Barretos Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Barretos, is a Brazilian professional

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in

Barretos Barretos is a municipality in the northern part of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has approximately 122,833 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and an area of 1566.1 km2. Barretos belongs to the Mesoregion of Ribeirão Preto. History The c ...

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. The team competes in the

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 Campeonato Paulista Série A3 is the third tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). The tournament has been known as Série A3 since the ...

, the third tier of the

state football league.

History

The club was founded on October 28, 1960. In 1998, they finished in the second position in the

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, losing the competition to Oeste.

Honours

* Troféu Menezis Balbo ** Winners (1): 2003

Stadium

Barretos Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Antônio Gomes Martins, nicknamed ''Estádio Fortaleza''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,000 people.

References

{{Reflist Football clubs in São Paulo (state) Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in Brazil Barretos