Full Name: Fortaleza Esporte Clube City: Fortaleza Founded: 1918 Stadium: Plácido Aderaldo Castelo - Castelão (69,000) Colors: Red, Blue, White Previous: Fortaleza Sporting Club (1918-46) Nicknames: Clube da Garotada, Leão do Pici (The Lion of Pici), Tricolor de Aço (The Steel Three-color) Rival: Ceará
Description: Pici is (I think) a neighborhood of Fortaleza. Emerged from an earlier club called Stella. Name change from Fortaleza Sporting Club was forced by a presidential decree outlawing foreign names of various organizations. More popular in the Fortaleza suburbs, while Ceará are the big team of the central city.
Full Name: Fortaleza Esporte Clube
