Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa

Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa, or simply Icasa, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará. It competes in the Campeonato Cearense Série B, the second division of the Ceará state football league.

Icasa

Full name	Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa
Nickname(s)	Verdão do Cariri (Cariri's Big Green)
Founded	5 January 1963; 60 years ago (1963-01-05) (as Icasa 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	Club website
Home colors Away colors

The club competed several times in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and returning after be relegated from Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 2011.

History

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 the Campeonato 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 the Série B, where they were eliminated in the first stage.^[6] In 1992, Icasa won the Campeonato Cearense, sharing the title with Fortaleza, Ceará, and Tiradentes, 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 the Campeonato Cearense Second Level.^[11] Icasa competed again in the Série C in 2005, where they were eliminated in the second stage,^[12] in 2006, again Icasa was eliminated in the second stage,^[13] in 2007, the club was eliminated in the first stage.^[14] Icasa competed in the 2008 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 the following season's Série C.^[16] In 2009, the club was promoted to Série B. They won the Copa Integração in 2007, 2008, and in 2009.

Stadium

The club usually plays its home games at Estádio Municipal Mauro Sampaio, usually known as Romeirão, which is a stadium located in Juazeiro do Norte, and it has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.^[17]

Honours

Regional

• Torneio Paraíba-Ceará
  • Winners (1): 1972

State

• Copa Fares Lopes:
  • Winners (2): 2014, 2021
• Campeonato Cearense Série B
  • Winners (3): 2003, 2010, 2020
• Campeonato Cearense
  • Winners (1): 1992

Friendly tournaments

• Copa Integração:
  • Winners (3): 2007, 2008, 2009

Head coaches

•   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–)

References

1. (in Portuguese). Futebol Nordeste. Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
2. "Luto! Morre o fundador e primeiro presidente do Icasa-CE" (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. August 15, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. . RSSSF. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
4. . RSSSF. February 25, 2006. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
5. . RSSSF. August 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
6. . RSSSF. November 6, 2005. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
7. . RSSSF. July 21, 2002. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
8. "Campeonato de 92 também foi confuso" (in Portuguese). UOL. September 25, 2004. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
9. "Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa" (in Portuguese). Arquivo de Clubes. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
10. (in Portuguese). Federação Cearense de Futebol. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
11. . RSSSF. January 19, 2004. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
12. . RSSSF. November 20, 2005. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
13. . RSSSF. November 30, 2006. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
14. . RSSSF. December 6, 2007. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
15. . RSSSF. November 24, 2008. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
16. (in Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. September 6, 2008. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
17. "Romeirão" (in Portuguese). Templos do Futebol. from the original on November 22, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2008.

External links

•   Media related to Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Portuguese)