EC São Bento

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EC São Bento
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Basic data
Surname Esporte Clube São Bento
Seat Sorocaba , ( São Paulo )
founding 14th September 1913 (age 106)
Colours Blue White
Website ecsaobento.com.br
First soccer team
Venue CIC Walter Ribeiro
Places 13,772
league Série B
2019 18th place in Série C 2020 
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The EC São Bento is a football club from Mogi Mirim in the Brazilian state of São Paulo . The club was founded in 1913.

history

founding

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were already some football clubs in Sorocaba, including SC Savóia , SC Sorocabano and Fortaleza Clube . In Barrio Além Ponte, a place where many families lived Spanish immigrants, was born in 1905 the Club Athletico Chapeiros . The club was sponsored by the hat manufacturer Souza Pereira. He died in 1913 in the course of a yellow fever epidemic and the club went out. Because of this, on September 14, 1913, former members of the club and employees of the Ferreira e Cia factory joined forces and founded the Sorocaba Athletic Club .

Just one month later, the club was renamed Esporte Clube São Bento. According to the club history information on the São Bento website, there are two theories about the new name. One assumption is based on the fact that the club referred to the then successful club AA São Bento , which also wore the club colors blue and white. Another that the club trained at the back of the São Bento Monastery in the city.

Professional football

Beginnings

Newspaper clipping championship 1962

In 1953 the club began to compete professionally in football. That year, São Bento competed for the first time in the A2 series of the São Paulo State Championship . The competition was finished sixth out of seven in the third group with 9 points (two-point rule) from twelve games. In 1962, the club won the championship in the competition after winning three finals against América FC (SP) . The games ended 0-0, 1-1 and 2-1. The decisive goal in the third game on February 23, 1963 fell in the 102nd minute. The championship was synonymous with promotion to the Série A in 1963 of the state championship, 50 years after the club was founded.

In 1979, by decision of the military government, the number of participants in the first division was increased to 94. São Bento received by the possibility of the season take part for the first time in the competition. Here you reached the 15th place.

In 1981 and 1983 the club took part in the hosting of the B series.

The club stayed in the A series of the state championship for 29 years. After the 1991 season had to relegate back to the Série A2. The club stayed here in 1992 and 1993. Due to rule changes, another relegation to the Série A3 took place in the 1994 season.

2001 to 2019

It was not until 2001 that São Bento was able to return to the Série A2 as a champion. Four years later, the club achieved re-qualification for the Série A1. After the state championship in 2005, São Bento was one of the four promoted to the Série A for 2006. The season was able to hold up as eleventh in the league, but had to relegate to the Série A2 as 18th after the 2007 edition. In the league, the club remained until 2011, then relegated to the Série A3. By winning the championship in the Série A3 in 2013, São Bento was able to return to the Série A2 for 2014 in the year of its centenary April 2014 secured third place in the table with an away win. His good performance in the 2016 State Championship, qualified São Bento for the national level in the Série D 2016. The club finished the tournament in third place and secured a starting place for the Série C 2017. The performance in the State Championship also enabled participation for the first time at the Copa do Brasil for 2017 . In the competition, the club was eliminated in the first round after a 1-1 draw against the Paraná Clube . In return, the team managed to reach third place in the table in the Série C. That place was enough for the club to participate in the Série B in 2018 . São Bento had to relegate to the Série A2 after completing the state championship. Even after the completion of the Série B 2019 , the club had to be relegated to the Série C as 18th for 2020.

Logo and flag

The club logo changed over the years. The last adjustment took place in 2016, in which the structure of the crown above the logo was slightly changed.

Club flag

The club flag is striped blue and white. Three stripes of blue, white, blue and the club logo in the middle stripe.

mascot

mascot

The club's first mascot was Saint São Bento . This could be seen in printed magazines from the 1960s. On March 3, 1968, the newspaper Cruzeiro do Sul published the figure of the ultramarine bishop with a club, which was to become the symbol of São Bento. The drawing comes from the cartoonist Pedro Gonçalves, Pinochio. This bird drawing was named Tira-Prosa.

successes

Game scene First Cup 1917
Taça Pierrot Cup

The club's first success was on September 23, 1917 in the Taça Pierrot against EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) . It was a two-game competition. A cup was donated by the luxury cigarette company Trapani & Cia from São Paulo for the winner of each game . São Bento won the first game 1-0. The second game on September 23 ended in a 2-2 draw. The club still holds the trophy they won from their first game.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Founding history , on issuu.com, club magazine number 1 from December 2010, here pages 6 and 7, page in portug., Accessed on November 18, 2019
  2. ↑ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 1 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S / A, 2001
  3. ↑ 1953 State Championship on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  4. ↑ Série A2 Meister 1962 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  5. ^ National Championship 1991 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  6. ↑ 2001 Meister Série A3 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  7. ↑ Qualification 2005 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  8. ↑ Promotion of Série A1 2005 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  9. ↑ Relegation of Série A3 2011 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  10. ↑ Qualification 2005 on rsssfbrasil.com, accessed on November 18, 2019
  11. ↑ Taça Pierrot , report on jornalcruzeiro.com.br of September 23, 2017, page in portug., Accessed on November 18, 2019