São José Esporte Clube

The club was founded on 13 August 1933, as Esporte Clube São José, as their first president Galiano Alves had altercations with members of Associação Esportiva São José. The club's football spent their first decades only playing amateur tournaments, and saw Internacional Futebol Clube and Klaxon Clube merge into their structure. São José played their first professional tournament in 1957, featuring in the Campeonato Paulista Terceira Divisão. In the following year, however, they returned to an amateur status, only officially becoming a professional club on 8 March 1964. In that year, they won the Terceira Divisão, and subsequently lifted another trophy in 1965 by winning the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, and achieved a first-ever promotion to the Campeonato Paulista. Initially playing in the Estádio da Rua Antônio Saes, the club only featured in the Campeonato Paulista Primeira Divisão until 1967, subsequently going into inactivity for the construction of the Estádio Martins Pereira. Back to an active status in 1971 after the stadium was completed, the club won the Campeonato Paulista Primeira Divisão in the following year, but was unable to achieve promotion as any promotions were suspended by the Federação Paulista de Futebol. On 24 December 1976, due to a financial crisis, Esporte Clube São José changed name to São José Esporte Clube to avoid pawning issues. They also changed its colors, which were black and white, to the current blue, yellow and white ones, and…

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

State

Torneio Incentivo (1): 1981 Copa Vale do Paraíba (1): 1996

Runners-up

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (1): 1989 Campeonato Paulista (1): 1989 Copa Paulista (1): 2023 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (1): 1987 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 (2): 2006, 2023