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, Santa Catarina. The club was formerly known as Sociedade Esportiva Kindermann and Kindermann/Avaí. The club supplied two players ( Bárbara and

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) for the

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and one player ( Bárbara) for the

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to the Brazil national team and one player ( Catalina Pérez) for the

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to the Colombia national team.

History

The team began in 1975 as the Sociedade Esportiva Kindermann, based in

. Kindermann won all the Campeonato Catarinense Feminino between 2008 and 2015. They won the

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and qualified for the

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. However on 11 December 2015, the Kindermann's

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coach Josué Henrique Kaercher was shot and fatally wounded at a hotel in

, due to this, the team suspended all its activities during 2016 and did not play in the 2016 Libertadores Femenina. Returning in the 2017 season, Kindermann won all the Catarinense Feminino tournaments until 2022. On 25 February 2019, Kindermann started a partnership with

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, therefore between 2019 and 2021 the team was called Kindermann/Avaí. The partnership was successful and the team was third place in the 2019 Campeonato Feminino Série A1 and runners-up in

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. Kindermann/Avaí qualified for the

and

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Copa Libertadores Femenina being eliminated in the group stage and the quarter-finals, respectively. As the club's president Salézio Kindermann died from the COVID-19, on 15 May 2021, the Kindermann family took control of the team until the participation in the 2021 Libertadores Femenina. After the 2021 Copa Libertadores the team was disbanded but in January 2022,

assured the continuity of the team and its participation in the 2022 Série A1. On 8 February 2022, the club was renamed to Avaí Futebol Clube Feminino, but CBF and FCF rolled back the decision due to Sociedade Esportiva Kindermann were the owner of the berths in the local and national tournaments and the team was called Avaí/Kindermann in the 2022 season. Avaí officially took control of Sociedade Esportiva Kindermann in June 2023. Although the team was initially supposed to leave Caçador and move to Florianópolis for the 2023 season, they decided to stay in Caçador.

Players

First team

Achievements

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: ** Winners (1):

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* * Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol Feminino: ** Winners (14): 2008*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014*, 2015*, 2017*, 2018*, 2019**, 2021**, 2022**, 2023

References

External links

Official website
{{Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 Association football clubs established in 1975 1975 establishments in Brazil Women's football clubs in Brazil