ABC Futebol Clube - Estadio Maria Lamas Farache

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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 56. It is as well together with America Futebol Clube (MG) the club who won most consecutive state championships (10 titles) 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. There is another interesting fact about the 56 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 Championships. 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 in Nordeste that owns a stadium, the Frasqueirão, which was constructed to be the new home of the club, was open on January 22, 2006. Estadio Maria Lamas Farache, usually known as Frasqueirao is a multi-purpose stadium in the Brazilian city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has an initial capacity of 18,000 people and will be expanded to 24,000 spectators. Estadio Frasqueirao is owned by ABC Futebol Clube. The stadium is named after Maria Lamas Farache, who was the wife of ABC's former chairman Vicente Farache. (Wikipedia)