Association football golf club in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

football cabaret
Clube Atlético Mineiro ( brazilian portuguese : [ ˈklubi aˈtlɛtʃiku miˈneɾu ] ), normally known as Atlético Mineiro or Atlético, and colloquially as Galo ( pronounced [ ˈgalu ], “ Rooster ” ), is a professional football cabaret based in the city of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the brazilian express of Minas Gerais. The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of brazilian football, a well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier submit league of Minas Gerais.

Atlético Mineiro is the oldest active football club in Minas Gerais, founded on 25 March 1908 by twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Despite having upper-class founders, the club immediately opened its doors to players of every social class, establishing itself as a “ people ‘s club ”, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and becoming one of the most-supported clubs in Brazil. [ 7 ] The club ‘s mascot, a cock, has been powerfully associated with Atlético since its initiation in the 1930s. Over the years, the parole galo ( Portuguese for “ cock ” ) became a park dub for the club itself. The team ‘s regular dwelling kit comprises black-and-white strip shirts, with black shorts and white socks. Atlético has won the Campeonato Mineiro a record 46 times. At national grade, the cabaret has won the Campeonato Brasileiro doubly and has finished second on five occasions. Atlético has besides won two Copa do Brasil, one Copa bash Campeões Estaduais and the Copa cause Campeões Brasileiros. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In external golf club football, Atlético has won the Copa Libertadores and the Recopa Sudamericana once each, and a record two Copa CONMEBOL ; the team has besides reached three other continental finals. The club has besides competed in other sports throughout its history, with the futsal department becoming particularly luminary. Atlético plays its home matches at the estádio Mineirão, the club has a long-standing cross-city competition with Cruzeiro, with matches between the two teams referred to as the Clássico Mineiro. The club besides holds a local competition with América Mineiro, and an interstate one with Flamengo. Atlético has the eighth most valuable sword in Brazil, deserving R $ 515.5 million ( €143 million ) as of 2016, and ranks seventh in the nation in terms of turnover, generating R $ 244.6 million ( €62.2 million ) in 2015. [ 10 ] Atlético is presently building a newly stadium, the Arena MRV, which will have a capacity for 47,000 spectators. Its inauguration is scheduled for August 2022. [ 11 ]

history [edit ]

early years and achievements ( 1908–1949 ) [edit ]

Football players in uniform and other men in suits The Atlético Mineiro team that won the Taça Bueno Brandão in 1914, the clubhouse ‘s first trophy Atlético Mineiro was formed on 25 March 1908 by a group of twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte, who decided the club ‘s name would be Athletico Mineiro Foot Ball Club. The clubhouse ‘s first meet was played against Sport Club Futebol on 21 March 1909 ; Atlético won 3–0, with the first gear goal scored by Aníbal Machado. [ 2 ] In 1913, the baseball club ‘s name was formally changed to Clube Atlético Mineiro, and in the trace class Atlético won the Taça Bueno Brandão, the beginning rival ever held in the country of Minas Gerais. [ 12 ] In 1915, the cabaret won the inaugural version of the Campeonato Mineiro, the express league of Minas Gerais. The contest was then organised by the Liga Mineira de Sports Athléticos, which would late become the Federação Mineira de Futebol. [ 13 ] América won the following ten-spot editions of the Mineiro, and Atlético lone won the league again in 1926, led by striker Mário de Castro. [ 14 ] In 1927, forwards Said and Jairo joined Castro to form an attacking partnership nicknamed the Trio Maldito ( “ Unholy Trio ” ), which guided Atlético to another state league triumph. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In 1929, the club played its first international meet, against portuguese club Vitória de Setúbal, winning 3–1 in a couple played at the Presidente Antônio Carlos Stadium. The grind had opened earlier that year, and would be the club ‘s home for the follow two decades. [ 17 ]
Atlético won the country league in 1931 and 1932, before becoming a professional club in 1933. [ 18 ] After another Campeonato Mineiro victory in 1936, Atlético won the Copa doctor of osteopathy Campeões Estaduais in 1937, its first claim at national level. The contest was organised by the Federação Brasileira de Foot-Ball, a federation for professional clubs that would later merge into the brazilian Sports Confederation ( CBD ). The Copa do Campeões Estaduais was contested by the 1936 state league champions from Minas Gerais ( Atlético ), Rio de Janeiro ( Fluminense ), São Paulo ( Portuguesa ) and Espírito Santo ( Rio Branco ). Atlético defeated the latter 5–1 in the final pit, played at the Antônio Carlos stadium. [ 19 ] Guará rose as the club ‘s top player during that period, [ 20 ] and the interstate championship was followed by two more Campeonato Mineiro victories, in 1938 and 1939. [ 21 ] Success continued in the 1940s, with a team that included Carlyle, Lucas Miranda, Nívio and goalkeeper Kafunga. [ 22 ] The golf club was dominant in the state of matter as it won the league in 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947 and 1949. [ 21 ] Although América had been Atlético ‘s long-standing adversary, a new competition started to develop with Cruzeiro in the 1940s, as it became Galo ‘s main rival during this period. [ 1 ]

european tour and the Mineirão earned run average ( 1950–1969 ) [edit ]

