Esporte Clube Avenida, commonly referred to as Avenida, is a

Brazilian football Football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of the country’s national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil ...

club based in

Santa Cruz do Sul Santa Cruz do Sul () is a city in central Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The city has an estimate 131,000 inhabitants as of 2020 and sits about 150 km (93 miles) from the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre. The city enjoys a high standard ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

. It currently plays in

Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2 (Gaucho Championship Series A2) are the football tournament for the Rio Grande do Sul clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 in Brazil. The competitions are organized by the Rio Grande do Su ...

, the second level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.

History

The club was founded on January 6, 1944. Avenida merged with

Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz is a Brazilian football club from Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on March 26, 1913. Its rival is Esporte Clube Avenida. Achievements * Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level: ** Runners-up (2): 1952, 1983 *C ...

, its rival, in the 1960s to form Associação Santa Cruz do Futebol, due to financial difficulties, but the merger was a failure, and both clubs continued being separate teams. Between 1990 and 1997, the club's football department was closed. They competed in the

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

in 2000 and in 2001. Avenida won the Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level in 2011.

Achievements

* Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level: ** Winners (1): 2011 *

Copa FGF The Copa Federação Gaúcha de Futebol, commonly known as the Copa FGF, is an annual cup competition organized by the Rio Grande do Sul state football federation for clubs that are in the first, second and third divisions of the Campeonato Gaú ...

: ** Winners (1): 2018

Stadium

Esporte Clube Avenida play their home games at

Estádio dos Eucaliptos The Estádio Ildo Meneghetti, familiarly known as Estádio dos Eucaliptos, was a football (soccer), football stadium located in the neighborhood of Menino Deus, Porto Alegre, Menino Deus, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The stadium was ...

. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 3,000 people.

References

External links

Official website
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