Londrina Esporte Clube

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.

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; 69 years ago (1956-04-05)
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
Home colors Away colors

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

Official tournaments

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

•   record
• ^s shared record

Others tournaments

State Regional

• Torneio Norte-Paranaense (3): 1959, 1962, 1973
• Torneio Inicio Norte-Paranaense (1): 1959

State

• 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

Main article: Estádio do Café

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)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Mauro Bravo — 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 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)