Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Operários Mafrenses, commonly known as Operários Mafrenses, 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 Mafra

Mafra

Mafra is a municipality in the district of Lisbon, on the west coast of Portugal, and part of the urban agglomeration of the Greater Lisbon subregion, with its seat in the city of the same name...

, Santa Catarina state

Santa Catarina (state)

Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

. The club was formerly known as Clube Atlético Operário.

History

The club was founded on May 12, 1897, as Clube Atlético Operário, in the 1990s it was renamed to Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Operários Mafrenses, but the club's logo still depicts the acronym CAO, meaning Clube Atlético Operário. They won the Campeonato Catarinense Third Level in 1913, 1947, 1996.

Achievements

• Campeonato Catarinense Third Level:
  • Winners (3): 1913, 1947, 1996

Stadium

Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Operários Mafrenses play their home games at Estádio Alfredo Herbst. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 3,000 people.