In 1950, the club ‘s family moved from the Antônio Carlos to the new and larger Estádio Independência. The season saw another Campeonato Mineiro triumph and the club ‘s first european tour, in which it played ten games in five countries. The excursion happened at a time when there were neither unconstipated national competitions in Brazil nor continental ones in South America, and followed soon after the traumatic Maracanazo. The tour and Atlético ‘s results, many of which achieved under adverse upwind conditions and bamboozle, were seen by national sports media as a historic accomplishment for brazilian football itself. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The team, captained by Zé do Monte, was dubbed the Campeões do Gelo ( “ Ice Champions ” ), a title that is remembered in the cabaret ‘s official hymn. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The club ‘s success in the department of state rival continued in the 1950s, a ten that saw the ascend of forward Ubaldo and five back-to-back Campeonato Mineiro victories from 1952 to 1956. After another state league deed in 1958, Atlético took separate in the inaugural edition of the Taça Brasil in the follow year, reaching the third base round of golf. [ 27 ] The tournament, the country ‘s first annual nationally competition, was a cup contested between state of matter league champions, in the first place created by the CBD to select Brazil ‘s entrants in the newly formed Copa Libertadores. [ 28 ]
The Atlético Mineiro team, 1970. In the 1960s, Atlético won the Campeonato Mineiro doubly, in 1962 and 1963, but failed to advance to the later stages of the Taça Brasil. Mineirão, Belo Horizonte ‘s new stadium, opened in 1965 and immediately became the club ‘s family. It was in the mid-1960s that the competition with Cruzeiro became the biggest in the country, after this baseball club won the first five state leagues of the Mineirão earned run average. In 1967, another national-level rival was created by the CBD, the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. [ 28 ] It included more clubs than the Taça Brasil, but Atlético did not finish in the top-four in any of its editions in the decade. In the second half of the 1960s, highlights came in the human body of friendlies against national sides. In 1968, Atlético, representing the brazilian national team, defeated european Championship runner-up Yugoslavia 3–2 at the Mineirão ; [ 29 ] the follow year, the Seleção itself, which would become champions of the 1970 FIFA World Cup, was defeated 2–1. [ 30 ]

National success and state dominance ( 1970–1989 ) [edit ]

With the arrival of Telê Santana as the club ‘s lead coach in 1970, Galo broke Cruzeiro ‘s sequence and won its first express league deed in the Mineirão, [ 31 ] besides finishing third in the death Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. In 1971, captained by midfielder Oldair and with World Cup -winning forward Dario as the league ‘s circus tent goalscorer, Atlético won the Campeonato Brasileiro. It was the first edition of the rival, besides known as the Brasileirão, which replaced both the Taça Brasil and the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa as the new national backing. [ 28 ] Atlético played a concluding group degree against São Paulo and Botafogo, defeating the former 1–0 at the Mineirão and the latter 1–0 at the Maracanã. [ 32 ] The victory besides secured the club ‘s beginning engagement in an official continental competition, the 1972 Copa Libertadores, in which it did not advance past the first group stage. [ 33 ]
Reinaldo is the club all-time leading goalscorer and is widely considered the greatest player in “Galo’s” History After four trophyless years, Atlético won the submit league again in 1976 and finished third base in the Campeonato Brasileiro. That season saw the emergence of a golden generation of players, formed in the club ‘s young academies under coach Barbatana. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Reinaldo, Toninho Cerezo, Éder, Luizinho, Paulo Isidoro and João Leite, players who represented Brazil at external flush, were central to the team that took Atlético to six back-to-back express league victories between 1978 and 1983, and to good results in the Série A. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Atlético came second in the 1977 Brasileirão, losing the final to São Paulo in a penalty gunfight at the Mineirão, despite remaining undefeated for the stallion season. Reinaldo, the league ‘s top scorekeeper in that temper with an average of 1.56 goals per match, was banned from the concluding. By his explanation, this was because of his insistence on celebrating his goals by raising his fist, a political symbol that opposed the brazilian military politics of the time. [ 38 ] In 1978, Atlético reached the Copa Libertadores semi-finals and won the Copa do Campeões Brasileiros, a tournament organised by the CBD between by winners of the Brasileirão. In a repetition of the previous class ‘s Brasileiro decisive couple, the adversary in the final examination of this competition was São Paulo, with Atlético this prison term winning a penalty gunfight. [ 39 ] In 1980, after having the best record in the first stages of the Brasileirão, Atlético lost to Flamengo in a controversial concluding of the contest. Three Galo players were sent off, among them Reinaldo, who received a straight loss wag after scoring twice. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The team was then eliminated from the follow year ‘s Copa Libertadores undefeated, in another decisive match marked by controversy : a play-off against Flamengo that ended after 37 minutes, following the sendings-off of five Atlético players. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] During the 1980s, the club participated in and won international friendly competitions, such as the Amsterdam Tournament and the Tournoi de Paris. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] Atlético had the best statistic league records of the 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1987 Brasileirão seasons, but did not win the championship, falling in the finals or semi-finals of those editions. In the irregular half of the decade, the golf club continued its success in the state, winning the Campeonato Mineiro in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989. [ 21 ] Atlético was one of Brazil ‘s top sides of the 1980s, providing many players to the brazilian home team, being dominant allele at state of matter tied and having good performances in the Brasileiro, but a tendency to lose in its final hard stages prevented a modern title in this competition. [ 47 ] [ 48 ]

