Sampaio Corrêa

Full name	Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Bolívia Querida (Dear Bolivia) Tricolor de São Pantaleão (Tricolor of Saint Pantaleon) Tubarão (Shark)
Founded	March 25, 1923 (1923-03-25)
Ground	Castelão
Capacity	40,149
President	Sérgio Frota
Head coach	Márcio Fernandes
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Campeonato Maranhense
2023 2023	Série B, 17th of 20 (relegated) Maranhense, 3rd of 8
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors Third colors

Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Sampaio Corrêa, is a Brazilian professional club based in São Luís, Maranhão founded on 25 March 1923. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Maranhense, the top flight of the Maranhão state football league.

The club's colors are yellow, green and red. Sampaio Corrêa's nickname is Bolivianos (meaning Bolivians) because its colors are similar to the Bolivian ones. The club is also nicknamed Tricolor de Aço (meaning Steel Tricolour). The club's mascot is a shark.

It has a fierce rival with Moto Club de São Luís which is considered one of the biggest in Brazil.

Sampaio Corrêa is the top ranked team from Maranhão in CBF's national club ranking, at 32nd overall.^[1]

History

On March 25, 1923, the club was founded as Associação Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube. Abrahão Andrade was the Sampaio Corrêa's first president. The club is named after a seaplane called Sampaio Corrêa II, which visited the city of São Luís on December 12, 1922, and was commanded by two pilots, the Brazilian Euclides Pinto Martins and the American Walter Hinton. On April 26, 1925, the club played its first official match. Sampaio Corrêa beat Luso Brasileiro 1–0. The goal was scored by Lobo.

On December 17, 1972, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division, after beating Campinense in the final. However, there was no promotion to the first division.

In 1997, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division, after beating Francana 3–1 in the last match, and was promoted to the following year's Second Division. In 1998, Sampaio Corrêa won the Copa Norte, beating São Raimundo-AM in the final. In the same year, the club reached Copa CONMEBOL's semi-final round. Sampaio Corrêa beat América de Natal in the first round, Deportes Quindío of Colombia in the second round, and was eliminated by Santos in the semi-finals.

Sampaio Correa returned to the Serie B for its 2014 season, after finishing fourth in the first stage of the 2013 Série C and eventually reaching the final, losing to Santa Cruz 2–1 on aggregate. However, the club later suffered two more relegations, in 2016 and 2018. The club had a good 2020 season, finishing sixth and just four points from promotion. In the 2022 season, Sampaio finished fifth, only four points from promotion behind traditional Rio based club Vasco, whom were defeated twice by Sampaio Correa, 3–1 in Sao Luis and 3–2 in Rio. Other highlights of the campaign include a 4–1 victory against Sport, and a 2–1 victory over traditional powerhouse Gremio.

Stadium

Its home matches are usually played at Castelão stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 40,000 people.

Current squad

According to the official website.

As of 24 October 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Thiago Braga — GK  BRA Carlos Eduardo — GK  BRA Erikson — GK  BRA Luiz Daniel — DF  BRA Alyson — DF  BRA Fábio Aguiar — DF  BRA Ícaro — DF  BRA Rafael Jansen — DF  BRA Leonan (on loan from Capivariano) — DF  BRA Lucas Mota — DF  BRA Pará — DF  BRA Mateus Pivô — DF  BRA Samuel Santos — DF  BRA Vitinho (on loan from Grêmio) — MF  BRA Claudinei — MF  BRA Eloir — MF  BRA Ferreira — MF  BRA Luiz Otávio (on loan from Tombense)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Maurício — MF  BRA Nadson Mesquita — MF  BRA Mikael — MF  BRA Paraíba — MF  BRA Patrick Allan — MF  BRA Riquelmo (on loan from Fortaleza) — MF  BRA Rodrigo Souza (on loan from Criciúma) — MF  BRA Robinho (on loan from Cascavel) — FW  BRA Vinícius Alves (on loan from Atlético Cearense) — FW  BRA Henrique — FW  BRA João Diogo — FW  BRA Getterson — FW  BRA Jô (on loan from Botafogo) — FW  BRA Pimentinha — FW  BRA Gabriel Silva — FW  BRA Thiaguinho (on loan from Flamengo) — FW  BRA Ytalo (on loan from Red Bull Bragantino)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Wesley Dias (at Botafogo-PB until 30 November 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Gabriel Popó (at Sousa until 30 November 2023)

First-team staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Felipe Surian	Brazil
Assistant manager	Rainer Oliveira	Brazil
Assistant manager	Marcelo Mendes	Brazil
Assistant manager	Rafael Gatti	Brazil

Honours

References

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese)