Atlético Clube Coríntians, or Coríntians, as they are usually called, is a

soccer club In Association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as a ...

based in the city Caicó in the state of

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", ref ...

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 ...

. A.C. Coríntians is notable for being the only Caicó club to avoid folding or missing a season. It has maintained consistent operation since forming in 1968.Atlético Clube Coríntians at Arquivo de Clubes

History

The club was formed in 1963 as Associação Desportiva Corintians (in English, ''Corinthians Sporting Association''). In 1968, Atlético Clube Coríntians (in English, ''Corinthians Athletic Club'') was founded after Associação Desportiva Corintians and

Atlético Clube de Caicó Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

fused. The club emerged on January 25, 1968, from the merger between Coríntians Esporte Clube and Atlético de Caicó . The most responsible for the foundation of the club was Valdemir Marcelino de Assis Coríntians competed 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 ...

, but was eliminated in the first stage.1995 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C at RSSSF
The club won the

Campeonato Potiguar The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Format First Division First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once. Second stage: home-and-away playoffs between the t ...

league title in 2001.2001 Campeonato Potiguar at RSSSF
In the same year, Coríntians competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, but was eliminated in the first stage, finishing in the third place of its group.
In 2002 and in 2003, the club competed in the

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de ...

. In 2002, the club was eliminated in the first stage by

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

,2002 Copa do Brasil at RSSSF
and in 2003, Coríntians defeated Santa Cruz in the first stage, but was eliminated by Cruzeiro in the second stage.2003 Copa do Brasil at RSSSF

Mascot

The team's mascot is a rooster.

Achievements

: 2001

References

External links

Atlético Clube Coríntians at Arquivo de Clubes

Official team website
(In Portuguese and partly translated to English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Corintians Association football clubs established in 1968 Football clubs in Rio Grande do Norte 1968 establishments in Brazil