Brazilian association football club based in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
Football club
Trem Desportivo Clube, or simply Trem is a Brazilian professional football club based in Macapá, Amapá. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Amapaense, the Amapá state football league.
History
On January 1, 1947,[1] the club was founded as Trem Desportivo Clube by Bellarmino Paraense de Barros, Benedito Malcher, the brothers Osmar and Arthur Marinho, and Walter and José Banhos, among others, at one of the most important and traditional [2] Macapá neighborhoods.[3]
In 1993, the club competed in the Copa do Brasil for the first time. The club was eliminated in the first stage, by Remo (first leg, at Zerão stadium, Macapá, Remo won 5–0, the second leg, at Mangueirão, Belém, Remo won again, 2–0). In 1999, due to financial difficulties, the club closed its football section. However, some years later, the club reopened it.[3] In 2008, Trem competed again in the Copa do Brasil, but was eliminated in the first stage by Paraná.
In 2022, he applied one of the biggest rout in the history of the Brasileirão Série D, when he thrashed Náutico, of Roraima for 10 x 2, in
Zerão
Stadium
Trem Desportivo's home stadium is Estádio Milton Corrêa, usually known as Zerão,[3] inaugurated in 1990, with a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.[6]
Club colors
The club's colors are red and black.[7] The club's home kit, and its logo are heavily inspired by Flamengo ones. The home kit is composed of red and black horizontal stripes, white shorts and black socks.[8]
Name and mascot
The club name Trem means train in Portuguese language. It was the name of the neighborhood where the club was founded. The neighborhood was founded in the 19th century.[9]
Trem's mascot is a locomotive, simply named Locomotiva.[9] Locomotiva is also the club's nickname.[1]
