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Wikipedia - Clube Atlético Linense
Clube Atlético Linense, commonly referred to as Linense, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Lins, São Paulo. The team competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier of the São Paulo state football league.
Founded on June 12, 1927, it was reorganized on February 11, 1930. Their colors are red, white and black. They won the Campeonato Paulista Second Division in 1952, and the Série A-2 (Second Division) in 2010, returning to the First Division in 2011, what has not happened since 1957.
They are the club that showed Leivinha, idol of Portuguesa, Palmeiras, the Brazil national team and Atlético Madrid, was also the club that held the first international transfer of Brazilian striker Americo Murolo trading with Italy. Has one of the most curious football mascots of São Paulo state, which it is intimately connected. Some episodes characteristic of the players involved a parade of circus elephants on site after winning the league's second division in 1952. In 2000, there was a parade of elephants from the track's premises Estádio Gilberto Siqueira Lopes.
The club announced the launch of a professional basketball team, which will begin playing in the second tier division of São Paulo state basketball. In January 2015, it is also expected that Clube Atlético Linense will join Liga Ouro, the second division of Brazil's national basketball league known as NBB.
**Fondation:** 1927
**Surnom:** Elefante da Noroeste
**Stades:**
* Estádio Gilbertão (14 500 places)
* Estádio Alfredo de Castilho (13 100 places)
**Titres:**
* Campeonato Paulista Série A2 (1): 1952
**Histoire:**
Le Linense Futebol Clube est un club de football brésilien basé à Lins, dans l'État de São Paulo. Fondé en 1927, le club est surtout connu pour son surnom, "Elefante da Noroeste" (l'éléphant du nord-ouest), en raison de son logo qui représente un éléphant.
Linense a remporté le championnat Paulista Série A2 en 1952, ce qui lui a permis d'accéder à la première division du football de São Paulo. Le club a également participé à plusieurs reprises à la Copa do Brasil et au championnat de la série D brésilienne.
Au cours de son histoire, Linense a produit un certain nombre de joueurs notables, notamment le gardien de but Waldir Peres, le milieu de terrain Nilton Batata et l'attaquant Zé Roberto. Le club est actuellement entraîné par Julio Cesar Nunes.