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Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, commonly known as Chapecoense and whose acronym was ACF, is a Brazilian football club, based in the city of Chapecó in the state of Santa Catarina.
Besides football the club also has activities in futsal, in which it has been state champion twice. The club was founded in 1973 with the goal of restoring football in the city of Chapecó, and won their first state title in 1977. In all, the club has won five state championships to date, the last in 2016. A relatively small club, they entered Brazil's top division, Série A, for the first time in 2014. The club's home matches are played at Arena Condá.
On November 28, 2016, a charter flight carrying the first team crashed as it approached José María Córdova International Airport near Medellín, Colombia, where the team was traveling to play the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional, a match that was seen as the biggest in the history of the club. All but six of the 77 passengers died; three Chapecoense players survived (another, Danilo, survived the crash but later died in hospital). Following the crash, Atlético Nacional made a request to the governing body of the competition that Chapecoense be awarded the trophy.
the whole football world is in mourning :mecry: :mecry: :mecry:
Forca Chapecoense!!!