Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Gaúcho, Rio Grande do Sul's top state league. The club was founded in 1903 by businessman Cândido Dias da Silva and other 32 men, mostly from the large community of German immigrants of Porto Alegre.
One of the first Grêmio squads, December 1903
Grêmio in 1904, wearing the blue and black jersey
Grêmio state champion of 1931
Grêmio squad that played the first 1983 Copa Libertadores Finals vs Peñarol in Montevideo
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, commonly referred to as the Brasileirão, and also known as Brasileirão Betano due to sponsorship with Betano, is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021, the competition was chosen by the IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world.
São Paulo Athletic Club and CA Paulistano in the final of the first São Paulo State Championship in 1902
The 1970 Taça de Prata awarded to Fluminense
Garrincha playing for Botafogo in the 1960s
Group photo of the 1978 Guarani squad, from the city of Campinas, winners of the 1978 Campeonato Nacional de Clubes. Together with Santos, they are the only teams not belonging to a state capital to become national champions.
