Soccer club
Esporte Clube Santo André, commonly referred to as simply Santo André, is a Brazilian association football club in Santo🔑 André, São Paulo.
They currently play in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the🔑 Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's premier state league.
Santo André greatest rival is São Caetano, the other team in ABC region.
The club's🔑 mascot name is Ramalhão ("Big Ramalho") after João Ramalho, the bandeirante who founded the city of Santo André in 1553.
History🔑 [ edit ]
Santo André was founded on 18 September 1967, by people that wanted to have a team in their🔑 city representing the professional football of the Municipality.
The first Santo André directorship was elected on 4 October 1967, and was🔑 composed by the following members: Newton Brandão, the President; Wigand dos Santos, Antonio Ferreira dos Santos and Hildebrando Mota Carneiro,🔑 the vice-presidents; Nelson Cerchiari and Durval Daniel, secretaries; Matheus Guimarães Jr.
and João Manha, the treasurers.
The first official match of the🔑 club took place on April 8, 1968, at Américo Guazzelli stadium in a friendly match against Santos.
Pelé did not play,🔑 but watched the game and participated in the festivities.
Santo André won 2 - 1.
In 1984 Santo André were invited to🔑 play in Série A based on their State Championship performance.
The team reached the third round (ranked 10th overall), but were🔑 not invited to compete the following year as the criteria changed.
Santo André next made headlines in 2003 when the team🔑 finished as runners-up to Ituano in Série C and thus were promoted to Série B.
In 2004, Santo André won their🔑 first national title when they defeated Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil final, gaining the right to compete in the🔑 following year's Copa Libertadores de América.
Their first season in Série B was over before it started as the team was🔑 docked 12 points for playing an ineligible player.
This meant at the time of the Copa do Brasil success their point🔑 tally on the local tournament was negative.
The team recovered to comfortably avoid relegation.
In 2008 Santo André were runners-up to Corinthians🔑 in the Série B and thus earned promotion to Série A.
After a hard-fought campaign Santo André were relegated back to🔑 Série B on the last day of the season.
The 2010 Paulista State Championship proved to be a highly successful campaign.
The🔑 team finished second in the table behind Santos after a mid season seven match winning streak put them in a🔑 commanding position.
In the playoffs Santo André overcame Grêmio Prudente, before facing the all conquering Santos team who had scored nearly🔑 100 goals already in all competitions.
The first game ended in a 3-2 victory for Santos despite Santo André having a🔑 man sent off.
The second match on 2 May 2010, proved to be an epic encounter as Santo André leveled the🔑 tie in the first minute, before being pegged back.
A thrilling game finally ended 3-2 to Santo André (5-5 on aggregate)🔑 and saw three red cards given to Santos, and one to Santo André.
Despite hitting the post twice, Santo André could🔑 not break down a professional Santos rear guard action.
Santos thus won the title due to their superior overall record.
Santo André🔑 slipped into free fall and were relegated to Série C in 2010 and almost relegated to the Série D in🔑 2011.
Achievements [ edit ]National [ edit ]Copa do Brasil: 1
Runners-up (1): 2008
Runners-up (1): 2003State [ edit ]
Runners-up (1): 2010Copa Paulista:🔑 22003, 2014
Campeonato Paulista Série A2: 5
1975, 1981, 2008, 2016, 2019Youth team [ edit ]
Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 12003Squad🔑 [ edit ]As of 22 July 2020
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.
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Former coaches [ edit ]
A notable coach would be Sérgio Guedes.
[ citation needed ]Stadium [🔑 edit ]
Santo André's stadium is Estádio Bruno José Daniel, inaugurated in 1969, with a maximum capacity of 18,000 people.
2004 Copa🔑 do Brasil [ edit ]
