EC Pelotas
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- Brazílie - Campeonato Gaucho 2 69 Brazílie - Copa Gaucho 41 Brazílie - Campeonato Gaucho 33 Brazílie - Serie D 14 Brazílie - Zápasy 1
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Esporte Clube Pelotas, more commonly referred to as Pelotas, is a professional football club based in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Founded in 1908, it plays in the Campeonato Gaúcho, the state of Rio Grande do Sul's premier state league, holding home games at Estádio Boca do Lobo, with a 23,336-seat capacity.
The club competed several times in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, and won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1930. Esporte Clube Pelotas women's football team competed in the 2008 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.
History
The club was founded on October 11, 1908, after two clubs from Pelotas, Club Sportivo Internacional and Football Club, merged. In 1930, Pelotas won the Campeonato Gaúcho, beating Grêmio in the final.
In 1983, Pelotas won the Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level. In 1988, Pelotas competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B for the first time, but was eliminated in the first stage. In 1989, the club competed again in the Série B, being eliminated in the first stage again.
In 1995, 1996 and in 1998, Pelotas competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, being eliminated in the first stage in all three seasons. In 2003, the club competed again in the Série C, where they were eliminated by RS Futebol in the third stage of the competition. In the same year, Pelotas competed in the Copa do Brasil, being eliminated in the cup's first round, by Guarani.
In 2008, the club won the Copa FGF for the first time, after beating Cerâmica in the final, thus qualifying to the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira, and the following season's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. The club was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals 2–0, by Atlético Sorocaba.
EC Pelotas je jedním z nejstarších fotbalových klubů v Brazílii. Klub vyhrál státní šampionát Campeonato Gaúcho čtyřikrát, naposledy v roce 1937. Tým také vyhrál Campeonato Brasileiro Série C v roce 1998.
Současným trenérem EC Pelotas je Itamar Schülle. Mezi pozoruhodné hráče, kteří hráli za klub, patří Djalma Santos, Jairzinho a Renato Gaúcho.