Grêmio Recreativo Barueri
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Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda., generally known as Grêmio Barueri, or just as Barueri, is a Brazilian football club from Presidente Prudente
, São Paulo state
. The club was formerly known as Grêmio Recreativo Barueri and Grêmio Prudente Futebol Ltda.
The club was founded in 1989, in the city of Barueri
, on the north-western outskirts of metropolitan São Paulo
. The club and the city of Barueri failed to reach an agreement about training facilities and the concession of the Arena
, causing the club to move to Presidente Prudente
in the hinterland, about 600 km from the state capital. The move was formalized by the end of February 2010, and it was announced that a change of insignia and kit would follow within the next weeks. The club moved back to Barueri in 2011.
The club's home stadium is the Arena Barueri
, which has a maximum capacity of about 35,000 spectators.
Barueri had a sponsorship from Bandeirantes Bank from September, 1997 to June 1998. The club changed sponsors to Mackenzie/Microcamp from August 1998 to May 1999. In 1998 Barueri won the São Paulo State Men's Basketball Championship. Some time later, the club signed a partnership with Vasco da Gama
, of Rio de Janeiro
.
Barueri signed a sponsorship with Roma Incorporadora in 2000. During this period, the club, which was named Roma Barueri at the time, won the Campeonato Paulista Under-20 in 2000, and the Copa São Paulo de Juniores
in 2001, beating São Paulo
in the final.
The club professionalized its football team in 2001, and competed the Campeonato Paulista Série B3
, finishing in the 14th position.
Barueri won the Campeonato Paulista Série A3
in 2005, beating Palmeiras B
in the final.
The club won the Campeonato Paulista Série A2
in 2006, beating Sertãozinho
in the final, and winning promotion to the following year's Campeonato Paulista
first division. In the same year, Barueri played in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
for the first time, finishing in fourth place, thus being promoted to the following year's Série B
. A fourth place finish in 2008
allowed the team to be promoted to Série A
, the top level championship, in the following year.
The club was renamed to Grêmio Prudente Futebol Ltda. on February 26, 2010, after the name change was approved on February 12 by the board of directors and Presidente Prudente's city hall. The logo was changed to reflect the new name.
Prudente was relegated to the 2011 Série B on November 14, 2010, after being defeated 2-1 by Atlético Paranaense
at the Arena da Baixada, in Curitiba
city. The club was also relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2
after a weak performance in the 2011 Campeonato Paulista
. Soon after that, a group of Barueri
city businessmen bought the club, moving it back to the city, and renamed the club Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda..
Football
Volleyball
, which has an initial maximum capacity of 17,000 people. The final stadium capacity will be 40,000 people. The stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.
Barueri's previous home was the Estádio Orlando Novelli, opened in 1996, with a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.
After moving to President Prudente, the club's home stadium was Estádio Eduardo José Farah
, which has a maximum capacity of 44,414 people. The club started playing again at the Arena Barueri after moving back to Barueri city in 2011.
, volleyball
, gymnastics
, futsal
, karate
, judo
, bocha
and athletics
.
Professional players eligible to play in the youth team
Youth players with first team experience
Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 207,610 inhabitants and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president Prudente de Morais. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo.Presidente Prudente is considered the...
, São Paulo state
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
. The club was formerly known as Grêmio Recreativo Barueri and Grêmio Prudente Futebol Ltda.
The club was founded in 1989, in the city of Barueri
Barueri
Barueri is a Brazilian city in the state of São Paulo located in the northwestern part of the Greater São Paulo metropolitan area. The population in 2006 is estimated to be 265,549, the population density is 4,149.2 per km² and the area of 64 km²....
, on the north-western outskirts of metropolitan São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. The club and the city of Barueri failed to reach an agreement about training facilities and the concession of the Arena
Arena Barueri
Arena Barueri is a multi-use stadium located in Barueri, São Paulo state, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Sport Club Barueri, and hosted the matches of Grêmio Recreativo Barueri until the 2010 season. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people...
