Mirassol Futebol Clube

History

Founded on 9 November 1925 as Mirassol Esporte Clube, the club only played amateur tournaments until 1951, when they played in the year's Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão. Back to an amateur status in the following year, the club only returned to a competition in 1960, playing in the Campeonato Paulista Terceira Divisão (the fourth tier) and achieving immediate promotion.

After managing to avoid relegation in the 1961 Campeonato 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. Both clubs merged in 1964, with the new club being named Mirassol Atlético Clube. The new club also changed colors, wearing white and blue kits.

In 1981, after the associates of GREC grew distant from the project, the merger was undone, with Mirassol regaining their yellow and green colors and becoming Mirassol Futebol Clube. The club then returned to the third division of the Paulistão, 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.

In 1997, Mirassol won the Série A3, beating União Barbarense, Olímpia, and São Caetano in the final four group stage. Relegated in 2003, the club returned to the second tier in the following year.

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 to Campeonato Paulista. After finishing eighth in the 2008 Campeonato Paulista, the club qualified to the 2008 Série C, their first-ever national competition.

After suffering relegation in the 2013 Paulistão,

After narrowly avoiding relegation in the 2021 Série C, the club went on to win the 2022 edition, achieving promotion to the Série B. In 2024, the secured promotion to the Série A for the first time in their history, after defeating Chapecoense 1–0 in the final round of the Série B.

Despite being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Campeonato Paulista by eventual champions Corinthians, Mirassol became the best-ever debutant in the Série A after reaching 52 points with nine rounds to go, beating Grêmio Barueri's record in 2009. On 2 December 2025, they achieved a 2–0 away win over Vasco da Gama in their penultimate match, earning a first-ever place in the 2026 Copa Libertadores group stage as one of the league's top four sides.

Stadium

The club's home matches are usually played at Municipal José Maria de Campos Maia stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 14,534 people.

Club colors, mascot and nickname

Mirassol's colors are yellow and green.

The club's mascot is a lion.

Leãozinho, meaning Little Lion, is Mirassol's nickname.

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

State

• Troféu Fernando Vendramine (1): 2003

Runners-up

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (1): 2024
• Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (1): 2016
• Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (2): 1985, 2004

References

References

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