Esporte Clube Taubaté

Esporte Clube Taubaté, commonly referred to as Taubaté, is a professional association football club based in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.

Taubaté

Full name	Esporte Clube Taubaté
Nickname(s)	Burro da Central Alvi Azul Gigante do Vale Maior do Vale
Founded	November 1, 1914
Ground	Joaquinzão
Capacity	9,600
Chairman	Eduardo Cursino
Manager	Toninho Cecílio
League	Campeonato Paulista Série A2
2024 [pt]	Paulista Série A2, 12th of 16
Home colors Away colors

The club's home colours are blue and white and the team mascot is a donkey.

History

The idea of founding a football club in Taubaté appeared when the football fans José Pedro de Oliveira, Jayme Tindal and Frederico Livrero had a meeting at Associação Comercial, and they decided to study the viability of founding a football club in the city. At that meeting they decided that the name of the club would be Sport Club Taubaté.^[1]

On October 25, 1914, the colors of the club were chosen: blue and white. On November 1, 1914, the club was founded as Sport Club Taubaté.^[1]

First match

The first match of the club was on December 25, 1914, against AA Palmeiras at Estádio da Praça Monsenhor Silva Barros (known also as Campo do Bosque) in Taubaté. The match ended with a defeat by 1–6. The players of Taubaté were Paulinho, Luiz Simi, Paiva; Synésio, Sérgio Areão, Hugo; Paulo Silva, Waldemiro, Renato Granadeiro (captain), Abreu and Jacinto. Irito also played.^[2]

Honours

Official tournaments

State
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Paulista Série A2	6s	1918, 1926, 1928, 1942, 1954, 1979
Campeonato Paulista Série A3	2	2003, 2015

•   record
• ^s shared record

Others tournaments

State

• Copa Vale do Paraíba (1): 1986

City

• Campeonato Amador da Primeira Divisão de Taubaté (3): 1951, 1959, 1961

Runners-up

• Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (3): 1947, 1963, 2004
• Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (1): 1998

Rivalry

Taubaté has a fierce rivalry with São José. 1979 Campeonato Paulista second division final match was an epic match between them. Another rival of Taubaté is Guaratinguetá.

Symbols and colors

The club's mascot is a donkey, known as Burro da Central (burro means donkey in Portuguese). In 1954, the club played the Campeonato Paulista second division final against Comercial of Ribeirão Preto and fielded an ineligible player in the match. Because of this mistake, the press of São Paulo nicknamed the club Burro (Donkey) not just meaning for donkey but for being dumb because of this mistake.

The blue color of the club represents the infinity of the sky, and the white color represents peace.^[1]

See also

São José Esporte Clube and Esporte Clube Taubaté football rivalry