Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club based in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, EspÃÂrito Santo. It competes in Campeonato Capixaba, the EspÃÂrito Santo premier state football league.
The club was founded on January 1, 1916. The team's first field was the courtyard of the Liceu Muniz Freire school, and because it was located in the northern part of the city, the team was named Estrela do Norte (North Star). In the 1930s, the club moved its field to the Sumaré neighborhood.
Estrela do Norte won the Campeonato Capixaba in 2014, the Campeonato Capixaba Second Level in 1996 and in 1999, and the Copa EspÃÂrito Santo in 2003, 2004 and in 2005. They competed in the Copa do Brasil in 2005 and in 2006, being eliminated in the first round in both editions. Estrela do Norte competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 1987, in the Série C in 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, and in 2006, and in the Série D in 2014.
Estrela do Norte Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Mário Monteiro, nicknamed as "Sumaré" due to its location in the neighborhood of the same name. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 6,000 people.