São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas

For other uses, see São Cristóvão (disambiguation).

São Cristóvão

Full name	São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas
Nickname(s)	Os Cadetes and SCFR
Founded	October 12, 1898 (1898-10-12) (as Clube de Regatas São Cristóvão) February 13, 1943 (1943-02-13) (as São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas)
Stadium	Estádio Figueira de Melo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ground Capacity	8,000
President	Emannoel França
Manager	Athirson
Home colors

Team photo from the 2011 season

Estádio Figueira de Melo

São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas, or São Cristóvão as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Rio de Janeiro in Rio de Janeiro state, founded on February 2, 1943. Their home stadium is the Figueirinha stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people. They play in white shirts, white shorts and white socks. The club won the state championship in 1926 and competed in the Brazilian Championship in 2000. Legendary Brazilian striker Ronaldo, widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, played for the club for three years at youth level.

History

Clube de Regatas São Cristóvão was founded on October 12, 1898 at a large tent near São Cristóvão beach by the sportsmen José Galvão, José Queirós, Luís Corrêa e Sá, Luís Parisot, Antônio Maurity, and E. Bordine e Moura e Castro. São Cristóvão Atlético Clube, was founded on July 5, 1909, at a house located in Bela Street, under the incentive of João and Carlos Cantuária, Barroso Magno, A. Perdeneiras and João Germano. São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas was founded when Clube de Regatas São Cristóvão and São Cristóvão Atlético Clube fused on February 13, 1943.

On November 21, 1926, São Cristóvão won the Campeonato Carioca, after defeating Flamengo 5–1. The topscorer of that competition was São Cristóvão's Vicente, who scored 25 goals.

In 2000, São Cristóvão competed in the Copa João Havelange (which was the national championship of that year). The club was in the white module (which was the lowest level of the league), and ended in fourth in their group, being eliminated in the first stage. In the same year the club also competed in the preliminary stage of the 2001 Campeonato Carioca, finishing in the sixth (and last) place of the competition, failing to qualify to the competition.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Alan Kardek FW Morten Hauglund

Achievements

• Campeonato Carioca:
  • Winners (1): 1926
• Campeonato Carioca Second Level:
  • Winners (1): 1965

Colors

São Cristóvão's kit is all white. There is a FIFA, a CBF and a FFERJ rule, authorizing São Cristóvão to have just one kit. As the club does not have an away kit, their opponents have to change their kit when necessary. They are the only club in the world to have ever received this authorization from FIFA.

Symbols and nickname

Due to the all white kit and also because many soldiers that frequented the club also played for it due to the proximity of the barracks, São Cristóvão and its supporters were nicknamed Os Cadetes (The Cadets, in English). The club's mascot is a sheep.

External links

• São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas Website on Blogspot
• (Portuguese) São Cristóvão at Arquivo de Clubes