Nilópolis Futebol Clube, commonly known as Nilópolis, 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 Nilópolis

Nilópolis

Nilópolis is a city and a municipality in Brazil, located in the Rio de Janeiro state's southwestern region, bordering São João de Meriti, Mesquita and Rio de Janeiro. It is the smallest municipality in Rio de Janeiro state, with a total area of 19.39 km². The population of 157,483 inhabitants...

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Rio de Janeiro (state)

Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast...

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History

The club was founded on November 11, 1977. Nilópois closed its football department in 1996, reopening it in 2004.

Stadium

Nilópolis Futebol Clube play their home games at Estádio José Alvarenga. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 2,500 people.