Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense


Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, commonly referred to as ASA de Arapiraca or ASA, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Arapiraca, Alagoas. It competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian [football league system|Brazilian football], as well as in the Campeonato Alagoano, the top flight of the Alagoas football leagues in Brazil|state football league].

History

Arapiraca was led by Mayor Dr. Coaracy da Mata Fonseca, and despite its small size, the city was on the cusp of progress. The local fair was already distinguishing itself throughout the Brazilian Northeast. The construction of the railway by the Camilo Colier company required the labor of many workers, who sought leisure activities on their days off. In response to employee requests, the company's management built a soccer field. The team formed took the name Ferroviário, with black and white as its colors. Sundays became busier as residents flocked to the field. However, with the completion of the railway, the team disbanded and the Sunday afternoons lost their recreational outlet.
Businessmen and city officials were not content with the void caused by the lack of football. After several discussions, on 25 September 1952, the Associação Sportiva de Arapiraca, was the ASA that emerged from the entrepreneurial force of Mr. Antônio Pereira Rocha, the first president. In 1977, the club began to be called Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, remaining the same ASA.
The club is the third largest state champion in Alagoas, with 7 titles. In the national scenario, the club was runner-up of Campeonato Brasileiro Série C after losing to América Mineiro in 2009. In 2013, reached the final of the Copa do Nordeste, but was defeated to Campinense.
In 2002, ASA gained prominence by eliminating Palmeiras still in the first round of Copa do Brasil.

Symbols

Crest

The emblem has as its base structure three concentric circles, with the motto - Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, in the core of the shield, the sinister, an oval geometric figure representing a leaf of bipartisan and white and in this, the name ASA. On the right, suggesting a line where the smoke is exposed to the sun for its drying in the field, having in the central part, symbolizing Arapiraca, the "radiant star", an integral part of the hymn of the municipality, by the poet and educator Pedro de França Reis.

Nicknames

In the 60's, the club consolidated with two state runners-up and decided to venture out on excursions through the Northeast. Here ASA, a club unknown in the region, and led by its greatest ace Acebílio, defeated opponents wherever he went, scaring teams that had no idea where the team had come from. From these victorious and legendary excursions came the nickname of Phantom of the Alagoas.
In the following decade, the ASA began to scare the opponents in the national scope, obtaining five successive victories in the Brazilian championship of 1979, being able to figure for the first time between the forty better teams of the country.
Alvinegro has grown and continues to scare his opponents, bringing joy to his fans, who have turned the myth into a mascot.

Stadium

ASA's home matches are usually played at Fumeirão, which has a maximum capacity of 17,000 people.

Honours

Official tournaments

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Others tournaments

State

  • Copa Maceió : 2005

Runners-up