Clube de Regatas Guará
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Clube de Regatas Guará, commonly known as Guará, are a Brazil
Brazil
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ian football team from Guará. They won the Campeonato Brasiliense
Campeonato Brasiliense
The Campeonato Brasiliense, also known as Campeonato Metropolitano de Brasília or Campeonato Candango, is the football league of the Distrito Federal, Brazil....

 once and competed in the Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 once.

History

They were founded on January 9, 1967, by employees of the Departamento de Topografia Humana. Oswaldo Cruz Viera, who was one of the founders, was the club's first president.

The club stopped its football activities during the 1960s, but after merging in the 1970s with two amateur local clubs, named Humaitá and Corinthians, they reopened their footvall department. They won the Campeonato Brasiliense
Campeonato Brasiliense
The Campeonato Brasiliense, also known as Campeonato Metropolitano de Brasília or Campeonato Candango, is the football league of the Distrito Federal, Brazil....

 in 1996. Guará competed in the Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 in 1979
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1979
-Overview:94 teams took part, and Internacional won the championship undefeated.-Final standings:-References:...

, when they finished in the last place.

Colors and badge

Guará's colors are yellow, black and white. Their badge its inspired by the Corinthians
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...

 one.

Stadium

They play their home games at the Estádio Antônio Otoni Filho stadium, nicknamed CAVE. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 7,000 people.
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