Futebol Clube SKA Brasil

Not to be confused with Esporte Clube Osasco or Grêmio Esportivo Osasco.

Futebol Clube SKA Brasil is a Brazilian football club based in Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo. The team compete in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state football league.

FC SKA

Full name	Futebol Clube SKA Brasil
Nickname(s)	Águia
Founded	7 January 1971; 53 years ago (1971-01-07) (as Monte Negro Futebol Clube) 8 December 1992; 32 years ago (1992-12-08) (as Osasco Futebol Clube) 13 June 2019; 5 years ago (2019-06-13) (as FC SKA Brasil)
Ground	Estádio Gabriel Marques da Silva
Capacity	7,500
Head coach	José Nogueira Jr.
2024 [pt]	Paulista Série A4, 4th of 16
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 7 January 1971 as Monte Negro Futebol Clube, and professionalized its football department in 1979, when they competed in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3.^[1] They competed for the last time in a professional competition as Monte Negro in 1992, when they participated in the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão.^[1] After several financial difficulties, the club was founded again on 8 December 1992 as Osasco Futebol Clube.^[1]

In 13 June 2019, the team once again rebranded, becoming Futebol Clube SKA Brasil, after the SKA, a software engineering-related company, decided to acquire the club. Edmílson, a former and famous FC Barcelona and Brazil national team player is the club chairman.^[2]

The club has recently invested in youth development, participating in under-15 and under-17 tournaments of different kinds. It also became the first foreign team to ever play in the J-Village Cup, a invitational friendly tournament held in Japan for under-18 teams.^[3]

Stadium

The team played the 2020 season at the Estádio José Liberatti, as the Estádio Gabriel Marques da Silva was still under repairs. After the stadium renovation was completed on the end of 2020, the team officially made the Estádio Municipal Prefeito Gabriel Marques da Silva, located at Santana de Parnaíba, where the club is established since 2021. FC SKA already had a training center in there, which ended up inducing the team to establish themselves at the municipality.^[4]

References

1. "Osasco Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Federação Paulista de Futebol. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
2. "Segunda Divisão: Fecha-Se O Livro Do Osasco FC, Abre-Se O Do Ska Brasil Em Santana De Parnaíba" [Segunda Divisão: Closed is Osasco FC's book, while opened is SKA Brasil's on Santana de Parnaíba]. correiopaulista.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
3. "Ska Brasil será primeiro time estrangeiro a disputar a J-VILLAGE CUP no Japão" [SKA Brasil will be the first foreign team to play the J-Village Cup on Japan]. mktesportivo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
4. Emilio Botta (16 October 2020). "Pentacampeão Edmílson cria novo time, vira dirigente e quer formar jogadores para grandes clubes" [Edmilson creates a new team, becomes the chairman and wants to develop players to big clubs]. globoesporte.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 March 2023.