O Sport Club Gaúcho é um clube de Passo Fundo (RS), fundado em 1918, apelidado de Periquito do Boqueirão. Foi campeão da Série A2 gaúcha em 1966, 1977 e 1984.
Sport Club Gaúcho
Sport Club Gaúcho is a club from Passo Fundo, in the north of Rio Grande do Sul, founded on May 12, 1918. It is known as Periquito do Boqueirão and competes in the access divisions of Rio Grande do Sul football.
History
Sport Club Gaúcho was founded on May 12, 1918 in Passo Fundo and became one of the traditional clubs of the central plateau and northern Rio Grande do Sul. The nickname Periquito do Boqueirão refers to the club's green identity and the Boqueirão neighborhood, a region linked to its history. In amateur and regional football, Gaúcho had great prominence in the Passo Fundo City Championship, which it won 16 times between 1926 and 1970. On the state level, the club was champion of Series A2 of the Rio Grande do Sul Championship in 1966, 1977 and 1984, and also won the Rio Grande do Sul Series B in 2000. On two occasions it was runner-up of the FGF Cup, in 2004 and 2018. Home matches are played at Arena Wolmar Salton, a stadium with a capacity of approximately 8,000 fans, inaugurated in 2016.