Esporte Clube Metropol, commonly known as Metropol, were a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football team from Criciúma

Criciúma

Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo...

, Santa Catarina state

Santa Catarina (state)

Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

. They won the Campeonato Catarinense

Campeonato Catarinense

Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...

 five times.

History

Esporte Clube Metropol were founded on January 20, 1960. They won the state championship

Campeonato Catarinense

Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...

 in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967 and 1969. Metropol closed their professional football department in 1969, shortly after winning the state championship, due to a disagreement with the Santa Catarina State Football Federation

Federação Catarinense de Futebol

The Federação Catarinense de Futebol was founded on April 12, 1924, and manages all the official football tournaments within the state of Santa Catarina, which are the Campeonato Catarinense, the Campeonato Catarinense lower levels and the Copa Santa Catarina, and represents the clubs at the...

. The club then started to compete again in amateur competitions.

Stadium

Metropol played their home games at Estádio Euvaldo Loudi. The stadium had a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.

Achievements

• Campeonato Catarinense
  Campeonato Catarinense
  Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...
  
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  • Winners (5): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969