{{short description|Brazilian association football club based in Londrina, Paraná}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use American English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Londrina | image = Londrina E.C..png | upright = 0.75 | fullname = Londrina Esporte Clube | nickname = ''LEC''<br>''Alviceleste'' (The White and Sky Blue)<br>''Tubarão'' (Shark)<br>''Rama do Café'' (The Coffee Branch) | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1956|4|5}} | ground = Estádio do Café | capacity = 30,000 | chrtitle = President | chairman = Cláudio Canuto | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Allan Aal | league = {{Brazilian football updater|Londrina}} | season = {{Brazilian football updater|Londrina2}} | position = {{Brazilian football updater|Londrina3}} | website = {{official URL}} | pattern_la1 = _londrina26h | pattern_b1 = _londrina26h | pattern_ra1 = _londrina26h | pattern_sh1 = _londrina26a | pattern_so1 = _whitetop | leftarm1 = 3EA0FF | rightarm1 = 3EA0FF | body1 = 3EA0FF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = 3EA0FF | pattern_la2 = _londrina26a | pattern_b2 = _londrina26a | pattern_ra2 = _londrina26a | pattern_sh2 = _londrina26h | pattern_so2 = _londrina26h | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | body2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 3EA0FF | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | leftarm3 = | rightarm3 = | body3 = | shorts3 = | socks3 = | American = yes }}
'''Londrina Esporte Clube''', more commonly referred to as '''Londrina''', is a Brazilian professional football club in Londrina, Paraná, which currently plays in Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, after being promotion from Série C in 2025. They also play in the Campeonato Paranaense, the top division of the Paraná state football league.
The club was founded on April 5, 1956, and originally played at the Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium. Their current stadium, the Estádio do Café was built for Londrina's participation in the 1976 Brazilian league championship.
The most successful period for Londrina came between 1976 and 1982 when Londrina competed in Brazil's top league for 6 seasons. They were relegated for the 1980 season but claimed their only national league title by becoming champions of the second division. They have also won the state championship four times, as well as claiming 12 Campeonato do Interior Paranaense titles.
In 2013, Londrina finished in top place in the general classification of the Campeonato Paranaense. Although they did not qualify for the state championship final they won the Interior final and thereby qualified for a place in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian league system and will also be placed in the draw for the first round of the Copa do Brasil.
==History== Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen who, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama in Rolândia, decided that they did not want to go to Rolândia to watch football. Instead, they founded a club in Londrina, their own city. The club, named Londrina Futebol e Regatas, was founded on April 5, 1956. They chose blue and white to be Londrina's colors.<ref name="arquivodeclubes">{{cite web|title=Londrina Esporte Clube |url=http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/pr/londrina.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117044322/http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/pr/londrina.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=June 26, 2008 |language=pt |publisher=Arquivo de Clubes }}</ref>
In 1969, Londrina Futebol e Regatas merged with Paraná Esporte Clube, founded in 1942, forming Londrina Esporte Clube.<ref name="enciclopedialance">{{cite book | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001| isbn = 85-88651-01-7 | page = 199}}</ref> Red and white, the colors for the city of Londrina, became the new club's colors. In 1972, Carlos Antônio Franchello returned to the presidency of the club, and restored blue and white as the club's colors.<ref name="futebolpr">{{cite web|title=Londrina – História |url=http://www2.uol.com.br/futebolpr/londrina/londrina.shtml |access-date=June 26, 2008 |language=pt |publisher=FutebolPR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303001349/http://www2.uol.com.br/futebolpr/londrina/londrina.shtml |archive-date=March 3, 2008 }}</ref>
In 2008, Londrina won the Copa Paraná for the first time, after beating Cianorte in the final.<ref name="copaparana">{{cite web | title =Londrina encerra jejum e conquista título nos pênaltis| url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/ge_noticias/bin/noticia.php?chid=114&nwid=294491| access-date = December 4, 2008 | date = December 4, 2008 |language=pt |publisher=Gazeta Esportiva }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The club also competed in the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira.<ref name="copaparana"/> Londrina was eliminated in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira in the semifinals after a penalty shootout by Brusque.<ref name="recopasul-brasileira2008">{{cite web | title = Recopa Sul-brasileira: Brusque faz final contra Sorocaba | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=65423 | access-date = December 7, 2008 | date = December 5, 2008 | language=pt | publisher=Futebol Interior }}</ref>
==Honours==
===Official tournaments===
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" |National |- !Competitions !Titles !Seasons |- !Campeonato Brasileiro Série B !1 |1980 |- ! A colspan="3" |State |- ! style="width:260px" |Competitions ! style="width:80px" |Titles ! style="width:380px" |Seasons |- !Campeonato Paranaense !5 |1962, 1981, 1992, 2014, 2021 |- !Taça FPF !1 |2008 |- !Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata | bgcolor="gold" style="text-align:center"| '''3'''{{sup|s}} |1997, 1999, 2011h |} * {{legend|gold|record}} * {{sup|s}} shared record
===Others tournaments===
