Grêmio FBPA

The beginning and professionalism at the club

On 7 September 1903, Brazil's oldest football team, Sport Club Rio Grande, played an exhibition match in Porto Alegre. An entrepreneur from Sorocaba, São Paulo, named Cândido Dias was besotted with the sport and he went to watch the match. During the match, the ball deflated. As the only owner of a football in Porto Alegre, he lent his ball to the players and the match resumed. After the match, he talked to the local players about how to start a football club. On 15 September 1903, 32 people, including Cândido Dias, met at Salão Grau, a local restaurant and founded "Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense". Most of the founding members were part of the city's German community. Carlos Luiz Bohrer was elected as first president. The club's first match took place on 6 March 1904, against Fuss Ball Porto Alegre, the first of two matches played that day. Grêmio won the first match 1–0. Unfortunately, the name of the player who scored the club's first goal is lost to history. The trophy Grêmio won that day, the Wanderpreis, is still displayed at the club's museum. Within 5 months the club had inaugurated the Baixada, its first home.

On 18 July 1909, Grêmio beat Internacional 10–0 on the latter's debut game. Grêmio's goalkeeper Kallfelz reportedly left the field to chat with fans during the match. Even now this victory is remembered with pride by Gremistas (Grêmio supporters). The match was the starting point for a rivalry that rages…

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

International

Sadrep Trophy (1): 1949 Copa El President of the Republic of Costa Rica (1): 1949 Jose Gonzalez Artigas Cup (1): 1954 Athens International Trophy (1): 1961 Thessaloniki International Trophy (1): 1962 Rio de la Plata Tournament (1): 1968 Torneio Internacional de Porto Alegre (1): 1971 Torneio do Atlântico (1): 1971 Salvador City Tournament (1): 1972 Rosario City Tournament (1): 1979 El Salvador World Cup (1): 1981 Watchtower Trophy (1): 1981 Trofeo Ciudad de Valladolid (1): 1981 Los Angeles Cup (1): 1983 'CEL' Trophy (1): 1983 Troféu Ciudad de Palma de Mallorca (1): 1985 Feyenoord Tournament (1): 1985 Philips Cup (1): 1986 Philips Cup (1): 1987 Sanwa Bank Cup (1): 1995 Copa Renner (1): 1996 Agrupación Peñas Valencianas Trophy (1): 1996 Troféu Colombino (1): 1997 New Year's Cup 98-Pepsi Cola (1): 1998 Hang Ching Cup (1): 1998 Peace Border Cup (1): 2010

National and Inter-state

Taça General Flores da Cunha (1): 1935 Taça Columbia Pictures (1): 1940 Taça Correio do Povo (1): 1949 Copa Tancredo Neves (1): 1960 Taça Petrobrás (1): 1970 Troféu Domingos Garcia Filho (1): 1970 Taça Presidente Médici (1): 1971 Troféu Osmar Santos (1): 2008 Troféu João Saldanha (1): 2010

State

Taça Fernando Carvalho (1): 2010 Taça Piratini (1): 2011 Taça Francisco Novelletto Neto (1): 2020 Torneio Início do Campeonato Gaúcho (3): 1963, 1965, 1967

City

Campeonato Citadino de Porto…

Futsal

Copa Atlântico Sul (1): 1987 Taça Governador do Estado (RS) (1): 1976 Campeonato Metropolitano (2): 1973, 1974

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Liga das Américas (1): 2020 Campeonato Gaúcho (1): 2020 Taça Governador (1): 2020

Basketball

Campeonato Gaúcho (3): 1934, 1954, 1955

Volleyball

Campeonato Gaúcho (2): 1929, 1934 Campeonato Citadino (6): 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935

Tennis

Campeonato Gaúcho (1): 1926

Table Tennis

Campeonato Citadino (1): 1949

Boxing

Campeonato Gaúcho (3): 1949, 1950, 1951

Sport of Athletics

Troféu Brasil de Atletismo (2): 1958, 1959 Campeonato Gaúcho de Atletismo Masculino (16): 1934, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 Campeonato Gaúcho de Atletismo Feminino (8): 1951, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972