Fortaleza Esporte Clube

On 23 February 1912, Alcides Santos founded a club called Fortaleza, and participated shortly after in the founding of the Stella Foot-Ball Club. Finally, on 18 October 1918, Fortaleza Sporting Club was born, the first denomination of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Its colors represent the colors of the French flag, since the founder spent time in France and decided to put the colors of the European country in the Brazilian club.

In 1920, they participated in the foundation of the Associação Cearense de Desportos. That same year they got their first Cearense Championship title.

In 1951, the Municipality of Fortaleza decided to renovate the Presidente Vargas Stadium. The idea of having a private stadium was reborn in the board since it had its own stadium during the 1920s.

In 1957, the club acquired from the land in Bairro do Pici from Mrs. Hedwing, which during the Second World War was where the American military base was in Fortaleza, called Post Command (Command Post), hence the name Pici, transfers it to the Club of Gentilândia in exchange for the new neighborhood. It changed its name to Leão do Pici, a reference to the neighborhood where the Parque dos Campeonatos is located.

The Alcides Santos Stadium opened its doors in June 1962, beating Usina Ceará in the inaugural match.

After finishing in 4th place in the 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the club qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time in history. In 2023 they finished 2nd place in the Copa Sudamericana, losing to L.D.U. Quito.

• Home Uniform: Blue and red shirt with blue pants and white socks.
• Away uniform: White and blue shirt with blue pants and blue socks.

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• Player with most goals scored: Rinaldo (23 goals)
• Player with most goals scored in a single tournament: Rinaldo (16 goals), in 2005
• All divisions taken in consideration
• Player with most goals scored: Rinaldo (43 goals); in 2004 (14), 2005 (16), 2006 (11) and 2008 (2)
• Topscorers in national competitions (cups and leagues)
• Bececê (7 goals), Taça Brasil 1960
• Rinaldo (14 goals), Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2004
• Best Série A right-back (Bola de Prata award): Louro, in 1974

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Fortaleza's mascot is a lion named Juba. In the 1960s, a journalist suggested that a lion be used as the club's mascot, inspired by the city of Fortaleza's General Tibúrcio Square, popularly known as Praça dos Leões (Square of Lions).

The headquarters of Fortaleza lies in the district of Pici, which is a complex consisting of buildings named after prominent figures of the club throughout their history.

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Fortaleza play their games at the 8,300-seater Estádio Alcides Santos, as well as Estádio Castelão, which can hold 63,903 supporters and Estádio Presidente Vargas with a capacity of 20,600.

• Alcides Santos
• João Gentil
• João César
• Ney Rebouças
• Aírton França Rebouças
• Péricles Mulatinho
• José Atanásio dos Santos
• José Nestor Falcão
• Osvaldo Azim
• Ezequiel Menezes
• Jorge Mota (1999—03)
• Clayton Alcântara Veras (2004)
• Ribamar Bezerra (2005—06)
• Marcello Desidério (2007—08)
• Lúcio Bonfim (2008—09)
• Renan Vieira (2010)
• Paulo Arthur Magalhães (2011)
• Osmar Baquit (2011—14)
• Jorge Mota (2015—17)
• Luis Eduardo Girão (2017)
• Marcelo Paz (2017—2023)
• Alex Santiago (2024—2025)
• Rolim Machado (2025—)

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=João Ricardo}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Tinga|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Titi|other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Pol Fernández}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Bruno Pacheco}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Tomás Pochettino}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=Emmanuel Martínez}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Juan Martín Lucero|other=4th captain}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Calebe}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Marinho}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Brenno}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=CHI|pos=DF|name=Benjamín Kuscevic}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Eros Mancuso}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Magrão}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Diogo Barbosa}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Zé Welison|other=6th captain}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Deyverson}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Allanzinho}}

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{{Fs player|no=20|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Matheus Rossetto}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Moisés}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Yago Pikachu|other=3rd captain}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=David Luiz}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Breno Lopes}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Dylan Borrero}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Pedro Augusto}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Eduardo Salvador}}

{{Fs player|no=32|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Gastón Ávila|other=on loan from Ajax}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Emanuel Brítez|other=5th captain}}

{{Fs player|no=36|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Felipe Jonatan}}

{{Fs player|no=38|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Lucca Prior}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Gustavo Mancha}}

{{Fs player|no=41|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Bruninho}}

{{Fs player|no=42|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Caio Wesley}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=VEN|pos=MF|name=Kervin Andrade}}

{{Fs player|no=88|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Lucas Sasha}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Rodrigo Santos}}

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{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Santos|other=on loan to Athletico Paranaense until 31 December 2026}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Marcelo Benevenuto|other=on loan to Criciúma until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=Tomás Cardona|other=on loan to Talleres until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=Tobias Figueiredo|other=on loan to Athletico Paranaense until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Bernardo Schappo|other=on loan to Vila Nova until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Jhonatan Silva|other=on loan to Athletic-MG until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Habraão|other=on loan to Santa Clara until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Amorim|other=on loan to Athletic-MG until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Fabricio|other=on loan to Tombense until 30 November 2025}}

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{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Kauan Rodrigues|other=on loan to Atlético Goianiense until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Luquinhas|other=on loan to Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Ryan Guilherme|other=on loan to União de Leiria until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Edinho|other=on loan to Paysandu until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Guilherme Cachoeira|other=on loan to CSA until 30 November 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Iarley|other=on loan to ASA until 30 September 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=ARG|pos=FW|name=Imanol Machuca|other=on loan to Vélez Sarsfield until 31 December 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Kauê Canela|other=on loan to Botafogo-PB until 30 November 2025}}

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{{updated|24 February 2023.}}

• {{legend|gold|record}}
• {{smallsup|s}} shared record

• Panamaribo Cup (1): 1962

• Torneio Início do Torneio de Integração Nacional (1): 1971

• Copa Cidade de Natal (1): 1946
• Zona Norte-Nordeste da Taça Brasil (2): 1960, 1968

• Torneio Início do Ceará (12): 1925, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1935, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1977

• Copa Sudamericana (1): 2023
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2): 1960, 1968
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (2): 2002, 2004
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 2017
• Campeonato Cearense (28): 1922, 1925, 1929, 1936, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1958, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024, 2025
• Copa Fares Lopes (1): 2017

• Campeonato Cearense de Futebol Feminino (3): 2010, 2020, 2022

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|https://fortaleza1918.com.br/}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023331/http://www.fortaleza.net/ Fan Online Community] (archived 20 August 2008)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060208021427/http://www.razaotricolor.com.br/ Site with News related to Fortaleza Esporte Clube] (archived 8 February 2006)

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