ABC Futebol Clube, or ABC, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Natal in Rio Grande do Norte. Founded on June 29, 1915. ABC is the Brazilian club that has won most state championships, with 55. It is as well together with América Futebol Clube the club who won most state championships consecutive between the years of 1932 and 1941. Among the Nordeste, it is the sixth-best ranked nationally of CBF, being the first among Rio Grande do Norte, in 31º position. There is another interesting fact about the 55 state championships ABC have, this number places ABC as the club in the world with most championships in the same competition, overcoming the Rangers F.C., from Scotland, that has 54 Scottish Championship. This puts ABC as the biggest champion in the world. ABC is one of the two clubs in Rio Grande do Norte, and one of the few's in Nordeste that owns a stadium, the Frasqueirão, which was constructed to be the new house of the club, it was open on January 22, 2006. According to Datafolha, it is among the most fans in Brazil, being the biggest in Rio Grande do Norte. In this research, the club appears as the 27th biggest for fans in Brazil. The historical PotiguarLuís da Câmara Cascudo created an anthological phase about the team: On July 21, 2008, it was sanctioned a law in the Natal city, the law n. 9.107/2008, in which it is defined the day June 29 of each year as "ABC FC Commemorative Day", honoring, this way, it is foundation.
History
On June 29, 1915, precisely at 13 hours, some young of Rio Grande do Nortehigh society met in Rio Branco Avenue, in the back of the Carlos Gomes Theater, today Alberto Maranhão Theatre, to decide about the creation of the first football club of Rio Grande do Norte. The meeting to officially the club foundation occurred in the Avelino Alves Freire house, Avelino was a respected merchant and president of the Merchant Association of Rio Grande do Norte. The first subject to decide in the meeting was the name of the club. One of the founders, José Potiguar Pinheiro, gives the idea of calling the new club as ABC Futebol Clube in which it was unanimously approved. The name ABC is an honor given to the pact of fraternal friendship, diplomatically supported among the countries Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, which aimed the mutual cooperation of those countries, the friendship was confirmed with the sign in :pt:Pacto do ABC|Pacto do abc, whose letters refer to the initials of the three countries. The team incorporated on December 13, 1927, when the Potiguar Football League registered the club charter. ABC's first interstate match was in 1917, defeating Santa Cruz of Recife, Pernambuco 2–1. ABC is in the Guinness Book for having won ten consecutive state championships from 1932 to 1941, sharing this record with América Mineiro, that won ten consecutive titles from 1916 to 1925. The team also is the team with the most state championship titles in Brazil, holding 54 titles. In 1979, Rivelino played for ABC in a 1-1 friendly match against Vasco da Gama. In the same year ABC played against the Brazil Olympic team, losing 1–0. The club won the Série C in 2010 after beating Ituiutaba in the final.
