Sergipe's home field is the Estádio João Hora de Oliveira, capacity 8,000.

[2] The club was founded on 17 October 1909, in Aracaju, by dissidents of Cotingüiba Esporte Clube.

The dissidents, including Adalberto Monteiro, Euclides Porto, Adalgiso Rosal, José Couto de Farias, Tancredo Campos, Américo Silva, Francisco Bessa and others, met at noon on October 11 in Commercial Association and decided the next Sunday to found Club Sportivo Sergipe.

[1] Sergipe was initially founded as a rowing club, and in January 1910 the first boat was baptized as Nereida.

[1] The team logo, composed of an anchor and two paddles is because the club, initially, was dedicated to the practice of nautical sports.