Ituano Futebol Clube, also known as Ituano Sociedade Civil de Futebol Ltda, or Ituano as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Itu

Itu

Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...

 in São Paulo

São Paulo (state)

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, founded on May 24, 1947.

History

Employees of Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (Sorocabana Railroad), based in Itu

Itu

Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...

 founded on May 24, 1947 the Associação Atlética Sorocabana. In the 1960s, the club changed its name to Ferroviário Atlético Ituano and in the 1990s the club changed its name to Ituano Futebol Clube.

In 1977 a group of sportsmen of Itu unified the football of the city around Ferroviário Atlético Ituano (FAI) and reactivated the Liga Ituana de Futebol (Ituano Football League) and in 1978, the club played in the Third Division of Federação Paulista de Futebol's Campeonato Paulista.

Titles

• Brazilian Série C
  Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
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2003

• Campeonato Paulista
  Campeonato Paulista
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  : 1

2002

• Campeonato Paulista Série A2
  Campeonato Paulista Série A2
  Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 20 teams, in which the four best teams are promoted to Série A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
  
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1989

• Copa Mauro Ramos
  Copa FPF
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  : 1

2002

Stadium

Ituano's stadium is Estádio Novelli Júnior, inaugurated in 1947, with a maximum capacity of 18,000 people.

Current squad

Notable former players

Alfinete

Alfinete

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 (1993) Amaral

Wagner Pereira Cardozo

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 (1989–91)

• Batata
  Batata
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   (1992–93) Cabore (1996) Gökçek Vederson
  Gökçek Vederson
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   (2004)
• Grizzo (1993) Juninho Paulista
  Juninho Paulista
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   (1989–93), (2010)
• Maizena (1993) Neto
  Darcy Dolce Neto
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   (2001) Paulo Silas
  Paulo Silas
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   (2001)
• Pierre
  Pierre
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   (2005) Vagner da Silva
  Vagner da Silva
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   (2009) Vinícius
  Vinícius Bergantin
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   (2000)
• Vonei (1993) Wellington
  Wellington Santos da Silva
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  (2005)

Kits and mascot

The club plays in black and red stripes, white shorts and socks.

The mascot of the club is a rooster wearing the team's home kit.