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Santana Esporte Clube
Santana Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Santana (), is a Brazilian football club based in Santana, Amapá. The team competes in the Campeonato Amapaense, the top division in the Amapá state football league system. They won the Campeonato Amapaense seven times. The club's traditional rivals are Independente, and games between the two are known as the ''Clássico do Porto''. Santana is the fifth-best ranked team from Amapá in CBF's national club ranking, being placed 236th overall. History The club was founded on September 25, 1955. They won the Campeonato Amapaense in 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1985. Stadium Santana Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Municipal de Santana. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. Honours State * Campeonato Amapaense The Campeonato Amapaense, commonly known simply as Amapazão, is the football league of the State of Amapá, Brazil. It is organized by the Amapá State Football Federation. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zerão
Estádio Olímpico Milton de Souza Corrêa, commonly known as Zerão , is a multi-purpose stadium located in Macapá, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Esporte Clube Macapá, Oratório Recreativo Clube, Trem Desportivo Clube, Santos Futebol Clube (AP) and São Paulo Futebol Clube (AP). The stadium has a maximum capacity of 13,680 people and was built in 1990. The name (and the fame) come from the common belief that the midfield line lies exactly on the Equator - zero latitude - thus causing each team to defend one hemisphere. It is actually approximately 50 meters north of the equator, with the equator itself lying at the far southern end of the field. Overview The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people and was built in 1990. The name (and the fame) came from the circumstance that the stadium lies on the Equator - zero latitude In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north– south position of a point on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation ( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979. Between 1914 and 1979 it was the governing body, or at least the international reference, for other olympic sports, such as tennis (until the Brazilian Tennis Confederation, CBT was founded in 1955), Sport of athletics, athletics (until the Brazilian Athletics Confederation, CBAt was founded in 1977), handball (until 1979), Swimming (sport), swimming and waterpolo. It currently has the most win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campeonato Amapaense
The Campeonato Amapaense, commonly known simply as Amapazão, is the football league of the State of Amapá, Brazil. It is organized by the Amapá State Football Federation. Format First Stage *Standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once. *Single leg playoff between the top 2 teams. The winner of this playoff qualifies for the championship final. Second Stage *Standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once. *Single leg playoff between the top 2 teams. The winner of this playoff qualifies for the championship final. Third stage (if necessary) *Home-and-away playoff with the winners of the first and second stages. If a team wins both stages (first and second) it is crowned the champion. If not, the third stage is disputed, and the winner is crowned the champion. The two teams last placed overall are relegated. As in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change every year. Clubs 2022 edition Others clubs *Clube Atlético ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 In Brazilian Football
The following article presents a summary of the 2022 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which is the 121st season of competitive football in the country. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on 9 April 2022 and is scheduled to end on 13 November 2022. * América Mineiro *Athletico Paranaense *Atlético Goianiense *Atlético Mineiro *Avaí *Botafogo * Ceará *Corinthians *Coritiba *Cuiabá *Flamengo *Fluminense * Fortaleza *Goiás *Internacional * Juventude *Palmeiras *Red Bull Bragantino * Santos *São Paulo Palmeiras won the league. Relegation The four worst placed teams, Juventude, Avaí, TBD and TBD, were relegated to the following year's second level. Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on 8 April 2022 and ended on 6 November 2022. *Bahia * Brusque * Chapecoense * CRB *Criciúma * Cruzeiro *CSA * Grêmio * Guarani * Ituano *Londrina * Náutico * Novorizontino * Operário Ferroviár ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santana, Amapá
Santana () is a municipality located in the southeast of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 123,096 and its area is , which makes it the smallest municipality of Amapá. Santana is a suburb of Macapá, the state capital, and the two cities make up the Metropolitan Area of Macapá. Its location is nearly on the equator. The planet's second longest river, the Amazon is to the south. Santana was historically a part of Macapá. In 1981 it was elevated to the category of a District of Macapá. It became a separate municipality in the state of Amapá on 1 January 1982. History The history of Santana began in 1753 when Ilha de Santana, an island in the Amazon River in front of the city of Santana, became an official settlement. The settlement on the coast started to develop in the 1950s when manganese was discovered in Serra do Navio. Santana has developed into the main harbour and industrial centre for the state, and has become the second most populous city. In 1990, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amapá
Amapá () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northern region of Brazil. It is the second least populous state and the eighteenth largest by area. Located in the far northern part of the country, Amapá is bordered clockwise by French Guiana to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Pará to the south and west, and Suriname to the northwest. The capital and largest city is Macapá. The state has 0.4% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for only 0.22% of the Brazilian GDP. In the colonial period the region was called Portuguese Guiana and was part of Portuguese Empire, Portugal's State of Brazil. Later, the region was distinguished from the other The Guianas, Guianas. Amapá was once part of Pará, but became a separate territory in 1943, and a state in 1990. The dominant feature of the region, and 90 percent of its total area, is the Amazon Rainforest. Unexplored forests occupy 70 percent of Amapá, and Tumucumaque Mountains National Park, establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Football Leagues In Brazil
The Brazilian states football championships are the professional adult male soccer competitions in Brazil that take place between January and April for the Northeast, Central-West, Southeast and South regions. In some states from the North Region, however, it takes place in May or June. Historically, for economic and geographic reasons, such as long distances between the country's main cities, the state leagues were considered the most important championship for Brazilian clubs, especially before 1959, when a regular national championship (Taça Brasil) was first established. In recent years, bigger clubs have become increasingly critical of the state leagues, which are often blamed for the lack of space in Brazil's football calendar and have lost most of its old prestige. Smaller clubs, however, are dependant on the state leagues for their financial well-being and largely oppose calls to reduce the number of games or even end state leagues altogether. Because of these champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
The 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D was a football competition held in Brazil, equivalent to the fourth division. The competition began on 26 May and ended on 13 November 2021. Sixty-eight teams competed in the tournament. Sixty-four teams qualified from their state leagues and cups, and four relegated from the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C ( Boa Esporte, Imperatriz, São Bento and Treze). The match Imperatriz v 4 de Julho, played at the Estádio Frei Epifânio D'Abadia (Imperatriz) on 28 August 2021 (Group A2 13th round), was finished in the 76th minute (0–0) after a strong storm caused the partial collapse of the grandstand roof located over the press booths and changing rooms of the teams and referees. ABC, Aparecidense, Atlético Cearense and Campinense qualified for the semi-finals and were promoted to the 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. In the finals, Aparecidense defeated Campinense 2–1 on aggregate to win their first title. Teams Federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independente Esporte Clube
Independente Esporte Clube, commonly known as Independente-AP () or simply Independente, is a Brazilian multi-sport club based in Santana, Amapá. The club is most notable for its association football team, that plays in the Campeonato Amapaense, the top division in the Amapá state football league system. The club's traditional rivals are Santana, and games between the two are known as the ''Clássico do Porto''. They won the Campeonato Amapaense five times. History The club was founded on 19 January 1962. They won the Campeonato Amapaense in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1995, and in 2001. Stadium Independente Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Antônio Vilela, nicknamed ''Vilelão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. Honours Regional * Torneio de Integração da Amazônia ** Champions: 1989 ** Runners-up: 1990 State * Campeonato Amapaense The Campeonato Amapaense, commonly known simply as Amapazão, is the football league of the State of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
