Founded in 1995, it plays in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão.

The club was founded on March 27, 1995, as an amateur team by the fathers of the youngsters playing in the Escolinha de Futebol Peraltinha youth academy.

[2] As the youth academy had a partnership with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, they adopted the same colors as the Minas Gerais-based club and Assis municipality flag.

[2] The club professionalized its football department in 2003, competing in the same year in the Campeonato Paulista Série B3.

[2] Clube Atlético Assisense play their home games at Estádio Municipal Antônio Viana da Silva, nicknamed Tonicão.