From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market15 Nov 2027
Levi asks to leave ABC “I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Ronaldy says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match13 Nov 2027
Three points for ABC , 2-1 the final word against Santa Cruz in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Levi Levi asks to leave ABC
Squad15 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Natanael finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. ABC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Enzo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Natanael
The terraces
Lima has his own song now
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market8 Nov 2027
Gui Siqueira hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ricardo Ryller commits to ABC for another 2 years.
Match6 Nov 2027
A bad afternoon for ABC against Bahia
1-3 to Bahia , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
“I have supported clubs like this one. I know what a bad Saturday feels like here.” The new man starts with nothing behind him and everything in front of him.
Market1 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match30 Oct 2027
Three points for ABC , 1-0 the final word against Bragantino in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Enzo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
Boardroom
ABC were not finished after all
Squad
The manager comes out for Camutanga
The terraces
The stand has a song for Igor Bahia
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match25 Oct 2027
ABC sink to position 1921 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market25 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Edson says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad25 Oct 2027
A one-man rearguard from Vitor Eudes
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Igor Bahia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match23 Oct 2027
Three points for ABC , 1-0 the final word against Criciuma in a contest settled by the finer margins.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market18 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Fabinho : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match9 Oct 2027
Chastening afternoon for ABC
A 1-4 beating by Grêmio was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market11 Oct 2027
Gui Siqueira hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Randerson : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
ABC still without a manager10 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
Inquest at ABC
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad11 Oct 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Vitor Eudes knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Rodolfo Castro asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
The terraces
Everybody has an opinion about Vitor Eudes
Market
ABC put Levi up for sale
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Igor Bahia
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Market4 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Enzo : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Wellington Carvalho and ABC agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market4 Oct 2027
The Vitor Eudes signing is not working
15 appearances at an average of 6.21, and the senior players have stopped making excuses for him. It happens to good footballers; it still costs somebody their job.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Vitor Eudes gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match2 Oct 2027
ABC share the spoils with Santos A 1-1 draw with Santos leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
In brief
Squad
Ronaldy is off the mark for ABC
Boardroom
$2.3M taken back off the ABC table
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom27 Sep 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at ABC
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match27 Sep 2027
ABC are in real trouble nowPosition 18, 17 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market27 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match25 Sep 2027
2-4 to Vasco da Gama , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Natanael gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 36 days on the sidelines for Jefferson Vinicius , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market20 Sep 2027
Bruno Leite hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Clayton says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Gui Siqueira gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market13 Sep 2027
Levi hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Match11 Sep 2027
1-3 to Atlético Mineiro , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Levi Levi hands in a written request
In brief
Squad
The manager makes an example of Dudu Mandai
Squad
Lima unhappy with how he is being used
Squad
Camutanga named in the team of the week
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Alex Costa has until the next board meetingWhat was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at ABC can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Match4 Sep 2027
Three points for ABC , 2-1 the final word against Atletico Goianiense in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of João Pedro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
João Pedro The manager makes an example of João Pedro
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
$2.3M taken back off the ABC table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Squad6 Sep 2027
1 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
6 goals on loan for Ronaldy
15 appearances at Santa Cruz and the goals keep coming. ABC are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Gui Siqueira asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad6 Sep 2027
At 28 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at ABC are won quietly and lost loudly.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
ABC were not finished after allWritten off a fortnight ago, the squad has closed ranks and answered on the pitch. Something was said behind that door, and so far it is holding.
In brief
The terraces
The press have found their man in Camutanga
The terraces
The stand has a song for Camutanga
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Match30 Aug 2027
ABC sink to position 1913 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Vitor Eudes
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market30 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at ABC
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Market23 Aug 2027
Bruno Leite hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Match21 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for ABC against Corinthians
1-2 to Corinthians , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Vitor Eudes lets one through his handsA defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Rodolfo Castro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Market16 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Edson gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match14 Aug 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Cruzeiro defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Cayo Tenório asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Camutanga has taken the shirtAt 33 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at ABC are won quietly and lost loudly.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Cayo Tenório
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Rhyan and ABC agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Vitor Eudes knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match7 Aug 2027
A 1-1 draw with Fluminense leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Igor Bahia asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Aug 2027
ABC sink to position 1911 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at ABC
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match31 Jul 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 96 days on the sidelines for Jefferson Vinicius , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match31 Jul 2027
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Rodolfo Castro . ABC will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Bruno Leite asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces2 Aug 2027
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
Boardroom
ABC pull $2.3M back off the table
Market
ABC put Geovane up for sale
Market
The window shut and Dudu Mandai is still in the building
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
Bruno Leite hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match24 Jul 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Thalissinho
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match24 Jul 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Sport Recife will be the happier side with the point.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
João Diogo hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Match17 Jul 2027
Honours even between ABC and Vitória
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad12 Jul 2027
Fabinho : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market12 Jul 2027
Vitor Luiz hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Match10 Jul 2027
No end in sight to ABC 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at ABC has to find a result from somewhere.
