Associação Desportiva Guarulhos, commonly known as Guarulhos, is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in Guarulhos

Guarulhos

Guarulhos is the second largest city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo and a suburb of São Paulo city itself. In the last few years it has outgrown Campinas. The population in 2006 is 1,283,253, the density is 4,035.26 inh./km² and the area is 318 km²...

, São Paulo state

São Paulo (state)

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. The club was formerly known as Associação Desportiva Vila das Palmeiras.

History

The club was founded on January 1, 1964, as Associação Desportiva Vila das Palmeiras. They professionalized their football department in 1981, and adopted the name Associação Desportiva Guarulhos in 1994.

Stadium

Associação Desportiva Guarulhos play their home games at Estádio Municipal Antônio Soares de Oliveira. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 15,000 people.