiel
—	DF	BRA	Gabriel
—	DF	BRA	Igor França
—	DF	BRA	Luan Freitas (on loan from Fluminense)
—	DF	BRA	Guilherme Lacerda (on loan from Aimoré)
—	DF	BRA	Marcos Pedro (on loan from Fluminense)
—	DF	BRA	Lucas Mendes
—	DF	BRA	Léo Morais
—	DF	NGA	Samuel Oti
—	DF	BRA	Gustavo Salomão
—	DF	BRA	Arthur Silva
—	DF	BRA	Rafael Vaz (on loan from São Bernardo)
—	DF	BRA	Geferson
—	MF	BRA	Ariel (on loan from Goiás)
—	MF	BRA	Baiano (on loan from Fortaleza)
—	MF	ESP	Mauro Bravo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	Pedro Cacho
—	MF	BRA	Diego Jardel
—	MF	BRA	Garraty
—	MF	BRA	João Paulo
—	MF	BRA	Natham (on loan from Cianorte)
—	MF	BRA	Rodrigo (on loan from Vasco da Gama)
—	FW	BRA	William Barbio
—	FW	BRA	Lucas Coelho
—	FW	BRA	Iago Dias
—	FW	BRA	Everton (on loan from Bahia)
—	FW	BRA	Matheus Goiás
—	FW	BRA	Paulinho Moccelin
—	FW	BRA	Peu
—	FW	BRA	Nicolas Schulz (on loan from Cianorte)
—	FW	BRA	Vinícius Jaú (on loan from Avaí)
—	FW	BRA	Zé Vítor (on loan from Vasco da Gama)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BRA	Felipe Vieira (at Vitória until 30 November 2023)

References

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^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 199. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
^ "Londrina – História" (in Portuguese). FutebolPR. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Londrina encerra jejum e conquista título nos pênaltis" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. December 4, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Recopa Sul-brasileira: Brusque faz final contra Sorocaba" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
^ "Brazil 1986 Championship – Copa Brasil". RSSSF. February 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
^ "Estádio Jacy Scaff" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
^ "Estádio Vitorino Gonçalves Dias" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved June 26, 2008.