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| Full name | Mirassol Futebol Clube | |||
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| Nickname | Leão da Alta Araraquarense (Araraquense Highway Lion) | |||
| Founded | 9 November 1925; 100 years ago (1925-11-09) | |||
| Ground | José Maria de Campos Maia | |||
| Capacity | 14,534 | |||
| President | Edson Ermenegildo | |||
| Head coach | Rafael Guanaes | |||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Paulista | |||
| 2024 2024 | Série B, 2nd of 20 (promoted) Paulista, 12th of 16 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Mirassol Futebol Clube (Brazilian Portuguese:[miɾaˈsɔwfutʃiˈbɔwˈklubi]) is a Brazilian professional club based inMirassol,São Paulo founded on 9 November 1925. It competes in theCampeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top flight ofBrazilian football, as well as in theCampeonato Paulista, the top flight of the São Paulostate football league.
Mirassol won the2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and the2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, and was runner-up of the2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
Founded on 9 November 1925 as Mirassol Esporte Clube,[1][2] the club only played amateur tournaments until 1951, when they played in the year'sCampeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão. Back to an amateur status in the following year, the club only returned to a competition in 1960, playing in theCampeonato Paulista Terceira Divisão (the fourth tier) and achieving immediate promotion.[3]
After managing to avoid relegation in the 1961Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão (now the third tier), Mirassol became rivals of newly-founded Grêmio Recreação Esporte Cultura Mirassol during the 1962 and 1963 seasons, when both sides were in the same division.[1] Both clubs merged in 1964,[3] with the new club being named Mirassol Atlético Clube.[1] The new club also changed colors, wearing white and blue kits.[3]
In 1981, after the associates ofGREC grew distant from the project, the merger was undone, with Mirassol regaining their yellow and green colors and becoming Mirassol Futebol Clube.[3][4] The club then returned to the third division of thePaulistão, achieving promotion to the second tier in 1985. In 1994, with the restructuring of the divisions, the club was assigned to the Campeonato Paulista Série A3.[3]
In 1997, Mirassol won the Série A3, beatingUnião Barbarense,Olímpia, andSão Caetano in the final four group stage.[3][5] Relegated in 2003, the club returned to the second tier in the following year.[3]
In 2007, the club finished in second in its group in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 semifinal stage, thus being promoted for the first time in club's history toCampeonato Paulista.[6] After finishing eighth in the2008 Campeonato Paulista, the club qualified to the2008 Série C, their first-ever national competition.
After suffering relegation in the2013Paulistão,[3] Mirassol spent three seasons in the Série A2 before achieving promotion in 2016. After managing to avoid relegation in the following years, the club finished third in the2020 Campeonato Paulista, beatingSão Paulo in the quarterfinals.[3] In that season, the club also won theSérie D, their first-ever national title, although the finals were played in February 2021.[7]
After narrowly avoiding relegation in the2021 Série C, the club went on to win the2022 edition,[8] achieving promotion to theSérie B. In 2024, the secured promotion to theSérie A for the first time in their history, after defeatingChapecoense 1–0 in the final round of the Série B.[9]
Despite being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the2025 Campeonato Paulista by eventual championsCorinthians, Mirassol became the best-ever debutant in the Série A after reaching 52 points with nine rounds to go, beatingGrêmio Barueri's record in 2009.[10]
The club's home matches are usually played atMunicipal José Maria de Campos Maia stadium,[11] which has a maximum capacity of 14,534 people.[12]
Mirassol's colors are yellow and green.[11]
The club's mascot is alion.[4]
Leãozinho, meaningLittle Lion, is Mirassol's nickname.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série C | 1 | 2022 |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série D | 1 | 2020 |
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| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Paulista Série A3 | 1 | 1997 |
