Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Grêmio Foot-Ball Portoalegrense


Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, usually known simply as Grêmio, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Club World Cup, two Copa Libertadores de América (the South American "Champions League"), two national championships and four national cups.
They play in blue, white and black striped shirts, black shorts and white socks.
On September 7, 1903, Sport Club Rio Grande, the first Brazilian football team, played an exhibition match in Porto Alegre. An entrepreneur from Sorocaba, São Paulo called Cândido Dias, watched the match and became enchanted by the sport. During the match, the ball deflated. As the owner of the only football of Porto Alegre, he lent his ball to the players, and the match was resumed. After the match, he learned from the players instructions about football and how to found a club. On September 15, 1903, 32 people, including Cândido Dias, met at Salão Grau restaurant and founded the club. Carlos Luiz Bohrer was elected the club's first president.

Titles

International

Toyota Intercontinental Cup: 1983
Copa Libertadores de América: 1983 and 1995
Recopa Sudamericana: 1996
Phillips Cup – 1986 e 1987
Torneio de Rotterdam – 1985
Los Angeles Cup: 1983
Sanwa Bank Cup - 1995
Taça Hang Ching – 1998
Copa Rio de La Plata – 1968
Torneio Ciudad Palma de Mallorca – 1985
Troféu Ciudad de Valladolid – 1981
Torneio San Salvador del Mundo – 1981
Troféu Agrupacion Peñas Valencianas – 1996
Torneio De Verão de Rosário – 1979
Taça do Atlântico – 1971

National

Campeonato Brasileiro First Division: 1981, 1996
Copa do Brasil: 1989, 1994, 1997 and 2001
Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division: 2005
Supercopa do Brasil: 1990
Copa Sul: 1999
Sul-Brasileiro: 1962 (Special Edition)
State Championships: 1921, 1922, 1926, 1931, 1932, 1946, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006 and 2007

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