Clube Náutico Capibaribe, commonly known as Náutico, is a Brazilian sports club that features a popular professional soccer team from Recife, Pernambuco.
Náutico will campaign in the top tier of soccer in Brazil, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A after earning promotion from Série B at the end of the 2011 season. The club was a fixture in the Brazilian top flight or Série A for much of the 1970s through the early 1990s. Its last spell in Série A ran from 2007-2009.
Náutico is currently participating in the 2012 Campeonato Pernambucano (Pernambuco State Championship). The club has won 21 titles at the regional level and is currently in second place in the 2012 league table after 12 matches played.
Náutico recentlty unveiled its Penalty 2012 home and away kits earlier this week. On hand for their launch were current payers Derley, Marlon, Gideão and Rodrigo Carvalho along with a trio of Brazilian soccer babes. The new Náutico home kit is expected to see action when the club meets Santa Cruz in Campeonato Pernambucano action on Saturday.