Joinville Esporte Clube, JEC or simply Joinville, is a Brazilian football team from Joinville in Santa Catarina .

Founded on 29 4️⃣ January 1976 they have won the Série B and Série C once and they have the largest sequence of consecutive 4️⃣ state titles, eight (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985).

Joinville is the third most successful club in Santa Catarina 4️⃣ in terms of state championship titles (12), behind Avaí (16) and Figueirense (17).

History [ edit ]

Joinville was founded on 29 4️⃣ January 1976, after América-SC football department and Caxias football department fused.