Manaus Compensão Esporte Clube, commonly known as Manaus Compensão, or as Compensão, is a Brazilian

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club based in

Manaus Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...

, Amazonas.

History

The club was founded on August 20, 2009, after competing for several years in the Peladão amateur competition. They won the Campeonato Amazonense Second Level in 2009. In January 2017, a Federal Police operation discovered that the club was financed, during its first season, by the criminal faction Família do Norte, which runs drug trafficking and criminality in the state of Amazonas.Facção envolvida em massacre no AM investiu R$ 320 mil em time, diz PF
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Achievements

* Campeonato Amazonense Second Level: ** Winners (1): 2009

Stadium

Manaus Compensão Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Francisco Garcia, commonly known as ''Chicão'', and located in Rio Preto da Eva. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manaus Compensao Esporte Clube Football clubs in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Association football clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Brazil