Cuiabá Esporte Clube
Cuiabá Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Cuiabá, is a Brazilian professional club based in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso founded on 12 December 2001. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, the top flight of the Mato Grosso state football league.
| Full name | Cuiabá Esporte Clube | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Dourado (Golden Dourado Fish) Auriverde da Baixada (Green-Gold from the Lowland) | |||
| Founded | 12 December 2001 | |||
| Ground | Arena Pantanal | |||
| Capacity | 42,968 | |||
| SAF Owner | The Dresch family | |||
| President | Alessandro Dresch | |||
| Head coach | TBA | |||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Mato-Grossense | |||
| 2022 2023 | Série A, 16th of 20 Mato-Grossense, 1st of 10 (champions) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The club plays at Arena Pantanal, one of the stadiums of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It was founded in 2001 by former player Luís Carlos Tóffoli first as a football academy and amateur club, later it became a fully professional team in 2003, winning a Campeonato Mato-Grossense on its first year, but it soon closed in 2006. In 2009 it was bought and reactivated by the Grupo Dresch and in 2021 the club reached the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Its main achievements include a two-time Copa Verde title and twelve Campeonato Mato-Grossense championships.