The club also inherited Cataduva EC'S spot in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão, which was São Paulo state's third level.

[1] The club competed in the São Paulo state top level for the first time in 1989,[1] finishing in the 8th position of its group.

[5] In the same year, Catanduvense disputed the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, In the first stage, the club was in the same group of América (SP), Botafogo, Goiânia, Goiatuba and Uberlândia, and finished in the second position.

In the second stage, the club was eliminated by Bragantino, after a 0–1 defeat at home in the first leg, and a 1–1 draw in Bragança Paulista.

[1] Catanduvense's home matches were usually played at Municipal Sílvio Salles stadium,[7] which has a maximum capacity of 14,800 people and was built in 1988.