Esporte Clube Internacional, usually known as
Inter de Santa Maria,
Internacional de Santa Maria,
Inter-SM, or simply as
Internacional, is a
Brazilian football club from
Santa Maria,
Rio Grande do Sul state founded on May 16, 1928. The club competed in the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in
1982, finishing 21st. Inter plays its home matches in its own stadium, Estádio Presidente Vargas, which has a maximum capacity of 12,000 people and is also known as Baixada Melancólica.