Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana, commonly known as Itabaiana, is a Brazilian professional
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 ...
club based in
Itabaiana,
Sergipe
Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...
. The team plays in
Série D, the fourth tier of the
Brazilian football league system
The Brazilian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Brazil. It consists of several independent pyramids, which are the national pyramid and the states pyramids. As these pyramids are independent, clu ...
, as well as in the
Campeonato Sergipano, the top tier of the Sergipe
state football league.
They competed in the
Série A five times.
Itabaiana is the second-best ranked team from Sergipe in
CBF's national club ranking, behind
Confiança. They are also the best placed team in the state from outside of
Greater Aracaju, at 85th overall.
History
Itabaiana were founded on July 10, 1938, after Botafogo Sport Club folded.
The club competed in the
Série A in
1974
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,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
,
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
,
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 ...
and
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
.
[ ]
Stadium
Itabaiana play their home games at
Estádio Etelvino Mendonça.
The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,123 people.
[ ] It was inaugurated on March 5, 1971, in a game against
Grêmio.
Colors
* Home: shirt with blue, white and red vertical stripes, blue shorts and blue socks.
* Away: white shirt with horizontal bands in red and blue, white shorts and white socks.
Achievements
*
Taça Nordeste:
** Winners (1): 1971
*
Campeonato Sergipano:
** Winners (10): 1969, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,
1997, 2005,
2012
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*
Copa Governo do Estado de Sergipe
The Copa Governo do Estado de Sergipe ( en, Sergipe Governors Cup) was a tournament organized by Federação Sergipana de Futebol in order to decide which club would represent the state at the Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil C ...
:
** Winners (2): 2006, 2007
Current squad
''As of January 30, 2009''
References
External links
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Football clubs in Sergipe
Association football clubs established in 1938
1938 establishments in Brazil