Sport Club Internacional (women)

Internacional
Full nameSport Club Internacional
Nickname(s)Gurias Coloradas
Founded1983
GroundEstádio Beira-Rio
Capacity50,128
PresidentAlessandro Barcellos
Head coachMaurício Salgado
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A1
Campeonato Gaúcho
2023
2023 [pt]		Série A1, 7th of 16
Gaúcho, 1st of 10 (champions)

Sport Club Internacional, commonly known as Internacional or Gurias Coloradas, is a Brazilian women's Association football club, based in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. They won the Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Feminino eleven times.

History

Founded in 1983 as a women's section of Sport Club Internacional, winning the first two editions of the Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Feminino before the tournament was stopped. In 1984, the club also finished third in the Taça Brasil de Futebol Feminino [pt].[1]

Internacional was again third in the league in the 1996, 1998 and 2001 editions, while also winning three Gaúcho titles in a row in 1997, 1998 and 1999. After finishing second in the Gaúcho during the 2000 and 2001 editions, the club won two consecutive titles in 2002 and 2003, before ceasing activities in 2011.

After a period of inactivities, Internacional re-opened their women's football section in 2017,[2] and immediately won another Gaúcho title. They lost the 2018 title to rivals Grêmio, but won three titles in a row in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Players

Current squad

As of 8 February 2023.[3]

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

Former players

For a list of all current and former Internacional players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Sport Club Internacional (women) players.

Honours

Youth team

References

  1. ^ "Gurias Coloradas – História" [Gurias Coloradas – History] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Internacional. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Inter apresenta projeto e oficializa volta de departamento de futebol feminino" [Inter present the project and turn official the return of women's football department] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Futebol Feminino" [Women's football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). SC Internacional. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

External links