Chapecoense returns to Brazil's top flight after year in second division
Brazilian side Chapecoense, who lost most of their squad in an air crash in 2016, was promoted to the first division on Tuesday after spending a year in the second tier. Chape, as the club is known, beat state rival Figueirense 2-1 to guarantee a ...
Sentimental favorite Chapecoense lost 1-0 to the Urawa Reds after a controversially awarded penalty in Tuesday's Suruga Bank Championship. Urawa won the penalty two minutes to time, when Zlatan Ljubijankic was brought down by Chapecoense captain Grolli much to the objection of the Brazilian visitors. Reds ...
Tragedy-hit Chapecoense looking to continue recovery in Japan
Chapecoense hopes to seek inspiration from a nation that knows pain firsthand as the tragic Brazilian club faces Urawa Reds in Tuesday's Suruga Bank Championship. More than eight months after a plane crash killed all but three of its players, Chapecoense has arrived in Japan ...
The J. League said Friday it will continue its charity activities to raise funds for tragedy-hit Brazilian side Chapecoense and will also invite its youth team to a soccer tournament it hosts in summer. Members of Chapecoense, including the coach and four players who previously ...
Plan for Chapecoense, Urawa to play in Suruga Bank Championship formally announced
Tragedy-hit Brazilian club Chapecoense will play in the annual Suruga Bank Championship against J. League Cup winners Urawa Reds next August, the Japan Football Association announced Friday. Members of Chapecoense, including the coach and four players who previously had stints in Japan, were involved in ...
Brazilian club Chapecoense, many of whose players died in a plane crash in Colombia in late November, will play as scheduled in next year's Suruga Bank Championship against the J. League's Urawa Reds, soccer sources said Wednesday. The South American Football Confederation and the Japan ...
J. League chairman Mitsuru Murai is planning to visit tragedy-hit Brazilian side Chapecoense and its bereaved families to hand over commemorating videos of the late coach and some of the players who spent time in Japan during their careers. "I'd like to make a visit ...
Nacional looking to carry Chapecoense's torch at Club World Cup
Atletico Nacional have all the respect in the world for Kashima Antlers but will not let them get in the way of reaching the Club World Cup final, midfielder Jhon Mosquera said Monday. South American champions Atletico arrived in Osaka on Saturday with a heavy ...
Grieving Brazilian town receives bodies of soccer plane crash victims
The Brazilian town of Chapeco, its streets wet with drizzle and buildings draped in the green of its devastated soccer club, prepared Saturday to receive the bodies of victims of an air crash in Colombia that killed 71 people and wiped out the team. Monday's ...
Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense crashes; 71 dead
An aircraft carrying passengers including members of a Brazilian soccer team heading for a regional tournament final crashed in Colombia late Monday, killing 71 people onboard, AP reported Tuesday citing Colombian authorities. Six people were rescued and are receiving treatment at hospitals and elsewhere, while ...
