Resende Futebol Clube

Full name	Resende Futebol Clube
Founded	June 6, 1909
Stadium	Municipal do Trabalhador, Resende, Rio de Janeiro
Capacity	7,400
President	Ricardo Tufik
Head coach	Ademir Fonseca
Home colors Away colors

Resende Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Resende, is a Brazilian football club from Resende, Rio de Janeiro state. The club plays its home matches at Municipal do Trabalhador. Resende competed in the Campeonato Carioca for the first time in 2008 and won the Campeonato Carioca Second Level in 2007.

History

On June 6, 1909, the club was founded.^[1]

In 2007, Resende beat Mesquita 1–0, thus winning the Campeonato Carioca Second Level, and being promoted to the following year's Campeonato Carioca.^[2] On January 20, 2008, the club played its first Campeonato Carioca match, against Botafogo. Botafogo beat Resende 2–0.^[3] In 2009, the club finished as Taça Guanabara's runners-up, after being defeated 3–0 by Botafogo.^[4]

Stadium

Resende's home stadium is Municipal do Trabalhador, inaugurated on October 1, 1992,^[5] with a maximum capacity of 7,400 people.

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 1 GK Filipe 2 DF Everton 3 DF Marcelo 4 DF Thiago Sales 6 DF Gerson 7 MF Léo Silva 9 FW Marcelo Regis

No. Position Player 10 MF Marcel 14 DF Daniel Lucini 15 DF Lucas 16 DF Dudú 19 FW Felipe Linhares 20 MF Felipe Alves 21 MF Deoclécio MF Jorge Báez

Achievements

• Campeonato Carioca Second Level:
  • Winners (1): 2007
• Taça Guanabara:
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
• Copa Rio:
  • Winners (2): 2014, 2015

References

1. "Resende Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
2. "Resende é campeão da Segundona Carioca" (in Portuguese). Globo Online. Retrieved December 20, 2007.
3. "No Engenhão, Botafogo vence Resende em estréia no Estadual" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
4. "Botafogo embarca na festa do RJ e conquista a Taça Guanabara" (in Portuguese). UOL. March 1, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
5. "Estádio do Trabalhador" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved December 20, 2007.

External links

• Official Site (Portuguese)