Sociedade Esportiva Palmeirinha, commonly known as Palmeirinha, 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 Porto Ferreira

Porto Ferreira

Porto Ferreira is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 52,026 and the area is 244.88 km².It is situated to the edge of the river Mogi-Guaçu, at an altitude of 549 meters. Its population in 2006 was 54 000 inhabitants...

, 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 Juvenil Feitiço and as Feitiço Atlético Clube.

History

The club was founded on April 3, 1955, by supporters of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

, adopting similar name and colors. Palmeirnha means Little Palmeira. They professionalized its football department in 1967.

Stadium

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeirinha play their home games at Estádio Municipal de Porto Ferreira, nicknamed Estádio Vila Formosa. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,558 people.