Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube
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Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, usually known as Sampaio Corrêa, 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
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...

 club from São Luís
São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Ilha de São Luís in the Baía de São Marcos , an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west...

, Maranhão
Maranhão
Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. To the north lies the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neighbored by the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent...

 state, founded on March 25, 1923.

The club's colors are yellow, green and red. Sampaio Corrêa's nickname is Bolivia
Bolivia
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nos
(meaning Bolivians) because its colors are similar to the Bolivian ones. The club is also nicknamed Tricolor de Aço (meaning Steel Tricolour). The club's mascot is a shark
Shark
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.

History

On March 25, 1923, the club was founded as Associação Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube. Abrahão Andrade was the Sampaio Corrêa's first president. The club is named after a seaplane
Seaplane
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 called Sampaio Corrêa II, which visited the city of São Luís on December 12, 1922, and was commanded by two pilots, the Brazilian Pinto Martins and the American
United States
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 Walter Milton. On April 26, 1925 the club played its first official match. Sampaio Corrêa beat Luso Brasileiro 1-0. The goal was scored by Lobo.

On December 17, 1972, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division
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...

, after beating Campinense
Campinense Clube
Campinense Clube, usually known simply as Campinense, is a Brazilian football club from Campina Grande, Paraíba state. The club finished as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B runner-up in 1972, and has also competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times.-History:The club was founded on...

 in the final. However, there was no promotion to the first division.

In 1997, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division
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...

, after beating Francana
Associação Atlética Francana
Associação Atlética Francana, also known as Francana, is a Brazilian football club based in Franca, São Paulo state. The club competed in the Série A and in the Série C once.-History:...

 3-1 in the last match, and was promoted to the following year's Second Division. In 1998, Sampaio Corrêa won the Copa Norte
Copa Norte
Copa Norte was a Brazilian football competition contested between North region teams.From 1997 to 1999, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to Copa CONMEBOL....

, beating São Raimundo in the final. In the same year, the club reached Copa CONMEBOL
Copa CONMEBOL
The Copa CONMEBOL was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for eligible South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was the third most prestigious South American club football contest after the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa...

's semifinal round. Sampaio Corrêa beat América de Natal
América Futebol Clube (RN)
América Futebol Clube, or América , as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, founded on July 14, 1915....

 in the first round, Deportes Quindío
Deportes Quindío
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 of Colombia
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 in the second round, and was eliminated by Santos
Santos Futebol Clube
Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....

 in the semifinals.

Achievements

  • Campeonato Brasileiro 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...

    : 1
1972

  • 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...

    : 1
1997

  • Copa Norte
    Copa Norte
    Copa Norte was a Brazilian football competition contested between North region teams.From 1997 to 1999, the Copa Norte champions granted qualification to Copa CONMEBOL....

    : 1
1998

  • Campeonato Maranhense
    Campeonato Maranhense
    The Campeonato Maranhense is the football league of the state of Maranhão, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First Stage*Double round-robin, in which all teams play each other home-and-away games.*Home-and-away playoffs with the top 4 teams....

    : 31
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Current squad

According to the CBF
Brazilian Football Confederation
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 register.http://www2.cbf.com.br/php/acumulado.php?c=00001RJ

Stadium

Its home matches are usually played at Castelão
Castelão (Maranhão)
The Estádio Governador João Castelo, also known as the Castelão, is a multi-purpose stadium inaugurated on March 9, 1975 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 75,263 people in a three-tier configuration. The stadium is owned by the Maranhão state Government, and is the home...

 stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 70,000 people.

Ultra
Ultras
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groups

  • Mancha Tricolor
  • Sangue Tricolor
  • Torcida Tradicional Tubarões da Fiel
  • Fiel Tricolor

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