Joinville Esporte Clube

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Full nameJoinville Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)JEC
Tricolor Catarinense (Santa Catarina's Tricolour)
O Coelho (The Rabbit)
Nasceu Campeão (The Born Champion)
Founded29 January 1976 (48 years ago) (1976-01-29)
GroundArena Joinville
Capacity22,675
PresidentCharles Fischer
Head coachGilmar Dal Pozzo
LeagueCampeonato Catarinense
2023Catarinense, 9th of 12
Websitehttp://www.jec.com.br/

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 (18) and Figueirense (18).