FC Atlético Cearense explained

Clubname:FC Atlético Cearense
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Fullname:Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense
Nickname:Águia da Precabura (Eagle of the Precabura)
Ground:Domingão
Capacity:10,500[1]
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Maria José Vieira
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Raimundo Wágner
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Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense, commonly known as Atlético Cearense, is a Brazilian football club based in Fortaleza, Ceará state. The club was formerly known as Uniclinic Atlético Clube and Centro de Treinamento Uniclinic.

History

The club was founded on 7 March 1997 as Centro de Treinamento Uniclinic,[2] [3] and played their first senior tournament took place in 1998, as they featured and won the Campeonato Cearense Second Level. In 2002, after finishing ninth in the year's Campeonato Cearense, Uniclinic suffered relegation.

The club returned to the top tier in 2004, after finishing second in the 2003 Second Division. In 2008, they were renamed to Uniclinic Atlético Clube, and once again suffered relegation in the Cearense.[4] The club spent the next five seasons in the second level, suffering relegation to the Campeonato Cearense Third Level in 2013.

Uniclinic won the third division in 2014, and achieved a second consecutive promotion in 2015 after finishing second in the second level. In 2016, the club reached the finals of the Cearense, but lost the title to Fortaleza; later in the year, the club debuted in a national competition after featuring in the Série D.

During the 2017 campaign, Uniclinic made their debut in the Copa do Brasil and in the Copa do Nordeste, being knocked out in the first stage of both tournaments. On 21 September 2018, the club was renamed to Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense.[5]

On 17 October 2021, Atlético Cearense achieved promotion to the Série C for the first time in their history, after a 4–3 penalty win over Ferroviária.[6]

Honours

Stadium

Atlético Cearense is the owner of Estádio Antônio Cruz, which has a capacity of 3,000 people.[1] The club often play their most important home games at Estádio Presidente Vargas, which has a maximum capacity of 20,262 people.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CNEF – Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. 17 May 2022. PDF. pt-BR.
  2. Web site: Uniclinic Atlético Clube celebra 21 anos. Uniclinic Atlético Clube celebrate 21 years. Confederação Brasileira de Futebol. pt-BR. 7 March 2018. 6 October 2021.
  3. Book: Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. Panda Books. Rodolfo Rodrigues. 2009. 45.
  4. Web site: Uniclinic Atlético Clube CE. McNish. pt-BR. 17 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Uniclinic agora é Futebol Clube Atlético Cearense . Federação Cearense de Futebol . Portuguese . 21 September 2018.
  6. Web site: ABC-RN e Atlético-CE conquistam acesso para a Série C do Brasileirão. ABC-RN and Atlético-CE achieve promotion to the Brasileirão Série C. Brazilian Football Confederation. pt-BR. 17 October 2021. 17 October 2021.