Clube Atlético Penapolense, commonly known as Penapolense, 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 Penápolis

Penápolis

Penápolis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The population is of 58,510 inhabitants . The city has an area of 710.8 km².-Historical formation:...

, São Paulo state

São Paulo (state)

São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...

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History

The club was founded on November 16, 1944, 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

Fernandópolis

Fernandópolis is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has 64,696 inhabitants and is located 555 km from the city of São Paulo.Fernandópolis is the center of a Microregion with 104,623 inhabitants and area of 2,811.7 km²....

 against a local combined team. Penapolense won the Campeonato Paulista Série A3

Campeonato Paulista Série A3

Campeonato Paulista Série A3 is the third level of the São Paulo state professional football championship, one of the Brazilian state championships. This tournament is played by 20 teams, in which the four best teams are promoted to Série A2...

 in 2011.

Stadium

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