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

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

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

History [ edit ]

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