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 co ...

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. It competes in the

Campeonato Cearense Série B The Campeonato Cearense Série B is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Ceará Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the co ...

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

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, commonly known as the Série C or the Brazilian Série C to distinguish it from the Italian Serie C, is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. Unlike the first and second divisions, the Sér ...

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

Fortaleza Fortaleza ( ; ; ) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil. It is Brazil's 4th largest city—Fortaleza surpassed Salvador, Bahia, Salvador in 2022 census with a population of slightly over 2.4 mi ...

, 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

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, where they were eliminated in the second stage, in

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, again Icasa was eliminated in the second stage, in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, 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

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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

Honours

Official tournaments

Others tournaments

Inter-state

* Torneio Paraíba-Ceará (1): 1972 * Copa Integração (3): 2007, 2008, 2009

State

*Taça Padre Cícero (2): 2014, 2015

City

*Campeonato Citadino de Juazeiro do Norte (8): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Runners-up

(1): 2012 *

(5): 1993, 1995, 2005, 2007, 2008 *

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 ...

(2): 2010, 2020

Head coaches

* Charles Fabian (2008) *

Freitas Nascimento Freitas may refer to: People Sports * Alcindo Martha de Freitas, Brazilian football player * Acelino Freitas (born 1975), Brazilian boxer * Francisco José de Freitas (born 2003), Brazilian football player * Getúlio Vargas Freitas Oliveira J ...

(2011) * Dado Cavalcanti (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 Tarcisio or Tarcísio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti (1899–1972), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *Tarcisio Bertone (born 1934), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *Tarcisio Catanese (1967–2 ...

(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. He is the current head coach of Altos. Career Born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Diá started his career with hometown side ...

(2012–2013) * Sidney Moraes (2013) * Roni Araújo (2014) *

(2014) * Leandro Sena (2014) * Vladimir de Jesus (2014) *

(2014–)

References

External links

* * – Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Icasa Association football clubs established in 1963 Football clubs in Ceará 1963 establishments in Brazil Juazeiro do Norte Phoenix clubs (association football)