Continental efforts and fiscal convulsion ( 1990–2009 ) [edit ]

In the follow ten, Atlético won the state league in 1991 and first meet success at continental level in 1992, when it won the inaugural Copa CONMEBOL. The team, managed by Procópio Cardoso, defeated Paraguay ‘s Olimpia in the finals to claim its first official external title. [ 49 ] As champion of that rival, the club took separate in the 1993 Copa de Oro, in which it eliminated rivals Cruzeiro in the semi-finals but finally lost to Argentina ‘s Boca Juniors. [ 50 ] After finishing fourth in the 1994 Brasileirão, the succeed class saw the club win the state league and reach the finals of the Copa CONMEBOL for a second time. This one ended in get the better of to Argentine team Rosario Central on penalties, after Atlético won the first leg by 4–0 and lost the moment one by the lapp score. [ 51 ] In 1996, Atlético participated in the Copa Masters CONMEBOL, a contest between past winners of the Copa CONMEBOL that was played in Cuiabá ; Atlético eliminated Rosario Central in the semi-finals but lost to São Paulo in the final match. [ 52 ] The team besides finished third in that class ‘s Brasileiro and fourthly in the following edition, falling in the semi-finals of both seasons. Another prevail came in the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL, when an Atlético team that included Marques and Cláudio Taffarel defeated Argentina ‘s Lanús in the finals, and won the trophy for a irregular time. [ 53 ] In 1999, after another Campeonato Mineiro title, a Galo english led by Marques and Guilherme, the top scorer in the league, reached the Série A finals for the fourth time, but lost to Corinthians. Despite international success and good performances in the Série A, the ten was marked by bad club administration by Atlético ‘s presidents and deteriorating finances, which made the golf club one of the most indebted in brazilian football. [ 54 ] In 2000, Atlético won the Campeonato Mineiro, and reached the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals and the semi-finals of Copa Mercosur, but had a regretful temper in the national league, the Copa João Havelange. The pursue year, despite a beneficial operation in the Brasileirão with a team that included Marques, Guilherme and Gilberto Silva, the team again was eliminated in the rival ‘s semi-finals, finally finishing in fourth place. Atlético then finished in the upper separate of the national league table in the pursuit two seasons, but in 2004 it barely escaped relegation. In 2005 the baseball club was demoted to the Série B, the second level of the Brasileirão. [ 55 ] With Levir Culpi as head coach, the baseball club won promotion at the beginning try as Série B champion in 2006, returning to the Série A for the 2007 season. [ 55 ] That class, Atlético won the Campeonato Mineiro, its first trophy in seven years, and finished eighth in the national league. Alexandre Kalil was chosen as the club ‘s new president in 2008, and tried to improve its finances and status. [ 56 ] In 2009, with Diego Tardelli in good kind, Galo led the Brasileirão for eight of the thirty-eight rounds, before finally finishing in seventh target. [ 57 ] Despite some highlights at the begin and end of the decade, the 2000s were not a successful period in the club ‘s history, again marked by bad administration and frequent managerial changes. [ 58 ] Footballer preparing to kick a ball Ronaldinho played an important part in the club’s resurgence after his arrival in 2012.

revival and international success ( 2010– ) [edit ]

The team won its fortieth Campeonato Mineiro in 2010, but finished 13th in the Série A. After an unsuccessful year in 2011, coming close to relegation, the arrival of Cuca as drumhead bus at the end of that season marked the beginning of another successful era for the club. [ 59 ] The golf club moved back to the Independência in 2012, as the Mineirão was closed for renovation, and won the Campeonato Mineiro undefeated. The arrival of Ronaldinho in the middle of the season was an important event for the cabaret, [ 60 ] [ 61 ] which finally finished as runner-up in the Série A and earned a point in the follow year ‘s Copa Libertadores. [ 62 ] Diego Tardelli and Gilberto Silva returned to the clubhouse in 2013, and joined Ronaldinho, Jô and Bernard towards another Campeonato Mineiro triumph. The quarter-finals of that season ‘s Copa Libertadores saw an iconic moment for Atlético, when a punishment kick was awarded to Mexican Club Tijuana in wound time. It would have meant elimination if it had been scored, but was saved by Atlético ‘s goalkeeper winner with his foot. The save, according to sports commentators and fans, represented the “ kicking out ” of the club ‘s historic “ jonah ”. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Atlético then defeated Argentina ‘s Newell ‘s Old Boys in the semi-finals and Olimpia in the finals on penalties, after losing both first leg by 2–0 and winning the second ones by the lapp score, to claim its first base Copa Libertadores title. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] The baseball club ‘s engagement in the FIFA Club World Cup was abortive, as it failed to reach the concluding, losing to Moroccan hosts Raja Casablanca ; Atlético finally finished in third home after defeating China ‘s Guangzhou Evergrande. [ 68 ] Under Levir Culpi, who returned to the club in 2014, Atlético won its first Recopa Sudamericana, defeating Lanús for the irregular time in a continental final. [ 69 ] In that season ‘s Copa do Brasil, after trailing 0–3 on aggregate in both the quarter-finals and semi-finals ( against Corinthians and Flamengo, respectively ), Atlético made 4–3 comebacks and advance. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] The competition ‘s finals were the inaugural at national level to feature the Belo Horizonte rivals, and Atlético defeated Cruzeiro on both encounters to win its beginning Copa do Brasil. [ 72 ] The club ‘s successful ladder in the ten continued in 2015, when it won the Campeonato Mineiro and finished second in the Campeonato Brasileiro. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] In 2016, however, Atlético Mineiro ended the season without official trophies, finishing as runner-up of the Campeonato Mineiro and the Copa do Brasil, and in one-fourth locate in the Brasileiro. [ 75 ] The clubhouse achieved its 44th Campeonato Mineiro deed in 2017. [ 76 ]

