Avaí Futebol Clube

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 the Ressacada stadium, with a capacity of 15,000.^[2] They play in blue and white shirts, shorts and socks. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.^[3]

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 Foot-ball Club at the time. The team was named Avahy after the Battle of Avahy, 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") six times: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2009 and 2010. In 1998, they won their only national title, the Brazilian Third Division ("Série C"). From 1999, to 2008, they played in the Série B with their best campaigns in 2001, 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).

In 2008 they finished 3rd in the championship and were promoted to the First Division for the first time in 29 years. In its first year playing in Série A, Avaí finished in 6th place, thus qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. Avaí won the most Santa Catarina State Championship titles in the 20th Century (13), and is currently tied with rival Figueirense for the all time record state championship titles (15).

Achievements

Professional

• Brazilian Third Division ("Série C"): 1

1998

• Santa Catarina State Championships: 15

1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1973, 1975, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010

• Santa Catarina Governor Trophy: 2

1983, 1985

• Santa Catarina State Second Division: 1

1994

• Florianópolis City Championships: 20

1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1995

• Santa Catarina Cup: 1

1995

U-20

• Santa Catarina State Championships: 5

1981, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008

• Santa Catarina State Second Division: 1

1994

U-17

• Santa Catarina State Championship: 1

2003

• Saudades Cup Championship: 1

2007

U-15

• Santa Catarina State Championship: 1

1999

Competitions record

Copa Sudamericana

Stadium

Avaí's stadium is known as Estádio da Ressacada (though its official name is Aderbal Ramos da Silva), and it was opened in 1983. It has a maximum capacity of 19,000 people, but its record crowd was 25,735 at the Catarinense Championship. Before 1983, Avaí's stadium was the Adolfo Konder (which has been subsequently demolished).

First team squad

As of December 16, 2011.

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

Players with dual nationality Marcinho Guerreiro}}

Youth squad

Professional players able to play in the youth team

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

Out on loan

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

Technical staff

Idols

Managers

• Roberto Cavalo (1998), (2001), (2004)
• Silas (2008-2009), (2011)

Rival

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).

References

External links

• Official website
• Fan site
• Terra Esportes - Avaí
• FutebolSC.com - Avaí
• Fanáticos por Futebol - Avaí
• AvaianoSempre - Avaí's Flog