Esporte Clube Internacional (SC)

Internacional de Lages

Full name	Esporte Clube Internacional
Nickname(s)	Colorado Lageano Vermelhão do Copacabana
Founded	June 13, 1949
Stadium	Estádio Vidal Ramos Júnior, Lages, Santa Catarina state, Brazil
Capacity	7,620
President	Cristopher Nunes
Head coach	Waguinho Dias
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors

Esporte Clube Internacional, commonly known as Internacional de Lages or Inter de Lages, is a Brazilian football team based in Lages, Santa Catarina state. It plays the state of Santa Catarina's premier state league, as well as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system. It also played the Taça Brasil once.

History

The club was founded on June 13, 1949.^[1] It won the Campeonato Catarinense in 1965,^[2] the Campeonato Catarinense Second Level in 1990, 2000 and 2014^[3] and the Campeonato Catarinense Third Level in 2013.^[4] Inter de Lages played the Taça Brasil in 1966,^[1] when it was eliminated in the first stage by Ferroviário-PR.^[5] The club returned to the national competitions in 2015, when it played the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football.^[6]

Current squad

As of 18 March 2016.^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Neto Volpi GK Matheus Brandão GK Arthur Henrique DF Cristian Lucca DF Petterson DF Renato Camilo DF Douglão DF Weriton Luiz DF Orlan DF James DF Carlos Henrique MF Michel Schmöller MF Bruno MF Revson

No. Position Player MF Parrudo MF Jeferson MF André Gava MF Gabriel MF Guilherme MF Mateus Arence MF Vitor Michels FW Isac FW Gustavo Alexandre FW Éverton Júnior FW Gilmar FW Valdo Babacal FW Romarinho FW Coutinho

Staff

Coaching staff
Head coach	Waguinho Dias
Assistant coach	Gustavo Camargo
Goalkeeper coach	José Pedro Júnior
Head athletic trainer	Agenor Junqueira

Achievements

• Campeonato Catarinense:
  • Winners (1): 1965
• Campeonato Catarinense Second Level:
  • Winners (3): 1990, 2000, 2014
• Campeonato Catarinense Third Level:
  • Winners (1): 2013

Stadium

Esporte Clube Internacional plays its home games at Estádio Vidal Ramos Júnior. The stadium used to have a maximum capacity of 11,800 people,^[8] but, following new security patterns, its capacity was lowered to 7,620 people.^[9]

References

1. "Esporte Clube Internacional" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
2. "Os campeões de Santa Catarina em número de títulos" (in Portuguese). Bola na Área. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
3. ""Novato", Inter de Lages reapacere no cenário nacional" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
4. "Internacional é campeão da Divisão de Acesso 2013" (in Portuguese). Federação Catarinense de Futebol. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
5. "Brazil Cup 1966". RSSSF. October 18, 1999. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
6. "Classificação coloca Inter de Lages de volta ao Brasileiro após 49 anos" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
7. "Inter de Lages official squad". Esporte Clube Internacional de Lages.
8. "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
9. "Inter de Lages - estádio" (in Portuguese). Inter de Lages website. Retrieved November 19, 2015.