Symbols and colours [edit ]

Club badge: the letters CAM in black, written in an oval shape The foremost crest used by Atlético Mineiro

crest [edit ]

The baseball club ‘s first emblem, introduced in the 1910s, consisted of a childlike design of the three initials of the club ‘s name ( “ CAM ” for Clube Atlético Mineiro ) in an ellipse supreme headquarters allied powers europe in black. The first and most significant change occurred in 1922, when an edge carapace format was adopted, with the letters in its upper separate and bootleg and whiten stripes in the lower. [ 77 ] The crest ‘s general appearance has been kept ever since, with only the demand format and the placement of the black and flannel stripes within the finger plate changing over the decades. In the 1970s a gold star above the badge was introduced, alluding to the 1971 Série A title, which still remains. [ 78 ] Red stars were featured on two occasions, referring to the 1978 Copa dos Campeões and the 1992 and 1997 Copa CONMEBOL victories, but these were removed in 1999. [ 79 ]
A person costumed as a rooster in a football uniform Galo Doido (“Crazy Rooster”), the club’s stadium mascot ( “ Crazy Rooster ” ), the club ‘s stadium mascot

mascot [edit ]

Atlético ‘s mascot, a cock, is the best known in the state. [ 80 ] According to Kafunga, who played as goalkeeper for the baseball club from 1935 to 1955, the “ cock ” dub was associated with Atlético because of its kit color. [ 81 ] In 1945, Fernando Pierucetti, known as Mangabeira, a cartoonist for the A Folha de Minas newspaper, was selected to design mascots for each of the three biggest clubs in Belo Horizonte. According to Mangabeira, Atlético ‘s would be the cock because the team used to play with rage and would never give up until the end of each match, like gamecocks in cockfights. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Over the years, the bible galo ( Portuguese for “ cock ” ) became a cheer tone for the supporters and a dub by which they referred to the club, an appellation that finally spread to other football fans in the area. [ 84 ] The dub was incorporated into the baseball club ‘s official anthem, composed by Vicente Motta in 1968, whose refrain hails Atlético as a “ potent and avenging cock ”. [ 25 ] [ 85 ] In 1976, a costumed cock mascot was introduced, to accompany players and children in the match entrance. The stadium mascot was reintroduced with a newfangled costume in 2005, named Galo Doido ( “ Crazy Rooster ” ) by the supporters. [ 86 ]

Kits [edit ]

The club ‘s home plate kit out has always consisted of a black-and-white vertically deprive shirt, with black shorts and white or total darkness socks. The width of the black and white stripes has varied from season to temper, as has the semblance of the shirt numbers, which have normally been crimson, total darkness, whiten or jaundiced. Atlético ‘s traditional away kit is all-white shirts, shorts and socks, but has had slight variations. [ 87 ] An all-black third base kit was introduced in the 2000 temper, being used again in 2015. [ 88 ] In 2008, a black-and-gold vertically strip third kit was launched to commemorate the club ‘s centennial, featuring the beginning crest. [ 89 ] Squad count 12 is retired from the baseball club ‘s kits, dedicated to the fans. [ 90 ] Since the 1981 season, the club has had its kits manufactured by sportswear corporations, the beginning one being brazilian company Rainha. [ 91 ] Since 2017, Atlético ‘s kits are manufactured by Topper, a ship’s company which previously provided dress for the golf club from 2010 to 2012. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] other previous suppliers were Adidas ( 1983–85 ), Penalty ( 1986–90, 1992–93 and 1997–2001 ), [ 91 ] Dell’erba ( 1991 ), Umbro ( 1994–96 and 2002–04 ), [ 94 ] Diadora ( 2005–07 ), Lotto ( 2008–09 ), Lupo ( 2013 ), [ 95 ] Puma ( 2014–2015 ) and Dryworld ( 2016 ). [ 96 ] [ 97 ] In 1982, deposit Credireal was Atlético ‘s first shirt patron. [ 91 ] After one sponsorless season in 1983, Precon, a construction caller, appeared on the shirts in 1984 and 1985 ; it was replaced by Agrimisa bank in 1986. In 1987, Coca-Cola sponsored all participating clubs of Copa União, [ 98 ] and the sword remained on Atlético ‘s kits until 1994. The club was subsequently sponsored by TAM Airlines ( 1995–96 ), Tenda ( 1997–98 ), [ 94 ] and had temp deals with Fiat and Telemar in 1999. [ 99 ] Two sponsorless years followed, before permanent deals were signed with Fiat ( 2002–03 ), MRV Engenharia ( 2004–07 ) and Fiat again in 2008. [ 100 ] [ 101 ] After one more season without a brand on the club ‘s shirts, BMG, a bank that was owned by the early club president Ricardo Annes Guimarães, [ 102 ] was the main patron from 2010 to 2014. MRV returned as the club ‘s main shirt sponsor in 2015, [ 103 ] being replaced by state-owned deposit Caixa Econômica Federal in 2016. [ 104 ]

