| Clubname: | Porto Alegre |
| Fullname: | Porto Alegre Futebol Clube |
| Nickname: | Porto Tricolor do Lami Matador Tricolor da Zona Sul |
| Founded: | January 9, 2006 |
| Ground: | Estádio João da Silva Moreira, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Capacity: | 500 |
| Chairman: | Roberto de Assis Moreira |
| Manager: | Marcelo Rospide |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| League: | Campeonato Gaúcho |
| Season: | 2010 |
| Position: | Campeonato Gaúcho, Group 1, 5th |
| Website: | http://www.poafc.com.br/ |
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Porto Alegre Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Porto Alegre, is a Brazilian football club from Porto Alegre, Brazil. It is owned by former footballer Roberto Assis, Ronaldinho's brother.[1]
The club was founded on June 10, 2003, as Lami Futebol Clube.[2]
In 2003, Lami won its first title, the Campeonato Gaúcho Third Level.[3]
In 2006,[4] the club was bought by Roberto Assis and renamed to Porto Alegre Futebol Clube.
Porto Alegre's colors are inspired by the two most popular Rio Grande do Sul football clubs, Grêmio and Internacional, and Spanish club FC Barcelona. The home kit is composed of red and white vertical stripes, white shorts and red socks. The away kit is like FC Barcelona's home kit, being composed of blue and red vertical stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. The third kit is composed of a three-colored vertical sash in a black shirt, white shorts and gray socks.
In 2010 the Porto Alegre mediated a partnership with the Flamengo the intention is use the structure of Porto Alegre, that is magnificent.
| Season | League | Result | Copa FGF | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage (Teams) | Position | ||||
| 2003 | Third Division | First Stage(6) | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |
| 2004 | Second Division | Second Stage(3*6er) | 18th 6th(group) | ||
| 2005 | Second Division | Second Stage(3*6er) | 17th 6th(group) | 1st stage | |
| 2006 | Second Division | Second Stage (2*8er) | 8th 4th(group) | QF | |
| 2007 | Second Division | Second Stage (2*8er) | 9th 5th(group) | ||
| 2008 | Second Division | Final Stage(8) | 7th | R16 | |
| 2009 | Second Division | Final Stage | bgcolor=gold | 1st | R16 |
| 2010 | Primera Division | - | 14th | QF | |
| 2011 | Primera Division | - | 16th | ||
| 2012 | Second Division | ||||
As of December 2010, according to combined sources on the official website.[6]
As of December 28, 2010
Porto Alegre play their home games at Estádio João da Silva Moreira (also known as Parque Lami).