ASA de Arapiraca
Full nameAgremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense
Nickname(s)Fantasma (Ghost)
Gigante (Giant)
Alvinegro (Black and White)
Founded25 September 1952 (1952-09-25)
GroundEstádio Coaracy da Mata Fonseca
Capacity15,332 [1]
PresidentCelso Marcos
Head coachLéo Goiano
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série D
Campeonato Alagoano
2023
2023
Série D, 27th of 64
Alagoano, 2nd of 8
WebsiteClub website

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, as well as in the Campeonato Alagoano, the top flight of the Alagoas state football league.

History

Arapiraca had as Mayor the Dr. Coaracy da Mata Fonseca. The city, still small, was beginning to tread the path of progress. The fair was already beginning to stand out in the entire Brazilian Northeast. The company Camilo Colier was building the railway and that required the work of many people. And these people were looking for some fun on days off. And at the request of the employees, the company's management decided to build a soccer field. The team was formed, which obtained the suggestive name of Ferroviário, with the colors black and white. The city's Sunday afternoons became busier, as its inhabitants had the right place to go, the station field. But the construction of the railway was completed. The team ended and Sunday afternoon fun was gone.

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 (representing the union of the crowd), with the motto - Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, in the core of the shield, the sinister, an oval geometric figure representing a leaf of bipartisan (smoke green) and white (mature smoke) 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 (1967 and 1970) 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.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Brazil BRA Marcão
GK Brazil BRA Pedro Henrique
GK Brazil BRA Vinicius
DF Brazil BRA Amarildo
DF Brazil BRA André Nunes
DF Brazil BRA Augusto
DF Brazil BRA Cristiano Gaúcho
DF Brazil BRA Jorge
DF Brazil BRA Leandrinho
DF Brazil BRA Marco Tiago
DF Brazil BRA Rodrigão
DF Brazil BRA Rogério
DF Brazil BRA Romano
DF Brazil BRA Tiago Baiano
MF Brazil BRA Alex Henrique
MF Brazil BRA Cal
MF Brazil BRA Didira
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Brazil BRA Natan (on loan from Grêmio)
MF Brazil BRA Glauber
MF Brazil BRA Jaildo
MF Brazil BRA Jean
MF Brazil BRA Jorginho
MF Brazil BRA Kiko Alagoano
MF Brazil BRA Lucas
MF Brazil BRA Rafael Gava
MF Brazil BRA Rai
MF Brazil BRA Thallyson
FW Brazil BRA Anderson Lessa
FW Brazil BRA Bruno Carvalho
FW Brazil BRA Lima
FW Brazil BRA Ramazotti
FW Brazil BRA Tiago Cavalcanti
FW Brazil BRA Wanderson

Honours

Inter-state

2005

State

1953, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
2015, 2020, 2021

References

  1. "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-12.
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