Vitória ES

The club was founded as Foot-Ball Club Victoria on October 1, 1912, at the home of brothers Taciano and Constâncio Neves Espíndula, some of the first players of the game in the city, on São Francisco street, in Vitória. The club's foundation also included other boys from the Gymnasio Espírito-santense school. João Pereira Neto was elected as the club's first president.

In 1917, the club was responsible for idealizing the creation of the Liga Sportiva Espírito-santense (LSES), founded together with other clubs, and the inaugural edition of the Taça Cidade de Vitória (now Campeonato Capixaba). In the 1920 edition, Vitória won its first trophy.

In 1957, Vitória acquired land in the Jardim América neighborhood in the city of Cariacica, where the Estádio Engenheiro Araripe is located today, but never used it. The club had also acquired another plot of land, which was, however, seized by the State Government, which granted the club another in the Bento Ferreira neighborhood, in the city of Vitória, in exchange. In 1962, Vitória began construction of the Estádio Salvador Venâncio da Costa, named in honor of the club's president at the time, and inaugurated in 1967.

Vitória competed in the 1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for the first time, finishing in the 40th place of 62 teams.