Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, commonly known as Chapecoense, is a Brazilian
football
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club, based in the city of
Chapecó
Chapecó () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. Being a major industrial, financial and educational center, it is a major producer of industrialized food products. Considered a medium city, with a p ...
in the state of
Santa Catarina.
The club was founded in 1973 with the goal of restoring football in the city, and won the state championship, the
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 ...
, for the first time in 1977. The club has won six state titles to date, most recently in 2017. A relatively small club, it entered Brazil's top division,
Série A, for the first time in
1978
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, returning to the top flight only in
2014
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. The club also has activities in
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, in which it has been state champion twice. The club's home matches are played at
Arena Condá
Arena Condá is a stadium in Chapecó, Brazil. It has a capacity of 20,089 spectators. It is the home of Brazilian Série A club Associação Chapecoense de Futebol.
The Arena Condá was inaugurated on 1 February 2009. The inaugural match occurre ...
.
On 28 November 2016,
a charter flight carrying the first team crashed as it approached
José María Córdova International Airport
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near
Medellín
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,
Colombia
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, where the team was travelling to play the first leg of the
2016 Copa Sudamericana
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The finals were originally to be played between Brazilian team Ch ...
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against
Atlético Nacional
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, a match that was seen as the biggest in the history of the club.
All but six of the 77 passengers died; only three Chapecoense players survived their injuries. Following the crash, Atlético Nacional made a request to the governing body of the competition,
CONMEBOL
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, that Chapecoense be awarded the trophy.
CONMEBOL awarded Chapecoense the trophy on 5 December, and Atlético Nacional received the Centennial Fair Play Award for their gesture.
History
The club was founded as Associação Chapecoense de Futebol on 10 May 1973, after the merger of Atlético Chapecoense and Independente.
In 1977, Chapecoense won its first title, which was the
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 ...
, beating
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1–0 in the final.
In 1978, the club competed for the first time in the
Campeonato Brasileiro, finishing in the 51st position,
and in following year, finished in the 93rd position.
In 2002, due to a partnership, Chapecoense was renamed to Associação Chapecoense
Kindermann/
Mastervet.
In 2006, the club went back to its original name, Associação Chapecoense de Futebol,
and also won the
Copa Santa Catarina The Copa Santa Catarina ( en, Santa Catarina Cup) is a tournament organized by the Federação Catarinense de Futebol, Santa Catarina State Football Federation every second half of the season. It is played by Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina s ...
.
In 2007, the club won the
state championship for the third time,
and also competed in the
Brazilian Championship Third Level, but was eliminated in the first stage of the competition.
They won the Campeonato Catarinense again in 2011 and 2016.
Chapecoense competed in the Série A for the first time since
1979
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in
2014
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, as the club was promoted after they and
Bragantino
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drew 1–1, in Chapecó, for the
2013 Série B. Winning important points during its first season in the top flight, ''Chape'' cemented a place in the
2015
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Série A, its second season in a row in the first division.
In 2016, Chapecoense made history when they reached the finals of the
Copa Sudamericana
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, South America's secondary club football tournament, after defeating
San Lorenzo de Almagro
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using the
away goals rule
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. They were awarded the title following
LaMia Flight 2933
LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad a ...
, a disastrous plane crash which killed the majority of their squad on the way to the final (see
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As Copa Sudamericana champions, Chapecoense qualified for the
2017 Copa Libertadores, their first appearance in that tournament. With a squad built up from loan players, free signings and promoted youth players, as well as two survivors of the crash, they won their first match in an away game at
Zulia
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of
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.
On 27 November 2019, almost three years to the day from the devastating plane crash, the club suffered relegation from the Série A following a 0–1 loss to
Botafogo
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.
On 12 January 2021, a year after being relegated, they were promoted back to the Série A following a 2-1 victory against state rivals
Figueirense
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.
2016 plane crash
On the evening of 28 November 2016, LaMia Flight 2933, carrying 77 people, including the staff and players from the club, crashed as it approached
Medellín
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, Colombia; 71 people died (including 21 journalists and almost the entire first team and managerial staff) and 6 survived, according to the
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. The surviving players were left-back
(who had one of his legs amputated due to his injuries and was forced to retire from professional football), and center-back
. Goalkeeper
initially survived the crash, but later died before arriving to the hospital.
, who did not board the flight, soon after announced his immediate retirement from football. There was a lot of anger among the fans of Chapecoense after it was confirmed that LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 ran out of fuel after leaked footage confirmed that the pilot requested to land due to fuel problems but was instructed to wait 7 minutes as another aircraft was having fuel leakage problems and had already requested priority landing. The government of Bolivia has suspended LaMia Airlines's flying license after it surfaced that the pilot skipped a crucial refuelling stop.
Due to the crash, the
in which the team were due to play was suspended indefinitely. Their opponents,
, offered to concede the tie to allow Chapecoense to be awarded the championship.
On 4 December 2016, Chapecoense's interim president announced that CONMEBOL would be granting the club the tournament title and prize money. While initially other Brazilian clubs offered to loan out players to them for free and sent a request to the Brazilian FA stating that the club should be immune from relegation for three years,
Chapecoense rejected this assistance, stating that they wanted to rebuild properly.
Chapecoense were asked to fulfill their next league fixture in tribute to the players and staff who died in a plane crash. Chapecoense President Ivan Tozzo revealed that the Brazilian FA had asked for the club to play their final league game of the 2016 campaign in part by drawing on their
side to fill out the roster. However, both Chapecoense and their opponents
refused to play.
Both teams were awarded a 3–0 loss for the game.