The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.

[1] The businessmen Elísio Alves Ferreira, Manoel Lopes da Silva, Manuel Augusto Maia and Joaquim Braia, among others, in 1932, wanted to found a strong club in Madureira neighborhood.

[2] Madureira competed in the Federação Metropolitana de Futebol (Metropolitan Football Federation) state championship in 1939, winning the amateur competition and the Torneio Início, which is disputed by professional players.

[5] In 2013, the club featured Che Guevara's portrait on their shirts to commemorate a tour of the island they made 50 years ago.

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