Esporte Clube Santo André

Santo André was founded on 18 September 1967, by people that wanted to have a team in their city representing the professional football of the Municipality. The first Santo André directorship was elected on 4 October 1967, and was composed by the following members: Newton Brandão, the President; Wigand dos Santos, Antonio Ferreira dos Santos and Hildebrando Mota Carneiro, the vice-presidents; Nelson Cerchiari and Durval Daniel, secretaries; Matheus Guimarães Jr. and João Manha, the treasurers. The first official match of the club took place on April 8, 1968, at Américo Guazzelli stadium in a friendly match against Santos. Pelé did not play, but watched the game and participated in the festivities. Santo André won 2 - 1. In 1984 Santo André were invited to play in Série A based on their State Championship performance. The team reached the third round (ranked 10th overall), but were not invited to compete the following year as the criteria changed. In 2003, Santo Andre finished as runners-up to Ituano in Série C and thus were promoted to Série B. In 2004, Santo André won their first national title when they defeated powerhouse Flamengo in the Copa do Brasil final 4-2 on aggregate, gaining the right to compete in the following year's Copa Libertadores. Their first season in Série B was over before it started as the team was docked 12 points for playing an ineligible player. This meant at the time of the Copa do Brasil success their point tally on the local tournament was…

Official tournaments

Runners-up

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (1): 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 2003 Campeonato Paulista (1): 2010 Copa Paulista (1): 2002 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (2): 1979, 2001

Youth team

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (1): 2003