Esporte Clube São José

São José was founded in 1913, when, among conversations and football games during class breaks at São José High School, a group of students decided to leave the school fields to face big teams in the professional fields. With the encouragement of Brother Constantino José, an admirer of Italian football and intellectual mentor of the venture, six students formed the Esporte Clube São José, which from its birth showed the will to seek new challenges. Léo de la Rue, one of the founders, inaugurated the presidents' gallery, in a management where each player bought his own uniform and contributed with a monthly fee of $500 to kick-start this great project. After several changes of headquarters, in 1939 the club found its home in a piece of land in the North Zone of Porto Alegre. On Sunday, 5 June 1927, in the morning, São José boarded the hydroplane Dornier Do J Wal “Atlantico” of Varig, for a game away from Porto Alegre. This was the first time in the whole world, that a football team traveled by plane to play a match. The feat, recognized by FIFA in 1992, is recorded in the entity's archives. The flight, which lasted two and a half hours, went from the state capital to Pelotas, about 260 km to the south, where São José played a friendly match against Esporte Clube Pelotas. The club changed its headquarters several times, until in 1939 the land of the current stadium was purchased. The Passo D'Areia Stadium was inaugurated on 24 May 1940. In its opening, São José received…

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Others tournaments

State

Copa Metropolitana (1): 2016 Copa Sul-Fronteira (1): 2015 Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho (2): 2016, 2018

Runners-up

Copa FGF (4): 2013, 2019, 2020, 2023 Recopa Gaúcha (1): 2025 Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (1): 1996