Fabinho Fabinho: that is not what I was promised
Match10 Jul 2027
Fortaleza left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Rodolfo Castro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match5 Jul 2027
ABC are in real trouble nowPosition 20, 9 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market5 Jul 2027
Dudu Mandai hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Camutanga and ABC agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
125 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Cayo Tenório gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Rodolfo Castro asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market28 Jun 2027
Bruno Leite hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Jun 2027
Esquerdinha has left for Bahia in a $3.3M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match26 Jun 2027
A bad afternoon for ABC against Bahia
0-1 to Bahia , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Camutanga commits to ABC for another 2 years.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Lucas Souza gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market28 Jun 2027
Experience through the door at ABC
Camutanga arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad21 Jun 2027
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Jun 2027
The fee is $2.6M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Fluminense drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Esquerdinha has come up in conversations ABC were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match19 Jun 2027
Bragantino left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Brunão
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market21 Jun 2027
Vitor Luiz told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Vitor Luiz has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at ABC .
The terraces21 Jun 2027
The stands have heard the Esquerdinha talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. ABC would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Rodolfo Castro suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. ABC have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match12 Jun 2027
Three points for ABC , 2-0 the final word against Criciuma in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Bruno Leite
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Jun 2027
ABC have made Esquerdinha available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Bruno Leite The manager makes an example of Bruno Leite
Squad14 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Bruno Leite has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Bruno Leite keeps the shirt for now, at ABC 's convenience rather than his own.
Market14 Jun 2027
No fee and no drama: Daniel Pino has signed at ABC , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
Esquerdinha hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Jun 2027
6 matches without a win for ABC
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around ABC are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Edson gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match5 Jun 2027
ABC and Flamengo take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market7 Jun 2027
Dudu Mandai is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at ABC has been clear about where Dudu Mandai stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Lima is off the mark for ABC The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Is this Edson ’s last season?
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Edson is 35, with 5 appearances behind him, and ABC will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
7 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
In brief
Market
Levi joins ABC on a free
The terraces
The press have found their man in Lima
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match29 May 2027
5 matches without a win for ABC
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around ABC are no longer polite ones.
Match29 May 2027
ABC come up short against Grêmio Grêmio left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 May 2027
Igor Bahia gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match19 May 2027
ABC out of the cupGrêmio ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match22 May 2027
4 matches without a win for ABC
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around ABC are no longer polite ones.
Match22 May 2027
Santos take the points off ABC Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Brunão The manager makes an example of Brunão
In brief
Squad
The manager makes an example of Brunão
Squad
Edson asks for a word with the manager
Squad
A first senior shirt for Enzo
Squad
Wellington Carvalho unhappy with how he is being used
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match15 May 2027
0-2 to Vasco da Gama , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad17 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Rodolfo Castro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The terraces17 May 2027
The spotlight tightens on Esquerdinha
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Esquerdinha
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match8 May 2027
A bad afternoon for ABC against Ceará
0-1 to Ceará , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 May 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Randerson and ABC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Esquerdinha The manager makes an example of Esquerdinha
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Steady
Squad3 May 2027
Natanael : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match1 May 2027
Atlético Mineiro made ABC work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Cayo Tenório
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Natanael Natanael: that is not what I was promised
Squad3 May 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. ABC have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad3 May 2027
ABC will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Loan watch3 May 2027
2 goals on loan for Ronaldy
3 appearances at Santa Cruz and the goals keep coming. ABC are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ricardo Ryller commits to ABC for another 2 years.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Igor Bahia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match24 Apr 2027
A 1-1 draw with Atletico Goianiense leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Squad19 Apr 2027
Igor Bahia : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Apr 2027
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market19 Apr 2027
The shirt still fits. Antônio Cavalcante is back at ABC , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Igor Bahia Igor Bahia: that is not what I was promised
Market19 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Apr 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Vitor Luiz
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Edson knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Bruno Leite keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Bruno Leite plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Vitor Luiz The manager makes an example of Vitor Luiz
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 2027
Edson loses the armbandThe captaincy has been taken off Edson . ABC will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Edson asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The captaincy goes to Rodolfo Castro . It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.
