Associação Esportiva Santacruzense, commonly known as Santacruzense, is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2005 was 42,259 and the area is 1116 km². The elevation is 467 m....

, São Paulo state

São Paulo (state)

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History

The club was founded on January 25, 1931, bya group of local amateur athletes, professionalizing in 1954. They won the Campeonato Paulista Série A3

Campeonato Paulista Série A3

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 is the third level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 20 teams, in which the four best teams are promoted to Série A2...

 in 1962.

Stadium

Associação Esportiva Santacruzense play their home games at Estádio Municipal Leônidas Camarinha. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,058 people.