Sociedade Esportiva São Borja, also known as São Borja or SE São Borja, is a Brazilian

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team in

São Borja São Borja is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. São Borja is the oldest municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and was founded in 1682 by the Jesuits as the first of the Seven Places of the Missions, and na ...

, Rio Grande do Sul.

History

The club came up with the name of Sociedade Esportiva São Borja, being derived from the fusion of International and Cruzeiro, two traditional teams vied in the

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and went through financial difficulties. Theirs São Borja inherited colors (International red and blue Cruzeiro). The merger aimed to unite the population to support and strengthen football in

, and started using the stadium Vicente Goulart. Already in its first year the São Borja played in the first division of the

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, keeping it continuously for 11 years (1977 to 1987), reaching the final stage of the competition on three occasions: 1980, 1981, 1983. In the

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, the São Borja reached the 3rd stage of the competition, finishing the race in 5th place. In the 1987

the team was ranked 14th (last) and was relegated to the

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. In

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, São Borja returned to the first division playing the

, at the time the First Division was divided into two series. The team entered in one of the vacancies left by

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and Atlético Carazinho who had been licensed. But the San Borja has to stay in last place (14th in Serie B) and was demoted. After this tournament the club graduated from professional football for 15 years, returning in 2012 with the name of Associação Esportiva São Borja and disputing the

, which finished in 11th place. In 2015 the club graduated again with the name Sociedade Esportiva São Borja.

Honours

* Copa Governador do Estado ** Runners-up (1): 1980 *

Campeonato Gaúcho Série B The Campeonato Gaúcho Série B is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is run by the Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation (FGF). List of champions Notes *Ulbra is the cu ...

** Winners (1): 2018 * Copa ACEG ** Winners (1): 1985

Players

References

External links

Official Website
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