Grêmio Esportivo Renner, commonly known as Renner, was a Brazilian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club from

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

History

Grêmio Esportivo Renner were founded on July 27, 1931. The club, with the help of

Ênio Andrade Ênio Vargas de Andrade (31 January 1928 – 22 January 1997) was a Brazilian football player and coach. He became most notable for his coaching achievements, winning three Brazilian league titles. Biography Enio Andrade began in 1949 as c ...

, won the

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

in 1954, thus being the first club, besides Grêmio and

Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the Brazilian league, as well as in Campeonato ...

, to win the state championship since 1939, and would remain the only one to do so until 1998. Renner folded five years later.

Achievements

: ** Winners (1): 1954 * Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre: ** Winners (2): 1938, 1954

Stadium

Renner played their home games at the

Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (; 12 November 1746 – 21 April 1792), known as Tiradentes (), was a leading member of the colonial Brazilian revolutionary movement known as Inconfidência Mineira, whose aim was full independence from P ...

stadium. The stadium had a maximum capacity of 6,000 people.

References

Defunct football clubs in Rio Grande do Sul Association football clubs established in 1931 Association football clubs disestablished in 1959 1931 establishments in Brazil 1959 disestablishments in Brazil {{Brazil-footyclub-stub