| Full name | Associação Desportiva Confiança | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Dragão do Bairro Industrial and ADC | ||
| Founded | 1936 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Lourival Baptista, Aracaju, Brazil (Capacity: 22,000) |
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| Chairman | Miltinho | ||
| Manager | Laelson Lopes | ||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série D | ||
| 2010 | Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, eliminated in first stage | ||
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Associação Desportiva Confiança, or Confiança as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Aracaju in Sergipe, founded on May 1, 1936.
Confiança's greatest rival is Sergipe.
Home stadium is the Proletário Sabino Ribeiro stadium, capacity 4,000.
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On May 1, 1936, was founded in Aracaju a club called Associação Desportiva Confiança, after Epaminondas Vital and Isnard Cantalice watched a volleyball match between Cotinguiba and Aracaju at Bairro Industrial (Industrial Neighborhood, in English). Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro Chaves, Epaminondas Vital and Isnard Cantalice then founded a basketball and volleyball club at Bairro Industrial.
In 1949, the club disputed its first football competition, getting the nickname Dragão do Bairro Industrial, which means Industrial Neighborhood Dragon, and playing in blue and white colors.
On May 1, 1955, Confiança, through its paranymph, called Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro Chaves, build its stadium, named Proletário Sabino Ribeiro.
In 1976, the club played for the first time in the Campeonato Brasileiro First Division.
In 1989, the club disputed the first edition of Copa do Brasil, being eliminated in the first round by Bahia after two 0-1 defeats.
In 2004, Confiança disputed Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, being eliminated in the third stage by Villa Nova.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The club's name means Confidence in Portuguese, and is named after a factory called Fábrica Confiança.
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