Clube Atlético Sorocaba, usually known as Atlético Sorocaba, is a currently inactive

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club from

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. The club competed in the

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several times. The club is owned by Rev. Moon's

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History

The club was founded on 21 February 1991 by the entrepreneur João Caracante Filho as a basketball club. Atlético Sorocaba became a football club on 15 March 1993 after they fused with Clube Atlético Barcelona and Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana Futebol Clube. Atlético Sorocaba competed in the

in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2004. The club's best performances was in 1996, when they reached the third stage of the competition. Atlético Sorocaba won the

Copa Paulista de Futebol The Copa Paulista de Futebol, formerly known as Copa FPF, also sometimes called Copa Federação Paulista de Futebol or, in English, São Paulo State Cup, is a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol Company every second half of ...

on 29 November 2008, after beating

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in the final, at

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, home of the opposing side. The club also competed in the same season's

Recopa Sul-Brasileira The Recopa Sul-Brasileira was a Brazilian football competition reuniting the champions of four other competitions, which are the Copa FPF, the Copa Paraná, the Copa Santa Catarina and the Copa FGF, respectively played by teams of São Paulo, Par ...

. After beating

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2–0 in the semifinal, Atlético Sorocaba was defeated 1–0 by Brusque in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira final.

Achievements

: ** Winners (1): 2008

References

External links

Official club website
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