São Bernardo FC

São Bernardo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as São Bernardo, is a professional association football club based in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the top division of the São Paulo state football league.

The club play their home games at the 12,578 capacity Estádio 1º de Maio. Supporters maintain rivalries with a number of fellow ABC Region clubs, including Santo André, São Caetano, Água Santa and crosstown rivals EC São Bernardo. The club's home colours are yellow and black and the team mascot is a Tiger.

São Bernardo participated six times in the Copa do Brasil, their best result being a fourth stage in 2026 (in progress). The club also participated twice in Brasileiro Série D, achieving promotion to Brasileiro Série C in 2022. It also competed in Série C three times, being promoted to Brasileiro Série B in 2025. São Bernardo won the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 2012 and 2021 and the Copa Paulista in 2013 and 2021. The club's highest ever state league finish came in 2025 when they finished fifth in the Paulistão.

Founded in 2004, the club started in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão in 2005, securing promotion to Série A3 by the end of the first year. In 2008, they were runners-up of Série A3 and were promoted to Campeonato Paulista Série A2. Following a fourth place finish in 2010, São Bernardo played in Série A1 for the first time in 2011, but stayed only one season in the top flight of the São Paulo state football league and were relegated back to Série A2. They returned to the state first division one year later and had a five-year stay in the Série A1 before being relegated at the end of the 2017 season.