Cotinguiba Esporte Clube

Cotinguiba

Full name	Cotinguiba Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	Tubarão da Praia O Decano da Fundição
Founded	10 October 1909; 115 years ago (1909-10-10)
Ground	Batistão, Aracaju, Sergipe state, Brazil
Capacity	15,575
Home colors Away colors

Cotinguiba Esporte Clube, commonly known as Cotinguiba, is a Brazilian football club based in Aracaju, Sergipe state. They won the Campeonato Sergipano six times.

History

The club was founded on October 10, 1909.^[1] They won the Campeonato Sergipano in 1918, 1920, 1923, 1936, 1942, and in 1952,^[2] and the Campeonato Sergipano Série A2 in 1993.

Honours

• Campeonato Sergipano
  • Winners (6): 1918, 1920, 1923, 1936, 1942, 1952
  • Runners-up (2): 1976, 1979
• Campeonato Sergipano Série A2
  • Winners (1): 1993

Stadium

Main article: Batistão

Cotinguiba Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Lourival Baptista, nicknamed Batistão.^[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,000 people.^[3]

References

1. Rodolfo Rodrigues (2009). Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. Panda Books. p. 93.
2. Placar Guia 2011 (1350-C): 96. January 2011. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2011.