Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube

On March 25, 1923, the club was founded as Associação Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube. Abrahão Andrade was the Sampaio Corrêa's first president. The club is named after a seaplane called Sampaio Corrêa II, which visited the city of São Luís on December 12, 1922, and was commanded by two pilots, the Brazilian Euclides Pinto Martins and the American Walter Hinton. On April 26, 1925, the club played its first official match. Sampaio Corrêa beat Luso Brasileiro 1–0. The goal was scored by Lobo.

On December 17, 1972, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division, after beating Campinense in the final. However, there was no promotion to the first division.

In 1997, the club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division, after beating Francana 3–1 in the last match, and was promoted to the following year's Second Division. In 1998, Sampaio Corrêa won the Copa Norte, beating São Raimundo-AM in the final. In the same year, the club reached Copa CONMEBOL's semi-final round. Sampaio Corrêa beat América de Natal in the first round, Deportes Quindío of Colombia in the second round, and was eliminated by Santos in the semi-finals.

Its home matches are usually played at Castelão stadium, which has a maximum capacity of 40,000 people.

According to the official website.

As of 26 August 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  BRA Carlos Eduardo — GK  BRA Jonathan Bráz — GK  BRA Luiz Daniel — GK  BRA Mota — DF  BRA Otávio (on loan from Flamengo) — DF  BRA Allan Godoi — DF  BRA Éder Lima — DF  BRA Joécio — DF  BRA Kanu — DF  BRA Nilson Júnior — DF  BRA Luis Gustavo — DF  BRA Watson — DF  BRA Yann — DF  BRA Alyson (on loan from Ceará) — DF  BRA Mascarenhas (on loan from Fluminense) — DF  BRA Mateusinho — DF  BRA Zé Mário

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Baraka — MF  BRA Betinho — MF  BRA Ferreira — MF  BRA Márcio Araújo — MF  BRA Maurício — MF  BRA Mauro Silva — MF  BRA Pablo — MF  BRA Eloir — MF  BRA Guilherme Campana — MF  BRA Guilherme Teixeira — FW  BRA Diego Cardoso — FW  BRA Jackson — FW  BRA Jarro Pedroso — FW  BRA Jean Silva — FW  BRA Léo Artur — FW  BRA Pimentinha — FW  BRA Wesley

First-team staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager	Felipe Surian	Brazil
Assistant manager	Rainer Oliveira	Brazil
Assistant manager	Marcelo Mendes	Brazil
Assistant manager	Rafael Gatti	Brazil

• Official website (in Portuguese)