:Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa

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| nickname = Verdão do Cariri (Cariri's Big Green)

| ground = Mauro Sampaio

| capacity = 20,000

| season = 2022
2022

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| founded = {{start date and age|1963|1|5|df=yes}} (as Icasa Esporte Clube)

| chairman = Francisco Paz de Lira

| manager = Flávio Araújo

| league = Campeonato Cearense Série B

| position = Série D, 33rd of 64
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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.

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{{cite web|title=Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa |url=http://www.futebolnordeste.com/clube.asp?cod=39 |access-date=2008-12-15 |language=pt |publisher=Futebol Nordeste |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317193235/http://www.futebolnordeste.com/clube.asp?cod=39 |archive-date=March 17, 2008 }} by Doro Germano,{{cite web | title=Luto! Morre o fundador e primeiro presidente do Icasa-CE | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=54342 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231125212/http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=54342 | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 31, 2012 | access-date=2008-12-15 | date=2008-08-15 | language=pt | publisher=Futebol Interior }} and José Feijó de Sá, as Icasa Esporte Clube. 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.

Icasa competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C in 1981, 1995 and in 1998, being eliminated in the first stage in 1981,{{cite web|title=Brazilian Championship 1981 – 3rd Level (Taça de Bronze) |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1981l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2008-10-09 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129202908/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1981l3.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2009 }} in the second stage in 1995,{{cite web|title=Brazil 1995 Third Division |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1995l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2006-02-25 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129202913/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1995l3.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2009 }} and in the first stage in 1998.{{cite web|title=1998 Brazilian Championship Série C (3rd Level) |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1998l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2005-08-03 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129202923/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1998l3.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2009 }} In 1985, Icasa competed in the Série B, where they were eliminated in the first stage.{{cite web|title=Brazil – Second Level 1984 |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1984l2.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2005-11-06 |publisher=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124122231/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br1984l2.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} 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.{{cite web|title=Ceará State Championship 1992 |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/ce1992.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2002-07-21 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220152652/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/ce1992.htm |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }}{{cite web | title =Campeonato de 92 também foi confuso | url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas/2004/09/23/ult1334u351.jhtm | access-date = 2008-12-16 | date = 2004-09-25 | language=pt | publisher=UOL }}

In 1998, the club was founded again as Juazeiro Empreendimentos to avoid paying a labor debt for a former club's player.{{cite web | title=Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa | url=http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/ce/icasa.htm | access-date=2008-12-15 | language=pt | publisher=Arquivo de Clubes | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117080752/http://www.arquivodeclubes.com/ce/icasa.htm | archive-date=January 17, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} After the debt was paid with the help of the club's supporters, on January 7, 2002,{{cite web|title=Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa |url=http://www.futebolcearense.com.br/clube.asp?id=43 |access-date=2008-12-15 |language=pt |publisher=Federação Cearense de Futebol |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106033057/http://www.futebolcearense.com.br/clube.asp?id=43 |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} Juazeiro was refounded as Associação Desportiva Recreativa Cultural Icasa. In 2003, the club won the Campeonato Cearense Second Level.{{cite web|title=Ceará State League Second Level 2003 |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/ce2003l2.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2004-01-19 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220153718/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/ce2003l2.htm |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }} Icasa competed again in the Série C in 2005, where they were eliminated in the second stage,{{cite web|title=Brazil 2005 Championship – Third Level (Série C) |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2005l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2005-11-20 |publisher=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129075131/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2005l3.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} in 2006, again Icasa was eliminated in the second stage,{{cite web|title=Brazil 2006 Championship – Third Level (Série C) |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2006l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2006-11-30 |publisher=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129013907/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2006l3.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} in 2007, the club was eliminated in the first stage.{{cite web|title=Brazil 2007 Championship – Third Level (Série C) |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2007l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2007-12-06 |publisher=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129013820/http://rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2007l3.htm |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} Icasa competed in the 2008 Série C, where they were eliminated in the second stage,{{cite web|title=Brazil 2008 Championship – Third Level (Série C) |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2008l3.htm |access-date=2008-12-15 |date=2008-11-24 |publisher=RSSSF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215073748/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tables/br2008l3.htm |archive-date=December 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} but as one of the four best clubs eliminated in that stage, Icasa qualified to compete in the following season's Série C.{{cite web | title=Icasa perde jogo mas se garante na Série C/2009 | url=http://diariodonordeste.globo.com/noticia.asp?codigo=232575&modulo=970 | access-date=2008-12-15 | date=2008-09-06 | language=pt | publisher=Diário do Nordeste | archive-date=February 14, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214122135/http://diariodonordeste.globo.com/noticia.asp?codigo=232575&modulo=970 | url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web | title = Romeirão| url=http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/ce/Juazeiro.htm | access-date = 2008-12-15 | language=pt | publisher=Templos do Futebol | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081122102721/http://mavalem.sites.uol.com.br/ce/Juazeiro.htm| archive-date= November 22, 2008 | url-status= live}}

Honours

=Official tournaments=

class="wikitable"
colspan="3"|State
style="width:260px"|Competitions

! style="width:80px"|Titles

! style="width:380px"|Seasons

style="text-align:center" |Campeonato Cearense

! style="text-align:center"|1

|align="left"|1992

Copa Fares Lopes

! style="text-align:center"|2

|align="left"|2014, 2021

Campeonato Cearense Série B

! style="text-align:center"|3

|align="left"|2003, 2010, 2020

=Others tournaments=

==Inter-state==

==State==

  • Taça Padre Cícero (2): 2014, 2015

==City==

  • Campeonato Citadino de Juazeiro do Norte (8): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

=Runners-up=

Head coaches

References

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