, causing the club to move to Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente
Presidente Prudente is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of 207,610 inhabitants and area of 562.8 km². The city is named after president Prudente de Morais. Prudente is located 558 km from the city of São Paulo.Presidente Prudente is considered the...
in the hinterland, about 600 km from the state capital. The move was formalized by the end of February 2010, and it was announced that a change of insignia and kit would follow within the next weeks. The club moved back to Barueri in 2011.
The club's home stadium is the Arena Barueri
Arena Barueri
Arena Barueri is a multi-use stadium located in Barueri, São Paulo state, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Sport Club Barueri, and hosted the matches of Grêmio Recreativo Barueri until the 2010 season. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people...
, which has a maximum capacity of about 35,000 spectators.
History
The club was founded on March 26, 1989 as Grêmio Recreativo Barueri to represent Barueri in several different sports.Barueri had a sponsorship from Bandeirantes Bank from September, 1997 to June 1998. The club changed sponsors to Mackenzie/Microcamp from August 1998 to May 1999. In 1998 Barueri won the São Paulo State Men's Basketball Championship. Some time later, the club signed a partnership with Vasco da Gama
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |Rowing Club]]), usually known as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898...
, of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
.
Barueri signed a sponsorship with Roma Incorporadora in 2000. During this period, the club, which was named Roma Barueri at the time, won the Campeonato Paulista Under-20 in 2000, and the Copa São Paulo de Juniores
Copa São Paulo de Juniores
The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior , also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores and Copinha , is a cup competition played by 88 Brazilian under-18 football teams , most of them from São Paulo state...
in 2001, beating São Paulo
São Paulo Futebol Clube
São Paulo Futebol Clube , commonly known as São Paulo, is a professional football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. They play in the Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão, Brazil's national league, and are one of the only five clubs to...
in the final.
The club professionalized its football team in 2001, and competed the Campeonato Paulista Série B3
Campeonato Paulista Série B3
Campeonato Paulista Série B2 was the sixth level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships.- List of champions :* 2001 - Corinthians B * 2002 - Jabaquara...
, finishing in the 14th position.
Barueri 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 2005, beating Palmeiras B
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B, usually called Palmeiras B, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo. They are the reserve team of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, and are currently competing in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.-Achievements:...
in the final.
The club won the Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second 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 A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
in 2006, beating Sertãozinho
Sertãozinho Futebol Clube
Sertãozinho Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Sertãozinho, is a Brazilian football club from Sertãozinho, São Paulo state.-History:On August 6, 1944, the club was founded by a group of sportsmen...
in the final, and winning promotion to the following year's Campeonato Paulista
Campeonato Paulista
The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
first division. In the same year, Barueri played in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third division of Brazilian football.Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances...
for the first time, finishing in fourth place, thus being promoted to the following year's Série B
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The Série B is the second division of Brazilian football. It is played by 20 teams. However, the competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played altogether...
. A fourth place finish in 2008
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2008
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, namely the second level of Brazilian football league system, was contested by 20 teams in 2008. Giants Corinthians played Série B for the first time after its poor season in Série A in 2007. Also, former Série A champions Bahia returned from Série C.The tournament...
allowed the team to be promoted to Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
, the top level championship, in the following year.
The club was renamed to Grêmio Prudente Futebol Ltda. on February 26, 2010, after the name change was approved on February 12 by the board of directors and Presidente Prudente's city hall. The logo was changed to reflect the new name.
Prudente was relegated to the 2011 Série B on November 14, 2010, after being defeated 2-1 by Atlético Paranaense
Clube Atlético Paranaense
Clube Atlético Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2001.-History:...
at the Arena da Baixada, in Curitiba
Curitiba
Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...
city. The club was also relegated to the Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second 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 A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
after a weak performance in the 2011 Campeonato Paulista
Campeonato Paulista
The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
. Soon after that, a group of Barueri
Barueri
Barueri is a Brazilian city in the state of São Paulo located in the northwestern part of the Greater São Paulo metropolitan area. The population in 2006 is estimated to be 265,549, the population density is 4,149.2 per km² and the area of 64 km²....
city businessmen bought the club, moving it back to the city, and renamed the club Grêmio Barueri Futebol Ltda..
Achievements
BasketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Campeonato Paulista de Basquete Masculino:
- Winners (1): 1998
- Jogos Abertos do Interior:
- Winners (1): 1998
Football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
- Campeonato Paulista Série A2Campeonato Paulista Série A2Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second 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 A1 and the four worst teams are relegated to Série...
