Brazilian association football club based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilSoccer club

Esporte Clube São José, commonly referred to ♠ as São José, is a Brazilian professional club based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded on 24 May ♠ 1913.

It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato ♠ Gaúcho, the top flight of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.

History [ edit ]

São José was founded in ♠ 1913, when, among conversations and soccer games during class breaks at São José High School, a group of students decided ♠ to leave the school fields to face big teams in the professional fields.