Grounds [edit ]

Stadium stand, photographed from the pitch Estádio Presidente Antônio Carlos was Atlético Mineiro ‘s home earth from 1929 to 1950. Atlético had its beginning home background built in 1912 at Paraopeba Avenue, in downtown Belo Horizonte, across the street from América ‘s first stadium. [ 105 ] The clubhouse ‘s main ground for most of its early years, however, was the Presidente Antônio Carlos stadium, which held 5,000 people ; it was nicknamed Estádio de Lourdes for the quarter in which it was located. The Antônio Carlos was one of the foremost stadiums in Brazil to feature floodlights, and opened on 30 May 1929 with a friendly against Corinthians, won by Atlético 4–2. The take after year, the stadium was visited by FIFA president Jules Rimet, who watched a night game for the first gear time. [ 106 ] The stadium fell out of favor when the larger Independência was built in 1950, and remained largely fresh by the first team ; finally it was sold by the club to the Belo Horizonte municipality in the 1960s. After decades of legal disputes with the municipal government, the property returned to the club in 1991. It was leased to a shopping plaza in 1995, which was built in the follow class where the stadium once was, across the street from Atlético ‘s administrative headquarters. [ 107 ]
Stadium interior with supporters, photographed from one of its corners Independência, the club ‘s first choice home stadium from 1950 to 1965, and from 2012 to 2019 construction for the Independência ( formally Estádio Raimundo Sampaio ) started in 1947 in formulation for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, during which its first base match was played. [ 108 ] Originally the place of the State Government of Minas Gerais, possession was transferred to Sete de Setembro FC in 1965, when the Mineirão was built, and the property passed to América in 1997, when it absorbed Sete de Setembro. [ 109 ] Before the Mineirão, the stadium was the largest in Belo Horizonte – holding up to 30,000 people – and was preferred by Atlético over the older and smaller Antônio Carlos stadium. After the Mineirão ‘s construction, however, Atlético did not use the Estádio do Horto ( as it is besides known ) for decades, except for a brief spell in the late 1990s. The stadium was renovated in 2012, while the Mineirão was closed, having its capacity reduced to 23,018. In that year, Atlético announced a share with BWA Arenas, the stadium coach. The club signed a abridge to use the Independência as its home ground for 10 years, but moved back to the Mineirão in 2020. [ 17 ]
Mineirão ( officially Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto ) opened in 1965, and quickly became the base of both Atlético and Cruzeiro, [ 110 ] as its flower capacity of over 100,000 spectators surpassed any other stadium in Belo Horizonte or in the submit. The property of the country of Minas Gerais, Mineirão was Atlético ‘s home plate from its opening until it closed in 2010 for renovations anterior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The baseball club temporarily moved to Arena do Jacaré in Sete Lagoas and subsequently to Independência in 2012. [ 111 ] Historically the golf club ‘s home land, Atlético ‘s most important matches have all been played at the Mineirão. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] After the renovation, the Mineirão has an overall capacity of 61,846. [ 114 ] Cidade do Galo ( “ Rooster City ” ), the club ‘s main train facility since 2001, has been lauded as the best in Brazil and is considered one of the best in the world ; [ 115 ] [ 116 ] it hosted the Argentina national football team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 117 ] other facilities owned by the club include Vila Olímpica ( “ Olympic Village ” ), the old train grounds opened in 1973 that hosted the Seleção in its homework for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and Labareda, a leisure and health clubhouse in Belo Horizonte. [ 106 ] In 2015, Daniel Nepomuceno, the cabaret president, announced that Atlético had a four-year project to build a new stadium in Belo Horizonte, with a 45,000 capacity. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] In 2017, the cabaret ‘s Deliberative Council approved the project to build the new stadium, in northeastern Belo Horizonte, called “ Arena MRV “. The construction is projected to cost R $ 410 million, [ 120 ] and expected to end in 2022. [ 121 ]

