Sport Club Rio Grande were founded on July 19, 1900, by the
German Johannes Christian Moritz Minnemann and a group of friends, during the celebrations of his 25th anniversary. The colours chosen were a red, green and yellow tricolor, directly taken from the
flag of Rio Grande do Sul. The club did exhibition games all over the state of
Rio Grande do Sul; in 1901 the club played a friendly match against the football club of the sailors from British ship
HMS Nymphe. In 1903 the club went to
Porto Alegre to do an exhibition, the first football game in the city. This match directly inspired the founding of
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, one of Brazil's largest clubs, and later a member of the
G-12 in the same year. The club won its first achievement, which is the
Campeonato Gaúcho, in 1936. In 1962 the club won the
Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2, the second division and in 2014 the
Campeonato Gaúcho Série B, the third division. Thus, Rio Grande is one of the few clubs in Rio Grande do Sul to have won all the three state divisions. Brazil's National Football Day is celebrated on July 19 in honor of Sport Club Rio Grande's condition as Brazil's oldest football club. ==Stadium==