Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo

On 1 May 1911, employees of Adams Footwear Factory founded an association. In that day, during the celebrations of the Worker's Day, as it used to happen every year, took place a social gathering event between the employers and employees of the factory. After the barbecue ended, they always played football. Manoel Lopes Mattos, João Scherer, Aloys Auschild, Manoel Outeiro, João Tamujo and Adão Steigleder decided to found a football club. The suggested name was Adams Futebol Clube, but the name they chose was Sport Club Novo Hamburgo, later renamed to Esporte Clube Novo Hamburgo (German: Sport Club Neu-Hamburg). As Brazil entered World War II in 1944 war joining the allies side, Novo Hamburgo had to change its name, as it was of German origin – Novo Hamburgo means New Hamburg. The city was renamed to Marechal Floriano Peixoto and the club turned into Esporte Clube Floriano. In 1968, the club reverted to its previous name. Despite that, the 1940s and 50s were a golden age for the team, being the Campeonato Gaúcho runner-ups on 1942, 1947, 1949, 1950 and 1952. The famous player Garrincha, who won the 1958 and the 1962 World Cups, played once for Novo Hamburgo. On 2 July 1969, he wore the number 7 of the club. The friendly match, played at Beira-Rio stadium ended 3–1 in favour of Internacional. He played the whole first half, and the first 15 minutes of the second one. Novo Hamburgo was champion of the Campeonato Gaúcho Divisão de Acesso twice in 1996 and 2000. As well the…

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State

Copa ACEG (2): 1982, 1984 Copa Emídio Perondi (1): 2005 Copa Metropolitana (2): 2013, 2014 Campeonato do Interior Gaúcho (7): 1942, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1972, 1980

City

Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre (1): 1937 Campeonato Citadino de Novo Hamburgo (35): 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945

Runners-up

Campeonato Gaúcho (5): 1942, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952 Copa FGF (1): 2021 Recopa Gaúcha (1): 2018 Copa Governador do Estado (2): 1970, 1987 Super Copa Gaúcha (1): 2014 Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (1): 2003