Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense
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| Full name | Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense | ||
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| Nicknames | Fantasma (Ghost) Gigante (Giant) Alvinegro (Black and White) | ||
| Founded | 25 September 1952 | ||
| Ground | Estádio Coaracy da Mata Fonseca | ||
| Capacity | 15,332 [1] | ||
| President | Celso Marcos | ||
| Head coach | Léo Goiano | ||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série D Campeonato Alagoano | ||
| 2025 2025 | Série D, 5th of 64 Alagoano, 2nd of 8 | ||
| Website | www | ||
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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 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 (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
The club finished as runner-up in the Campeonato Alagoano in 1967[2] and 1970,[3] and began touring the Northeast Region of Brazil.[4] ASA, then little known outside Alagoas, won a number of these matches with Acebílio as its leading player. The nickname "Phantom of Alagoas" (Fantasma das Alagoas) dates from this period.[4]
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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Official tournaments
| Inter-state | ||
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| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Copa Alagipe | 1 | 2005 |
| State | ||
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Alagoano | 7 | 1953, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011 |
| Copa Alagoas | 3 | 2015, 2020, 2021 |
- record
Others tournaments
State
- Copa Maceió (1): 2005
- Campeonato do Interior (1): 1953[5]
Runners-up
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (1): 2009
- Copa do Nordeste (1): 2013
- Campeonato Alagoano (13): 1957, 1967, 1970, 1979, 1991, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Copa Alagoas (2): 2005, 2023
References
- ↑ "CNEF - Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF). Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Portuguese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-12.
- ↑ Diogo, Julio Bovi (24 March 2012). "Alagoas State League 1967". RSSSF Brazil. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ Almeida, José Ricardo Caldas e (6 January 2012). "Alagoas State League 1970". RSSSF Brazil. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense (ASA)". Prefeitura de Arapiraca (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- ↑ "ASA ~ Campeão do Interior". Gazeta de Alagoas. 1954-02-24. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
External links
- (in Portuguese) Official Site
