Figueirense Futebol Clube
Figueirense play out of Florianopolis in the State of Santa Catarina, they play at Estádio Orlando Scarpelli, which is an all-seater football ground housing a maximum of 20,000 supporters.
Florianopolos has 2 professional Brazilian football teams, the other being Avai, it can be safely said that neither team has set Brazilian football alight, and both have achieved very little in terms of football success.
The city however, is one of the cities short listed to host the 2014 World Cup – and has every chance of being chosen as one of the 12 probable world cup venues.
As I write , Figueirense were hammered 5-0 at the Maracana by Flamengo and it looks as if they are in for a difficult 2008 Serie A campaign. They next travel to Recife to play an in-form, Sport, and are unlikely to get anything there on the day they celebrate 87 years of existence to boot.