Football club in Osasco, Brazil
Football club
Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube,
commonly referred to as Audax, is a professional association football club based in
Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third
tier of the São Paulo state football league.
The club was formerly known as Pão de
Açúcar Esporte Clube, PAEC and Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube.
History [ edit ]
The club
was founded as a city of São Paulo-based club on 8 December 2004 as Pão de Açúcar
Esporte Clube, playing their first professional game on 7 April 2007, against
Jabaquara, for the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão.[1] They won the Campeonato
Paulista Segunda Divisão in 2008, after beating Batatais in the final.[2]
Pão de Açúcar
Esporte Clube was renamed to Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube on 17 July 2011, adopting a
new logo and new kits. The owner of the club, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, changed the club's
name to bring the team closer to its supporters.[3]
The club was sold on September 22,
2013 to Mário Teixeira, president of Bradesco and vice-president of Grêmio Osasco,
renamed to Grêmio Osasco Audax and moved to Osasco.[4]
In his little time after having
changed from the city, the team controlled by Fernando Diniz surprised to eliminate
major clubs, such as the São Paulo and Corinthians in the Campeonato Paulista.[5] With
its form engaging to play and until the number of play ugly. players as Tchê Tchê,
Camacho, Bruno Paulo and other stood out and came up to the end of the State where he
was vice after losing the final for the Santos.
After the brilliant campaign in
Paulistão, the club has a partnership with Oeste in dispute the Campeonato Brasileiro
Série B, where otherwise disposed in addition to Fernado Diniz, a good part of the
players.[6]
Achievements [ edit ]
Stadium [ edit ]
Grêmio Audax Osasco plays they home
games at Estádio José Liberatti. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 12,430.
Audax
São Paulo Esporte Clube, until 2014, played their home games at Estádio Nicolau Alayon.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 9,660 people.[7]
The club, until 2011, played
their home games at Estádio Conde Rodolfo Crespi, nicknamed Estádio Rua Javari.[1] The
stadium has a maximum capacity of 4,000 people.[7]
Current squad [ edit ]
As of 14
January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility
rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan [ edit ]
Note:
Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold
more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Women's team [ edit ]
Their women's team debuted in
the 2024 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino and then for two years put together a
combined squad with Corinthians (called Corinthians Audax) and won the 2024 Copa
Libertadores Femenina and the 2024 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.
