Clube Atlético Assisense, commonly known as Assisense, is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in Assis

Assis

Assis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. In the city, there are many industries, schools, universities, large agriculture production and strong commerce...

, São Paulo state

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

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History

The club was founded on March 27, 1995, as an amateur team by the fathers of the youngsters playing in the Escolinha de Futebol Peraltinha youth academy. As the youth academy had a partnership with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

, they adopted the same colors as the Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

-based club and Assis municipality flag. Assisense then adopted the same colors as Cruzeiro and the youth academy. The club professionalized its football department in 2003, competing in the same year in the Campeonato Paulista Série B3

Campeonato Paulista Série B3

Campeonato Paulista Série B2 was the sixth level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships.- List of champions :* 2001 - Corinthians B * 2002 - Jabaquara...

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Stadium

Clube Atlético Assisense play their home games at Estádio Municipal Antônio Viana da Silva, nicknamed Tonicão. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,100 people.