Supporters [edit ]

Football crowd inside a stadium A massa supporting Atlético Mineiro at the supporting Atlético Mineiro at the Mineirão in 2013 Atlético Mineiro was founded by upper-class students, but from an early long time it opened its doors to players from every social class, nationality or ethnicity, which earned it a “ people ‘s club ” condition in Belo Horizonte and in the state. América, interim, had a reputation as an elitist golf club, and Cruzeiro was powerfully associated with the local italian colony. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 122 ] As a consequence of the popular support, the fans came to be jointly known as “A Massa” ( Portuguese for “ the bulk ” ). [ 123 ] According to a 2014 review conducted by IBOPE and Lance!, the baseball club is the best-supported in Belo Horizonte and in Minas Gerais, and has the sixth largest fanbase in Brazil, with seven million supporters. [ 7 ] A 2014 view by Datafolha, however, shows Atlético as the second best-supported club in Minas Gerais and tenth in Brazil. [ 124 ] Atlético has many torcidas organizadas that support the cabaret, the oldest being Dragões da FAO, founded in 1969, and the largest and best-known being Galoucura. early noteworthy groups include Galö Metal, Movimento 105 Minutos and the Charanga, a boldness band that plays during the clubhouse ‘s home matches. [ 125 ] Galoucura has historically developed alliances with other torcidas in Brazil, most notably Palmeiras ‘s Mancha Verde and Vasco da Gama ‘s Força Jovem. [ 126 ] After difficult but successful comebacks in 2013 and 2014, the fans have adopted the motto “Eu acredito” ( “ I believe ” ) to support the baseball club in against-the-odds situations. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] Squad count 12 is retired from the club ‘s kits and dedicated to the fans. [ 90 ]

Line graph Chart with Atlético Mineiro ‘s average attendances in the national league from 1971 to 2015 Atlético has had the best average attendance in nine editions of the Série A since 1972, and has the second highest all-time average attendance in brazilian football. [ 129 ] The club besides ranks second in all-time full attendance in the national league, with more than 13 million tickets sold in 581 home matches as of the 2014 season. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] [ 132 ] The second stage of the 2013 Copa Libertadores finals between Atlético and Olimpia, played at the Mineirão and attended by 58,620 people, had the highest gate reception gross of all time in confederacy american football, yielding R $ 14.2 million ( €4.8 million at the clock time ). [ 133 ] In 1999, the club introduced Galo de Prata ( “ Silver Rooster ” ), a trophy formally awarded by Atlético to sportspeople, illustrious supporters, artists, politicians, and organisations that somehow promote the club ‘s appoint. [ 134 ] Since the execution of municipal and express laws in 2007 and 2008, Dia do Atleticano ( “ Atleticano Day ” ) is officially celebrated in Belo Horizonte and Minas Gerais every year on 25 March, the day of the golf club ‘s foundation. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] Atlético launched television receiver Galo in 2007, a agio television impart that provides capacity for fans such as interviews with players and staff, coverage of educate sessions and matches, footballing news, and other themed programming. [ 137 ] Since 2012, the club has an affiliation program called Galo na Veia, in which supporters can become season ticket holders or pay monthly fees to buy match tickets at repress price. [ 138 ]

Rivalries [edit ]

The local competition between Atlético and Cruzeiro, known as the Clássico Mineiro ( “ Mineiro Derby ” ), exists since Cruzeiro ‘s foundation ( as Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Itália ) in 1921. It strengthened in the 1940s, and became the biggest bowler hat in Minas Gerais in the 1960s. [ 5 ] [ 139 ] Atlético dominated the competition from its early days until the 1950s, but Cruzeiro rose in the 1960s to be a impregnable rival, and the 1970s had divided honours. [ 140 ] The 1980s were dominated by Atlético, while the 1990s and 2000s were golden to Cruzeiro. The 2010s have the rivals competing at an even grade. The cabaret protest over the phone number of matches and neck and neck phonograph record of the Clássico Mineiro, but both teams ‘ statistics show Atlético with most wins in the meet. [ 141 ] The alone national final between the two clubs happened in the 2014 Copa do Brasil, when Atlético triumphed in a concluding match played at the Mineirão. [ 72 ] The Clássico ‘s most extreme result was a 9–2 succeed by Atlético, in the 1927 Campeonato Mineiro. [ 142 ] [ 143 ] Atlético versus América was known as the Clássico das Multidões ( “ Derby of the Masses ” ) before the construction of the Mineirão, as they were the most popular clubs in the state. [ 144 ] In their beginning years, América was known as an elitist cabaret, while Atlético had popular invoke ; [ 4 ] the former dominated the early years of the confrontation, winning ten-spot consecutive Campeonato Mineiro titles from 1916 to 1925. In the 1930s, Atlético pioneered professionalization of football in Minas Gerais, whereas América resisted against it. From that time on, Galo became the major impel between the two, with América suffering a reverse as a leave of its internal disagreements regarding professionalism. [ 145 ] Atlético besides holds a competition with Flamengo of Rio de Janeiro, with the inaugural match between the clubs being played in 1929. Until regular home competitions were introduced in brazilian football in 1959, however, the encounters were played at friendly flat, since the clubs are from different states. The competition developed in the 1980s, rising from numerous controversial encounters between the two clubs in Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa Libertadores editions of the period. It remained through the pursue decades, and is considered the biggest interstate competition in brazilian football. [ 146 ]

