Association football club in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

football club
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 golf club based in the city of Belo Horizonte, the das kapital city of the brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of brazilian football, adenine well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier state of matter 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 classify, 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 strongly associated with Atlético since its presentation in the 1930s. Over the years, the news galo ( Portuguese for “ cock ” ) became a common nickname for the club itself. The team ‘s regular home kit comprises black-and-white strip shirts, with black shorts and white socks. Atlético has won the Campeonato Mineiro a read 46 times. At home level, the golf club has won the Campeonato Brasileiro twice and has finished second gear on five occasions. Atlético has besides won two Copa do Brasil, one Copa make Campeões Estaduais and the Copa cause Campeões Brasileiros. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In international 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 early continental finals. The club has besides competed in other sports throughout its history, with the futsal department becoming particularly noteworthy. 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 cabaret besides holds a local competition with América Mineiro, and an interstate one with Flamengo. Atlético has the one-eighth most valuable brand in Brazil, worth R $ 515.5 million ( €143 million ) as of 2016, and ranks seventh in the nation in terms of dollar volume, generating R $ 244.6 million ( €62.2 million ) in 2015. [ 10 ] Atlético is presently building a modern stadium, the Arena MRV, which will have a capability for 47,000 spectators. Its inauguration is scheduled for August 2022. [ 11 ]

history [edit ]

early on 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 cabaret ‘s first trophy Atlético Mineiro was formed on 25 March 1908 by a group of twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte, who decided the cabaret ‘s identify would be Athletico Mineiro Foot Ball Club. The club ‘s first gear match was played against Sport Club Futebol on 21 March 1909 ; Atlético won 3–0, with the beginning goal scored by Aníbal Machado. [ 2 ] In 1913, the club ‘s name was officially changed to Clube Atlético Mineiro, and in the follow class Atlético won the Taça Bueno Brandão, the first competition ever held in the state of Minas Gerais. [ 12 ] In 1915, the club won the inaugural address version of the Campeonato Mineiro, the state league of Minas Gerais. The competition 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 editions of the Mineiro, and Atlético only 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 of matter league gloat. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In 1929, the clubhouse played its first gear external confrontation, against portuguese club Vitória de Setúbal, winning 3–1 in a match played at the Presidente Antônio Carlos Stadium. The ground had opened earlier that class, and would be the club ‘s home for the adopt two decades. [ 17 ]
Atlético won the state of matter league in 1931 and 1932, before becoming a master club in 1933. [ 18 ] After another Campeonato Mineiro prevail in 1936, Atlético won the Copa practice Campeões Estaduais in 1937, its first title at national level. The rival was organised by the Federação Brasileira de Foot-Ball, a federation for professional clubs that would late merge into the brazilian Sports Confederation ( CBD ). The Copa dress 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 match, played at the Antônio Carlos stadium. [ 19 ] Guará rose as the club ‘s top player during that period, [ 20 ] and the interstate title was followed by two more Campeonato Mineiro victories, in 1938 and 1939. [ 21 ] Success continued in the 1940s, with a squad that included Carlyle, Lucas Miranda, Nívio and goalkeeper Kafunga. [ 22 ] The baseball club was dominant in the country as it won the league in 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947 and 1949. [ 21 ] Although América had been Atlético ‘s long-standing adversary, a raw competition started to develop with Cruzeiro in the 1940s, as it became Galo ‘s independent rival during this menstruation. [ 1 ]

european tour and the Mineirão era ( 1950–1969 ) [edit ]

In 1950, the clubhouse ‘s home plate moved from the Antônio Carlos to the raw and larger Estádio Independência. The temper saw another Campeonato Mineiro gloat and the club ‘s first european go, in which it played ten games in five countries. The digression happened at a time when there were neither regular 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 weather conditions and snow, 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 claim that is remembered in the cabaret ‘s official hymn. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The club ‘s success in the state competition continued in the 1950s, a ten that saw the arise of ahead Ubaldo and five straight Campeonato Mineiro victories from 1952 to 1956. After another state league entitle in 1958, Atlético took partially in the inaugural edition of the Taça Brasil in the be year, reaching the third base round. [ 27 ] The tournament, the country ‘s first annual countrywide competition, was a cup contested between country 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 late stages of the Taça Brasil. Mineirão, Belo Horizonte ‘s raw stadium, opened in 1965 and immediately became the cabaret ‘s dwelling. It was in the mid-1960s that the competition with Cruzeiro became the biggest in the state, after this club won the first gear five state leagues of the Mineirão era. In 1967, another national-level competition 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 ten. In the second half of the 1960s, highlights came in the class 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 keep up year, the Seleção itself, which would become champions of the 1970 FIFA World Cup, was defeated 2–1. [ 30 ]

