Full name | Associação Atlética Francana | ||
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Nickname(s) | Feiticeira Veterana | ||
Founded | 12 October 1912 | ||
Ground | Lanchão | ||
Capacity | 15,100 | ||
President | Fahim Youssef Neto | ||
Head Coach | Júlio Sérgio | ||
League | Campeonato Paulista Série A4 | ||
2023 | Paulista Segunda Divisão, 5th of 36 | ||
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Associação Atlética Francana, or simply Francana, is a Brazilian football team based in Franca, São Paulo. Founded in 1912, it plays in Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão.
The club competed in the Série A and in the Série C once.
The club was founded on 12 October 1912. [1] They won the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 1977. Francana competed in the Série A in 1979, but were eliminated in the Second Stage. The club reached the final stage of the 1997 Série C, finishing in the third place out of four in that stage. [2]
Associação Atlética Francana play their home games at Estádio José Lancha Filho, nicknamed Lanchão. [1] The stadium has a maximum capacity of 15,100 people. [3]