Joinville

Full name	Joinville Esporte Clube
Nickname(s)	JEC Tricolor Catarinense (Santa Catarina's Tricolour) O Coelho (The Rabbit) Nasceu Campeão (The Born Champion)
Founded	29 January 1976 (48 years ago) (1976-01-29)
Ground	Arena Joinville
Capacity	22,675
President	Charles Fischer
Head coach	Gilmar Dal Pozzo
League	Campeonato Catarinense
2023	Catarinense, 9th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

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).

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.^{[citation needed]}

Joinville's largest win was on 31 October 1976, when the club beat Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

After 3 years without national division, Joinville secured their place in 2025 Serie D.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

National
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	1	2014
	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C	1	2011
Inter-State
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Recopa Sul-Brasileira	1s	2009
State
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Campeonato Catarinense	12	1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2000, 2001
	Copa Santa Catarina	5s	2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020
	Recopa Catarinense	1	2021
	Campeonato Catarinense Série B	3s	2005, 2006, 2007

•   record
• ^S shared record

Others

• 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 (4): 1995, 2007, 2008, 2010

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

As of 22 April 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Jhonatan — GK  BRA Matheus — GK  BRA Felipe — GK  BRA Samuel Pires — DF  BRA Danrlei — DF  BRA Fabiano Eller (on loan from Náutico) — DF  BRA Jaime (on loan from Figueirense) — DF  BRA Ligger (on loan from Oeste) — DF  BRA Everton Silva — DF  BRA Reginaldo — DF  BRA Robertinho (on loan from Tombense) — DF  BRA Diego — DF  BRA Fernandinho — MF  BRA Matheus Bertotto (on loan from Internacional) — MF  BRA Diones

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Kadu — MF  BRA Naldo — MF  BRA Paulinho Dias (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) — MF  BRA Tinga — MF  BRA Bruno Farias — MF  BRA Bruno Ribeiro (on loan from Juventude) — MF  BRA Carlos Alberto (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) — MF  BRA Juninho — MF  BRA Mateus Silva — MF  BRA Thomás (on loan from Flamengo) — FW  BRA Adriano — FW  BRA Fernando Viana — FW  BRA Giva (on loan from Ponte Preta) — FW  BRA Heliardo (on loan from Cianorte) — FW  BRA Jael

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA André Baumer (to Flamengo) — DF  BRA Igor (to Flamengo) — DF  BRA Bruno Aguiar (to Muaither SC) — DF  BRA Brenner (to Juventus Jaraguá) — MF  BRA Roberto (to Fluminense) — MF  BRA Luiz Meneses (to Osasco Audax)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Breno (to Juventus Jaraguá) — MF  BRA Jonathan Ramos (to Juventus Jaraguá) — MF  BRA Gustavo Sauer (to Daejeon Citizen) — FW  BRA Ítalo Melo (to América de Natal) — FW  BRA Welinton Júnior (to CRB)

National competitions record