Esporte Clube Santo André
The Esporte Clube Santo André is a football club based in Santo André, one located in the industrial belt in the southern Brazilian city of São Paulo, about 18 km from the center of town. The colors of the Association established in 1967 are green, yellow and white. Sant Andre - also called Ramalhão, after his usual brazil mascot João Ramalho, a likeness of the city founder (1493-1580) - won the 2004 surprise the Cup of Brazil. With the rise in the Série A in 2009, he was for the second time after 1984 class.
The main rival is the neighborhood association and former Libertadores finalist AD São Caetano, with which one the San São duel delivers itself.
History
The club was founded in 1967 by stakeholders the good development opportunities for professional football in Santo André looked founded as Santo André FC. It belongs to the club legend that the founding decision was taken after a power failure on a rainy night by candlelight.
The venue was on 20 January 1968. In March 1975, the club was renamed to the present EC Santo André. Here, the former green - yellow jerseys were replaced with the blue and white, which are still in use today.
In 1984, Santo André was through the services in the State of São Paulo Championship qualify for participation in the national championship competition, reaching there a good 10th place.
This was the biggest success in club history to 2004. In that year, Santo André came after it turned prominent clubs such as Atletico Mineiro and Palmeiras, among others, had reached the final of the Brazilian Cup before. In the home game against the top team Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro, which was moved to São Paulo because of the capacity in the stadium of Palmeiras, also known as the Estádio Palestra Itália Parque Antactica, had hinnehem seven minutes before the end, yet the balance to make it 2-0. In the return match, which took place in the Maracanã stadium before 70,000 spectators, Santo André won sensational 2-0.
Santo André, was qualified for the Americas Cup, the Copa Libertadores, left there but already in the group stage just against Cerro Porteño in the Paraguayan capital Asunción and the São Paulo FC from.
At the end of the 2008 season Santo André took second place in the Brazilian second division, the Série B, and for the first time rose to the first division, which created in its present form in 2003 Series A. However, when the Eighteenth club immediately rose again. The next year, Santo André also finished in the Série B the same place and had to join the in the Série C. In the 2012 season, the club was then in the group B of the Série C of ten teams only ninth and dismounted in the Série D.
Stadium
The EC Santo André plays its home games at the named after his term mayor urban Estádio Municipal Bruno José Daniel.
The stadium was the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo, a national athletics competition opens on 15 November 1969. The first football game was held on 14 December 1969. The then Brazilian champion Palmeiras in São Paulo was invited for this purpose. The player Halner opened the scoring for the guests took their leave with a 4-0 victory of the festivities.
The stadium currently holds 18,000 seats, which is limited for safety reasons at 15,157. On June 3, 1979, a still existing record was set when 21,000 spectators watched a 2-1 success against Santo André Corinthians from Sao Paulo.
Achievements
- Cup of Brazil: 2004
- Cup of São Paulo: 2003