História
Gavião Kyikatejê Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in the city of Bom Jesus do Tocantins. Its main characteristic is its indigenous roots, being highlighted for being the first professional football club owned by indigenous people to compete in the top division of a state championship, in 2014. Previously made up entirely of indigenous people, it is now a mixed team.
Although it is originally from the city of Bom Jesus do Tocantins, it is part of the Marabá football league, the city where the Estádio Municipal Zinho de Oliveira is located, the home ground for their matches.
Its former coach, Zeca Gavião, chief of the village that lends its name to the club, as well as the team's president, also became the first indigenous person to lead a club in the country.
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Gavião Kyikatejê originates from the former Campeonato Marabaense team Castanheira Esporte Clube. Founded in the 1980s, it was a traditional team in local football, having played in five finals of the Liga de Marabá (disputed by teams not only from Marabá), winning three of them.
In 2007, the Kyikatejê-gavião people acquired the rights to Castanheira in order to have the right to play in the first division of the municipal championship. As the Liga de Marabá does not allow the mention of the indigenous people's name in the association's title, Gavião continued to play in the league under the name Castanheira EC. In the same year that they started to dispute the first division (2007), they finished runners-up and in 2008 they were crowned champions of the local league.
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