Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense

Velo Clube
Full nameAssociação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense
NicknamesRubro Verde
Velão
Galo Vermelho
Founded28 August 1910 (1910-08-28)
GroundBenitão
Capacity8,136 [1]
PresidentReginaldo Breda
Head coachGuilherme Alves
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série D
Campeonato Paulista
2025Paulista, 11th of 16
colours

Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense, commonly referred to as Velo Clube, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Rio Claro, São Paulo. The team competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the first tier of the São Paulo state football league.[2]

History

The club was founded on 28 August 1910.[3] They won the Campeonato Paulista do Interior in 1925 and the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 2024.

Current squad

First-team squad

As of 11 February 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  BRA Léo Steffen
GK  BRA Marcelo Carné
GK  BRA Paulo Vitor
GK  BRA Paulo Oliveira
DF  BRA Betão
DF  BRA Gabriel Mancha
DF  BRA Islan
DF  BRA Lucas Mingoti (on loan from ABECAT)
DF  BRA Marcelo Augusto
DF  BRA Breno Lopes
DF  BRA Caíque
DF  BRA Ruan Souza
DF  BRA Thomas Luciano
DF  BRA Ynaiã
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF  BRA Zé Mário
MF  BRA Adriano Júnior
MF  BRA Karl (on loan from Itabaiana)
MF  BRA Luiz Otávio
MF  BRA Mateus Norton
MF  BRA Matheus Firmino
MF  BRA Rodrigo Oliveira
MF  BRA Sillas
FW  BRA Daniel Amorim
FW  BRA Jhoninha
FW  BRA João Lucas (on loan from Vila Nova)
FW  BRA Lucas Duni
FW  BRA Rodrigo Alves

Honours

Stadium

Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense play their home games at Estádio Benito Agnelo Castellano.[3] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 8,198 people.[4]

References

  1. ^ "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 December 2018.
  2. ^ Noticias, Brasil. "Velo Clube segura o Juventus e volta à Série A1 do Paulistão após 45 anos". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Rodolfo Rodrigues (2009). Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro (in Portuguese). Panda Books. p. 91.
  4. ^ "CNEF – Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2011.