AA Ponte Preta
Ponte Preta | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Associação Atlética Ponte Preta |
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Seat | Campinas | ||
founding | August 11, 1900 | ||
Website | pontepreta.com.br | ||
First soccer team | |||
Venue | Estádio Moisés Lucarelli | ||
Places | 20,080 | ||
league | Série B | ||
2019 | 11th place | ||
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Ponte Preta , officially Associação Atlética Ponte Preta , is a Brazilian football club from Campinas in the state of São Paulo . The club colors are black and white, the mascot is a monkey - hence the club's nickname Macaca .
history
The association was founded on August 11, 1900 by the students Miguel "Migué" do Carmo, Luiz "Gigette" Garibaldi Burghi and Antonio "Tonico Campeão" de Oliveira. The club was named after a black painted bridge that stood near the place where it was founded, the “Ponte Preta”, the “Black Bridge”. Ponte Preta's first president was Pedro Vieira da Silva.
In 1951, the club became amateur champions of the state of São Paulo, and remained unbeaten for 45 games. In 1970, 1977, 1979, 1981 and 2008 AA Ponte Preta was runner-up in the State of São Paulo . In 2001, Ponte Preta was a semi-finalist in the national cup competition, the Copa do Brasil . In the national football championship , the club was third in 1981, after losing 2: 3 and 1: 0 in the semi-finals to the eventual title holder Gremio Porto Alegre .
The star of the club's history is the highly talented midfielder Oscar Sales Bueno Filho "Dicá", who, like national defender Oscar and national goalkeeper Carlos Roberto Gallo "Carlos", worked for AA Ponte Preta in the successful 1970s.
Stadion
The club plays its home games at the Estádio Moisés Lucarelli , which has a capacity of 19,722 spectators. The football stadium , also known as Majestoso , was opened on September 12, 1948 and was the third largest stadium in Brazil at the time. The attendance record was set on August 17, 1970 in a game against FC Santos with 33,500 spectators.
Trainer
- Eugênio Machado Souto "Geninho" (1995)
- Marco Aurélio Moreira (1998–1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007–2009)
- Zetti (2005)
- Sérgio Guedes (2007-2008, 2010)
- Jorge Luís da Silva "Jorginho" (2010)
- Paulo César Carpegiani (2013)
player
- Luis Advíncula
- Oscar
- Carlos Roberto Gallo "Carlos"
- Fábio Luciano
- André Cruz
- Fabiano de Lima Campos Maria
Web links
- Official Homepage (Portuguese)