Joinville Esporte Clube

Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC or simply Joinville, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina. Founded on 29 January 1976 they have won the Série B and Série C once and they have the largest sequence of consecutive state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985).

Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa Catarina in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (19) and Figueirense (18).

History Joinville was founded on 29 January 1976, after América-SC football department and Caxias football department fused. The club's Golden Age was in the 1980s, when the club won eight state championships in a row.

Joinville's largest win was on 31 October 1976, when the club beat Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará.

The club won the Copa Santa Catarina in 2009, and then the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the same year, after beating Serrano Centro-Sul 3–2 in the final. They won the Copa Santa Catarina again in 2011. Joinville also won the Série C in 2011, after beating CRB 3–1 and 4–0 in the final. The club won the Copa Santa Catarina for the third time in 2012. In 2014, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, returning to the Série A after 29 years of absence.

Joinville were relegated to the Serie B in 2015 after coming in last place in the Serie A, and then relegated once again to Serie C in 2016.

After 3 years without national division, Joinville secured their place in 2025 Serie D.

In 2026, the year of its fiftieth anniversary, Joinville went through a major crisis in the championship, with intense fan protests against the board and the squad. The club was fined in R$ 20,000 reais and lost three field orders by the Sports Court of Justice of Santa Catarina state (Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Estado de Santa Catarina, TJD-SC) after the fans threw bombs and flares onto the pitch in the first round of the relegation quadrangular, in the 4-2 defeat to Marcelo Dias on Arena Joinville. Joinville was relegated to Campeonato Catarinense Série B in the fourth round, after losing to Carlos Renaux 2-1 away from home and Marcelo Dias winning against Figueirense 1-0 on Estádio Orlando Scarpelli. Meanwhile, an impeachment request by a group of ten advisors was filed against the club's president Darthanhan Oliveira, alleging administrative and financial mismanagement. The request was accepted by the club's Deliberative Council, which established a disciplinary committee to judge the case according to the statutory rules.

Honours

Official tournaments

NationalCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsCampeonato Brasileiro Série B12014Campeonato Brasileiro Série C12011RegionalCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsRecopa Sul-Brasileira 12009StateCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsCampeonato Catarinense121976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2001Copa Santa Catarina 52009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020Recopa Catarinense12021Campeonato Catarinense Série B 32005, 2006, 2007

shared record

Others tournaments

State Taça Santa Catarina (1): 1980 Taça Governador do Estado (3): 1981, 1982, 1984

Runners-up Campeonato Catarinense (8): 1989, 1990, 1996, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016 Copa Santa Catarina (5): 1995, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2025

Stadium

Rivals Joinville's greatest rivals are Avaí, Figueirense and Criciúma.

The matches between Criciúma and Joinville Esporte Clube are called Interior Classic, by the media and fans of these clubs and others.

Mascot and nickname The club's mascot is a rabbit. Joinville is nicknamed JEC, which is an acronym of the club's full name.

Current squad

Out on loan

National competitions record First Division (Série A) YearPositionYearPosition197733rd198337th197841st198425th197929th19858th198021st198614th198138th201520th198238thSecond Division (Série B) YearPositionYearPositionYearPosition198714th19976th200422nd19885th19987th20126th198910th199915th20136th199018th200020th20141st199123rd20019th201617th199227th200212th199615th200314thThird Division (Série C) YearPosition200511th200617th200718th20111st20179th201820thFourth Division (Série D) YearPosition20104th201945th202037th20219thBrazilian Cup YearPositionYearPosition1990First round2017Fourth round2001First round2018Second round2002First round2019First round2013Second round2021Second round2014First round2015First round2016Second round

Seasons + Results of league and cup competitions by seasonSeasonDivisionPWDLFAPtsPosBrazilian CupCompetitionResultLeagueSouth America1976 197713535151815 1978204106172418 197916745201718 198015465201614 198192255116 1982821511165 198382247126 198414446101812 1985281369362332 1986288137303129 1987142578169 198822994272041 198914743121718 199010253889 199114563161516 19921444661112 1993 1994 1995 199610325151411 199716745222025 199819865232130 1999218211222526 200017575191722 2001261187392641 20022510411364434 2003237610334130 2004 236017244218 20051052313817 R3 200612625201420 R2 20071263316921 R2 2008 2009 2010 1264214722 2011 161141381637 20123817912584060 20133817813584459 2014 3821710543370 2015 3871021264831 2016 3891316324240 201718675282325 2018 184212133514 20196213347 202014554171120 2021Série D188912110339thR220222023

International record Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance Best: 2015 (2nd stage)

Managers João Francisco (1985) Hélio dos Anjos (1985–89) Edu Coimbra (1987) Arturzinho (2011) Leandro Campos (2012) Marcelo Serrano (2012) Artur Neto (2012–13) Arturzinho (2013) Ricardo Drubscky (2013) Sérgio Ramirez (2013) Hemerson Maria (2014–15) Adílson Batista (2015) PC Gusmão (2015–16) Hemerson Maria (2016) Lisca (2016) Ramon Menezes (2016) Fabinho Santos (2017) Pingo (2017) Rogério Zimmermann (2017-)

Futsal

Joinville has a futsal team in partnership with the company Krona Tubos e Conexões that plays top tier futsal in the Liga Nacional de Futsal.

Joinville Esporte Clube

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