Avaí Futebol Clube () is a
Brazilian football team from
Florianópolis in
Santa Catarina, founded on 1 September 1923. Their home stadium is
Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, also known as Ressacada, with a capacity of 17,800. They play in blue and white shirts, shorts and socks.
History
The club was founded after a businessman called Amadeu Horn gave football kits to a group of boys. The boys played a match against a team called Humaitá, and won. On September 1, 1923, at Amadeu Horn's house, the club was founded, known as Avahy Football Club at the time. The team was named Avahy after the
Battle of Avay, in the
Paraguayan War
The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. It was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadlies ...
. In the following year, it became the first Santa Catarina State Championship champion.
Avaí has played in the
Brazilian First Division ("Série A") eleven times: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022. In 1998, they won their only national title, the
Brazilian Third Division ("Série C"). From 1999 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014, they played in the
Série B with their best campaigns being the third place attained in 2004 (when Avaí reached the Final Four, but could not be promoted to the First Division because only the two best placed teams were promoted) and 2008.
In 2008 they finished 3rd in the championship and were promoted to the First Division for the first time in 30 years. In its first year playing in
Série A, Avaí finished in 6th place, thus qualifying for the
Copa Sudamericana
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. This has been the best participation ever by a club from the State of Santa Catarina in the Brazilian first division. The team eventually was relegated in 2011, and returned to the Série A in 2014, when the team won the promotion in the last round. Avaí won the most
Santa Catarina State Championship titles in the 20th Century (13), and is currently the all-time record state champions (18), same as
cross-bridge rivals Figueirense.
Rivals
Avaí's greatest rival is
Figueirense
Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...
.
Club colors and nickname
The club colors are blue and white, and it is known as "''The Lion of the Island''" (because 90% of the
Florianópolis territory is established on an island).
Competitions record
Série A
Série B
Série C
Copa do Brasil
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Copa Sudamericana
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* 9 seasons in Série A
* 19 seasons in Série B
* 5 seasons in Série C
Stadium
Avaí's stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva (though it's mostly referred to as Ressacada), and it was inaugurated in 1983. It has a maximum capacity of 17,800 people, but its record crowd was 32,000 at the 1988 State Championship final. Before 1983, Avaí's stadium was Estádio Adolfo Konder (which has been subsequently demolished).
Players
First team squad
Reserve team
Out on loan
Technical staff
Honours
*
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
**Winners (1):
1998
*
Campeonato Catarinense
The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol, known as Campeonato Catarinense or simply Catarinense, is the main competition of association football from state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil.
History
The Campeonato Catarinense top level has had several ...
**Winners (18): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1973, 1975, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2021
*
Copa Santa Catarina The Copa Santa Catarina ( en, Santa Catarina Cup) is a tournament organized by the Santa Catarina State Football Federation every second half of the season. It is played by Santa Catarina state teams. The competition's winner gains the right to com ...
**Winners (1): 1995
*
Campeonato Catarinense Série B
The Campeonato Catarinense Série B is the second tier of football league of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South A ...
**Winners (1): 1994
Affiliated clubs
The following club is currently affiliated with Avaí FC:
*
Odisha FC
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(2021–present)
Odisha FC partners with Brazil's Avaí Futebol Clube expanding OFC's global presence
''indiansuperleague.com''. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
References
External links
Official website
Fan site
FutebolSC.com - Avaí
Fanáticos por Futebol - Avaí
AvaianoSempre - Avaí's Flog
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Association football clubs established in 1923
Sport in Florianópolis
1923 establishments in Brazil