Only 7 Years-Old, Barueri Moves to First Division

The last club to join the first division will be Barueri (Dear American reader, I’d love to hear you trying to pronounce this name!). The club, which represents the city with the same name in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, is only 7 years old. And it probably holds the world record of promotions, going in 2001 from the sixth division in Sao Paulo’s state championship to the first division in the Campeonato Brasileiro in 2008. Very impressive.

So, what’s their recipe for success? Public Money. A lot of it. The political scene in Barueri has put a lot of money into the club as a way to promote itself and perpetuate itself in power. They built an arena (very likely to be used in the 2014 World Cup for practice sessions, so get used to this name) and hired several players with appearances for big clubs in their resumes. Next year, Cafu, the legendary ex-Sao Paulo, Roma, Milan and Brazil right-back may play for the club. On Saturday, the club beat America-RN 3-0 and closed its participation in the second division with 60 points (16 wins, 9 draws e 11 losses) and getting the last ticket to serie A. Barueri played serie C, the third division, in 2006. In 07 and 08, serie B. And now serie A. Will they resist for more than 1 season in the first division? Ipatinga, last year’s prodigious club, is returning to second division…

Barueri 3 – 0 America-RN

Category: CBF

Tags: América-RN, Barueri, Campeonato Brasileiro serie B, CBF, promotion, public money, Second Division

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