Bangu Atlético Clube

Bangu

Full name	Bangu Atlético Clube
Nickname(s)	Banguzão Alvi-Rubro (The Red & White) O Castor (The Beaver) Time de Fábrica (The Factory Team)
Founded	April 17, 1904 (1904-04-17)
Stadium	Estadio Moça Bonita
Stadium capacity	9,024
President	Jorge Varela
Head coach	Felipe Loureiro
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Carioca
2020	Carioca, 8th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira Filho

Estádio Proletário Guilherme da Silveira Filho

Stadium exterior

Team photo from the 2010 season

Team photo from the 2007 season

Bangu Atlético Clube, commonly known as Bangu, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the western neighbourhood of Bangu. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.

The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times, finishing as runner-up in 1985. Their home stadium is the Estadio Moça Bonita, which has a capacity of 15,000.

History

The club has its origins in Fábrica Bangu (Bangu Factory), located in Bangu neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro. Some Britons that worked at the factory, especially Thomas Donohoe, introduced football to the factory workers by bringing footballs to the place and organizing the first football match in Brazil. In December 1903, Andrew Procter suggested the foundation of a club, when he realized how enthusiastic his colleagues were for football. The club was founded on April 17, 1904 as Bangu Atlético Clube. Bangu was the first football club in Brazil to feature black and mulatto players.

In 1933, Bangu won its first state championship.

In 1966, Bangu won its second state championship in a game played in the world's largest stadium filled with over 120,000 fans, the Maracana. They beat powerhouse Flamengo 3–0 in a game remembered by a big brawl caused by Flamengo's players, in which several players got ejected afterwards. In 1967, Bangu, as the Houston Stars, represented the city of Houston in the United Soccer Association. The club finished with four victories, four draws and four defeats, but led the competition's attendance, with an average of 19,000 supporters per match.

In 1985, Bangu was the runner-up of Campeonato Brasileiro, gaining the right to compete in the following year's Copa Libertadores.

In 2004, Bangu was relegated to the Campeonato Carioca Second Level, returning to the first level in 2009, after winning the 2008 second level.

Achievements

National

• Série A:
  • Runners-up (1): 1985

Interstate

• Copa dos Campeões:
  • Winners (1): 1967

State

• Campeonato Carioca:
  • Winners (2): 1933, 1966
  • Runners-up (6): 1951, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1985
• Campeonato Carioca Série A2:
  • Winners (3): 1911, 1914, 2008
  • Runners-up (1): 2005
• Taça Rio:
  • Winners (1): 1987

Friendly tournaments

• Torneio Início do Rio-São Paulo:
  • Winners (1): 1951
• Torneio Manoel Vargas Netto:
  • Winners (1): 1943
• International Soccer League:
  • Winners (1): 1960
• President's Cup (Korea):
  • Winners (1): 1984
• BTV Cup: (Vietnam)
  • Winners (1): 2015

Stadium

Main article: Estádio Moça Bonita

Bangu's stadium is Estádio Guilherme Da Silveira Filho, popularly known as Moça Bonita, built in 1947, with a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.

Rivals

Bangu's biggest rivals are América, Ceres, and Campo Grande.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player GK Fábio Huck GK Rogger GK Paulo Henrique GK Isaac DF Breno DF Israel DF Yuri DF Dionatan DF Eduardo Brito DF Fandinho DF Renato DF Diego Soares DF João Pedro DF Rai DF João Alves DF Rafael Esculapio MF Marcelo Mattos MF Vinicius Miller MF Geancarlo Slaviero

No. Position Player MF Valdivia MF Igor Feijão MF Lucas Lucena MF Washington MF Denilson Alves MF Vinícius Matheus MF Renan Rabello MF Caio Lucas MF Carlos Eduardo FW Gabriel Pajé FW Rochinha FW Santarém FW Rafael Carioca FW Eduardo FW Maicon FW Luís Gustavo FW Robert FW Caio Cézar FW João Victor FW Daniel Dias FW Adenilson FW Roberto Baggio

Mascot

Bangu's mascot is a beaver, known as castor in Portuguese. Castor de Andrade, a banker of Jogo do Bicho (illicit game in Brazil) financially supported the club for several years. The mascot was created in Castor de Andrade's era.

Notable coaches

• Ademar Pimenta, 1935–1936, Brazilian World Cup coach 1938
• Aymoré Moreira, 1949–1950, Brazilian World Cup coach 1962
• Ondino Viera, (Uruguay), 1950–1953, 1967, champion coach, e.g. with Vasco da Gama, Botafogo and in Uruguay und Argentina
• Tim, 1953–1956, 1959–1960, 1963–1964, 1980
• Flávio Costa, 1970, Brazilian World Cup coach 1950
• Dorival Knippel "Yustrich", 1978
• Zizinho, 1980
• Paulo César Carpegiani, 1986, Club World Cup winner with Flamengo
• Mário Zagallo, 1988, World Cup Winner as coach and Manager
• Moisés, 1983–85

Bangu's top scorers

1. Ladislau da Guia – 215 goals
2. Moacir Bueno – 162 goals
3. Nívio – 130 goals
4. Menezes – 119 goals
5. Zizinho – 115 goals
6. Paulo Borges – 105 goals
7. Arturzinho – 93 goals
8. Marinho – 83 goals
9. Luís Carlos – 81 goals
10. Décio Esteves and Luisão – 71 goals

Most matches played

1. Ubirajara Motta – 280 matches
2. Ladislau da Guia – 256 matches
3. Zózimo – 256 matches
4. Serjão – 249 matches
5. Nilton dos Santos – 232 matches
6. Moacir Bueno – 231 matches
7. Décio Esteves – 221 matches
8. Gilmar – 221 matches
9. Luisão – 220 matches
10. Luiz Antônio da Guia – 216 matches

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131514/http://www.bangu-ac.com.br/jogadores.htm

External links

• 'Back to Rio'. RGSSA blog post contains image of 'The Bangu Football Grounds: Central Railway', c. 1914
• Official site (archived 10 March 2005)
• Unofficial site