São Gonçalo Futebol Clube (RN)
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| Full name | São Gonçalo Futebol Clube |
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| Founded | 28 July 1999 |
| Ground | Estádio Alçapão do Touro, São Gonçalo do Amarante, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| President | Jessé Tavares |
| Website | Club website |
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São Gonçalo Futebol Clube, commonly known as São Gonçalo, is a Brazilian football club based in São Gonçalo do Amarante, Rio Grande do Norte state. They competed in the Série C twice and in the Copa do Brasil once.
São Gonçalo Futebol Clube, the "Bull", was founded from the dream of sportsman Francisco Potiguar Cavalcanti Júnior (Poti Júnior), to see his municipality participating in the elite of football of the Rio Grande State North.
His dream came true on July 29, 1999 when Poti Júnior, after receiving an invitation, from the President of FNF, Nilson Gomes, to participate in the state championship of the 1st division, managed to gather a group of sixty-nine friends to found São Gonçalo Futebol Clube.
However, unable to assume presidency because of the tremendous responsibility of also being the mayor of his land, São Gonçalo do Amarante, Poti and the other founders, reached an agreement for athlete Alexandre Carlos Cavalcanti to be the first president of SGFC.
Poti Júnior had his name hailed unanimously as honorary president of the SGFC and that night it was decided that the team mascot would be the image of an ox, named after the most traditional folk dance of the municipality which is the Bumba Meu Boi. However, the mascot was changed to a bull, which today is a strong mark in Rio Grande football.
At the same meeting it was decided that red, blue and white (tricolour) would be the colors of SGFC, referring to the colors of the municipality's flag.
The address used by São Gonçalo Futebol Clube, since its creation, is the home of the late Poti Cavalcanti, former mayor of the municipality and the father of Poti Júnior and Alexandre Cavalcanti. This address located in the City Centre, is expected to change as the SGFC is building a training centre, where its administrative headquarters will be located, in addition to accommodation, locker rooms and cafeterias.
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