Clube Atlético Penapolense, commonly referred to as Penapolense, is a professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in

Penápolis Penápolis is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. The population is of 63,757 inhabitants (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE/2020). The city has an area of 710.8&nbs ...

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, Brazil. It competes in the

Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão is the fifth tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). List of champions ;League names *Campe ...

, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state football league. The club's home colours are red and blue and the team mascot is a panther.

History

The club was founded on November 16, 1944, ten years after two local clubs, named Esporte Clube Corinthians and Penápolis Futebol Clube, folded. The club was founded after a Penápolis combined team played a friendly game in Fernandópolis against a local combined team. Penapolense won the

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). The tournament has been known as Série A3 since the ...

in 2011.

Current squad

Out on loan

Honours

** Winners (1): 2011 * Campeonato Paulista do Interior ** Winners (1): 2014

Stadium

Clube Atlético Penapolense play their home games at Estádio Municipal Tenente Carriço, nicknamed ''Tenentão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,717 people.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penapolense Association football clubs established in 1944 Football clubs in São Paulo (state)