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 1 September 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") eleven times: 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022. 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. This has been the best participation ever by a club from the State of Santa Catarina in the Brazilian first division. 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 (18), same as cross-bridge rivals Figueirense.

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).

• 9 seasons in Série A
• 19 seasons in Série B
• 5 seasons in Série C

Avaí's stadium is Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva (though it's mostly referred to as Ressacada), and it was inaugurated in 1983. It has a maximum capacity of 17,800 people, but its record crowd was 32,000 at the 1988 State Championship final.^[3] Before 1983, Avaí's stadium was Estádio Adolfo Konder (which has been subsequently demolished).

As of 14 June 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Igor Bohn 2 DF  BRA Kevin (on loan from Tombense) 3 DF  BRA Tiago Pagnussat 4 DF  BRA Roberto 5 DF  BRA Alan Costa 6 MF  BRA Willian Maranhão 7 FW  BRA Hygor 8 MF  BRA Giovanni 9 FW  BRA Gabriel Poveda (on loan from Alverca) 10 FW  BRA William Pottker 11 FW  BRA Maurício Garcez 14 DF  BRA Gustavo Vilar (on loan from Maringá) 19 MF  BRA João Paulo 20 FW  BRA Gaspar 21 MF  BRA Pedro Castro 22 GK  BRA Douglas Friedrich 23 DF  BRA João Pedro

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  BRA Natanael 27 FW  BRA Pedrinho (on loan from Ceará) 28 MF  BRA Ronaldo Henrique 29 MF  BRA Jean Lucas 30 MF  BRA Gabriel Dias 31 GK  BRA César Augusto 33 DF  BRA Mário Sérgio 63 DF  BRA Marcos Vinícius (on loan from Maringá) 66 GK  BRA Otávio 71 GK  BRA Marcão 72 DF  BRA Thales Oleques 77 MF  BRA Zé Ricardo 83 MF  BRA Wanderson 93 MF  BRA Judson 95 DF  BRA Jonathan Costa 99 FW  BRA Ademilson

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Andrey (at Náutico until 30 November 2024) — FW  BRA Gustavo Simões (at Sampaio Corrêa until 30 November 2024)

National
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C	1	1998
State
	Competitions	Titles	Seasons
	Campeonato Catarinense	18s	1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1973, 1975, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2021
	Copa Santa Catarina	1	1995
	Campeonato Catarinense Série B	1	1994

•   record
• ^S shared record

• Torneio Integração Paraná-Santa Catarina (1): 1972

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (1): 2016
• Campeonato Catarinense (10): 1925, 1940, 1949, 1951, 1972, 1977, 1985, 1992, 1999, 2017

The following club is currently affiliated with Avaí FC:

• Odisha FC (2021–present)^[4][5]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avaí Futebol Clube.

• Official website
• Fan site
• Terra Esportes – Avaí
• Fanáticos por Futebol – Avaí
• AvaianoSempre – Avaí's Flog

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