Joinville Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from Joinville in Santa Catarina state founded in 1976.
The club began their way in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. they regularly competed there for 11 seasons until their relegation in 1988. Since then, Joinville spent the majority of seasons in Série B. The late 2000s even saw them rotating between the third and fourth tiers. In the 2012 season, the team returned to the second division and competes there today.
Though haven’t achieved much success in the professional leagues, Joinville claimed numerous regional honors such as Campeonato Catarinense (12 titles), Copa Santa Catarina (3 victories), Recopa Sul-Brasileira (1 victory) and others. They also established themselves as the most supported team in the state. Joinville and their fans are proud of legendary midfielder Reinaldo Antonio Baldesin who is the club’s best scorer with 130 goals.
The team play their home games at Arena Joinville which can hold up to 22,400 spectators.
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