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Petrolina Social Futebol Clube

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Petrolina
Full namePetrolina Social Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Fera Sertaneja
Tigre
Founded11 November 1998; 26 years ago (11 November 1998)
GroundPaulo de Souza Coelho
Capacity5,000
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série D
Campeonato Pernambucano
2023Pernambucano, 3rd of 13

Petrolina Social Futebol Clube, also known simply as Petrolina, is a Brazilian football club founded in 1998 in Petrolina, Pernambuco. The first appearance in the Série A1 (top level of Pernambuco Football) was in 2002. The biggest competitor of Petrolina is the 1º de Maio Esporte Clube, also a club of Petrolina.

History

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Logo used until 2016

The club was founded on 11 November 1998.[1] They started to feature in a senior competition in the following year, playing in the Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2, and achieved promotion to the Campeonato Pernambucano in 2001, as champions.

Petrolina qualified to the 2008 Série C after Ypiranga withdrew from the competition, but were knocked out in the first phase.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Petrolina completa 19 anos neste sábado" [Petrolina complete 19 years this Saturday] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2023.