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| Full name | Associação Atlética Portuguesa | ||
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| Nicknames | Briosa Lusinha Santista | ||
| Founded | 20 November 1917 (107 years ago) (1917-11-20) | ||
| Ground | Ulrico Mursa | ||
| Capacity | 7,635 | ||
| President | Sérgio Schlicht | ||
| Head coach | Sérgio Guedes | ||
| League | Campeonato Paulista Série A2 | ||
| 2024 [pt] | Paulista Série A2, 3rd of 16 | ||
| Website | http://www.aaportuguesa.com | ||
Associação Atlética Portuguesa, commonly referred to asPortuguesa Santista, is a professionalfootball club based inSantos,São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes inCampeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of theSão Paulostate football league.
Founded in 1917 by thePortuguese descendants of the city, they play in predominantly red and green colors, being the use of those colors inspired on the main colors displayed by thePortuguese flag. The club's nickname, Briosa, was given between 1918 and 1920, when the club competed in several amateur football festivals. Briosa means courageous, graceful, inPortuguese.
In November 1914, Pedreira do Contorno workers, in Jabaquara neighborhood, Santos, were watchingEspanha Futebol Clube matches and dreaming about creating a football club on their own. On 20 November 1917, Manoel Tavares had a meeting at Alexandre Coelho's barber shop, with 15 other people, who decided to found a club honoringPortugal. The name they chose was Associação Atlética Portuguesa and Lino do Carmo was elected as the club's first president.
The club's first match was played on 5 December 1920, when they beatSírio Futebol Clube 6–0 atEstádio Ulrico Mursa.
In 1950, Portuguesa Santista had its first trip to another country. In Portugal, the club played seven matches, winning five of them and losing the other two.
In 1959, Portuguesa Santista traveled to Portuguese-ruledAfrican territories at the time, playing againstAngolan andMozambican clubs, and won all the 15 matches they played,[1] scoring 75 goals and conceding 10. Because of this great performance, Portuguesa Santista won Fita Azul do Futebol Brasileiro (Brazilian Football Blue Ribbon inEnglish), given to the club which succeeds in trips to another countries. In the course of this same trip, before playing against Portuguese Africa's football clubs, Portuguesa Santista cancelled its friendly matches scheduled for taking place inapartheid South Africa because Portuguesa Santista's black players weren't allowed to play by theSouth African authorities ruling the country at the time.[1]
In 1964, Portuguesa won thesecond division of Campeonato Paulista (currently known as Campeonato Paulista Série A2), gainingpromotion to the following year's first division.
In 1997, the club competed inBrazilian Championship Third Level, but was eliminated in the first stage.[2]
In 2004, Portuguesa Santista competed inCopa do Brasil, being eliminated in the first round by15 de Novembro ofCampo Bom,Rio Grande do Sul.
Portuguesa Santista was the first youth club ofNeymar, who as of December 2025 plays for Brazilian clubSantos[3] and theBrazil national team.
| State | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Copa Paulista | 1 | 2023 |
| Campeonato Paulista Série A2 | 4 | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1964 |
| Campeonato Paulista Série A4 | 1 | 2016 |
Fita Azul do Futebol Brasileiro (Brazilian Football Blue Ribbon) was an award given for the club which succeeds in an excursion out of the country.
Portuguesa Santista's stadium is Estádio Ulrico Mursa, built in 1920, with a maximum capacity of approximately 7,600 people.[4]