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

With the arrival of Telê Santana as the cabaret ‘s capitulum coach in 1970, Galo broke Cruzeiro ‘s sequence and won its first country league entitle in the Mineirão, [ 31 ] besides finishing third gear in the last Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. In 1971, captained by midfielder Oldair and with World Cup -winning advancing Dario as the league ‘s top goalscorer, Atlético won the Campeonato Brasileiro. It was the beginning edition of the competition, besides known as the Brasileirão, which replaced both the Taça Brasil and the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa as the fresh national backing. [ 28 ] Atlético played a final group stage 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 foremost participation in an official continental rival, 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 state league again in 1976 and finished third 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 level, were cardinal to the team that took Atlético to six back-to-back state league victories between 1978 and 1983, and to thoroughly 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 entire temper. Reinaldo, the league ‘s top scorer in that season with an average of 1.56 goals per match, was banned from the final examination. By his report, this was because of his insistence on celebrating his goals by raising his fist, a political symbol that opposed the brazilian military government of the clock. [ 38 ] In 1978, Atlético reached the Copa Libertadores semi-finals and won the Copa do Campeões Brasileiros, a tournament organised by the CBD between past winners of the Brasileirão. In a repeat of the previous class ‘s Brasileiro decisive match, the opponent in the final of this competition was São Paulo, with Atlético this clock time winning a penalty gunfight. [ 39 ] In 1980, after having the best phonograph record in the first stages of the Brasileirão, Atlético lost to Flamengo in a controversial final of the rival. Three Galo players were sent off, among them Reinaldo, who received a straight red card after scoring twice. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The team was then eliminated from the follow year ‘s Copa Libertadores undefeated, in another decisive couple 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 deed, falling in the finals or semi-finals of those editions. In the second gear half of the ten, the club continued its achiever in the country, 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 national team, being dominant at state level and having good performances in the Brasileiro, but a leaning to lose in its final smasher stages prevented a modern entitle 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 interpret 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 beginning official international claim. [ 49 ] As champion of that competition, 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 follow year saw the club win the state league and reach the finals of the Copa CONMEBOL for a second time. This one ended in kill to Argentine team Rosario Central on penalties, after Atlético won the first leg by 4–0 and lost the irregular one by the lapp sexual conquest. [ 51 ] In 1996, Atlético participated in the Copa Masters CONMEBOL, a competition 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 examination match. [ 52 ] The team besides finished third gear in that year ‘s Brasileiro and one-fourth in the play along edition, falling in the semi-finals of both seasons. Another gloat 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 second gear meter. [ 53 ] In 1999, after another Campeonato Mineiro title, a Galo slope led by Marques and Guilherme, the top scorer in the league, reached the Série A finals for the fourth prison term, but lost to Corinthians. Despite external success and dependable performances in the Série A, the decade was marked by badly 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 bad season in the national league, the Copa João Havelange. The adopt class, despite a good performance in the Brasileirão with a police squad that included Marques, Guilherme and Gilberto Silva, the team again was eliminated in the competition ‘s semi-finals, finally finishing in fourthly plaza. Atlético then finished in the upper contribution of the national league table in the follow two seasons, but in 2004 it barely escaped relegation. In 2005 the club was demoted to the Série B, the second level of the Brasileirão. [ 55 ] With Levir Culpi as head coach, the club won promotion at the first base attack 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 newly president of the united states in 2008, and tried to improve its finances and status. [ 56 ] In 2009, with Diego Tardelli in well shape, Galo led the Brasileirão for eight of the thirty-eight rounds, before finally finishing in seventh place. [ 57 ] Despite some highlights at the get down and end of the ten, 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 conclusion to relegation, the arrival of Cuca as heading passenger car at the end of that temper marked the beginning of another successful era for the baseball club. [ 59 ] The 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 center of the season was an important event for the club, [ 60 ] [ 61 ] which finally finished as runner-up in the Série A and earned a spot in the watch year ‘s Copa Libertadores. [ 62 ] Diego Tardelli and Gilberto Silva returned to the club in 2013, and joined Ronaldinho, Jô and Bernard towards another Campeonato Mineiro wallow. The quarter-finals of that season ‘s Copa Libertadores saw an iconic here and now for Atlético, when a penalty kick was awarded to Mexican Club Tijuana in injury time. It would have meant elimination if it had been scored, but was saved by Atlético ‘s goalkeeper winner with his foot. The salvage, according to sports commentators and fans, represented the “ kicking out ” of the club ‘s historic “ hex ”. [ 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 inaugural leg by 2–0 and winning the second ones by the same grudge, to claim its first Copa Libertadores title. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] The club ‘s participation in the FIFA Club World Cup was abortive, as it failed to reach the final, losing to Moroccan hosts Raja Casablanca ; Atlético finally finished in one-third place after defeating China ‘s Guangzhou Evergrande. [ 68 ] Under Levir Culpi, who returned to the baseball club in 2014, Atlético won its inaugural Recopa Sudamericana, defeating Lanús for the second time in a continental concluding. [ 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 gain. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] The rival ‘s finals were the first base at national charge to feature the Belo Horizonte rivals, and Atlético defeated Cruzeiro on both encounters to win its first Copa do Brasil. [ 72 ] The club ‘s successful run 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 target in the Brasileiro. [ 75 ] The club achieved its 44th Campeonato Mineiro title in 2017. [ 76 ]

