Avaí FC

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Avaí

Full name	Avaí Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Leão da Ilha (Lion of the Island) Time da Raça (Team of Bravery)
Founded	September 1, 1923; 98 years ago (1923-09-01)
Ground	Ressacada
Capacity	18,000[1]
President	Francisco José Battistotti
Head coach	Claudinei Oliveira
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Campeonato Catarinense
2020	Série B, 9th Catarinense, 1st
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

Avaí Futebol Clube (Portuguese pronunciation: [avaˈi]) is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. Their home stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, also known as Ressacada, with a capacity of 17,800.^[2] They play in blue and white shirts, shorts and socks.

History[]

The club was founded after a businessman called Amadeu Horn gave football kits to a group of boys. The boys played a match against a team called Humaitá, and won. On September 1, 1923, at Amadeu Horn's house, the club was founded, known as Avahy Football Club at the time. The team was named Avahy after the Battle of Avay, in the Paraguayan War. In the following year, it became the first Santa Catarina State Championship champion.

Avaí has played in the Brazilian First Division ("Série A") eight times: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2015. In 1998, they won their only national title, the Brazilian Third Division ("Série C"). From 1999 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2014, they played in the Série B with their best campaigns being the third place attained in 2004 (when Avaí reached the Final Four, but could not be promoted to the First Division because only the two best placed teams were promoted) and 2008.

In 2008 they finished 3rd in the championship and were promoted to the First Division for the first time in 30 years. In its first year playing in Série A, Avaí finished in 6th place, thus qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. The team eventually was relegated in 2011, and returned to the Série A in 2014, when the team won the promotion in the last round. Avaí won the most Santa Catarina State Championship titles in the 20th Century (13), and is currently the all-time record state champions (16), just ahead of cross-bridge rivals Figueirense (15).

Rivals[]

Avaí's greatest rival is Figueirense.

Club colors and nickname[]

The club colors are blue and white, and it is known as "The Lion of the Island" (because 90% of the Florianópolis territory is established on an island).

Competitions record[]

Série A[]

Year	Position	Year	Position
1974	39th	2010	15th
1976	36th	2011	20th
1977	43rd	2015	17th
1979	90th	2017	18th
2009	6th	2019	20th

Série B[]

Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position	Year	Position
1980	61st	1999	8th	2004	3rd	2012	7th
1984	32nd	2000	15th	2005	8th	2013	10th
1986	24th	2001	4th	2006	13th	2014	4th
1988	12th	2002	6th	2007	15th	2016	2nd
1989	83rd	2003	11th	2008	3rd	2018	3rd
2020	9th

Série C[]

Year	Position
1987	13th
1995	58th
1996	34th
1997	6th
1998	1st

Copa do Brasil[]

Year	Position	Year	Position
1989	18th	2010	13th
1998	38th	2011	4th
1999	23rd	2013	33rd
2000	59th	2014	25th
2007	16th

Copa Sudamericana[]

Year	Position
2010	14th

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• 9 seasons in Série A
• 19 seasons in Série B
• 5 seasons in Série C

Stadium[]

Avaí's stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva (though it's mostly referred to as Ressacada), and it was opened in 1983. It has a maximum capacity of 17,800 people, but its record crowd was 33,000 at the Catarinense Championship final. Before 1983, Avaí's stadium was Estádio Adolfo Konder (which has been subsequently demolished).

First team squad[]

As of 26 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  BRA Edílson 3 DF  BRA Betão (captain) 4 DF  BRA Alemão 6 DF  BRA Capa 7 FW  BRA Renato 8 MF  BRA Bruno Silva 10 MF  BRA Valdívia 13 FW  BRA Ronaldo 16 MF  BRA Jean Cléber 17 FW  BRA 18 MF  BRA 19 MF  BRA Marcos Serrato 20 FW  BRA 21 FW  BRA 22 DF  BRA 23 GK  BRA 26 DF  BRA Diego Renan

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  BRA 31 DF  BRA 32 FW  BRA 33 DF  BRA Rafael Pereira 36 FW  COL Jonathan Copete 37 MF  BRA 38 MF  BRA 44 DF  BRA Zé Marcos 76 MF  BRA 83 GK  BRA Glédson 89 GK  BRA Vladimir 90 GK  BRA 91 DF  BRA João Lucas (on loan from Cruzeiro) 97 MF  BRA Lourenço 98 MF  BRA 99 FW  BRA Getúlio (on loan from Paços de Ferreira)

Reserve team[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  BRA Jonathan 14 DF  BRA 15 DF  BRA 28 FW  BRA 30 FW  BRA Vinícius Jaú 39 FW  BRA 47 MF  BRA (on loan from Internacional)

No. Pos. Nation Player 82 DF  BRA — DF  BRA — MF  BRA — MF  BRA (on loan from Internacional) — MF  BRA — FW  PER Alexander Lecaros (on loan from Botafogo) — FW  BRA

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  BRA Alan Costa (on loan to Bengaluru until 30 June 2023) — MF  BRA Matheus Barbosa (on loan to Atlético Goianiense until 31 December 2021) — FW  BRA Alexandre Alemão (on loan to Juventus-SC until 30 November 2021)

Technical staff[]

Position	Name	Nation
Head coach	Claudinei Oliveira

Honours[]

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Winners (1): 1998

• Campeonato Catarinense

Winners (18): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1973, 1975, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2021

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Fan site
• Terra Esportes - Avaí
• FutebolSC.com - Avaí^{[permanent dead link]}
• Fanáticos por Futebol - Avaí
• AvaianoSempre - Avaí's Flog

Coordinates: 27°40′00″S 48°31′54″W / 27.66667°S 48.53167°W / -27.66667; -48.53167