Edson Edson loses the armband
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Uneasy
Squad29 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Cayo Tenório keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Cayo Tenório plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad29 Mar 2027
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. ABC will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
Randerson knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Lucas Souza keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lucas Souza plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Geilson is out on the grass againHe came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. ABC will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Randerson Randerson knocks on the manager's door
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Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
Geilson asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The manager comes out for Esquerdinha
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Esquerdinha has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Geilson Geilson asks for a word with the manager
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Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Wellington Carvalho commits to ABC for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Bruno Leite gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Mar 2027
33 years old, every age group at this club behind him, and a borrowed player of much the same standard in front of him every Saturday. The parents in the stand have noticed, and so has every kid below him.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Bruno Leite knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad1 Mar 2027
ABC ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 33, Ricardo Ryller has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
Edson gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Lucas Souza keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lucas Souza plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Edson Edson gets it from the manager
In brief
Squad
Geilson is out on the grass again
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Esquerdinha gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Feb 2027
ABC ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 34, Wellington Carvalho has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Vitor Luiz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Randerson knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 2027
Randerson says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Dudu Mandai gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad1 Feb 2027
ABC ’s own kid cannot get a gameAt 33, Wellington Carvalho has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
Randerson Randerson says ABC went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad25 Jan 2027
Clayton out for 15 daysThe medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Clayton , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Luiz Fernando knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Lucas Souza keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Lucas Souza plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Bruno Leite
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Luiz Fernando asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Darlan keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Darlan plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Bruno Leite The manager makes an example of Bruno Leite
In brief
Squad
Fabão back in training
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
Clayton hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what ABC can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Lima stays put“The easiest signature of my career.” Lima and ABC agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Lima gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Clayton Clayton hands in a written request
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Randerson commits to ABC for another 4 years.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Edson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
Edson says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 182% of everything ABC earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Edson Edson says ABC went back on their word
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Vitor Luiz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market28 Dec 2026
A season-long audition: Atlético Mineiro still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are ABC 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Uneasy
Market21 Dec 2026
Santa Cruz are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. ABC will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Geilson gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market21 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Régis Potiguar may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Ronaldy Santa Cruz are about to pick up the phone
In brief
Squad
Vitor Luiz knocks on the manager's door
Squad
The manager comes out for Randerson
Squad
Edson is out on the grass again
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom14 Dec 2026
ABC are going upPromotion, confirmed and mathematical, and a town that will not sleep much tonight. Whatever else this season had in it, it ends a division higher than it began.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Esquerdinha commits to ABC for another 5 years.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Esquerdinha
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market7 Dec 2026
Régis Potiguar is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at ABC has been clear about where Régis Potiguar stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Dudu Mandai asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad30 Nov 2026
Randerson : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 240% of everything ABC earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Edson gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Randerson Randerson: that is not what I was promised
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Wallyson out for 107 daysThe medical room confirms 107 days on the sidelines for Wallyson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Bruno Leite knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad23 Nov 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. ABC will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
31 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
João Pedro gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Nov 2026
João Pedro knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for Esquerdinha
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Esquerdinha has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad2 Nov 2026
João Pedro says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Nov 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 240% of everything ABC earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
João Pedro João Pedro says ABC went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
Geilson says ABC went back on their word“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad26 Oct 2026
136 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Dudu Mandai gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Geilson Geilson says ABC went back on their word
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
Dudu Mandai : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ABC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Oct 2026
61 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Geilson knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Dudu Mandai Dudu Mandai: that is not what I was promised
In brief
Squad
The manager comes out for Wallyson
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
Luiz Fernando asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager comes out for Randerson
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Randerson has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Wallyson is out on the grass againHe came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. ABC will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Randerson and ABC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 451% of everything ABC earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
89 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
16 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Edson knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at ABC , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
Edson out for 90 daysThe medical room confirms 90 days on the sidelines for Edson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Edson asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Vitor Luiz gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Edson Edson out for 90 days
In brief
Squad
The selectors could not leave Wallyson out
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Kauan Mendes , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of João Pedro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match12 Sep 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Match7 Sep 2026
ABC up to position 39 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Match5 Sep 2026
Three points for ABC , 3-1 the final word against Oeste in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The medical room confirms 118 days on the sidelines for Matheus Alves , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 399% of everything ABC earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. ABC have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Geilson
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match29 Aug 2026
5 matches without a win for ABC
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around ABC are no longer polite ones.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Rodolfo Castro
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match29 Aug 2026
ABC draw a blank against Nautico The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Nautico defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
In brief
Squad
Wallyson has taken the shirt
Squad
Randerson asks for a word with the manager
Squad
Lima wants a proper job in this side
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
Edson out for 120 daysThe medical room confirms 120 days on the sidelines for Edson , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match22 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for ABC
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around ABC are no longer polite ones.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Igor Bahia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Edson Edson out for 120 days
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for ABC
1-3 against Atlético Mineiro , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Lucas Souza gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at ABC has picked up the phone to Jhosefer
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
Match
No goals between ABC and Santa Cruz
Squad
Wallyson wants a proper job in this side
Squad
Edson looks at the other side of the line
Squad
The selectors could not leave Edson out
From our football correspondent
Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
Wallyson signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Wallyson commits to ABC for another 2 years.
Match1 Aug 2026
ABC find a way past Boa Boa made ABC work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Darlan gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.