Avaí FC

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Avaí
Full nameAvaí Futebol Clube
NicknamesLeão da Ilha (Lion of the Island)
Time da Raça (Team of Bravery)
Founded1 September 1923; 102 years ago (1923-09-01)
GroundRessacada
Capacity17,800[1]
PresidentJúlio César Heerdt
Head coachVinícius Bergantin
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série B
Campeonato Catarinense
2024
2024 [pt]		Série B, 10th of 20
Catarinense, 3rd of 12
Websiteavai.com.br
Current season

Avaí Futebol Clube (Portuguese pronunciation: [avaˈi]) is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on 1 September 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.

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 1 September 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") eleven times: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022. 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. This has been the best participation ever by a club from the State of Santa Catarina in the Brazilian first division. 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 (19), one more than its rival cross-bridge rivals Figueirense.

Rivals

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).

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
20209th 2021 4th

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

Avaí's stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva (though it's mostly referred to as Ressacada), and it was inaugurated in 1983. It has a maximum capacity of 17,800 people, but its record crowd was 32,000 at the 1988 State Championship final.[3] Before 1983, Avaí's stadium was Estádio Adolfo Konder (which has been subsequently demolished).

Players

First team squad

As of 8 August 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BRA Igor Bohn
2 DF  BRA Raylan (on loan from Cuiabá)
3 DF  BRA Anderson
4 DF  BRA Weverton (on loan from Jacuipense)
7 FW  BRA Hygor
8 MF  BRA João Vitor (on loan from CSP)
10 MF  BRA Marquinhos Gabriel
11 FW  BRA Alef Manga
14 DF  BRA Eduardo Brock
20 FW  BRA Gaspar
21 GK  BRA Otávio
30 FW  BRA Guilherme Santos (on loan from Botafogo-PB)
31 GK  BRA César Augusto
32 FW  BRA Léo Reis
33 DF  BRA Mário Sérgio
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 DF  BRA Wanderson
36 DF  BRA Douglas Teixeira (on loan from Barra-SC)
37 FW  BRA Rigley
63 DF  BRA Marcos Vinícius
66 DF  BRA Mateus Quaresma
77 MF  BRA Zé Ricardo
78 MF  BRA Andrey
80 MF  BRA João Pedro (on loan from Vasco da Gama)
90 MF  BRA Mendes
94 FW  BRA Emerson Negueba (on loan from Cuiabá)
95 DF  BRA Jonathan Costa
99 FW  BRA Cléber
— FW  BRA Gustavo Simões

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  BRA João Paulo
25 DF  BRA Natanael
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF  BRA Ronaldo Henrique

Youth team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  BRA Bruno Baldini
18 MF  BRA Fellype Gabryel
No. Pos. Nation Player
76 DF  BRA Devid (on loan from São-Carlense)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BRA Jean Lucas (at Operário Ferroviário until 30 November 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  BRA Maurício Garcez (at Juventude until 31 December 2025)

Retired numbers

No. Player Nationality Position Reason
88 Cléber Santana Brazil Brazil Midfielder Posthumous [4]

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Brazil Jair Ventura

Honours

Official tournaments

National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 1 1998
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Catarinense 19 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1973, 1975, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2021, 2025
Copa Santa Catarina 1 1995
Campeonato Catarinense Série B 1 1994
  •   record

Others tournaments

International

  • International Triangular Tournament (1): 1975

Inter-state

  • Torneio Integração Paraná-Santa Catarina (1): 1972
  • Torneio Ivo Reis Montenegro (1): 1975

State

City

  • Campeonato Citadino de Florianópolis (20): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1995
  • Torneio Início de Florianópolis (13): 1925, 1926, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963

Runners-up

Youth team

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Avaí FC:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AVAÍ FUTEBOL CLUBE » Estádio". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ressacada at Avaí FC's official website". Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Avaí Futebol Clube » 1988: 25 anos de lembranças" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Avaí faz homenagem ao meia Cleber Santana e eterniza a camisa 88" [Avaí pays homage to midfielder Cleber Santana and perpetuates the 88 shirt]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 5 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Sourav Modak (5 November 2021) Odisha FC announce strategic partnership with Brazil's Avai FC The Times of India. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Odisha FC partners with Brazil's Avaí Futebol Clube expanding OFC's global presence Archived 24 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine indiansuperleague.com. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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