:Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú)

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| ground = Estádio Zezinho Magalhães

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| chairman = Laercio Carneiro

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Gilmar Rodrigues

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Esporte Clube XV de Novembro, more commonly referred to as XV de Jaú, is a Brazilian football club based in Jaú, São Paulo. The team compete in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, the fourth tier of the São Paulo state football league.

The club is also known as Galo da Comarca, roughly meaning "County's Rooster".{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.embratel.com.br/Embratel02/cda/portal/0,2997,PO_P_161_1371,00.html Embratel patrocina sete times de futebol de São Paulo – EMBRATEL (December 14, 2006)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927162542/http://www.embratel.com.br/Embratel02/cda/portal/0,2997,PO_P_161_1371,00.html |date=September 27, 2007 }} (retrieved on August 29, 2007)

History

On November 15, 1924,{{in lang|pt}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201520/http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/sp/xvjau.htm Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú) at Arquivo de Clubes] the club was founded as Esporte Clube XV de Novembro de Jaú by José Piragine Sobrinho, Hermínio Cappabianca and other sportsmen.{{in lang|pt}} [http://201.28.177.46/xvdejau/historia.html History at XV de Jaú fansite]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 1951, XV de Jaú won the Campeonato Paulista Second Level, beating Linense of Lins in the final. The club then played the relegation/promotion play-off against Jabaquara, which was the last placed team of Campeonato Paulista First Level. XV de Jaú won the first leg, but was defeated in the second leg. In the third match against Jabaquara, the club beat its opponent and was promoted to the following year's Campeonato Paulista First Level.{{Cite web |url=http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp1951l2.htm |title=Campeonato Paulista Second Level at RSSSF |access-date=August 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811120258/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp1951l2.htm |archive-date=August 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

In 1976, for the second time, the Campeonato Paulista Second Level was won by the club.[http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp2camp.htm Campeonato Paulista Second Level at RSSSF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827203250/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp2camp.htm |date=August 27, 2007 }}

In 1979, the club competed for the first time in the top level of the Brazilian Championship, finishing in the 56th place.[http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1979.htm 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031041407/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1979.htm |date=October 31, 2007 }}

Three years later, in 1982, XV de Jaú competed again in the Brazilian football's top level league, finishing this time in the 20th position, ahead of clubs such as Internacional, Cruzeiro and Atlético Paranaense.[http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1982.htm 1982 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at RSSSF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218044134/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1982.htm |date=February 18, 2008 }}

In 1988, the club competed in the third level of the Brazilian Championship, but was eliminated in the first stage of the competition, finishing in the last place of its group.[http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1988l3.htm 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C at RSSSF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210084128/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1988l3.htm |date=December 10, 2007 }}

Honours

Stadium

XV de Jaú's home stadium is Estádio Zezinho Magalhães, inaugurated in 1973,{{in lang|pt}} [http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/sp/Jau.htm Estádio Zezinho Magalhães at Templos do Futebol] with a maximum capacity of 13,040 people. The stadium is nicknamed Jauzão, meaning Big Jaú.{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.xvdejau.com/ XV de Jaú's fansite] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121153/http://www.xvdejau.com/ |date=September 29, 2007 }}

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