Adap Galo Maringá Football Club
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Adap Galo Maringá Football Club, usually known as Adap Galo Maringá, Galo/Adap, Galo Adap, Adap Galo or ADAP Galo, is a Brazilian football club from Maringá
Maringá
Maringá is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on May 10, 1947. Maringá is the third largest city in the state of Paraná. The city has a population of 357,117 , 612,617 in its metropolitan area...

, Paraná state
Paraná (state)
Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...

. The club competed in the Brazilian Championship Third Division
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...

 in 2007, but currently it is inactivated.

History

On November 25, 2006, two Paraná state clubs, ADAP
Associação Desportiva Atlética do Paraná
Associação Desportiva Atlética do Paraná, usually known as ADAP was a Brazilian football club, from Campo Mourão, Paraná state.-History:On June 5, 1999, the club was founded by the Adilson and Avanilton Batista Prado brothers...

, of Campo Mourão
Campo Mourão
Campo Mourão is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Its population in 2009 was 90,460 inhabitants. The people from Campo Mourão are called mourãoenses....

 city, and Galo Maringá, of Maringá
Maringá
Maringá is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on May 10, 1947. Maringá is the third largest city in the state of Paraná. The city has a population of 357,117 , 612,617 in its metropolitan area...

 city, fused, and the new club was named Adap Galo Maringá Football Club. The club kept the same colors and kits of Galo Maringá, but the official club's foundation date was ADAP's one, 1999. Adap Galo Maringá's logo is similar to Galo Maringá's, but including the words "ADAP" and "1999" and at the same time keeping the name "Galo Maringá".

On January 14, 2007, Adap Galo Maringá played its first official match, against Nacional
Nacional Atlético Clube Sociedade Civil Ltda.
Nacional Atlético Clube, usually known simply as Nacional, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Rolândia, Paraná state, founded on April 28, 1947...

 of Rolândia
Rolândia
Rolândia is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

, at Willie Davids Stadium
Estádio Willie Davids
Estádio Willie Davids is a stadium in Maringá, Brazil. It has a capacity of 21,600 spectators. It is the home of Adap Galo Maringá Football Club....

, Maringá
Maringá
Maringá is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on May 10, 1947. Maringá is the third largest city in the state of Paraná. The city has a population of 357,117 , 612,617 in its metropolitan area...

 and won 3-1. This was also the club's first Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.-Format:...

 match. In the same year
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C 2007
In 2007, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of the Brazilian League, was contested by 64 clubs, with the promotion of , , , and , to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B to be contested in 2008. No teams will be relegated, since there is no fourth division in the Brazilian...

, the club competed in the Brazilian Championship Third Division
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.. In 2009 the club sent a letter to the Federation Paranaense quitting football competition since then the club is not activated.

Stadium

Adap Galo Maringá's home stadium is Willie Davids stadium
Estádio Willie Davids
Estádio Willie Davids is a stadium in Maringá, Brazil. It has a capacity of 21,600 spectators. It is the home of Adap Galo Maringá Football Club....

, inaugurated in 1957, with a maximum capacity of 23,000 people.

The club also owns a training ground, in Campo Mourão
Campo Mourão
Campo Mourão is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Its population in 2009 was 90,460 inhabitants. The people from Campo Mourão are called mourãoenses....

.

External links

ADAP's official website Galo Maringá's official website
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