União Esporte Clube, also known as União de Rondonópolis, are a Brazilian football team from Rondonópolis

Rondonópolis

Formerly known as Rio Vermelho , Rondonópolis is the third-largest city in Mato Grosso. It is located around from Cuiabá the capital of the state.- Overview :...

, Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...

. They competed in the Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 in 2000

Copa João Havelange

Copa João Havelange was the 30th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Due to legal complications, the championship was organized by Clube dos 13 instead of CBF, and was contested by 116 teams divided in modules, equivalent to their division -...

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History

União Esporte Clube were founded on June 6, 1973. They won the Torneio Incentivo in 1975, 1976 and in 1979. União were eliminated in the first stage in the Green module

Copa João Havelange Group Green and White

Copa João Havelange Group Green and White was one of the three groups of 2000 season's first stage of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football league, named Copa João Havelange. It consists of 55 teams in 8 groups.-Group Green:-Group A:-Group B:...

 of the Copa João Havelange

Copa João Havelange

Copa João Havelange was the 30th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Due to legal complications, the championship was organized by Clube dos 13 instead of CBF, and was contested by 116 teams divided in modules, equivalent to their division -...

 in 2000.

The club competed in the 2009 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil

The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...

, when they gained national fame after beating Internacional

Sport Club Internacional

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 1–0 on February 18, in the first leg of the first round of the cup. However, the club were eliminated in that round, after being defeated 2–0 in the second leg.

Stadium

União de Rondonópolis play their home games at Estádio Engenheiro Lutero Lopes. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 18,000 people.

Achievements

• Campeonato Mato-Grossense:
  • Winners (1): 2010
• Torneio Incentivo:
  • Winners (3): 1975, 1976, 1979