Grêmio Esportivo Sapucaiense

The Grêmio Esportivo Sapucaiense was founded on July 28, 1941, after the closure of the Grêmio Esportivo Iraí, a club founded in 1936, in red and black colors, from which Sapucaiense inherited the uniforms and the pitch, located in the same place where today it is located Arthur Mesquita Dias himself.

From its foundation until 2004, Sapucaiense was an amateur club that stood out in the municipal championships of Sapucaia do Sul, rivaling traditional amateur teams in the city. Their main opponents were Vera Cruz, Vila Vargas, Sial and Taurus, teams with which Sapucaiense disputed fierce classics.

Over the years Sapucaiense stood out and started to compete in official competitions of the Gaúcha Football Federation with their teams from the grassroots categories. In 1999 FGF launched an amateur state championship between cities for boys aged up to 21, called Copa Sul 21. Sapucaiense represented Sapucaia do Sul and was champion.

This rise of Sapucaiense culminated in its professionalization in 2005, when it started to compete in the Gaúcho Championship and the FGF Cup.

n 2007 the club was champion of the Access Division, a milestone that set the red-black Sapucaia do Sul in the professional football scene of Rio Grande do Sul and guaranteed the club's access, for the first time, to Gauchão [1].

Sapucaiense played for Gauchão for two consecutive years. In 2008, in his debut year, he exceeded expectations and finished the championship in an honorable 6th place. [2] A historic campaign for the club and the city. However, at Gauchão 2009, Sapucaiense had a very irregular campaign and ended the competition in 15th place, returning to the Access Division. [2]

Due to the 3rd place in the 2010 FGF Cup and the fact that the Gauchão 2011 final was decided by the Gre-Nal duo, Sapucaiense managed to qualify for the 2012 Brazil Cup. [2] In his first national competition in history, he was eliminated in the 1st phase by the Ponte Preta team. [3]

In the Super Cup of Rio Grande do Sul, Sapucaiense set a negative record in the history of Rio Grande do Sul football. In addition to a bad campaign marked by thrashing, the red-black Sapucaia do Sul starred in an incredible 13-0 loss to Novo Hamburgo.

After more than a decade of uninterrupted activity, in 2018 the club was licensed to reorganize itself administratively and financially [4]. After a brief return to professional football the following year for the 2019 Segundona Gaúcha dispute (where, in their preparation, Sapucaiense drew goalless with Internacional in a training game that marked Paolo Guerrero's debut with the colored shirt [5]), the club graduated again in 2020, returning to professional football in 2021.

Two great players in the history of Brazilian football (and who competed in World Cups) emerged in the basic categories of Sapucaiense: Alcindo (1966 Cup) and Douglas Costa [6] (2018 Cup).

• Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level (Divisão de Acesso):
  • Winners: 2007