EC São Bernardo

Despite being the largest city in the ABC region in terms of population and home to some of the most successful volleyball and handball teams in Brazil, São Bernardo do Campo has never had a great football tradition, unlike the neighboring cities of São Caetano do Sul and Santo André, whose clubs had already emerged with great performances on national scale. As a result, representatives of the city's amateur football competition, the São Bernardo do Campo Football League, political authorities and retired local players started thinking about doing something for São Bernardo's football.

In 2004, a group of politicians headed by the city's former Sports Secretary and then federal deputy Edinho Montemor and state deputy Orlando Morando, along with five more people, founded São Bernardo Futebol Clube. on December 20, 2004, with an investment of BR$ 100,000. The team would also receive, on behalf of the city, a subsidy in the amount of BR$ 400,000, but the project was not approved by the City Council of São Bernardo do Campo. The team is, since its foundation, a club-company, having its CNPJ registered on January 5, 2005 under the name of São Bernardo Futebol Clube Ltda. The club was founded with the ambitious goal of reaching the elite of state football in five years.

It achieved its goal in 2010 when it reached the elite of state football, where it remained until 2017 (except for 2012). In 2020, Magnum Group acquired 100% of the club, transforming it into a SAF (football limited company).

Under the management of the Magnum Group, São Bernardo achieved promotion back to the elite of state football in 2021 and reached Brasileiro Série C in 2022, eventually reaching Brasileiro Série B in 2026.

Kit

From 2020 until mid-2026, the club's uniform was manufactured by the club itself and sponsored by the club's own brand, the watchmaker Magnum..