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| Full name | Goytacaz Futebol Clube | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | Goyta Alvi-Anil (The Blue & White) Tribo Azul (The Blue Tribe) O Mais Querido da Cidade (The City's Most Cherished) | ||
| Founded | August 20, 1912; 113 years ago (1912-08-20) | ||
| Ground | Estádio Ary de Oliveira e Souza | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| President | Dartagnan Fernandes | ||
| Head coach | Cleimar Rocha | ||


Goytacaz Futebol Clube, orGoytacaz as they are usually called, is aBrazilian football team fromCampos dos Goytacazes inRio de Janeiro, founded on August 20, 1912.
Home stadium is the Ary de Oliveira e Souza stadium, capacity 15,000. They play in blue shirts, white shorts and blue and white striped socks.
The club was founded on August 20, 1912, after a misunderstanding of a group of boys from Natação e Regatas Campista club. They felt depreciated because a request to use a boat to travel atParaíba River was denied by the club. They then abandoned the practice of rowing and founded a football club at Otto Nogueira's house.
| State | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Fluminense | 5s | 1955, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1978[1] |
| Campeonato Carioca Série A2 | 2 | 1982,2017 |
| Campeonato Carioca Série B1 | 1 | 2011 |
Goytacaz plays its home matches atAry de Oliveira e Souza stadium, usually known as Arizão, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.
The club's mascot is a Native American of theGoytacazes tribe, first inhabitants of the city, which are also the source of the club's name.
Goytacaz greatest rival isAmericano. The derby is known asGoyta-cano.