Club Athletico Paulistano

The Club Athletico Paulistano, often just called Paulistano, is a sports club from the Brazilian metropolis of São Paulo. The club was founded on 29 December 1900. The football team was one of the founders of the sport in Brazil and was nationally by 1920, the guiding force. After the cessation of activities around football 1930, basketball became the figurehead of the association. With the sponsors name Paulistano / Amil he takes part in the game operation of the national professional league.

In addition, CA Paulistano offers these days sports such as tennis, swimming, volleyball, athletics and leisure football.

Football

Under the guidance of the Englishman Charles William Miller a year later founded along with São Paulo Athletic Club, SC Internacional, Mackenzie College and SC Germânia the League Paulista, the first football league Brazil. The participation in the game mode was reserved only for members of the uppermost layer of the city.

After CA Paulistano became runner-up respectively in the first three years, succeeded in 1905 for the first time the championship. In the following years it was one of the leading teams in 1908 again champion and was able to win four runner-up.

After 1913, a third league title was won, left CA Paulistano 1914, the League Paulista and moved to APEA, a generally accessible league. 1916-1919 could there be one after another celebrated four titles, substantial proportion had Arthur Friedenreich, who in his time six time top scorer of the league was at the club. In that era Paulistano also won the Taça Ioduran, the trophy for the winner of a game between the state champions from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, in 1918 and 1920, the Copa dos Champ Estaduais, the trophy for the national champion, in which also the title holder of Rio Grande do Sul participated. In both cases Paulistano defeated Fluminense FC from Rio in the deciding game.

In 1925, refused CA Paulistano to accept the professional status. The club has been a leader in the founding of Liga de Amadores de Futebol, an amateur league. After the collapse of the League in 1930, the club became less important. Some members seceded and were instrumental in the founding of São Paulo FC, ​​who was together with the "Sport Club Corinthians Paulista " ( in German speaking countries better known as Corinthians São Paulo) and Palestra Italia to the leading clubs of the city.

Known player

  • Rubens Salles ( star of the early years)
  • Arthur Friedenreich ( Brazilian soccer star )
  • Anfilogino Guarisi (1934 Football World Cup )

Achievements

  • Master of the National Champion: 1920
  • Taça Ioduran: 1918
  • State Championship of São Paulo: ( 11x) 1905, 1908, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1926, 1927, 1929

Basketball

Paulistano maintains a basketball team that participates also, according to the sponsors, as Paulistano / Amil is known and the game operation of the Brazilian professional league Novo Brasil Basquete. Paulistano 1944 National Champion of São Paulo and 2005 runner-up of the state.

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