Clube Atlético Penapolense


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Clube Atlético Penapolense, commonly referred to as Penapolense, is a professional association football club based in Penápolis, São Paulo, Brazil. It competes in the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state football league.

Penapolense
Full nameClube Atlético Penapolense
Nickname(s)Pantera da Noroeste
CAP
Founded16 November 1944 (79 years ago)
GroundTenentão
Capacity11.000
PresidentLuis Mariano
Head coachThiago Oliveira
LeagueCampeonato Paulista Série A4
2023 [pt]Paulista Segunda Divisão, 11th of 36

The club's home colours are red and blue and the team mascot is a panther.

The club was founded on November 16, 1944,[1] ten years after two local clubs, named Esporte Clube Corinthians and Penápolis Futebol Clube, folded. The club was founded after a Penápolis combined team played a friendly game in Fernandópolis against a local combined team. Penapolense won the Campeonato Paulista Série A3 in 2011.

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

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

Clube Atlético Penapolense play their home games at Estádio Municipal Tenente Carriço, nicknamed Tenentão.[1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,717 people.[2]

  1. ^ a b Rodolfo Rodrigues (2009). Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. Panda Books. p. 90.
  2. ^ "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2011.