Fortaleza

Full Name: Fortaleza Esporte Clube
City: Fortaleza
Country: Brazil
League: Série B
Founded: 1918
Stadium: Plácido Aderaldo Castelo - Castelão (69,000)
Colors: Red, Blue, White
Previous: Fortaleza Sporting Club (1918-46)
Nicknames: Clube da Garotada, Leão do Pici (The Lion of Pici), Tricolor de Aço (The Steel Three-color)
Rival: Ceará

Official Website: fortalezaec.net

Pici is (I think) a neighborhood of Fortaleza. Emerged from an earlier club called Stella. Name change from Fortaleza Sporting Club was forced by a presidential decree outlawing foreign names of various organizations. More popular in the Fortaleza suburbs, while Ceará are the big team of the central city.

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