Sport Club São Paulo, commonly referred to as São Paulo-RS, is a

Brazilian football Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country's national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil an ...

club based in

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Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...

. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série B, the third level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. They competed in the Série A three times.

History

Sport Club São Paulo were founded on October 4, 1908, by Adolpho Corrêa and other young sportsmen. The club were named São Paulo after Adolpho Corrêa's home city. São Paulo won their first title, which was the

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

, in 1933. They won the Copa Bento Gonçalves in 1985. The club competed in the Série A three times. São Paulo's first participation was in

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, when they finished in the 42nd place. The club competed again in

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, finishing in the 41st place. They competed for the last time in

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, when they ended in the 31st place in the league. On 6 October 2021 William Ribeiro was charged with attempted murder after kicking a referee in the head during a league match against Guarani after Rodrigo Crivellaro awarded a foul against him on 4 October 2021.

Stadium

São Paulo play their home games at Estádio Aldo Dapuzzo. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.

Current squad

:''As of 22 January 2018.''

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

State

*Copa ACEG (1): 1986 *Copa Bento Gonçalves (1): 1985 *Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho (1): 1933

City

*Campeonato Citadino de Rio Grande (31): 1916, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1943, 1945, 1952, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1987, 2004, 2009, 2020 *Taça Cidade do Rio Grande (1): 1980

Runners-up

* Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (1): 2013

Derby

The derby between São Paulo and

is known as Rio-Rita.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sao Paulo Sport Club Association football clubs established in 1908 Football clubs in Rio Grande do Sul 1908 establishments in Brazil