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Soccer club Chapecoense, which lost almost all of its first team members in a plane crash in 2016, has won promotion to Serie A in Brazil.
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Chapecoense beat Figueirense 2-1 on Tuesday to guarantee a place in the top four in Serie B and an immediate return to the country's top division after last season's relegation.
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On November 28, 2016, the plane carrying the club's players and staff, as well as journalists, crashed near Medellín, Colombia, where the team was supposed to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against the Atlético Nacional.
71 of the 77 people on board died.
The team was flying from Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia to Colombia when it crashed into a hillside.
Nineteen players and 19 staff members died.
Only three players survived.
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The disaster united the soccer world in pain, with fans and clubs from around the world united to help Chapecoense in his time of need.
Rival clubs in Brazil offered players on loan and Barcelona organized a charity match to raise funds for the club and affected families.
Surprisingly, the Chapecoense avoided relegation for two consecutive seasons after the accident, but ultimately dropped to Serie B in 2019.
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"WELCOME.
WE'RE IN SERIES A! ", The club tweeted after its promotion.
“It was not easy to get here.
It was much more difficult than we imagined.
With work, humility, dedication, unity and, above all, with FORCE FROM ABOVE, Chapecoense kept his promise ”.
In March 2019, Brazilian journalist Rafael Henzel, who survived the plane crash, died at the age of 45.
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According to Globo, Henzel suffered a heart attack while playing soccer in Chapeco and died after being rushed to the hospital.
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