Grêmio

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Grêmio, was founded on 15 September 1903 by Cândido Dias da Silva and 32 other men, most of them from Porto Alegre's German community. The club is based in Porto Alegre, the capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The club plays its home matches at the Arena do Grêmio, which has a capacity of over 55,000 and was opened in 2012 (the Portuguese article gives 57,387 and December 2012, while the English article says the team moved there in 2013). Before that, Grêmio played at the Baixada from 1904 to 1954 and then at the Estádio Olímpico, inaugurated in 1954 and renamed Olímpico Monumental in 1980.

The team's tricolor blue, black and white striped shirt gave the club its nickname, and its supporters are known as Gremistas. The club's rise in the early 1980s, under the stadium's new name, marked its most successful period, with 1983 described as its best year.