Avaí FC

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).

Avaí's greatest rival is Figueirense.

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).

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).

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. Position Player 1 GK Lucas Frigeri 2 DF Arnaldo 3 DF Betão 4 DF Zé Marcos 5 MF Marcinho 6 DF Capa 7 MF Pedro Castro 8 MF Bruno Silva 9 FW Gastón Rodríguez (on loan from Racing) 10 MF Valdívia (on loan from Internacional) 11 FW Rildo 17 MF Renato Luiz 18 MF Jean 19 MF Adryan (on loan from Sion) 20 MF Wesley 22 DF Iury 23 DF Igor Fernandes 25 GK Cláudio Vitor 28 FW Daniel Amorim

No. Position Player 30 FW Vinícius Jaú 31 DF Leonan 33 DF Rafael Pereira 34 DF Matheus Cabral 36 DF Ramon 38 MF Gustavo Poffo 39 FW Jonathan 47 MF Da Silva (on loan from Internacional) 63 DF Eduardo Kunde 70 MF Ralf 79 FW Alexandre Alemão 80 DF Airton 83 GK Glédson 97 FW Lourenço 98 MF Wesley Soares 99 FW Matheus Lucas DF Felipe Santos MF Renato FW 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. Position Player DF Nuno (on loan to Vitória until 31 December 2020)

No. Position Player MF Matheus Barbosa (on loan to Cuiabá until 31 December 2020)

• Official website
• Fan site
• Terra Esportes - Avaí
• FutebolSC.com - Avaí
• Fanáticos por Futebol - Avaí
• AvaianoSempre - Avaí's Flog