:- Winners (1): 2006
- Campeonato Paulista Série A3Campeonato Paulista Série A3Campeonato 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...
:- Winners (1): 2005
- Campeonato Paulista do Interior:
- Winners (1): 2008
- Copa São Paulo de JunioresCopa São Paulo de JunioresThe Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior , also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores and Copinha , is a cup competition played by 88 Brazilian under-18 football teams , most of them from São Paulo state...
:- Winners (1): 2001
Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- Campeonato Paulista de Volleyball Masculino:
- Winners (1): 1992
Stadium
Since its inauguration on June 26, 2007, Barueri's home stadium was the Arena BarueriArena Barueri
Arena Barueri is a multi-use stadium located in Barueri, São Paulo state, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Sport Club Barueri, and hosted the matches of Grêmio Recreativo Barueri until the 2010 season. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people...
, which has an initial maximum capacity of 17,000 people. The final stadium capacity will be 40,000 people. The stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.
Barueri's previous home was the Estádio Orlando Novelli, opened in 1996, with a maximum capacity of 5,000 people.
After moving to President Prudente, the club's home stadium was Estádio Eduardo José Farah
Estádio Eduardo José Farah
Estádio Eduardo José Farah, also known as Prudentão or Farahzão, is a multi-use stadium in Presidente Prudente, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 44,414. It was built in 1982...
, which has a maximum capacity of 44,414 people. The club started playing again at the Arena Barueri after moving back to Barueri city in 2011.
Other sports
Besides football, Prudente also has other sports sections, such as basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
, karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, bocha
Bocce
Bocce is a ball sport belonging to the boules sport family, closely related to bowls and pétanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire...
and athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
.
Current squad
Professional players eligible to play in the youth team
Youth players with first team experience
Out on loan
First-team staff
| Position | Name | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Coach | Sérgio Soares Sérgio Soares Sérgio Soares , is a former Brazilian footballer and current coach. Currently leads Grêmio Barueri Futebol.-As a player:He served in the late 1980s at Juventus, then had stints several times.... |
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Noted players
| Robson Ponte Robson Ponte Robson Ponte is a Brazilian former footballer. He spent most of his career at Bayer Leverkusen in Germany and Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.-Club career:Although Ponte is born in Brazil, he also holds Italian nationality... (2011-) Maurinho Mauro Sérgio Viriato Mendes Mauro Sérgio Viriato Mendes or simply Maurinho , is a Brazilian professional football right back.-Honours:*Brazilian League : 2001*Brazilian League: 2002, 2003, 2006... (2011-) Marcos Assunção Marcos Assunção Marcos dos Santos Assunção is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras.A Central Midfielder, he is renowned as a world-class free kick specialist, and is best known for his spell at Real Betis, having represented teams in four different countries.-Club career:Assunção began his career at Rio... (2010) Willian José Willian José Willian José da Silva, better known as Willian José , is a striker who currently plays for São Paulo and Brazil U-20.-Career statistics:-Under–20:-National Team:*South American Youth Championship: 2011... (2009-2010) Val Baiano Val Baiano Osvaldo Félix Souza known as Val Baiano , is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Grêmio Barueri.-Career:... (2008-2009, 2011-) Diego Diego da Silva Giaretta Diego da Silva Giaretta, commonly known as Diego Giaretta , born in Cascavel is a Brazilian footballer who plays left back and center back.-Career statistics:-External links:... (2007, 2008-2009, 2010-) Márcio Márcio Augusto dos Santos Aguiar Marcio Augusto Aguiar dos Santos, better known as Márcio or Testão is a Brazilian footballer who acts as a goalkeeper. Currently plays for Atlético Paranaense.-Career:... (2007-2011) Pedrão Christiano Florêncio da Silva Christiano Florêncio da Silva known by his nickname, Pedrão , is a Brazilian football striker. He currently plays for Grêmio Barueri Futebol.-Barueri:* São Paulo A3 State League: 2005* São Paulo A2 State League: 2006... (2004-2006, 2007-2009, 2011-) |