Atlético Clube Coríntians, or Coríntians, as they are usually called, is a soccer club based in the city Caicó

Caicó

Caicó is a municipality located in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The climate is hot and dry, but it rains between December and April. The population is 60,988...

 in the state of Rio Grande do Norte

Rio Grande do Norte

Rio Grande do Norte is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. Because of its geographic position, Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance. The capital and largest city is Natal...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. It is the most important club in the interior of the state.

A.C. Coríntians is notable for being the only Caicó club to avoid folding or missing a season. It has maintained consistent operation since forming in 1968.

History

The club was formed in 1963 as Associação Desportiva Corintians (in English, Corinthians Sporting Association).

In 1968, Atlético Clube Coríntians (in English, Corinthians Athletic Club) was founded after Associação Desportiva Corintians and Atlético Clube de Caicó fused.

In 1995, Coríntians competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third division of Brazilian football.Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances...

, but was eliminated in the first stage.

The club won the Campeonato Potiguar

Campeonato Potiguar

The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.-Format:First DivisionFirst stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once....

 league title in 2001. In the same year, Coríntians competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, but was eliminated in the first stage, finishing in the third place of its group.

In 2002 and in 2003, the club competed in the Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil

The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...

. In 2002, the club was eliminated in the first stage by Bahia

Esporte Clube Bahia

Esporte Clube Bahia , known familiarly as Bahiaço, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's national league. Bahia was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 group...

, and in 2003, Coríntians defeated Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, or simply Santa Cruz is a Brazilian football club in Recife, Pernambuco.-Early history:On February 3, 1914, eleven young men aging from 14 to 16 years founded a football society...

 in the first stage, but was eliminated by Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

in the second stage.

External links

Atlético Clube Coríntians at Arquivo de Clubes

• Official team website (In Portuguese and partly translated to English)