Associação Cultural Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade

Atlético Cidade
Full name Associação Cultural Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade
Nickname(s) Furacão do Sul
Founded April 14, 2005
Ground Estádio Domingos Silveira Gonzales, Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil
(Capacity: 3,500)
President Pedro Almeida
Head coach Raffaele Graniti
Home colours
Away colours

Associação Cultural Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade usually called Atlético Cidade, is a Brazilian football team from Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, founded on April 14, 2005 as Associação Cultural, Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade Azul but changed to Club Atlético Tubarão name in 2007, and to the current name in 2009. Clube Atlético Tubarão is not Tubarão Futebol Clube, which is a classic Santa Catarina club.

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History

In 2005, the Cidade Azul competed the Série B1 (Divisão de Acesso) from Campeonato Catarinense 2005. The team won the first stage, but lost in semifinals of Final Phase and qualified to Divisão Especial from Campeonato Catarinense 2006.

In 2006, the club finished in 11th placed in Divisão Especial and relegated to Divisão de Acesso 2007.

In 2007, the team won the first and second stage of Divisão Acesso from Campeonato Catarinense 2007 and qualified to Divisão Principal from Campeonato Catarinense 2008.

In 2008, after a bad campaign in First Stage of Campeonato Catarinense 2008, the team finished the Second Stage in 4th placed, the championship in 9th placed and it remained in Divisão Principal.

In 2009, the team made a bad campaign in Campeonato Catarinense 2009, finishing in last placed and relegated to Divisão Especial 2010. They changed their name to Associação Cultural Recreativa e Esportiva Atlético Cidade in that year.[1]

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Benson
Bruno Luiz (on loan from CFZ)
Cléber (on loan from Miguel Couto)
Daniel de Oliveira Dias
Diego
Gilberto
Guilherme
Gustavo Steglich (on loan from Joinville)
Hélton
Hudson Pires Teixeira
No. Position Player
Jovaniel
Leandro (on loan from Miguel Couto)
Luciano (on loan from Miguel Couto)
Marcos Abreu Machado
Mário
Nador (on loan from Joinville)
Peters (on loan from Videira)
Rocha
Sergio Paulo Nascimento Filh (on loan from CFZ)

Noted players

Achievements

References