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Atlético Sorocaba
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Full nameClube Atlético Sorocaba
Nickname(s)Galo
Founded21 February 1991; 31 years ago (1991-02-21)
GroundWalter Ribeiro
Capacity13,722
PresidentKoichi Sasaki
2016Paulista A2, 18th (relegated)

Clube Atlético Sorocaba, usually known as Atlético Sorocaba, is a currently inactive Brazilian football club from Sorocaba.

The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C several times.

The club is owned by Rev. Moon's Unification Church, as is CENE.[1]

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Brazil

Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America and in Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language. It is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world, and the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.

Sorocaba

Sorocaba

Sorocaba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population is 687,357 in an area of 450.38 km2.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system.

Sun Myung Moon

Sun Myung Moon

Sun Myung Moon was a Korean religious leader, also known for his business ventures and support for conservative political causes. A messiah claimant, he was the founder of the Unification movement, and of its widely noted "Blessing" or mass wedding ceremonies, and the author of its unique theology the Divine Principle. He was an anti-communist and an advocate for Korean reunification, for which he was recognized by the governments of both North and South Korea. Businesses he promoted included News World Communications, an international news media corporation known for its American subsidiary The Washington Times, and Tongil Group, a South Korean business group (chaebol), as well as other related organizations.

Unification Church

Unification Church

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, derived from Christianity, whose members are called Unificationists or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC) in Seoul, South Korea, by Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012). Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han are its the leaders, and are honored by its members as their "True Parents".

History

The club was founded on 21 February 1991 by the entrepreneur João Caracante Filho as a basketball club.[2] Atlético Sorocaba became a football club on 15 March 1993 after they fused with Clube Atlético Barcelona and Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana Futebol Clube.[2]

Atlético Sorocaba competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2004.[3] The club's best performances was in 1996, when they reached the third stage of the competition.[4]

Atlético Sorocaba won the Copa Paulista de Futebol on 29 November 2008, after beating XV de Piracicaba in the final, at Estádio Barão de Serra Negra, Piracicaba, home of the opposing side.[5] The club also competed in the same season's Recopa Sul-Brasileira.[6] After beating Pelotas 2–0 in the semifinal,[7] Atlético Sorocaba was defeated 1–0 by Brusque in the Recopa Sul-Brasileira final.[8]

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system.

Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)

Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)

Esporte Clube XV de Novembro, commonly referred to as XV de Piracicaba, is a professional association football club based in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.

Estádio Barão de Serra Negra

Estádio Barão de Serra Negra

Estádio Barão de Serra Negra is a multi-use stadium located in Piracicaba, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Esporte Clube XV de Novembro. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 18,799 people and was built in 1965. It is owned by the Prefecture of Piracicaba, and is named after the woodland where the stadium was built.

Piracicaba

Piracicaba

Piracicaba is a city located in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population is 407,252 (2020) in an area of 1378.07 km². It is at an elevation of 547 m above sea level.

Recopa Sul-Brasileira

Recopa Sul-Brasileira

The Recopa Sul-Brasileira was a Brazilian football competition reuniting the champions of four other competitions, which are the Copa FPF, the Copa Paraná, the Copa Santa Catarina and the Copa FGF, respectively played by teams of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. It was officially recognized by the Brazilian Football Confederation. The competition's first edition was played in 2007.

Esporte Clube Pelotas

Esporte Clube Pelotas

Esporte Clube Pelotas, more commonly referred to as Pelotas, is a professional football club based in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Founded in 1908, it plays in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well in the Campeonato Gaúcho, the state of Rio Grande do Sul's premier state league, holding home games at Estádio Boca do Lobo, with a 23,336-seat capacity.

Brusque Futebol Clube

Brusque Futebol Clube

Brusque Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Brusque, is a Brazilian professional club based in Brusque, Santa Catarina founded on 12 October 1987.

Achievements

Source: "Clube Atlético Sorocaba", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, October 18th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube_Atlético_Sorocaba.

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References
  1. ^ "Reverendo Moon retorna à Grã-Bretanha" (in Portuguese). BBC Brasil. 2005-11-05. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  2. ^ a b "História" (in Portuguese). Official club website. Archived from the original on September 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  3. ^ "Clube Atlético Sorocaba" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  4. ^ "Série C 1996". RSSSF. June 6, 2003. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  5. ^ "Sorocaba vence o XV com gol no fim e leva o caneco da Copa Paulista". FPF. November 29, 2008. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  6. ^ "Atlético Sorocaba encara o Pelotas pela Recopa Sul-Brasileira". Gazeta Esportiva. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  7. ^ "Após Copa Paulista, Sorocaba está perto de outro título" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  8. ^ "Brusque 1 x 0 Atlético Sorocaba - Recopa é de Santa Catarina" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
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