Imbituba Futebol Clube, commonly known as Imbituba, is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in Imbituba

Imbituba

Imbituba is a port and coastal town in the southern Brazil state of Santa Catarina. It has a population of around 39,000. Up until the middle of the twentieth century Imbituba was an important home of Brazilian whalers since 1796, when the southernmost whaling station in Brazil was established...

, Santa Catarina state

Santa Catarina (state)

Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

. The club was formerly known as Centro de Futebol Zico Imbituba Futebol Clube.

History

The club was founded on February 1, 2007 as Centro de Futebol Zico Imbituba Futebol Clube due to a partnership between Centro Esportivo Alberto Rodrigues and Rio de Janeiro-base club Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva. They won the Campeonato Catarinense Second Level in 2009, after beating Juventus

Grêmio Esportivo Juventus

Grêmio Esportivo Juventus, commonly known as Juventus or Juventus-SC, is a Brazilian football club based in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina state. They competed twice in the Série C.-History:The club was founded on May 1, 1966...

 in the final. After Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva left the partnership, the club was renamed to Imbituba Futebol Clube.

Achievements

• Campeonato Catarinense Second Level:
  • Winners (1): 2009

Stadium

Imbituba Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Emília Mendes Rodrigues, nicknamed Estádio Ninho da Águia. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.