Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida, commonly known as ASSU, is a Brazilian football club from

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, Rio Grande do Norte state. They won the

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once and competed in the

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once. Their colors are

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and

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. ASSU is currently ranked sixth among Rio Grande do Norte teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 205th place overall.

History

The club was founded on January 10, 2002. ASSU won its first title, which was the First Stage of the

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on March 1 of that year, seven years after being founded, after they tied 2–2 with Santa Cruz-RN, thus ensuring its place in the final against the winner of the Second Stage of the championship, Potyguar Seridoense, and one of the berths of Rio Grande do Norte in the

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. They won the

on May 1, 2009, thus ensuring a spot in the

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. However they decided to not participate in the competition. The club won the Copa RN in 2009. ASSU competed in the

, when they were eliminated in the First Stage by

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Youth team

In 2011, the team played in the Campeonato Potiguar U-18 for the first time, when they were eliminated in the semifinals by América de Natal. The club won a spot in the 2012

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, after beating Visão Celeste 4–3 on penalty kicks in the extra game of the U-18 category, which worked as a qualification for the competition.

Stadium

Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida play their home games at Estádio Edgar Borges Montenegro, commonly known as Edgarzão. The stadium belongs to Liga Assuense de Desportos and has a maximum capacity of 4,000 people.

Honours

** Winners (1): 2009 * Copa RN ** Winners (1): 2009 * Campeonato Potiguar Second Division ** Winners (1): 2015

Performance in competitions

Campeonato Potiguar - 1st Division

Copa do Brasil

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:ASSU Association football clubs established in 2002 Football clubs in Rio Grande do Norte 2002 establishments in Brazil