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| Full name | Sociedade Esportiva Matonense | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicknames | SEMA Águia azul | ||
| Founded | 24 May 1976; 49 years ago (1976-05-24) | ||
| Ground | Dr. Hudson Buck Ferreira | ||
| Capacity | 8,758 | ||
| Head coach | Luis Carlos Martins | ||
| League | Campeonato Paulista Série A4 | ||
| 2024 [pt] | Paulista Série A3, 16th of 16 (relegated) | ||
Sociedade Esportiva Matonense, more commonly referred to asMatonense, is aBrazilian football club based inMatão,São Paulo. The team compete inCampeonato Paulista Série A4, the Fourth tier of theSão Paulo state football league.
They competed in theSérie A and in theSérie C once.
The club was founded on May 24, 1976.[1] Matonense won theCampeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão in 1995, theCampeonato Paulista Série A3 in 1996, and theCampeonato Paulista Série A2 in 1997. The club competed in theSérie C in1998, when they were eliminated in the First Stage. Matonese reached the Second Stage of theWhite Module of the 2000 edition of theSérie A, namedCopa João Havelange.[2]
In 2013, Matonense won, for the second time, theCampeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão. With the best campaign since the first stages of the championship, Matonense reached the final against Água Santa de Diadema. However, Matão's team was beaten in ABC Paulista by 5x2, forcing them to win an expressive victory by more than 3 goals difference and in a historic game, Matonense made 4x0 and guaranteed the second championship of the second division, after 18 years.
In 2014, Matonense guaranteed access to the A2 division of Paulistão together with the champion of this edition in the same group, Grêmio Novorizontino.
In 2015 Matonense was relegated in the Campeonato Paulista A2 division, ending the championship with 17 points, being in 18th place.
In 2016 the club returned to the A3 division, finishing the first phase in 5th place, with his technical team formed by trainer Pinho and as a technical assistant Anderson Florentino.
In 2001 the club's women's team finished as runners-up in both theCampeonato Brasileiro[3] and the controversial2001 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino.[4]
Sociedade Esportiva Matonense play their home games atEstádio Hudson Buck Pereira.[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 8,758 people.[5]
