São Bernardo Futebol Clube

Despite being the largest city in the ABC region in terms of population and the headquarters of some of the most successful volleyball and handball teams in the entire country, São Bernardo do Campo has never had a great football tradition, unlike the neighboring cities of São Caetano do Sul and Santo André, whose clubs had already emerged with great performances on national scale. As a result, representatives of the city's amateur football competition, the São Bernardo do Campo Football League, political authorities and retired local players started thinking about doing something for São Bernardo's football.

In 2004, a group of politicians headed by the city's former Sports Secretary and then federal deputy Edinho Montemor and state deputy Orlando Morando, along with five more people, founded São Bernardo Futebol Clube. on December 20, 2004, with an investment of BR$ 100,000.[2] The team would also receive, on behalf of the city, a subsidy in the amount of BR$ 400,000, but the project was not approved by the City Council of São Bernardo do Campo.[3][4] The team is, since its foundation, a club-company, having its CNPJ registered on January 5, 2005 under the name of São Bernardo Futebol Clube Ltda.[5] The club was founded with the ambitious goal of reaching the elite of state football in five years.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Alex Alves — GK  BRA Júnior Oliveira — DF  BRA Matheus Salustiano — DF  BRA Alex Reinaldo — DF  BRA Eduardo Diniz — DF  BRA Hélder — DF  BRA Islan — DF  BRA Ruan — DF  BRA Lucas Mota — DF  BRA Lucas Ferron — DF  BRA Igor Fernandes — MF  BRA Rodrigo Souza — MF  BRA Vitinho — MF  BRA Lelê — MF  BRA Cesinha — MF  BRA Adenilson

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Romisson — MF  BRA Bruno Azevedo — MF  BRA Portuga — MF  BRA Felipe Dias — MF  BRA Jesus César — FW  BRA João Carlos — FW  BRA Hugo Sanches — FW  BRA Minho — FW  BRA Guilherme Queiroz — FW  BRA Felipe Diogo — FW  BRA Vinicius Baiano — FW  BRA Italo Barbosa — FW  BRA Felipe Araújo — FW  BRA Rochinha — FW  BRA Gabriel Moyses — FW  BRA Gionnotti

São Bernardo Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio Primeiro de Maio.[8] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 17,000 people.[9]