Cuiabá Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Cuiabá, is a Brazilian professional club based in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso founded on 💋 12 December 2001.

It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top flight of Brazilian football, as well as in 💋 the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, the top flight of the Mato Grosso state football league.

The club plays at Arena Pantanal, one of 💋 the stadiums of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

[2] It was founded in 2001 by former player Luís Carlos Tóffoli first 💋 as a football academy and amateur club, later it became a fully professional team in 2003, winning a Campeonato Mato-Grossense 💋 on its first year, but it soon closed in 2006.

[3][4] In 2009 it was bought and reactivated by the Grupo 💋 Dresch and in 2021 the club reached the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[5]