Avaí FC

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. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.[3]

Avaí
Full nameAvaí Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)Leão da Ilha (Lion of the Island)
Time da Raça (Team of Bravery)
FoundedSeptember 1, 1923 (1923-09-01)
GroundRessacada
Capacity18,000[1]
PresidentFrancisco José Battistotti
Head coachRodrigo Marques de Santana
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Catarinense
2019Série A, 20th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

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).

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).

Achievements

Senior

Brazilian Serie C: 1998

Santa Catarina State Championships

1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1973, 1975, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2019

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

Série A

Year Position Year Position
197439th201015th
197636th201120th
197743rd201517th
197990th201718th
20096th201920th

Série B

Year Position Year Position Year Position Year Position
198061st19998th20043rd20127th
198432nd200015th20058th201310th
198624th20014th200613th20144th
198812th20026th200715th20162nd
198983rd200311th20083rd20183rd

Série C
Year Position
198713th
199558th
199634th
19976th
19981st

Copa do Brasil

Year Position Year Position
198918th201013th
199838th20114th
199923rd201333rd
200059th201425th
200716th

Copa Sudamericana

Year Position
201014th
  • 9 seasons in Série A
  • 19 seasons in Série B
  • 5 seasons in Série C

Stadium
Main article: Estádio da Ressacada

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 25 January 2020[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Lucas Frigeri
2 DF  BRA Arnaldo
3 DF  BRA Betão (captain)
4 DF  BRA Zé Marcos
5 MF  BRA Marcinho
6 DF  BRA Capa
7 MF  BRA Pedro Castro
8 MF  BRA Bruno Silva
9 FW  URU Gastón Rodríguez (on loan from Racing)
10 MF  BRA Valdívia (on loan from Internacional)
11 FW  BRA Rildo
14 MF  BRA Renato
17 MF  BRA Renato Luiz
18 MF  BRA Jean
19 MF  BRA Adryan (on loan from Sion)
20 MF  BRA Wesley
22 DF  BRA Iury
25 GK  BRA Cláudio Vitor
27 DF  BRA Felipe Santos
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 FW  BRA Daniel Amorim
30 FW  BRA Vinícius Jaú
31 DF  BRA Leonan
33 DF  BRA Rafael Pereira
34 DF  BRA Matheus Cabral
36 DF  BRA Ramon
39 FW  BRA Jonathan
41 DF  BRA Victor Salinas
47 MF  BRA Da Silva (on loan from Internacional)
63 DF  BRA Eduardo Kunde
70 MF  BRA Ralf
79 FW  BRA Alexandre Alemão
80 DF  BRA Airton
83 GK  BRA Glédson
97 FW  BRA Lourenço
98 MF  BRA Wesley Soares
99 FW  BRA Matheus Lucas
— FW  BRA Getúlio (on loan from Paços de Ferreira)

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 Nuno (on loan to Vitória until 31 December 2020)
— MF  BRA Matheus Barbosa (on loan to Cuiabá until 31 December 2020)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Gustavo Poffo (on loan to Juventus-SC until 31 December 2020)

Technical staff
Position Name Nation
Head coach Rodrigo Santana

References
  1. http://www.avai.com.br/o-clube/estadio/
  2. Ressacada at Avaí FC's official website
  3. "Big names, big passions". FIFA. February 27, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  4. "Avai FC". Soccerway. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. "ELENCO PROFISSIONAL". Avaí. Retrieved January 18, 2019.

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