Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal

Carlos Barbosa

Full name	Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal
Founded	March 1, 1976
Stadium	Centro Municipal de Eventos, Carlos Barbosa, Brazil
Capacity	6,500
League	Liga Futsal
2009	Liga Futsal, champions
Home colors Away colors

The Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal, usually known as Carlos Barbosa or by the acronym ACBF, is a Brazilian futsal club from Carlos Barbosa, Rio Grande do Sul state. Founded on March 1, 1973, it is one of the most successful clubs of the sport in Brazil.

History

Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal was founded on March 1, 1973, after two local Carlos Barbosa city clubs, Real and River, fused. The club color, orange, was chose after the 1974 FIFA World Cup Netherlands national football team.

In 1996, the club won the state championship. Five years later, Carlos Barbosa won for the first time both the Taça Brasil de Futsal and the Liga Futsal.

In 2002 and in 2003, Carlos Barbosa won both the South American Club Futsal Championship and the Recopa de América.

In 2004, the club won the first Intercontinental Futsal Cup organized by FIFA, which took place in Barcelona, Spain. Carlos Barbosa beat Playas de Castellón FS of Spain 6-3 in the final.

Titles

National

• Liga Futsal: 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009
• Taça Brasil de Futsal: 2001, 2009
• Campeonato Gaúcho (Série Ouro): 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010,2012
• Copa Ulbra/Torres: 2006

International

• Intercontinental Futsal Cup: 2004,2012
• South American Club Futsal Championship: 2002, 2003
• Supercopa de América (Recopa de América): 2002, 2003

Home arena

Carlos Barbosa's home arena is Centro Municipal de Eventos, inaugurated on December 17, 2000, which has a maximum capacity of 6,500 people. The Centro Municipal de Eventos replaced the club's previous stadium, Ginásio da Tramontina, which has a maximum capacity of 3,000 people.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Bilica 2 GK Samuel 3 DF Goda 4 DF Pedro 5 DF Rodrigo 6 MF Daniel 7 FW Flávio 8 DF Vinícius 9 MF Tostão

No. Position Player 10 FW Sinoê 11 FW Jé 12 MF Dionizio 13 MF Duda 14 FW Lucas 15 DF Rafael 16 MF Waguinho 17 MF Leandrinho 18 GK Danilo

Rivals

Carlos Barbosa rivals are Associação Farroupilhense de Futsal, based in the neighborhood municipality of Farroupilha, and Malwee/Jaraguá, of Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina.

External links

• (Portuguese) Associação Carlos Barbosa de Futsal's official website