Records and statistics [edit ]

João Leite holds Atlético ‘s official appearance record, with 684 matches in all competitions. [ 147 ] Reinaldo is the clubhouse ‘s all-time leading goalscorer, with 255 goals, since joining the first squad in 1973. [ 148 ] In the 1977 season, he scored 28 goals in 18 appearances, setting the golf club read for the most Campeonato Brasileiro goals in a temper, and the league ‘s best average goal-per-game record ( 1.55 ). [ 149 ] Dadá Maravilha is second in full goals, with 211, and the alone other Atlético musician to score over 200 goals. [ 150 ] Argentine striker Lucas Pratto is Atlético ‘s all-time lead foreign goalscorer, with 41 goals. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] Telê Santana is Galo ‘s longest-serving head coach, having taken accusation of the team for 434 matches during three periods in the 1970s and 1980s. [ 153 ] Nelson Campos is the club ‘s longest-serving president, with nine years in the agency in three terms. [ 154 ] The first official plot in which Atlético participated was against Yale for the 1915 Campeonato Mineiro, which the team won 5–0. [ 155 ] The biggest victory always recorded by Galo was 13–0, against Calafate in the 1927 Campeonato Mineiro. In the national league, the biggest winnings came against Desportiva Ferroviária – 7–1 in the 1982 season. [ 156 ] Atlético ‘s biggest win in the Copa do Brasil, 11–0 against Caiçara in 1991, is besides the contest ‘s record victory. [ 157 ] The clubhouse ‘s home attendance record – split-crowd derbies excepted – is 115,142, in a friendly against Flamengo at the Mineirão, in 1980. The record attendance in official matches is 113,749, achieved in a pit against Santos for the 1983 Brasileirão. [ 158 ] Atlético holds the brazilian criminal record for longest unbeaten run at home, with 54 matches from 2011 to 2013. [ 159 ] [ 160 ] The sign of André from Dynamo Kyiv in 2012 is the club ‘s most expensive buy, costing around €8 million, [ 161 ] while the record sale is the remove of Bernard to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013, which cost the ukrainian club €25 million. [ 162 ]

organization and finances [edit ]

As is the font for most brazilian football clubs, Atlético Mineiro ‘s by-law defines the club as a nonprofit organization populace utility administration, formed by associates ( sócios ). [ 163 ] The club ‘s administrative powers are the General Assembly, the Deliberative Council, the Board, the Fiscal Council and the Ethics and Discipline Council. The General Assembly, composed of all associates, elects the Deliberative Council among its members every three years, which in turn elects and removes the club ‘s Board, responsible for the executive management of the club. [ 163 ] Season ticket-holders and participants of the Galo na Veia affiliation plan, called sócios-torcedores, are not full club associates and can not vote or be elected. [ 164 ] A report conducted by BDO in 2016 indicated that the club had a brand prize of R $ 515.5 million ( €143 million ), making it the one-eighth most valuable in Brazil. [ 10 ] In terms of annual employee turnover, Atlético ranked one-seventh in the country in 2015, earning R $ 244.6 million ( €62.2 million ), which represented a 37 per cent increase compared to the previous year. [ 10 ] [ 165 ] The golf club has a main sponsorship deal with Caixa Econômica Federal, worth R $ 12.5 million ( €3.2 million ) annually. [ 104 ] Its kit sponsorship deal with Dryworld, worth R $ 20 million ( €5.1 million ) per year, is the third biggest in the nation. [ 166 ]
A street filled with cars in front of a metal façade in black, with a large football club badge. Clube Atlético Mineiro headquarter in Belo Horizonte. The club ‘s arrant debt as of 2015 was R $ 496.5 million ( €126.6 million ), the third largest in Brazil, with a R $ 11.9 million ( €3 million ) deficit in the lapp year. [ 10 ] The club ‘s balance sheet in that class stated it experienced operational losses, and according to a cogitation by Itaú BBA, Atlético operates in a dangerous “ fiscal all-in ”. [ 165 ] [ 167 ] The majority of the club ‘s debt is owed to the Federal Government of Brazil, totalling R $ 286.6 million ( €89.1 million ) ; in 2015, Atlético and other clubs joined a government plan for debt finance. [ 168 ]

