The Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal (ACBF), commonly known as Carlos Barbosa, is a Brazilian

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club from

Carlos Barbosa Carlos Barbosa is a town in the wine country in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is situated at 29º17'51" South and 51º30'13" West, at an altitude of 676 meters. Its population was estimated in 2020 to be 30,241 inhabitants. It has an area ...

, Rio Grande do Sul state. Founded on March 1, 1973, it is one of the most successful clubs of the sport in South America having won the most Copa Libertadores de Futsal titles.

History

Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal was founded on March 1, 1973, after two local Carlos Barbosa city clubs, Real and River, fused. The club color, orange, was chosen after the

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. In 1996, the club won the state championship. Five years later, Carlos Barbosa won for the first time both the

Taça Brasil de Futsal The Taça Brasil de Futsal ( Portuguese for ''Brazil Futsal Trophy'') is a Brazilian futsal championship. It was the only futsal competition in Brazil until 1996, when the Liga Futsal started. The Taça Brasil is one of the most traditional Braz ...

and the Liga Futsal. In 2002 and in 2003, Carlos Barbosa won both the

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and the Recopa de América. In 2004, the club won the first

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organized by

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, which took place in

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. Carlos Barbosa beat

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of Spain 6-3 in the final.

Titles

National

* Liga Futsal (5): 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015 *

(3): 2001, 2009, 2016 * Campeonato Gaúcho (Série Ouro) (11): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 * Copa Ulbra/Torres (1): 2006

International

(3): 2001, 2004, 2012 *

(6): 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018

Home arena

Carlos Barbosa's home arena is Centro Municipal de Eventos, inaugurated on December 17, 2000, which has a maximum capacity of 6,500 people. The Centro Municipal de Eventos replaced the club's previous stadium, Ginásio da Tramontina, which has a maximum capacity of 3,000 people.

Current squad

Rivals

Carlos Barbosa rivals are Associação Farroupilhense de Futsal, based in the neighbouring municipality of

Farroupilha Farroupilha is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in the Serra Gaúcha between the cities of Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Bento Gonçalves and Caxias do Sul. The city's total area is 359.3 km2. Farroupilha has 73,061 residents ...

, and Malwee/Jaraguá, of

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, Santa Catarina.

External links

*
Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal's official website
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