São José Esporte Clube, commonly known as just São José, is a Brazilian women's

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club, based in the city of

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. They won the

Copa Libertadores Femenina The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, named as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( pt, Copa Libertadores Feminina or Taça Libertadores Feminina) is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by ...

three times and the Copa do Brasil twice.

History

The club is a part of

São José Esporte Clube São José Esporte Clube, more commonly referred to as São José, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian football club based in São José dos Campos, São Paulo (state), São Paulo. The team compete in Campeonato Paulista Série A3 ...

, and its first participation in a professional competition was in the 2010

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

, when they finished in the second position, after being defeated by Santos in the final. São José competed in the

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de ...

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, reaching the Quarterfinals of the competition, when they were eliminated by Rio Preto. In the same year, on November 27, they won the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

, after beating Chilean club

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1-0 at

Estádio Martins Pereira Estádio Municipal Dr. Mário Martins Pereira, usually known simply as Estádio Martins Pereira is a football (soccer) stadium in São José dos Campos, São Paulo state, Brazil. The stadium holds 12,234 people. It was inaugurated in 1970. The s ...

. The winning goal was scored by Poliana. The club won the Copa do Brasil in

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, after beating fellow São Paulo state club Centro Olímpico 1-0 and 4-2 in the final. São José won the Campeonato Paulista for the first time in 2012, after beating Centro Olímpico in the final. They won the Copa do Brasil and the Copa Libertadores again in 2013.

Stadium

São José play their home games at

. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 15,317 people.

Current squad

Achievements

* International Women's Club Championship ** Winners (1): 2014 *

** Winners (3):

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, 2014 * Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino ** Runners-up (2): 2013, 2015 *

** Winners (2):

: ** Winners (3): 2012, 2014, 2015 ** Runners-up (1): 2010

References

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History

Stadium

Current squad

Achievements

See also

References