Sergipe

Club Sportivo Sergipe, or Sergipe as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Aracaju, the second oldest club in the state of Sergipe, founded on October 17, 1909. Club Sportivo Sergipe is the only team from Sergipe to have played against foreign opposition, having faced the Argentina youth team, Sparta Prague, Alianza Lima and the Ghana national team. Sergipe is the only team to have won six state championships in a row. Sergipe's main rival is Confianca. Sergipe's home field is the Estadio Joao Hora de Oliveira, capacity 8,000.

History

The club was founded on October 17, 1909, in Aracaju, by dissidents of Cotinguiba Esporte Clube. The latter club, named after the Cotinguiba River, had been founded on October 10, 1909, the first in Aracaju. The dissidents, including Adalberto Monteiro, Euclides Porto, Adalgiso Rosal, Jose Couto de Farias, Tancredo Campos, Americo Silva, Francisco Bessa and others, met at noon on October 11 in Commercial Association and decided the next Sunday to found Club Sportivo Sergipe. Sergipe was initially founded as a rowing club, and in January 1910 the first boat was baptized as Nereida. The first head office was in a garage on Ivo do Prado Avenue. Sergipe football club officially started in 1916. In 1972, Sergipe became the first club from Sergipe state to compete in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, finishing in 26th place.

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