Joinville Esporte Clube

Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC  or simply Joinville, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina. Founded on 29 January 1976 they have won the Série B and Série C once and they have the largest sequence of consecutive state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985).

Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa Catarina in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (18) and Figueirense (18).

History
Joinville was founded on 29 January 1976, after América-SC football department and Caxias football department fused. The club's Golden Age was in the 1980s, when the club won eight state championships in a row.

Joinville's largest win was on 31 October 1976, when the club beat Ipiranga of Tangará 11–1 at Estádio Municipal de Tangará.

The club won the Copa Santa Catarina in 2009, and then the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the same year, after beating Serrano Centro-Sul 3–2 in the final. They won the Copa Santa Catarina again in 2011. Joinville also won the Série C in 2011, after beating CRB 3–1 and 4–0 in the final. The club won the Copa Santa Catarina for the third time in 2012. In 2014, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, returning to the Série A after 29 years of absence.

Joinville were relegated to the Serie B in 2015 after coming in last place in the Serie A, and then relegated once again to Serie C in 2016.

After 3 years without national division, Joinville secured their place in 2025 Serie D.

Honours

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 * shared record

Others

 * Taça Santa Catarina (1): 1980
 * Taça Governador do Estado (3): 1981, 1982, 1984

Runners-Up

 * Campeonato Catarinense (8): 1989, 1990, 1996, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016
 * Copa Santa Catarina (4): 1995, 2007, 2008, 2010

Rivals
Joinville's greatest rivals are Avaí, Figueirense and Criciúma.

The matches between Criciúma and Joinville Esporte Clube are called Interior Classic, by the media and fans of these clubs and others.

Mascot and nickname

 * The club's mascot is a rabbit. Joinville is nicknamed JEC, which is an acronym of the club's full name.

International record

 * Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
 * Best: 2015 (2nd stage)

Managers

 * 🇧🇷 João Francisco (1985)
 * 🇧🇷 Hélio dos Anjos (1985–89)
 * 🇧🇷 Edu Coimbra (1987)
 * 🇧🇷 Arturzinho (2011)
 * 🇧🇷 Leandro Campos (2012)
 * 🇧🇷 Marcelo Serrano (2012)
 * 🇧🇷 Artur Neto (2012–13)
 * 🇧🇷 Arturzinho (2013)
 * 🇧🇷 Ricardo Drubscky (2013)
 * 🇺🇾 Sérgio Ramirez (2013)
 * 🇧🇷 Hemerson Maria (2014–15)
 * 🇧🇷 Adílson Batista (2015)
 * 🇧🇷 PC Gusmão (2015–16)
 * 🇧🇷 Hemerson Maria (2016)
 * 🇧🇷 Lisca (2016)
 * 🇧🇷 Ramon Menezes (2016)
 * 🇧🇷 Fabinho Santos (2017)
 * 🇧🇷 Pingo (2017)
 * 🇧🇷 Rogério Zimmermann (2017-)

Futsal
Joinville has a futsal team in partnership with the company Krona Tubos e Conexões that plays top tier futsal in the Liga Nacional de Futsal.