CEPE-Caxias

CEPE-Caxias

Full name	Clube dos Empregados da Petrobrás - Duque de Caxias
Founded	March 29, 1999
Stadium	Marrentão, Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state
Capacity	10,000
Home colors Away colors

Team photo from the 2010 season

Estádio Romário de Souza Faria

Clube dos Empregados da Petrobrás - Duque de Caxias, usually known as CEPE-Caxias, is a Brazilian women's football team, from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state.

History

CEPE-Caxias was founded on March 29, 1999.^[1]

In 2006,^[2] and in 2007,^[3] the club won the Carioca Women's Football Championship.

In 2006, CEPE-Caxias also finished as Brazil Trophy's runner-up, after being defeated in the final by Botucatu.^[4]

The club, in a partnership with Duque de Caxias, won the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino in 2010. The title qualified them for the 2011 Copa Libertadores Femenina, where they finished its group stage third out of four.

They won the Campeonato Carioca again in 2011, after beating Vasco in the final.

Achievements

• Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino:
  • Winners (1): 2010
• Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino:
  • Winners (3): 2006, 2007, 2011
• Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

Stadium

São José play their home games at Estádio Romário de Souza Faria, nicknamed Marrentão. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.^[5]

Noted players

• Ester

References

1. "Perfil da Equipe". CEPE-Caxias. Retrieved September 20, 2007.
2. "Carioca Women's Football Championship 2006" (.doc). FFERJ. Retrieved September 20, 2007.
3. "Carioca Women's Football Championship 2007". FFERJ. Retrieved September 20, 2007.
4. "Taça Brasil 2006 (Women's Brazil Cup)". RSSSF. Retrieved September 20, 2007.
5. "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Retrieved November 29, 2011.

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website