Lemense Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in Leme,

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who currently compete in the

Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 16 teams, in which the two best teams are promoted to Série A1 ...

, the second tier of the

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History

The club was founded on 12 December 2005 as Sport Club Atibaia, and professionalized its football department in the same year, when they competed in their first professional competition, the

Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, also known as Campeonato Paulista Série B1, is the fourth level of the São Paulo state professional football tournaments that determines one of the several Brazilian states championships. The two best teams ...

. They achieved promotion to the

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (also referred to as Paulistão A3 for short) is the third level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. The tournament has been known as Série A3 since ...

in 2014, and reached another promotion to the

in 2018, the latter as champions. On 29 November 2021, Atibaia's president Alexandre Barbosa confirmed that the club would leave the city of

Atibaia Atibaia (or ''Estância de Atibaia'') is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is derived from an indigenous language called Tupi, and means "healthy water river". Its name has changed over time, from the primitive ...

and move to Leme instead, taking over the name, shield and identity of

Esporte Clube Lemense Esporte Clube Lemense, commonly known as Lemense, was a Brazilian football club based in Leme, São Paulo. History Founded on 16 June 1915, Lemense played amateur football before going into inactivity. In 1967, in an attempt to return to an ac ...

Stadium

Lemense FC play their home games at

Estádio Bruno Lazzarini Estádio Bruno Lazzarini (Bruno Lazzarini Stadium) is an association football stadium in Leme, on the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. The stadium holds 7.000 people. It was inaugurated in 1980. It is the currently venue of Lemense FC (former ...

Honours

: **Winners (1): 2018.

References

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