O Caxias Futebol Clube é um clube de Joinville fundado em 1920, campeão catarinense em 1929, 1954 e 1955. Em 1976, seu futebol se uniu ao do América para criar o Joinville Esporte Clube.
Caxias Football Club
Caxias Football Club is a club from Joinville, in Santa Catarina, founded on October 12, 1920. Three-time Campeonato Catarinense first division champion, it merged its football department into the union that created Joinville Esporte Clube in 1976.
History
Caxias Football Club was founded on October 12, 1920, in Joinville, and adopted black and white colors. Also known as Gualicho and Alvinegro, its home is Estádio Ernesto Schlemm Sobrinho, called Ernestão. The first state title came in 1929. In the 1950s, the club returned to winning the Campeonato Catarinense, with consecutive titles in 1954 and 1955, and reached three first division championships. In 1976, the football departments of Caxias and América united to found Joinville Esporte Clube, on January 29 of that year. Caxias later won the second division in 2002 and the third division in 2010.