Sao Bernardo

Sao Bernardo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Sao Bernardo, is a professional association football club based in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Serie A1, the first tier of the Sao Paulo state football league. The club play their home games at the 12,504 capacity Estadio 1º de Maio. Supporters maintain rivalries with a number of fellow ABC Region clubs, including Santo Andre, Sao Caetano, Agua Santa and crosstown rivals EC Sao Bernardo. The club's home colours are yellow and black and the team mascot is a tiger.

Sao Bernardo participated twice in the Copa do Brasil, their best result being a second stage exit in 2013. The club also took part in the Serie D once, finishing 9th in the 2017 season. Sao Bernardo won the Campeonato Paulista Serie A2 in 2012 and the Copa Paulista in 2013. The club's highest ever state league finish came in 2016 when they finished sixth in the Paulistao.

Founded in 2004, the club started in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisao in 2005, securing promotion to Serie A3 by the end of the first year. In 2008, they were runners-up of Serie A3 and were promoted to Campeonato Paulista Serie A2. Following a fourth place finish in 2010, Sao Bernardo played in Serie A1 for the first time in 2011, but stayed only one season in the top flight of the Sao Paulo state football league and were relegated back to Serie A2. They returned to the state first division one year later and had a five-year stay in the Serie A1 before being relegated at the end of the 2017 season.