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Fortaleza

Club · Brazil · Serie B

«Leão do Pici»

436 Matches
197 wins
113 draws
126 losses
610–452 Goals
+158 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Form L 2 Aug · Away Palmeiras · 0:3 W 6 Aug · Home Palmeiras · 3:2 D 9 Aug · Away Cuiabá · 1:1 D 15 Aug · Away Juventude · 0:0 D 19 Aug · Home São Bernardo · 1:1 W 23 Aug · Away Criciúma · 2:0

Fortaleza sits on Brazil's north-eastern coast, in Ceará, and for over a century its football has belonged to Fortaleza Esporte Clube. The club traces itself to Stella Foot-Ball Club, founded in 1915, refounded as Fortaleza Sporting Club on 18 October 1918; the English name held until 1946, when a law banning foreign words in club titles forced the change to its present one.

Home games are played at Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo, better known as Castelão, which holds 63,903. The two meet in the Clássico-Rei. Fortaleza plays in red, white and blue, and carries the nickname Leão do Pici.

Domestically the club has been the dominant force in Ceará state football, with 46 titles in the Campeonato Cearense, five of them won in a row between 2019 and 2023. The club reached the final of the Copa Sudamericana.

Five state titles in a row, 2019 to 2023.

Latest results

All matches
23 Aug Serie B Criciúma A 2:0 W
19 Aug Serie B São Bernardo H 1:1 D
15 Aug Serie B Juventude A 0:0 D
9 Aug Serie B Cuiabá A 1:1 D
6 Aug Copa do Brasil Palmeiras H 3:2 W
2 Aug Copa do Brasil Palmeiras A 0:3 L

Standing

Serie B
# Team M W D L Goals Pts
3 Criciúma 25 12 8 5 26:19 44
4 Novorizontino 25 12 7 6 41:22 43
5 Fortaleza 24 11 7 6 27:21 40
6 CRB 25 11 6 8 37:35 39
7 Atlético Goianiense 25 10 9 6 28:23 39
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 436
436 Matches
197 wins
113 draws
126 losses
610–452 Goals
+158 Difference
1.4 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 436
197wins: 197 · 45% 113draws: 113 · 25% 126losses: 126 · 28%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
2 Aug · Away Palmeiras · 0:3
6 Aug · Home Palmeiras · 3:2
9 Aug · Away Cuiabá · 1:1
15 Aug · Away Juventude · 0:0
19 Aug · Home São Bernardo · 1:1
23 Aug · Away Criciúma · 2:0
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 436 221 215
Scored 610 373 237
Conceded 452 178 274
Scored per game 1.4 1.7 1.1
Conceded per game 1.0 0.8 1.3
Difference +158 +195 −37

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Lucas Xavier Gazal Defender 14 Matches Vinicius Silvestre Goalkeeper 14 Matches Vitor Samuel Ferreira Arantes Forward 14 Matches Rodrigo Santos Midfielder 14 Matches Rodriguinho Midfielder 14 Matches Luan de Freitas Molarinho Chagas Defender 14 Matches Welliton Silva de Azevedo Matheus Forward 13 Matches Paulo Henrique Silva Ribeiro Forward 13 Matches

Squad of Fortaleza

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
3 BR Lucas Xavier Gazal Defender 27 14
25 BR Vinicius Silvestre Goalkeeper 32 14
11 Vitor Samuel Ferreira Arantes Forward 14
29 BR Rodrigo Santos Midfielder 25 14
75 Rodriguinho Midfielder 14
4 BR Luan de Freitas Molarinho Chagas Defender 25 14
31 BR Welliton Silva de Azevedo Matheus Forward 26 13
77 BR Paulo Henrique Silva Ribeiro Forward 27 13
37 BR Ryan Gustavo Midfielder 23 13
32 Luiz Fernando Moraes dos Santos Forward 13
88 Lucas Sasha Midfielder 13
22 Maílton dos Santos de Sá Defender 13
19 BR Lucas Emanuel Forward 20 12
9 Juan Bautista Miritello Forward 12
10 BR Lucas Crispim Midfielder 32 12
5 Pierre Midfielder 9
8 Ronald Midfielder 9
33 Kaua Rocha Defender 8
1 BR João Ricardo Goalkeeper 37 8
6 AR Tomás Cardona Defender 30 8
18 Gabriel Rafael Fuentes Gómez Defender 8
17 BR Nathan Uiliam Fogaça Forward 27 7
13 BR Maurício Júnior Lima Rodrigues Defender 25 7
28 BR Paulinho Defender 21 7
2 AR Emanuel Brítez Defender 34 7
7 AR Tomás Pochettino Midfielder 30 7
38 Lucca Prior Midfielder 7
23 BR Neris Defender 34 6
12 Brenno Goalkeeper 6
13 Maurício Júnior Defender 5
16 Pedro Henrique Forward 3
15 Audenirton Soares da Silva Goalkeeper 3
35 Bruninho Midfielder 2
99 Kaike Forward 1
20 Matheus Rossetto Midfielder 1
21 Gabriel Souza Forward 1

Fixtures of Fortaleza

Honours of Fortaleza

  • Campeonato Cearense 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 45
  • Copa do Nordeste 2019, 2022, 2024 3
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2018 1
  • Copa Cidade de Natal 1946 1
  • Torneio Norte-Nordeste 1970 1