Alecrim Futebol Clube

Full name	Alecrim Futebol Clube
Founded	August 15, 1915
Stadium	Machadão, Natal, Brazil
Capacity	45,000
President	Anthony Armstrong Emery
Head coach	Athirson
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
2011	Série D, 28th
Home colors Away colors

Alecrim Futebol Clube, also known as Alecrim, 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 six 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Ubiratan Aurélio Ferreira Junior GK Willians Gomes do Nascimento GK Danilo DF Francisco Fabiano Pereira Marciano DF Diego Batista Cordeiro de Almeida DF Ewerton Silva Felix DF Elton Gomes Avelino de Lima DF Antonio Carlos de Oliveira Mendanha DF Eduardo Igor da Silva Moreno DF Jonatha Marques de Oliveira DF Abemor do Nascimento DF Cleiton Kelly da Silva DF Francisco Anderson da Silva Nascimento MF Stefano Seedorf MF Roosevelt Delano de Menezes Alves

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

Achievements

• Campeonato Potiguar: 6

1925, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1985, 1986

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

4th (2009,promoted)

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".