Clube dos Empregados da Petrobrás - Duque de Caxias, usually known as CEPE-Caxias, is a Brazilian

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team, from

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state.

History

CEPE-Caxias was founded on March 29, 1999. In 2006, and in 2007, the club won the Carioca Women's Football Championship. In 2006, CEPE-Caxias also finished as Brazil Trophy's runner-up, after being defeated in the final by

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. The club, in a partnership with

, won the

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino () is a Brazilian Women's football competition organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It was designed as an equivalent to the men's Copa do Brasil, with the first edition being played in 2 ...

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. The title qualified them for the

2011 Copa Libertadores Femenina The 2011 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino was the third edition of the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's football club tournament. It was again held in Brazil from 13 to 27 November 2011. ...

, where they finished its group stage third out of four. They won the

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

again in 2011, after beating Vasco in the final.

Honours

National

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** Winners (1):

State

** Winners (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011

Youth team

* Campeonato Carioca Sub-17 ** Winners (1): 2008

Stadium

São José play their home games at

Estádio Romário de Souza Faria Estádio Romário de Souza Faria, also known as Marrentão, is a association football, football (soccer) stadium located in Xerém, a district of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Brazil. It is named after Brazilian footballer Rom ...

, nicknamed ''Marrentão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.

Noted players

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References

External links

Official website
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