Full name | Associação Atlética Francana |
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Founded | October 12, 1912 |
Ground | Lanchão, Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil |
Capacity | 15,100 |
President | Fahim Youssef Neto |
Head Coach | Júlio Sérgio |
Associação Atlética Francana, also known as Francana, is a Brazilian football club based in Franca, São Paulo state. The club competed in the Série A and in the Série C once.
The club was founded on October 12, 1912. 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.
Associação Atlética Francana play their home games at Estádio José Lancha Filho, nicknamed Lanchão. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 15,100 people.