São Bernardo Futebol Clube

Soccer club
São Bernardo
Full nameSão Bernardo Futebol Clube Ltda.
Nickname(s)Bernô
Tigre do ABC (Tiger of the ABC Region)
Aurinegro Batateiro (Gold & Black Potato Farmer)
Founded20 December 2004; 19 years ago (2004-12-20)
Ground1º de Maio
Capacity12,578 [1]
OwnerRoberto Graziano
PresidentAntônio Moreno (Tony)
Head coachMárcio Zanardi
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série C
Campeonato Paulista
2023
2023		Série C, 7th of 20
Paulista, 5th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Home colors
Away colors

São Bernardo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as São Bernardo, is a professional association football club based in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top division of the São Paulo state football league.

The club play their home games at the 12,504 capacity Estádio 1º de Maio. Supporters maintain rivalries with a number of fellow ABC Region clubs, including Santo André, São Caetano, Água Santa and crosstown rivals EC São Bernardo. The club's home colours are yellow and black and the team mascot is a tiger.

São Bernardo participated twice in the Copa do Brasil, their best result being a second stage exit in 2013. The club also took part in the Série D once, finishing 9th in the 2017 season. São Bernardo won the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 2012 and the Copa Paulista in 2013. The club's highest ever state league finish came in 2016 when they finished sixth in the Paulistão.

Founded in 2004, the club started in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão in 2005, securing promotion to Série A3 by the end of the first year. In 2008, they were runners-up of Série A3 and were promoted to Campeonato Paulista Série A2. Following a fourth place finish in 2010, São Bernardo played in Série A1 for the first time in 2011, but stayed only one season in the top flight of the São Paulo state football league and were relegated back to Série A2. They returned to the state first division one year later and had a five-year stay in the Série A1 before being relegated at the end of the 2017 season.

History

Despite being the largest city in the ABC region in terms of population and the headquarters of some of the most successful volleyball and handball teams in the entire country, São Bernardo do Campo has never had a great football tradition, unlike the neighboring cities of São Caetano do Sul and Santo André, whose clubs had already emerged with great performances on national scale. As a result, representatives of the city's amateur football competition, the São Bernardo do Campo Football League, political authorities and retired local players started thinking about doing something for São Bernardo's football.

In 2004, a group of politicians headed by the city's former Sports Secretary and then federal deputy Edinho Montemor and state deputy Orlando Morando, along with five more people, founded São Bernardo Futebol Clube. on December 20, 2004, with an investment of BR$ 100,000.[2] The team would also receive, on behalf of the city, a subsidy in the amount of BR$ 400,000, but the project was not approved by the City Council of São Bernardo do Campo.[3][4] The team is, since its foundation, a club-company, having its CNPJ registered on January 5, 2005 under the name of São Bernardo Futebol Clube Ltda.[5] The club was founded with the ambitious goal of reaching the elite of state football in five years.[6]

Kit

As of 2020, the club's kit has been manufactured by the club itself and sponsored by club owner brand, watchmaker company Magnum.[7]

Period Kit manufacturer Main shirt sponsor
2005–06 Reply Armando Veículos
2007 SEGASP Sport
2008 Auto Shopping Cristal
2009 Champs None
2010 Topper None
2011–12 Kelme Banco BMG
2013 Kappa Seara
2014 Pulse None
2015–16 Crefisa
2017 Karilu None
2018–19 Reply None
2020– None Magnum

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Brazil BRA Alex Alves
— GK Brazil BRA Júnior Oliveira
— DF Brazil BRA Matheus Salustiano
— DF Brazil BRA Alex Reinaldo
— DF Brazil BRA Eduardo Diniz
— DF Brazil BRA Hélder
— DF Brazil BRA Islan
— DF Brazil BRA Ruan
— DF Brazil BRA Lucas Mota
— DF Brazil BRA Lucas Ferron
— DF Brazil BRA Igor Fernandes
— MF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Souza
— MF Brazil BRA Vitinho
— MF Brazil BRA Lelê
— MF Brazil BRA Cesinha
— MF Brazil BRA Adenilson
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Romisson
— MF Brazil BRA Bruno Azevedo
— MF Brazil BRA Portuga
— MF Brazil BRA Felipe Dias
— MF Brazil BRA Jesus César
— FW Brazil BRA João Carlos
— FW Brazil BRA Hugo Sanches
— FW Brazil BRA Minho
— FW Brazil BRA Guilherme Queiroz
— FW Brazil BRA Felipe Diogo
— FW Brazil BRA Vinicius Baiano
— FW Brazil BRA Italo Barbosa
— FW Brazil BRA Felipe Araújo
— FW Brazil BRA Rochinha
— FW Brazil BRA Gabriel Moyses
— FW Brazil BRA Gionnotti

Honours

Domestic

State

Stadium

São Bernardo Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Primeiro de Maio.[8] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 17,000 people.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Auto de Vistoria do Corpo de Bombeiros" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol.
  2. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo – Administração: São Bernardo financia time de deputados – 13/03/2005". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. ^ "Folha Online - Colunas - Regra 10 - O ABC do futebol - 28/04/2006". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. ^ "Lei Ordinária 5367 2005 de São Bernardo do Campo SP". leismunicipais.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  5. ^ "Sao Bernardo Futebol Clube LTDA, 07.157.468/0001-33". Infoplex. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  6. ^ "Tigre comemora aniversário e visa elite – Diário do Grande ABC – Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: esportes". Jornal Diário do Grande ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  7. ^ "Novas camisas do São Bernardo FC 2020 » Mantos do Futebol". Mantos do Futebol (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  8. ^ Rodolfo Rodrigues (2009). Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. Panda Books. p. 91.
  9. ^ "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
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