Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida

ASSU
Full nameAssociação Sportiva Sociedade Unida
Nickname(s)Camaleão do Vale
(Chameleon of the Valley)
FoundedJanuary 10, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-01-10)
GroundEdgarzão, Assu, Brazil
Capacity4,000
PresidentDailson Machado
Head CoachAdemilson Almeida[1]
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20110315202932/http://www.camaleaodovale.com.br/

Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida, commonly known as ASSU, is a Brazilian football club from Assu, Rio Grande do Norte state. They won the Campeonato Potiguar once and competed in the Copa do Brasil once. Their colors are green and white.

ASSU is currently ranked sixth among Rio Grande do Norte teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 205th place overall.[2]

History

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The club was founded on January 10, 2002.[3] ASSU won its first title, which was the First Stage of the 2009 Campeonato Potiguar on March 1 of that year, seven years after being founded, after they tied 2–2 with Santa Cruz-RN, thus ensuring its place in the final against the winner of the Second Stage of the championship, Potyguar Seridoense, and one of the berths of Rio Grande do Norte in the 2010 Copa do Brasil. They won the Campeonato Potiguar on May 1, 2009, thus ensuring a spot in the 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. However they decided to not participate in the competition. The club won the Copa RN in 2009. ASSU competed in the Copa do Brasil in 2010, when they were eliminated in the First Stage by Atlético Goianiense.

Youth team

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In 2011, the team played in the Campeonato Potiguar U-18 for the first time, when they were eliminated in the semifinals by América de Natal. The club won a spot in the 2012 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior,[4] after beating Visão Celeste 4–3 on penalty kicks in the extra game of the U-18 category, which worked as a qualification for the competition.

Stadium

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Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida play their home games at Estádio Edgar Borges Montenegro, commonly known as Edgarzão.[3] The stadium belongs to Liga Assuense de Desportos and has a maximum capacity of 4,000 people.[5]

Honours

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Performance in competitions

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Campeonato Potiguar - 1st Division

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Year Position
2002 8th
2003 5th
2004 6th
2005 3rd
2006 4th
2007 5th
2008 7th
2009 1st [6]
2010 9th
2011 8th
Champion.

Copa do Brasil

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Year Position
2010 56th

References

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  1. ^ "ASSU inicia trabalhos de pré-temporada para o Estadual" (in Portuguese). dnonline.com.br. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "RNC - Ranking Nacional dos Clubes 2022" (PDF). CBF. December 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rodolfo Rodrigues (2009). Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro. Panda Books. p. 74.
  4. ^ "ASSU garante vaga para a Taça São Paulo de Juniores" (in Portuguese). nominuto.com. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "Cadastro Nacional de Estádios de Futebol" (PDF) (in Portuguese). cbf.com.br. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  6. ^ "ASSU ganha título com raça e aplicação tática" (in Portuguese). tribunadonorte.com.br. Retrieved November 1, 2011.