ABC Futebol Clube
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| Full name | ABC Futebol Clube | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | O Mais Querido | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Frasqueirão, Natal, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 13,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Judas Tadeu Gurgel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Roberval Davino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | RN league | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Brazilian Série C, eliminated in the third stage |
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ABC Futebol Clube, or ABC, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, founded on June 29, 1915.
ABC greatest rival is América.
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[edit] History
The team was founded on June 29, 1915, on avenida Rio Branco, at Colonel Avelino Alves Freire home, president of Associação Comercial do Rio Grande do Norte (Commerce Association of Rio Grande do Norte). At that meeting was decided by the founders that the club colors will be black and white. It was also decided that the team shirt will be composed of black & white vertical stripes.
The team only acquired juridical personality on December 13, 1927, when the Potiguar Football League registered the club statute.
ABC's first interstate match was in 1917. The match was against Santa Cruz of Recife, Pernambuco. ABC beat Santa Cruz by 2-1.
[edit] Idols
- Alberi
- Anderson Lobão
- Badico
- César Romero
- Da Cunha
- Marcão
- Marinho Apolônio
- Marinho Chagas
- Nonato
- Palmielli
- Sandro
- Sérgio Alves
- Silva
[edit] Titles
- Campeonato Potiguar: 1920, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
[edit] Trivia
- The team name, ABC, means Argentina, Brazil, Chile.
- In 1979, Rivelino played for ABC in a friendly match. The match was against Vasco da Gama and ended in a one-one draw.
- ABC is the oldest club of Rio Grande do Norte state.
- In 1979, ABC played against the Olympic team of Brazil, and was defeated by one-nil.
- ABC is actually out of all the profissional divisions in the Brazilian Championship
[edit] Stadium
ABC's home stadium is the Estádio Dr. João Cláudio Vasconcelos Machado (Machadão) stadium, capacity 52,000, currently reduced to 23,000 for security reasons.
The club also owns Estádio Maria Lamas Farache (Frasqueirão) stadium, capacity 13,000.
