Overview Cuiabá Esporte Clube is the professional football club of Cuiabá, capital of Mato Grosso, and in 2021 it became the first Mato Grosso club in Brazil's first division since 1986. It spent four seasons in Série A, from 2021 to 2024, and played Série B in 2025 and 2026. The club was founded on December 12, 2001, goes by Dourado after the golden river fish, and has been owned by the Dresch family's Grupo Dresch since 2009. Matchday Home matches are at Arena Pantanal, the stadium built in Cuiabá for the 2014 World Cup, where it hosted four group matches. The 2026 Série B ran 38 rounds from March to November and, for the first time, finished in playoffs with a two-legged final for promotion; Cuiabá opened it at home to Sport. Alongside the league the club plays the Mato Grosso state championship. Track record Cuiabá won Série C in 2018 and was in Série A by 2021. It has won the Mato Grosso state title repeatedly, including every year from 2021 to 2024, and its 2015 Copa Verde title took it into the Copa Sudamericana, where Chapecoense knocked it out in the second round. Brand presence The position on sale is the front of the official match shirt for a full season, across every competition the club plays. Kappa supplies the kit.