Vasco Esporte Clube, commonly known as Vasco, 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 Aracaju

Aracaju

-Vegetation:Aracaju lies in tropical forest. Rainforests are characterized by high rainfall, with minimum normal annual rainfall between 2,000 mm and 1,700 mm...

, Sergipe state

Sergipe

Sergipe , is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean...

. They won the Campeonato Sergipano

Campeonato Sergipano

The Campeonato Sergipano is the football league of the state of Sergipe, Brazil.-Format:Serie A-1Double round-robin, in which all teams play each other home-and-away games.The team with the most points is crowned the champion....

 four times.

History

The club was founded on August 15, 1931, as Vasco da Gama Futebol Clube, and changed to its current name in 1946. Vasco won the Campeonato Sergipano

Campeonato Sergipano

The Campeonato Sergipano is the football league of the state of Sergipe, Brazil.-Format:Serie A-1Double round-robin, in which all teams play each other home-and-away games.The team with the most points is crowned the champion....

 in 1944, 1948, 1953, and in 1987.

Stadium

Vasco Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Lourival Baptista

Estádio Lourival Baptista

Estádio Lourival Baptista, commonly known as Batistão, is a multi-use stadium located in Aracaju, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Associação Desportiva Confiança, Cotinguiba, Club Sportivo Sergipe and Vasco Esporte Clube. The stadium has a maximum...

, nicknamed Batistão. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,000 people.