Niteroiense FC

Foundation and first titles (1913–1924)

Nictheroyense Football Club was established in May 11, 1913 during a period of sporting growth in the city of Niterói, which saw the founding of numerous football clubs. The club was founded by Alberto Calado, Gastão Ramos, Alipio José dos Santos, Antonio Freitas, Manoel Rocha, and Sílvio Vieira Goulart. The club's first home ground was located on Rua Santa Clara in the neighborhood of Ponta d'Areia, an area linked to the Santa Clara and São Joaquim textile factory (founded in 1893) and the local workers' athletic club. Nictheroyense was one of the founding members of the Liga Sportiva Fluminense in 1915, organizer of the first state league in Rio de Janeiro. With only five years of existence, the club won the 1918 Campeonato Fluminense (organized by the LSF), finishing ahead of clubs such as Barreto, Cubango, Fluminense, Guarany, Odeon, Parnahyba, and Ypiranga. During the campaign, Nictheroyense inflicted the biggest rout in its history by defeating Guarany, a rival of Santa Rosa that is now defunct, by a score of 9–0. The team that won the first title in Nictheroyense's history was composed of: Gastão Ramos, Jovelino and Adalberto; Antonico, Tavares and Samuel; Nick, Billú, Raymundo, Oscar and Zéca. In 1919, the club moved to a new field on Rua Visconde de Sepetiba, in downtown Niterói, where it also established its social headquarters next to the pitch. In the following years, the club finished as runner-up in the Campeonato…