Stella was founded on 5/30/1915
History of Henrique C. - Viseu, Portugal
Stella was founded on 5/30/1915, and its name in Italian means “star” – that is why the shield was a red star. When Stella was dissolved and the same board founded Fortaleza, on 10/18/1918, the team was born as Fortaleza Sporting Club – the same composition of names of rival Ceará Sporting Club, which on its 1st anniversary, in 1915, abandoned the name Rio Branco Football Club. In the 1940s, the tricolors adopted the spelling in Portuguese, becoming Fortaleza Esporte Clube.