Not to be confused with São José Esporte Clube
Brazilian association football club based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 💳 BrazilSoccer club
Esporte Clube São José, commonly referred to as São José, is a Brazilian professional club based in Porto Alegre, 💳 Rio Grande do Sul founded on 24 May 1913.
It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of 💳 Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Gaúcho, the top flight of the Rio Grande do Sul state football 💳 league.
History [ edit ]
São José was founded in 1913, when, among conversations and soccer games during class breaks at São 💳 José High School, a group of students decided to leave the school fields to face big teams in the professional 💳 fields.
With the encouragement of Brother Constantino José, an admirer of Italian soccer and intellectual mentor of the venture, six students 💳 formed the Esporte Clube São José, which from its birth showed the will to seek new challenges.
Léo de la Rue, 💳 one of the founders, inaugurated the presidents' gallery, in a management where each player bought his own uniform and contributed 💳 with a monthly fee of $500 to kick-start this great project.
After several changes of headquarters, in 1939 the club found 💳 its home in a piece of land in the North Zone of Porto Alegre.[1]
On Sunday, June 5, 1927, in the 💳 morning, São José boarded the hydroplane Dornier Do J Wal "Atlantico" of Varig, for a game away from Porto Alegre.
This 💳 was the first time in the whole world, that a football team traveled by plane to play a match.
The feat, 💳 recognized by FIFA in 1992, is recorded in the entity's archives.
The flight, which lasted two and a half hours, went 💳 from the state capital to Pelotas, about 260 km to the south, where São José played a friendly match against 💳 Esporte Clube Pelotas.[2]
The club changed its headquarters several times, until in 1939 the land of the current stadium was purchased.
The 💳 Passo D'Areia Stadium was inaugurated on May 24, 1940.
In its opening, São José received Grêmio, but lost on the occasion 💳 by the score of 3x2.
Currently, the stadium no longer has any bleachers from the time, which were made of wood.
In 💳 the place there are 3 stands, two on the sides and one behind the goal, all fully covered, which together 💳 hold about 13,000 spectators.[3]
In 1998, in a marketing move, São José hired Careca, former Brazil National team, São Paulo and 💳 Napoli.
He played a few matches on the Campeonato Gaúcho and finished his career there.
In 2010 São José achieved its best 💳 campaign in the State Championship, with fourth place, winning a place in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, and also was 💳 the top scorer in the 2010 Gauchão.
São José won a slot to compete in its first Copa do Brasil, in 💳 2011.
In 2018, São José was promoted to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, after beating Linense by 2x0 in the Passo 💳 D'areia at the 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D quarter-finals.
The team was eliminated from the Série D playoffs against Ferroviário-CE at 💳 the semi-finals.
The team has competed in the Série C since then and it is part of the select list of 💳 Brazilian clubs that have never been relegated by any of the national divisions of the Brasileirão.[4]Stadium [ edit ]
São José's 💳 stadium is the Estádio Passo D'Areia, built in 1940 and renovated in 2011 with the implantation of artificial turf (with 💳 FIFA approval).
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 13,000 people.
[3]Honours [ edit ]Winners (1): 2017Winners (1): 2018Winners (1): 2015Winners (1): 💳 1971
Winners (2): 1963, 1981Winners (1): 2016Winners (1): 2015References [ edit ]
