The accident that decimated Chapecoense occurred on November 28, 2016 when the plane in which the team was traveling to Medellín to play the final of the Copa Sudamericana ran out of fuel and crashed in La Unión (Antioquia), 17 kilometers from get to the airport of the Colombian city.
In the tragedy, 71 of the 77 people who were in the aircraft of the Bolivian airline Lamia died, including 19 footballers, the president of the institution, the coach and almost the entire coaching staff., in addition to a score of journalists who accompanied the club in its first final in an international tournament. Of the 22 players called up, only three survived: Jakson Follmann (who had his right leg amputated), Alan Ruschel and Neto.
After the event, Chapecoense was declared champion of the 2016 South American Cup and debuted in the Copa Libertadores de América (maximum continental tournament) in 2018.
The team, which until 2006 played in Brazil's fourth division, spent six years in the league's first division, before its first relegation, in December last year.
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