| Full name | Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Verdão do Cariri (Cariri's Big Green) | ||
| Founded | 5 January 1963; 62 years ago (1963-01-05) (asIcasa Esporte Clube) | ||
| Ground | Mauro Sampaio | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Francisco Paz de Lira | ||
| Manager | Flávio Araújo | ||
| League | Campeonato Cearense Série B | ||
| 2022 2022 | Série D, 33rd of 64 Cearense, 9th of 10 (relegated) | ||
| Website | www | ||
Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa, or simplyIcasa, is a Brazilian professionalfootball club based inJuazeiro do Norte,Ceará. It competes in theCampeonato Cearense Série B, the second division of the Cearástate football league.
The club competed several times in theCampeonato Brasileiro Série C and returning after be relegated fromCampeonato Brasileiro Série B in 2011.
The club was founded on May 1, 1963[1] by Doro Germano,[2] and José Feijó de Sá, as Icasa Esporte Clube.[1] The club's founders were the owners of Indústria Cearense de Algodão S.A (Ceará Cotton Industry), shortened as ICASA, hence the club's name.[1]
Icasa competed in theCampeonato Brasileiro Série C in 1981, 1995 and in 1998, being eliminated in the first stage in 1981,[3] in the second stage in 1995,[4] and in the first stage in 1998.[5] In 1985, Icasa competed in theSérie B, where they were eliminated in the first stage.[6] In 1992, Icasa won theCampeonato Cearense, sharing the title withFortaleza,Ceará, andTiradentes, as the competition was not concluded due to a judicial dispute.[7][8]
In 1998, the club was founded again as Juazeiro Empreendimentos to avoid paying a labor debt for a former club's player.[9] After the debt was paid with the help of the club's supporters, on January 7, 2002,[10] Juazeiro was refounded as Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa.[9] In 2003, the club won theCampeonato Cearense Second Level.[11] Icasa competed again in the Série C in2005, where they were eliminated in the second stage,[12] in2006, again Icasa was eliminated in the second stage,[13] in2007, the club was eliminated in the first stage.[14] Icasa competed in the2008 Série C, where they were eliminated in the second stage,[15] but as one of the four best clubs eliminated in that stage, Icasa qualified to compete in thefollowing season's Série C.[16] In2009, the club was promoted toSérie B. They won theCopa Integração in 2007, 2008, and in 2009.
The club usually plays its home games at Estádio Municipal Mauro Sampaio, usually known asRomeirão, which is a stadium located in Juazeiro do Norte, and it has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.[17]
| State | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitions | Titles | Seasons |
| Campeonato Cearense | 1 | 1992 |
| Copa Fares Lopes | 2 | 2014, 2021 |
| Campeonato Cearense Série B | 3 | 2003, 2010, 2020 |
Charles Fabian (2008)Freitas Nascimento (2011)Dado Cavalcanti (2011)Márcio Bittencourt (2011)Arnaldo Lira (2011)Tarcísio Pugliese (2012)José Carlos Serrão (2012)Francisco Diá (2012–2013)Sidney Moraes (2013)Roni Araújo (2014)Tarcísio Pugliese (2014)Leandro Sena (2014)Vladimir de Jesus (2014)Tarcísio Pugliese (2014–)
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