Desportivo Aliança

Desportivo Aliança
Full nameDesportivo Aliança
Nickname(s)Tricolor Alagoano
Founded10 March 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-10)
GroundEstádio da UFAL
Capacity3,000
PresidentLuciano Lessa[1]
Head CoachEstevam Soares
LeagueCampeonato Alagoano Segunda Divisão
2024 [pt]Alagoano Segunda Divisão, 6th of 10

Desportivo Aliança, sometimes known as just Aliança, is a Brazilian football club based in Maceió, Alagoas state. Founded in 2012, the club plays in the Campeonato Alagoano.

History

Founded on 10 March 2012, Aliança was born after their board bought out Vila Nova, an amateur club from the city of Rio Largo founded in 1990.[2] The club only played their first competition in the following year, appearing in the Campeonato Alagoano Segunda Divisão and playing in Pilar.[3]

Aliança played in Coruripe in 2013 and 2014, and did not feature a senior team in 2015 and 2016. The first team returned in 2017, playing in Passo de Camaragibe.

In 2020, Aliança was based in Igaci and achieved promotion to the Campeonato Alagoano after winning the second division.[4] Ahead of the 2021 season, the club moved to Maceió.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Desportivo Aliança" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação Alagoana de Futebol. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Desportivo Aliança/AL [BRA]" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Nacional. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Pilar ganha representante no futebol alagoano: Aliança Pilarense" [Pilar have a representative in the Alagoas football: Aliança Pilarense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Pilar em Foco. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Aliança goleia FF Sport por 4 a 1 e conquista a Segunda Divisão do Alagoano" [Aliança thrash FF Sport by 4–1 and conquer the Alagoano Segunda Divisão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Web. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022.