Léo de la Rue, one of the founders, inaugurated the presidents' gallery, in a management where each player bought his own uniform and contributed with a monthly fee of $500 to kick-start this great project.

After several changes of headquarters, in 1939 the club found its home in a piece of land in the North Zone of Porto Alegre.

[1] On Sunday, 5 June 1927, in the morning, São José boarded the hydroplane Dornier Do J Wal “Atlantico” of Varig, for a game away from Porto Alegre.

The team has competed in the Série C since then and it is part of the select list of Brazilian clubs that have never been relegated by any of the national divisions of the Brasileirão.

[4] São José's stadium is the Estádio Passo D'Areia, built in 1940 and renovated in 2011 with the implantation of artificial turf (with FIFA approval).