Jacareí Atlético Clube, commonly known as Jacareí, 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 Jacareí

Jacareí

Jacareí is a city of approximately 211,308 inhabitants in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name comes from a native brazilan language . It's a word that means something like "the rivers where alligators are found"....

, 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...

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History

The club was founded on October 27, 1980, after a suggestion broadcast by Rádio Clube Jacareí. 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 1988.

Stadium

Jacareí Atlético Clube play their home games at Estádio Stravos Papadopoulos. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 4,200 people.