2010 Serie D champion, Guarany de Sobral-CE tries to get around a very delicate situation
On November 14, 2010, the city of Sobral was on the football map after, in the Série D final, Guarany beat América-AM 4-1 and became the first club from Ceará to win a national title. But, after about 13 years, Bugre Sobralense is faced with a devastating situation. Plunged into financial problems, the club announced on Monday (11) that its activities “are suspended indefinitely”.
Behind the scenes, the club races against time to ease their debts. The goal is, at the touch of a button, to provide the conditions to ensure that the team competes in the sequence of the Campeonato Cearense Sub-20 and the Taça Fares Lopes (competition that qualifies for the Copa do Brasil 2024).
Club president Marcos Maciel detailed what led the board to take this drastic measure.
– We have the money we received from the Sobral Town Hall, we are waiting to receive it, but the money is not reaching the club. Previous administrations, which had no commitment, left finances in Guarany hanging. Every time the Municipality deposits the value of the employer patronage, the amount is blocked by the Justice for the payment of work and judicial debts. We should have received this amount four months ago, but we are tied hand and foot and cannot afford to pay employees’ salaries,” she said.
The debts are approximately R $ 2 million. The 28 athletes in the squad are under 20 and have an allowance. Only members of the technical commission and employees of Guarany de Sobral are remunerated.
DIFFICULTY IN PLANNING Bugrinos had travel problems (Photo: João Lucas / Guarany de Sobral)
Guarany de Sobral faced unusual situations in the Cearense Sub-20 championship. The team felt a bit exhausted in the last round of the competition.
– In addition to the difficulty of paying salaries, we could not afford a trip from Sobral to Fortaleza. The delegation travels by bus on match day. They feed midway and then head back to their starting point. It is an alternative – underlined the president Marcos Maciel.
The financial director of Bugrino, Mauro Fuzaro, specified that the Under 20 will represent, alternatively, Guarany-S in the Fares Lopes Cup.
– Although he has major sponsorship, Guarany sees his money locked up. This amount secures our planning for the Fares Lopes dispute. Little by little what we had was running out and we decided to go to the under 20 competition. When the trials leave, it becomes a snowball! You can’t play football without money,” he said, explaining:
– We have difficulties with logistics, food, as happened in the away match in Fortaleza (where the team lost 5-1 against Floresta, in the Cearense Sub-20). But the hope now is to resolve this impasse with our legal department – he added -.
Maciel acknowledged how much he weighed to bet on the fundamentally young cast if he can return to the competition.
– It is difficult to reconcile the professional cast and sub-20 with a high-level structure without resources – he said.
It is estimated that the costs of the Fares Lopes Cup dispute will be around R$ 250,000.
“NEW DONE” DAYS BEFORE THE SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITIES Fernando Conrado: expectation to accumulate positions (Photo: João Lucas / Guarany de Sobral)
Interestingly, three days before suspending his activities indefinitely, Guarany de Sobral announced his new coach. Fernando Conrado has been chosen to lead the Bugrinos in an eventual dispute for the Fares Lopes Cup. He also manages the under 20 team and faces difficult moments.
– Guarany has been coming for a long time with a lot of problems. I was goalkeeping coach in a previous step, now I’ve come to be a base coordinator. Now I am also the coach of the main team – highlighted Fernando, who detailed the situation at Guarasol:
– I am an employee here, I have been without salary for four months, I am going to the fifth without salary. As far as reconciling routine with other tasks, such as a football school, the situation here has been complicated – explained Guarany of Sobral)
Acting as “jack of all trades” at the club, Fernando talked about what the challenges have been like for Guarany-S lately;
– A member of the coaching staff felt very ill due to stress. It was difficult for us. The council tries the bureaucratic part and we have no other place to get motivation to pass on to young people who are 16, 17 years old… Now, we just have to wait and see how things turn out and, if we succeed, that the Guarany is prepared for the challenges of Fares Lopes. There will be two parallel matches and with so many kids on the pitch it’s very hard for these youngsters, even more so in the face of heavy logistics – he said -.
Guarany de Sobral tries to find a card as soon as possible. Away from the spotlight, the club suffers from improvisation and struggles to get out of the financial mess to stay in business.
Source: Terra

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