====National==== *Primeira Liga (1): 2017
====State Regional==== *Torneio Norte-Paranaense (3): 1959, 1962, 1973 *Torneio Inicio Norte-Paranaense (1): 1959
====State==== *Campeonato Paranaense do Interior (19): 1957, 1959, 1962, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
====City==== *Campeonato Citadino de Londrina (17): 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010
===Runners-up=== *Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (2): 2015, 2025 *Campeonato Paranaense (5): 1959, 1980, 1993, 1994, 2026 *Taça FPF (2): 1999, 2007
==Campeonato Brasileiro Série A participations== The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982,<ref name="arquivodeclubes"/> and in 1986.<ref name="rsssfcampeonatobrasileiroseriea1986">{{cite web|title=Brazil 1986 Championship – Copa Brasil |url=http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1986.htm |access-date=July 26, 2008 |date=February 4, 2008 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208150242/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1986.htm |archive-date=December 8, 2007 }}</ref> Londrina's best campaign was in 1977, when the club finished in the fourth place.<ref name="arquivodeclubes"/>
==Stadium== {{Main|Estádio do Café}}
Londrina's stadium is Estádio do Café,<ref name="arquivodeclubes"/> inaugurated in 1976,<ref name="templosdofutebolestadiodocafe">{{cite web | title = Estádio Jacy Scaff | url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/pr/Londrina1.htm | access-date = June 26, 2008 | language=pt |publisher=Templos do Futebol }}</ref> with a maximum capacity of 30,000 people.<ref name="arquivodeclubes"/> However, Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium, with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people is owned by Londrina, and sometimes is also used by the club.<ref name="templosdofutebolestadiovitorinogoncalvesdias">{{cite web | title = Estádio Vitorino Gonçalves Dias | url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/pr/Londrina2.htm | access-date = June 26, 2008 | language=pt |publisher=Templos do Futebol }}</ref>
==Players==
===First team squad=== {{updated|15 April 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londrinaesporteclube.com.br/futebol/profissional/elenco|title=Elenco profissional|trans-title=First team squad|publisher=Londrina EC|language=pt-BR|accessdate=15 April 2026}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Luan Ribeiro}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Weverton}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Yago Lincoln}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Wallace|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=André Luiz}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Rafael Monteiro}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Vitinho Mota|other={{small|on loan from Red Bull Bragantino}}}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Lucas Marques}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Bruno Santos}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Iago Teles}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Zanella}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=André Dhominique}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Yuri Lima}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Gabriel Lacerda}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=André Cardoso|other={{small|on loan from Red Bull Bragantino}}}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Paulinho Moccelin}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=URU|pos=FW|name=Emiliano Rodríguez}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Fabiano}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Murilo Chico}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Caio Maia|other={{small|on loan from Atletico Mineiro}}}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Maurício Kozlinski}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=João Tavares}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Kevyn Lucas}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Heron}} {{Fs player|no=39|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Caio}} {{Fs player|no=53|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Chumbinho}} {{Fs player|no=55|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Caio Rafael}} {{Fs player|no=57|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Cainã}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Gilberto}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Juninho}} {{Fs player|no=96|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Thalis}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=Thiago Parente}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=GK|name=William Hartmann}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=João Vitor|other={{small|on loan from Linense}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Fernando Asafe}} {{Fs end}}
===Youth team=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=87|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Kauã Jonathan}} {{Fs end}}
===Other players under contract=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Fabrício}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Vítor Jacaré}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Guilherme Ferreira|other={{small|at Ferroviária until 30 October 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=Maurício Mucuri|other={{small|at Fortaleza until 30 November 2026}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=Crysthyan Lucas|other={{small|at Cianorte until 30 September 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=João Pedro<!--Jotta-->|other={{small|at Confiança until 30 November 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * [https://www.instagram.com/londrinaec/ Londrina on Instagram] * {{Official website|http://www.londrinaesporteclube.com.br/}} {{in lang|pt}}
{{Campeonato Brasileiro Série B}}
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