Grêmio Esportivo Olímpico
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Grêmio Esportivo Olímpico, commonly known as Olímpico, was 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 Blumenau
Blumenau
Blumenau is a city in Vale do Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. It was founded on September 2, 1850 by Dr. Hermann Bruno Otto Blumenau along with 17 German immigrants. A few years later Fritz Müller migrated to Blumenau as well....

, Santa Catarina state
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

. They won the Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...

 twice.

History

The club was founded on August 14, 1919 as Sociedade Desportiva Blumenauense. The club was renamed to Grêmio Esportivo Olímpico in 1949. They won the Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense
Campeonato Catarinense is the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina football league.-History:The Campeonato Catarinense top level had several different names since it started. From its first edition, in 1924, to 1985, it was called just Campeonato Catarinense...

 in 1949 and in 1964. The club closed its football department in the 1970s.

Stadium

Grêmio Esportivo Olímpico played their home games at Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, nicknamed Deba. The stadium had a maximum capacity of 3,500 people, and it was demolished in 2007.
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