Treze Futebol Clube

Treze
Full nameTreze Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Galo da Borborema (Borborema's Rooster)
Founded7 September 1925 (99 years ago) (1925-09-07)
GroundEstádio Presidente Vargas
Amigão
Capacity8,885 (Presidente Vargas)
19,000 (Amigão)
PresidentOlavo Rodrigues[1]
Head coachWilliam De Mattia
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série D
Campeonato Paraibano
2023Paraibano, 1st of 10 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

Treze Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Campina Grande in Paraíba, founded on 7 September 1925. Historically, the club has competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times. Recently, the club has competed only in lower divisions of the national league, the Copa do Brasil, the regional Copa do Nordeste and the Paraíba State Championship

The main rival of Treze is Campinense, another traditional football club from Campina Grande. They have a long-standing rivalry, being collectively known as the Maiorais. This is considered as the most important derby in the countryside of Brazil. There is also a rivalry between Treze and Botafogo (PB), a football club from João Pessoa (Paraíba's capital), due to some historical issues between the two cities.

The club own the Presidente Vargas stadium, which has a theoretical capacity of 12,000, but an approved capacity of 3,800.[2] Games are often played at the state-owned stadium Amigão.

Treze is currently ranked second among Paraíba teams in CBF's national club ranking at 67th place overall. They are the best placed team in the state from outside of Greater João Pessoa. [3]

According to research institutes such as Datavox and GPP, Treze is the local club with the largest number of fans in Paraíba. It is estimated that the club has a fan base of approximately 600,000 supporters just in Paraíba, which represents 62% of local fans' preference, having a larger fan base than the combined total of the second and third largest fan bases in the state.[4]

  1. ^ "De volta à presidência do Treze, Olavo Rodrigues prega foco no futuro: "Não olharemos para trás"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Laudo de Segurance Pres Vargas (Page 22)" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Paraibana de Futebol. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ^ "RNC - Ranking Nacional dos Clubes 2022" (PDF). CBF. 16 December 2021.
  4. ^ "A pesquisa indicates that Treze has the largest fan base in Paraíba". ge.globo.com.