Independência Futebol Clube

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Independência
Full nameIndependência Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Timão (Big Team)
Founded2 August 1946; 77 years ago (1946-08-02)
GroundFlorestão
Capacity10,000
PresidentJosé Eugênio de Leão Braga
LeagueCampeonato Acreano
2023Acreano, 4th of 11

Independência Futebol Clube, commonly known as Independência, is a Brazilian association football club based in Rio Branco, Acre. The club currently competes in Campenato Acreano, the top division of the Acre state football league.

Independência Futebol Clube's home kit is a shirt with green, white and red vertical stripes, white shorts and white socks. They play their home matches at the Estádio José de Melo which has a capacity of 8,000 and they are currently playing in the Campeonato Acriano which they have won 10 times. This makes them the 3rd most successful team in the league's history.

History[edit]

Independência Futebol Clube was founded on August 2, 1946 by a group of entrepreneurs from Rio Branco.[1]

Honours[edit]

Domestic[edit]

State[edit]

Winners (12): 1954, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2024
Runners-up (16): 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000
Winners (1): 2018
Runners-up (1): 2014

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Independência Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2009.

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