Chapecoense: List of Brazilian football team in Colombia plane crash

A chartered aircraft with 81 people on board crashed on its way to Medellin’s international airport.

There are believed to be at least six survivors so far, with ambulances and rescuers on their way.

Among those on the flight was Brazilian first division football team Chapecoense.

The southern Brazil side was due to play on Wednesday against Atletico Nacional of Medellin in the first of a two-leg Copa Sudamerica final.

Here we take a look at the team involved in the horrific accident.

Club details

Who are Chapecoense?

Full name: Associacao Chapecoense de Futebol Nicknames: Verdao (Big Green), Furacao do Oeste (West’s Hurricane), Chape Founded: May 10, 1973 Stadium: Arena Conda (capacity: 22,600) Head coach: Caio Junior Serie A position: 9th – Promoted to the Brazilian top division for the first time in the club’s history in 2014. Based: Brazilian city of Chapeco in the state of Santa Catarina.

What was the match they were due to play in?

The Copa Sudamericana is a competition similar in stature to the Europa League but is a competition for South American sides.

The winner of the final qualifies for the direct equivalent of the Champions League, the Copa Libertadores.

Notable players

Cleber Santana

The captain of the team Santana enjoyed a spell in La Liga with Atletico Madrid between 2007 and 2010. He also spent time on loan at Mallorca during that time.

The 35-year-old played alongside Manchester City star Sergio Aguero and Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea during his time at Atletico Madrid and was part of the team that lost 4-0 to Chelsea in the Champions League in 2009.

Matheus Biteco

The 21-year-old is on loan from German Bundesliga side Hoffenheim.

The defensive midfielder is yet to make an appearance in Germany but is seen as one for the future.

Alan Ruschel

The Brazilian defender, 27, is reported to be among the six survivors so far, according to Radio Colombia.

He’s currently on loan from Internacional.

Here’s the rest of the team by squad number:

Chapecoense full squad list

1. Danilo 2. Giminez 3. Rafael Lima 4. Neto 5. Josimar 6. Dener 7. Lourency 8. Gil 9. Bruno Rangel 10. Hyoran 11. Ananias 12. Marcelo Boeck 13. Marcelo 21. Mateus Caramelo 23. Lucas Gomes 27. Willian Thiego 28. Moises 30. Nenem 33. Kempes 35. Sergio Manoel 36. Nivaldo 40. Jakson Follmann 41. Claudio Winck 44. Demerson 45. Filipe Machado 50. Arthur Maia 70. Ailton Canela 77. Matheus Biteco 85. Rafael Bastos 87. Alejandro Martinuccio 88. Cleber Santana 89. Alan Ruschel 94. Tiaguinho