Esporte Clube Ypiranga
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The Esporte Clube Ypiranga is a football team with headquarters in Salvador, Brasil's Northeast Region. Its colours are yellow and black.

It is the third team in Bahia with more titles in the Baiano Championship, coming after Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia , known familiarly as Bahiaço, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's national league. Bahia was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 group...

 and Vitória
Esporte Clube Vitória
Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...

, with 10 titles.

History

Ypiranga was founded in 7 September 1906; it is one of the oldest football team in Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...

.

In the beginning of the 20th century, young men excluded from society for various reason, mainly social and economic, founded Sport Club Sete de Setembro, in 17 April 1904, in 7 September 1906 the team was closed down, but a new team called Sport Club Ypiranga (nowadays called Esporte Clube Ypiranga) was founded.

The Esporte Clube Ypiranga is the union of the poor people of the city, who want to break the tradition of the fortunates to continue the exploitation of the poor and last fortunates.

Ypiranga isn't the team that only takes advantage of black and poor players who are part of its team, It was founded and directed by this layer of society, most of its supporters were socially excluded too. "Other football teams from Bahia can be wealthy, more prosperous, more hunted by the media, even have a higher number of supporters. Though none had a tradition so glorious as E.C. Ypiranga. This is the team of the World Box Champion Acelino de Freitas and of our beloved Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and her Two Husbands in 1978...

, it used to be powerful, wealthy, invincible, Superchampion... The Ypiranga may have lost its excitement, because it has already experienced many victories, it has made its supporters very happy. If a visitor has to chose a football team, may it be Ypiranga.

Now, the team is playing the 2nd division of Campeonato Baiano
Campeonato Baiano
The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption.-2008 format:First stage:...

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Nowadays

The team did not play in the 2nd dividion in 2008. the current situation is that the team is going through a very difficult financial crises, the lack of resources is so dreadful that the under 18 team faced huge challenges during the campeonato baiano de juniores.

In the current moment there is an honest group which works with all power and possible tools to relive as a phoenix. They hope to be back in 2010 for the campeonato baiano de futebol.

Below is the newest administrative team of the dearest Ypiranga

New leadership:
Valdemar Filho - President.
Fabio Marques
Fábio Marques
Fábio Igor Ribeiro Marques is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.F. Os Belenenses as a defender.-External links :**...

 - Marketing and communication director.
Paulo Mauricio - Planning and control director.
Rafael Mendes - football director.
Ramon Brito - solicitor.
Victor Novaes - Web Designer.
Priscylla Watson - International relation.
Naama Rodrigues - advertising and marketing officer.
Bruno Oliveira - Marketing Assistant.
Edvan de Barros - System Analyst.
Jomar Negreiros - System Analys.
Ivana Carolina - Social assistant.
Emerson Ferretti - Manager

Statehood

  • Campeonato Baiano
    Campeonato Baiano
    The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption.-2008 format:First stage:...

    :
    10 times (1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1939 and 1951).
  • Vice-Campeonato Baiano: 10 times (1915, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1946 and 1949).
  • Campeonato Baiano Second Level
    Campeonato Baiano (lower levels)
    The Campeonato Baiano lower levels are the football tournaments for the Bahia state clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Baiano First Division. The competitions are organized by the Bahia Football Federation...

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    2 times (1983 e 1990*).
  • Vice-Campeonato Baiano Second Level runners-up
    Campeonato Baiano (lower levels)
    The Campeonato Baiano lower levels are the football tournaments for the Bahia state clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Baiano First Division. The competitions are organized by the Bahia Football Federation...

    : 1989.
  • Torneio Início: 8 times (1919, 1922, 1929, 1933, 1947, 1956, 1959 e 1963).
  • Torneio Início runners-up: 10 times (1915, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1942 and 1949).


* being a invictus champion.

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