In popular culture [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro and episodes in the club ‘s history have appeared on films and other media. The music television for “ É Uma Partida de Futebol ” ( “ It ‘s a football Match ” ), by brazilian rock candy band Skank, was filmed during a 1997 Clássico Mineiro equal between Atlético and Cruzeiro ; the television won three categories at the 1997 MTV Video Music Brazil awards. [ 169 ] An Atlético match was besides depicted in a martian Manhunter comic book, by DC Comics, in 2015. [ 170 ] The protagonist in Memories of the Desert, a 2014 brazilian crime drama film, is a garter of the club ( as is the actor who portrayed him, Daniel de Oliveira ). [ 171 ] A brusque movie about goalkeeper Victor ‘s iconic penalty-kick save against Tijuana in the 2013 Copa Libertadores was released in 2014 ; named A Dream You Dream Together Is Reality, it was awarded the Guirlande D’Honneur by the FICTS at the “ Sport Movies & TV – Milano International FICTS Fest “. [ 172 ] In the follow class, O Dia do Galo, a documentary that followed five Atlético supporters on the day of the final meet of the same competition, was released in theatres as a feature of speech movie. The motion word picture was one of the most watch brazilian films of 2015, and won the Popular Jury award at the Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes. [ 173 ] [ 174 ] O Imortal do Gelo, a film about the club ‘s 1950 go to Europe, was released in 2015. [ 175 ]

Honours [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro ‘s first trophy was the Taça Bueno Brandão, won in 1914. The club was the first winner of the Campeonato Mineiro, the express league of Minas Gerais, a rival it has won a phonograph record 46 times ; it has besides won the Taça Minas Gerais, a state cup, on five occasions. At national flush, Atlético has won the Campeonato Brasileiro doubly, while finishing second on five seasons ; it has besides won the Copa doctor of osteopathy Campeões Estaduais, the Copa dress Campeões Brasileiros and the Copa do Brasil once each, besides finishing as runner-up once in the latter. In international competitions, Atlético has won the Copa Libertadores and the Recopa Sudamericana once each, and a record two Copa CONMEBOL trophies ; the clubhouse has besides finished as runner-up of the Copa CONMEBOL, the Copa de Oro and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL. The golf club has competed in the FIFA Club World Cup once, finishing in third place. The club ‘s most late title is the 2021 Copa do Brasil. [ 176 ]

International [edit ]

Winner (1): 2013
Winner (2): 1992, 1997 (record)
Winner (1): 2014

domestic [edit ]

National

Winner (2): 1971, 2021
Winner (2): 2014, 2021
Winner (1): 1937
Winner (1): 1978
Winner (1): 2006

State

Winner (46): 1915, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 (record)
Winner (5): 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1987 (shared record)

Players [edit ]

For a list of celebrated erstwhile and current Atlético Mineiro players, see List of Clube Atlético Mineiro players For a list of all early and current players with a Wikipedia article, see category : Clube Atlético Mineiro players

First team squad [edit ]

As of 21 December 2021.[183]

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early players with first gear team appearances [edit ]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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management [edit ]

team management [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro ‘s technical foul and checkup staff is composed of permanent members in all positions, except promontory coach and adjunct coach. [ 184 ]
death updated : 30 December 2021
Source : Comissão Técnica – Atlético ( in Portuguese )

Club board [edit ]

The cabaret ‘s dining table took position on 4 January 2021, with its term ending on 31 December 2023. [ 185 ]

early departments [edit ]

Futsal [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro opened its futsal department in the 1960s, achieving victories at state level in the adopt decades, and winning the Taça Brasil in 1985. [ 186 ] In the late 1990s, the team, named Atlético Pax de Minas for sponsorship reasons, was prominent at national and external level. With players such as Manoel Tobias, Falcão and Lenísio in the squad, Atlético won the brazilian Liga Futsal twice, in 1997 and 1999, and the Intercontinental Futsal Cup in 1998, finishing as runner-up of both competitions in 2000. [ 187 ] In the moment leg of the 1999 Liga Futsal finals against Rio de Janeiro, the attendance at Mineirinho was 25,713, a populace record in the sport. [ 188 ] In 2000, the sponsorship distribute with Pax de Minas ended and Atlético ‘s master senior futsal team folded in the adopt year, with the youth sectors remaining. [ 189 ] The golf club ‘s futsal department ceased operations in 2009. [ 190 ]
In March 2018, the club announced the creation of an american english football team, a three-year partnership with Grupo Sada and BH Eagles, named Galo Futebol Americano. [ 191 ] [ 192 ] In its first season playing with this diagnose in the Superliga Nacional de Futebol Americano, Brazil ‘s american football league, the team won the Southeast Conference undefeated, and proceeded to win all matches in the playoffs, including the Brasil Bowl against João Pessoa Espectros. [ 193 ] [ 194 ]

Olympic sports [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro had departments for early Olympic sports throughout its history, with the athletics and volleyball ones achieving luminary. In 1983, runner João district attorney Mata won the São Silvestre road subspecies as an Atlético athlete. [ 195 ] In 2007, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Alice Timbilil won the male and female categories of the same race, and celebrated their victory with Atlético flags. The club ‘s board stated that the athletes had been sponsored as a market scheme. [ 196 ] Atlético ‘s men ‘s volleyball department won the Minas Gerais Volleyball Championship a total of twelve times, ranking moment in the state for most titles. The team had an specially successful period in the early 1980s, under the administrative management of Alexandre Kalil, who became club president in 2009. [ 197 ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

further reading [edit ]

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