Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa, or simply Icasa, is a Brazilian professional

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club based in

Juazeiro do Norte Juazeiro do Norte is a city in the state of Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. It is located 491 km south of the state capital Fortaleza in the semiarid sertão. The municipality has a population of 276,264 (2020 official estimate) and cov ...

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

. It competes in the

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, the second division of the Ceará state football league. The club competed several times in the

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and returning after be relegated from

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in 2011.

History

The club was founded on May 1, 1963 by Doro Germano, and José Feijó de Sá, as Icasa Esporte Clube. The club's founders were the owners of Indústria Cearense de Algodão S.A (Ceará Cotton Industry), shortened as ICASA, hence the club's name. Icasa competed in the

in 1981, 1995 and in 1998, being eliminated in the first stage in 1981, in the second stage in 1995, and in the first stage in 1998. In 1985, Icasa competed in the Série B, where they were eliminated in the first stage. In 1992, Icasa won the

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, sharing the title with

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, and

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, as the competition was not concluded due to a judicial dispute. In 1998, the club was founded again as Juazeiro Empreendimentos to avoid paying a labor debt for a former club's player. After the debt was paid with the help of the club's supporters, on January 7, 2002, Juazeiro was refounded as Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa. In 2003, the club won the Campeonato Cearense Second Level. Icasa competed again in the Série C in

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, where they were eliminated in the second stage, in

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, again Icasa was eliminated in the second stage, in

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, the club was eliminated in the first stage. Icasa competed in the 2008 Série C, where they were eliminated in the second stage, but as one of the four best clubs eliminated in that stage, Icasa qualified to compete in the following season's Série C. In

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, the club was promoted to Série B. They won the

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in 2007, 2008, and in 2009.

Stadium

The club usually plays its home games at Estádio Municipal Mauro Sampaio, usually known as Romeirão, which is a stadium located in Juazeiro do Norte, and it has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.

Current squad

''As of 29 December 2014''

Honours

;ADRC Icasa *

: **Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2009 *

Copa Fares Lopes The Copa Fares Lopes, is a tournament organized by Federação Cearense de Futebol every second half of the season. Its name is a homage to Fares Cândido Lopes (1934-2004), president of the Federation from 1993 to his death. The champions quali ...

: **Winners (2): 2014, 2021 *

**Winners (3): 2003, 2010, 2020

Head coaches

Charles Fabian Charles Fabian Figueiredo Santos (born 12 April 1968) is a Brazilian football manager and former player, who played as a striker. Playing career Charles Fabian was chosen for the 1989 Copa América while playing for Esporte Clube Bahia in hi ...

(2008) *

Freitas Nascimento Freitas may refer to: People Sports * Alcindo Martha de Freitas, Brazilian football player * Acelino Freitas (born 1975), Brazilian boxer * Getúlio Vargas Freitas Oliveira Júnior (born 1983), Brazilian football player * Jesse Freitas (Am ...

(2011) *

Dado Cavalcanti Luis Eduardo Barros Cavalcanti (born 9 July 1981), known as Dado Cavalcanti, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is the current head coach of Náutico. Early life Born in Arcoverde and rai ...

(2011) *

Márcio Bittencourt Henrymárcio Bittencourt (born 19 October 1964) is a Brazilian professional football coach, scout and former player who works for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Corinthians. A defensive midfielder, as a player he spent almost his entire c ...

(2011) * Arnaldo Lira (2011) * Tarcísio Pugliese (2012) * José Carlos Serrão (2012) *

Francisco Diá Francisco de Assis Ciríaco dos Santos (born 5 November 1955), known as Francisco Diá, is a Brazilian football coach. Career Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Diá started his career with hometown side Força e Luz in 1995. He took over ABC i ...

(2012–2013) *

Sidney Moraes Sidney Moraes de Almeida Júnior (born 3 March 1977 in Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais), known as Sidney Moraes, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in as ...

(2013) * Roni Araújo (2014) * Tarcísio Pugliese (2014) * Leandro Sena (2014) * Vladimir de Jesus (2014) * Tarcísio Pugliese (2014–)

References

External links

*
Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Icasa Association football clubs established in 1963 Football clubs in Ceará 1963 establishments in Brazil Juazeiro do Norte