São Paulo Serpents

At a glance

São Paulo, Brazil—plays at The Green Canopy, capacity 52,417. Plays in La Conférence du Verglas.

22 million people and now there’s a rink in the middle of it all. The Serpents bring chaos, rhythm, and an arena atmosphere unlike anything else in the league.

Identity

• City: São Paulo, Brazil
• Arena: The Green Canopy
• Capacity: 52,417
• Colors: #1D6B3F / #6B2FA0
• Conference: La Conférence du Verglas

Arena modifier—Constriction

The larger the Serpents’ lead, the harder it is for the opponent to score. The Canopy tightens.

See all arena modifiers for cross-comparison.

The arena—lore

The Green Canopy appeared in the middle of São Paulo’s concrete sprawl, and it brought trees with it. The arena is surrounded—and partially infiltrated—by vegetation that grows faster than groundskeepers can manage. Vines climb the exterior walls. Roots push through cracks in the concourse floor. The Almighty Ice surface itself remains clear, but the boards are stained green in places where plant matter has pressed against them. The Constriction modifier tightens around opponents the further behind they fall. Le Council’s analysts describe it as ‘the Canopy closing.’ The Serpents thrive in this—they build a lead and the building does the rest. Visiting coaches have started calling it ‘playing against twenty-three players and a forest.‘

The arena—building

A brutalist concrete bowl overtaken by nature. The exterior is raw concrete—pillars, ramps, open stairwells—that looks like it was poured twenty years ago and abandoned ten years ago, except it’s full of people. Tropical vegetation grows through and over the structure: trees pushing through gaps in the upper deck, flowering vines cascading down the interior walls, ferns growing from every crack and seam. The roof is a lattice of concrete and steel beams through which filtered green light falls. The seating is steep and close, the concrete benches polished smooth by thousands of games. The Almighty Ice surface is pristine despite everything around it being slowly consumed by plant life. The temperature inside is warm everywhere except directly above The Almighty Ice, where the cold radiates outward in a visible boundary—you can see the air change. The concourse smells like wet earth and cold steel. The crowd is the loudest in the league.

S.H.I.F.T. movements

Season 03 window · 12–17 October 2026

• Trade. Sent Sipho Nkosi (RW) to McMurdo Monoliths. Received Elena Varga (RW) in return, for the second line, round one.

Season 02 window · 10–14 August 2026

• Trade. Received Sipho Nkosi (RW) from Johannesburg Jaguars for the third line. Sent Bruno Nascimento (RW) the other way.
• Trade. Received Yarelys González (D) from Havana Hammers for the second defence pair. Sent Mariana Lima (D) the other way.
• Trade. Received Omar Hassan (LW) from Cairo Crocodiles for the third line. Sent Gabriel Rodrigues (LW) the other way.
• Trade. Received Denis Baranov (D) from Vladivostok Vodkas for the second defence pair. Sent Gustavo Ribeiro (D) the other way.
• Trade. Sent Thiago Pereira (RW) to Tokyo Titans. Received Mio Kobayashi (RW) in return, for the second line.

See the S.H.I.F.T. for how a movement is filed, voted, and registered.

See also

• Teams overview—all 48 franchises.
• The conferences—how the Verglas and the Givre were sorted.
• Arena modifiers—the mechanic behind Constriction.
• Glossary—every term, A–Z.