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| Full name | Associação Desportiva Niterói | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | April 11, 1944 | ||
| Dissolved | 1983 | ||
| Ground | Assad Abdala | ||
| Capacity | 3 000 | ||
Associação Desportiva Niterói was abrazilianfootball club fromNiterói,Rio de Janeiro, which was founded on April 11, 1944 and dissolved in 1983.[1] The team competed in the Campeonato Carioca from 1979 to 1981 and participated in the firstTaça Brasil in 1959.
The team was founded asManufatora Atlético Clube by the workers of the Cia. Manufatora Fluminense de Tecidos, in the Barreto neighborhood. From the 1950s, it started to participate in theCampeonato Fluminense, winning it for the first time in 1958, after beatingRio Branco de Campos in the finals,[2] and thus was the first Fluminense representative in the Taça Brasil. In itsonly participation, it was eliminated in the first stage, with two losses against Espírito Santo'sRio Branco.[3]
In 1977, it won the Fluminense championship again, defeatingItaboraí in the finals.[4] In the next year, it changed its name toAssociação Desportiva Niterói, and was included in the unifiedCampeonato Carioca in 1979, but with the team realizing consistently poor performances, it was relegated in1981, and dissolved in 1983.
