A Pérolas Negras é um clube de Resende (RJ) criado em 2009 a partir de um projeto da ONG Viva Rio no Haiti. Venceu a Copa Rio em 2021 e disputou a Série D do Brasileirão em 2022.
Pérolas Negras
Pérolas Negras Football Academy is a club from the state of Rio de Janeiro, based in Resende. It was born in 2009 from a social project by the NGO Viva Rio in Haiti and reached the Series D of the Brazilian Championship in 2022.
History
The Pérolas Negras project was created in 2009 by the NGO Viva Rio, in Haiti, as a sports-related social initiative. The initiative was brought to Brazil in 2014, where it began forming athletes and competing in amateur tournaments. After joining the state federation, the club won its first titles in the lower divisions of Rio de Janeiro football: it won the Series B1 of the Rio de Janeiro Championship in 2020 and also won the Waldir Amaral Cup in 2020 and 2021. The greatest title in its history came in November 2021, with the conquest of the Rio Cup, which guaranteed a place in the Series D of the Brazilian Championship of 2022. The team uses black and white colors and played its home matches at Estádio do Trabalhador, with a capacity of approximately 7,400 people.