Alecrim Futebol Clube

Alecrim

Full name	Alecrim Futebol Clube
Nickname(s)	Verdão Verdão Maravilha Periquito Time mais simpático do RN
Founded	August 15, 1915 (109 years ago) (1915-08-15)
Ground	Machadão, Natal, Brazil
Capacity	45,000
President	Anthony Armstrong Emery
Head coach	Edson Alves
League	Campeonato Potiguar Second Division
2021	7th of 8
Home colors Away colors

Alecrim Futebol Clube, also known as Alecrim (pt-BR pronunciation^ⓘ), are a Brazilian football team from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. They competed in the Série A in 1986.

History

Alecrim Futebol Clube were founded on August 15, 1915, by a group of boys that included the future Brazilian President, Café Filho.[1] They won the Campeonato Potiguar seven times.[2] Alecrim competed in the Série A in 1986 when they were eliminated in the first stage of the competition.[3]

On February 4, 1968, the famous player Garrincha played a game for Alecrim against Sport.[1] In 2012, Alecrim appointed Englishman Anthony Armstrong-Emery, as the first foreign President of a Brazilian club.

Stadium

Alecrim played their home games at Estádio Dr. João Cláudio Vasconcelos Machado, commonly known as Machadão.[2] The stadium had a maximum capacity of 45,000 people.[4] At the end of 2013, Alecrim moved to a new 10,500 capacity stadium, which has the potential for expansion to 25,000. The new stadium will also host an academy.[5]

Players with current 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 — GK  BRA Ubiratan Aurélio Ferreira Junior — GK  BRA Willians Gomes do Nascimento — DF  BRA Francisco Fabiano Pereira Marciano — DF  BRA Diego Batista Cordeiro de Almeida — DF  BRA Ewerton Silva Felix — DF  BRA Elton Gomes Avelino de Lima — DF  BRA Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Mendanha — DF  BRA Eduardo Igor da Silva Moreno — DF  BRA Jonatha Marques de Oliveira<--Jonatha--> — DF  BRA Abemor do Nascimento — DF  BRA Cleiton Kelly da Silva — DF  BRA Francisco Anderson da Silva Nascimento — MF  BRA Roosevelt Delano de Menezes Alves — MF  BRA Danilo Gomes de Almeida

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Claiton Fontoura dos Santos — MF  BRA Thiago Teodoro — MF  BRA José Alexandre da Silva Sousa — MF  BRA Marcelo Mozack — MF  BRA Paulo César de Oliveira — MF  BRA Francisco Manoel do Nascimento Silva — MF  BRA Ramon Gabriel Santos do Nascimento — MF  BRA Paulo César de Oliveira — FW  BRA Edivaldo Felix Alves Barbosa — FW  BRA Edivan Luiz Hermenegildo — FW  BRA Rogean Gomes da Silva — FW  BRA Rico — FW  BRA José Maria dos Santos Lima — FW  BRA Roberlan Lacerda

Honours

• Campeonato Potiguar
  • Winners (7): 1924, 1925, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1985, 1986
  • Runners-up (5): 1960, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1982
• Campeonato Potiguar Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2022

References

1. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 117. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
2. "Alecrim Futebol Clube" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
3. "Brazil 1986 Championship". RSSSF. February 4, 2000. Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
4. "Machadão" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
5. "New Natal football stadium".

External links

• Media related to Alecrim Futebol Clube at Wikimedia Commons