Ground Capacity 2,500 Founded 28 July 1941 | Head coach Ricardo Attolini | |
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Full name Grêmio Esportivo Sapucaiense Nickname(s) Rubro Negro, Sapuca, Sapo President José Luiz Reche Christianetti League Campeonato Gaúcho (3rd level) Arena/Stadium Estádio Arthur Mesquita Dias | ||
Grêmio Esportivo Sapucaiense is a Brazilian football club from Sapucaia do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, founded on July 28, 1941.
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History
Grêmio Esportivo Sapucaiense was founded on July 28, 1941, after the folding of Gremio Esportivo Iraí, a club founded in 1936, Iraí played in red and black color, which Sapucaiense inherited the uniforms and field, located in the same place where today is located the Arthur Mesquita Dias stadium.
Since its foundation until the year 2004, Sapucaiense was an amateur club who excelled in the municipal championships of Sapucaia do sul rivaling traditional local amateur teams. Its main opponents were Vera Cruz, Vila Vargas, Sial and Taurus, with which the Sapucaiense played fierce derbies.
Over the years the Sapucaiense was succeeding and began to compete in official competitions with its youth teams. In 1999 the FGF organized a state championship between amateur cities for under 21 teams, called Copa Sul 21. Sapucaiense represented Sapucaia and was champion.
This rise of Sapucaiense culminated with its professionalism in 2005, when they started to play the Campeonato Gaúcho and Copa FGF.
In 2007 the club was champion of the State Championship Second Level, named Divisão de Acesso and this established Sapucaia do Suk's red-black team in the professional level of Rio Grande do Sul and secured promotion for the first time, at the Gauchão.
Sapucaiense played the Gauchão for two consecutive years. In 2008, in his rookie year, they exceeded expectations and finished the championship in a creditable 6th place. A historic campaign for the club and the city. However, in 2009 Sapucaiense was not very successful and finished the competition in the 15th place, returning to the Divisão de Acesso.
Due to 3rd place finish in the 2010 Copa FGF and the fact that the end of Gauchão 2011 have been decided by the Gre-Nal duo, Sapucaiense qualified to compete in the 2012 Copa do Brasil. In its first national competition in history, the club was eliminated in the 1st round by Ponte Preta.