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Chapecoense in profile
- Updated: November 29, 2016
Brazilian side Chapecoense were involved in a tragic plane crash on Tuesday. We profile the club as rescue and investigations continue.
The Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A team were travelling to Colombia to play Atletico National in the Copa Sudamerica finals – the South American equivalent of the Europa League – in Medellin on Wednesday.
The charter aircraft, carrying 72 passengers and nine crew, is believed to have come down in a mountainous area outside the city at around 10.15pm local time with 76 people dead and five survivors.
But who are Chapecoense as a club, who are their key players and how did they find themselves in the cup final? We take a look…
Club history
Associacao Chapecoense de Futebol – the full name for the club – were founded in 1973 as Atletico Chapecoense and Independente merged into one side.
They are based in Chapeco, a city in the southern state of Santa Catarina, and changed their name to Associacao Chapecoense Kindermann/Mastervet in 2002 after a deal with a sports marketing company – only to change it back four years later.
Chapecoense were in the fourth tier of Brazilian football as recently as 2009, winning promotion to Serie B three years later and made their return to the top flight after 35 years in 2014 after finishing the previous season in second place behind Palmeiras.
Other notable cups wins include five Campeonato Catarinense titles – which they won again this year – and victory in the Copa Santa Catarina in …
