Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger

The Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger - usually referred to only briefly Hermann Aichinger, but Atlético de Ibirama - is a football club from the city of 17,000 inhabitants Ibirama in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, which was significantly influenced by the German immigration.

Atlético Hermann Aichinger plays since 2005 in the top division of the state and thus participates in the National Championship of Santa Catarina.

History

The club was founded on 20 September 1951 in the bar by Geraldo Stoll as the successor club, which was founded in July 1944 Sociedade Industrial Desportiva to life. The association then called itself Clube Atlético de Ibirama.

Hermann Aichinger founded the club in 1955, the sports complex, after which the club is renamed after him. In the same year the association began with the construction of the stadium and took the game mode in the district league of Blumenau.

After the club in 1992 by a 4-1 victory in the final against Pérola the Amateur State Championship of Santa Catarina, the Campeonato de Futebol Catarinense Amador won, the club qualified for the Division 2 state league. Then took the Atlético first time in 1993 the professional game mode. In the first year the team was second-division champion and rose to the first State League.

The club took in 1994, 1995 and 2003 and from 2005 to today at the first division of the State Championship of Santa Catarina, the so-called Campeonato Catarinense, in part. Meanwhile, towards the end of the 1990s, the club but fell back again into the amateur level.

Greatest success was the runner-up of 2004 and 2005, which also authorized to participate in the Série C, the third-highest domestic league championship of Brazil. 2004 Hermann Aichinger was achieved in a swept mode in the league tournament second behind Figueirense FC. The following year, the club was able to make the final first leg at Criciúma EC draw with 1-1, but lost the return leg in front of a record crowd of 6,022 spectators on its own course with 0:1. Paty Atlético was doing. Scorer with nine goals, the state championship that year

In addition to participating in the game operation of Série C, the two runner-up also procured access to the national cup competition, the Copa do Brasil. 2005 different Atlético here already in the first round against Ituano FC from the state of São Paulo. After a 0-0 draw at home the club was excluded from the competition because of the participation of non- players eligible player Fabiano. The following year, Hermann Aichinger lost the home match against Atlético Mineiro 0-3. In the discharge of the second leg in Belo Horizonte has been omitted.

Stadium

The club plays its home games in the club's Estádio Hermann Aichinger, which usually Estádio da Baixada ( stadium on the slope ) is called. The stadium complex was built in 1955. In 1994 the opening of the covered stand that holds 2,000 people.

The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The attendance record dated April 17, 2005, when Hermann Aichinger lost in the return to the state championship the deciding game against Criciúma EC before 6,022 spectators 0:1.

Achievements

• State of Santa Catarina Championship: runner-up 2004, 2005
• Amateur State Championship of Santa Catarina: 1992

Known player

• Leandro Damiao ( 2007-10, later national team )
• Lutz Pfannenstiel (2008, world traveler goalkeeper)