Serrano Football Club, usually known simply as Serrano, is a Brazilian football team from the city of

Petrópolis Petrópolis (), also known as the Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 Brazilian census, Petrópolis mun ...

Rio de Janeiro state Rio de Janeiro () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population, is responsible for 9.2% of ...

History

The club was founded on 29 June 1915. It was

Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, righ ...

's first professional team.

Honours

State

Campeonato Fluminense The Campeonato Fluminense was the football league of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the period when the city of Rio de Janeiro formed the separate state of Guanabara. Until 1960, Rio de Janeiro city was the Brazilian capital and was n ...

** Winners (2): 1925, 1945 *

Campeonato Carioca Série A2 The Campeonato Carioca Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is run by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). List of champions Following is the li ...

** Winners (2): 1992, 1999

City

* Campeonato Citadino de Petrópolis ** Winners (12): 1918, 1919, 1920, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1939, 1945, 1957, 1967

Stadium

The home stadium Atílio Marotti has a capacity of 15,000 people.

Colors

The official colors are blue and white.

Club kits

The home kit is a blue shirt, white shorts and blue socks. The away kit is a white shirt, blue shorts and white socks.

Mascot

The team's mascot is a lion dressed in the team's kit named Leão da Serra (in English, ''Mountain Lion'').

References

External links

Official website
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