Associação Atlética Colatina, commonly known as Colatina, was a Brazilian

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club based in

Colatina Colatina is the second largest city in the north of Espírito Santo, Brazil, 127 km north of the capital Vitória and on the trainline from Vitória to Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the se ...

, Espírito Santo state.

History

The club was founded on May 13, 1978. They finished in the third position in the

Campeonato Capixaba The Campeonato Capixaba is the football league of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. History From 1917 to 1929, it was disputed the Campeonato da Cidade de Vitória (Vitória City Championship), a competition contested only by Vitória cit ...

in 1978, being invited into the

1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the V Copa Brasil) was the 23rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Overview In the First phase, 80 clubs were divided into 8 groups of 10 clubs.in the groups A, B, C, D, E and F, th ...

.The team participated in the Group B, being eliminated in the first phase and finishing the championship in 89th place out of 94 clubs. Later the team participated in the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

three times (

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and

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), in the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the f ...

three times (

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

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and

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), and won the 1990 Campeonato Capixaba, qualifying to the

1991 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 1991 was the 3rd staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 9, 1991, and concluded on June 2, 1991, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Heriberto Hülse in Criciúma, in which Criciúm ...

, where the club was eliminated by Santa Cruz in the first phase.

Achievements

: ** Winners (1): 1990

Stadium

Colatina played their home games at Estádio Municipal Justiniano de Melo e Silva. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 12,000 people.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Associacao Atletica Colatina Association football clubs established in 1978 Defunct football clubs in Espírito Santo