Symbols and colours [edit ]

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

cap [edit ]

The club ‘s inaugural emblem, introduced in the 1910s, consisted of a childlike purpose of the three initials of the club ‘s name ( “ CAM ” for Clube Atlético Mineiro ) in an egg-shaped shape in black. The first and most meaning variety occurred in 1922, when an border carapace format was adopted, with the letters in its upper part and black and white stripes in the lower. [ 77 ] The crest ‘s general appearance has been kept ever since, with only the exact format and the placement of the black and white stripes within the escutcheon changing over the decades. In the 1970s a golden 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 dress 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 nation. [ 80 ] According to Kafunga, who played as goalkeeper for the golf club from 1935 to 1955, the “ cock ” dub was associated with Atlético because of its kit discolor. [ 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 passion and would never give up until the end of each match, like gamecocks in cockfights. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Over the years, the word galo ( Portuguese for “ cock ” ) became a cheering chant for the supporters and a dub by which they referred to the club, an appellation that finally spread to other football fans in the nation. [ 84 ] The dub was incorporated into the club ‘s official anthem, composed by Vicente Motta in 1968, whose chorus hails Atlético as a “ strong and avenging cock ”. [ 25 ] [ 85 ] In 1976, a costume cock mascot was introduced, to accompany players and children in the catch capture. The stadium mascot was reintroduced with a newly costume in 2005, named Galo Doido ( “ Crazy Rooster ” ) by the supporters. [ 86 ]

Kits [edit ]

The club ‘s home kit has always consisted of a black-and-white vertically strip shirt, with black shorts and flannel or black socks. The width of the total darkness and white stripes has varied from temper to season, as has the color of the shirt numbers, which have normally been red, black, white or scandalmongering. Atlético ‘s traditional away kit is all-white shirts, shorts and socks, but has had slight variations. [ 87 ] An all-black third kit out was introduced in the 2000 season, being used again in 2015. [ 88 ] In 2008, a black-and-gold vertically undress third gear kit was launched to commemorate the club ‘s centennial, featuring the beginning crest. [ 89 ] Squad count 12 is retired from the cabaret ‘s kits, dedicated to the fans. [ 90 ] Since the 1981 season, the club has had its kits manufactured by sportswear corporations, the first one being brazilian company Rainha. [ 91 ] Since 2017, Atlético ‘s kits are manufactured by Topper, a company which previously provided dress for the clubhouse 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, bank Credireal was Atlético ‘s beginning shirt sponsor. [ 91 ] After one sponsorless season in 1983, Precon, a construction company, 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 brand 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 erstwhile golf club president of the united states Ricardo Annes Guimarães, [ 102 ] was the main patron from 2010 to 2014. MRV returned as the cabaret ‘s main shirt patron in 2015, [ 103 ] being replaced by state-owned depository financial institution Caixa Econômica Federal in 2016. [ 104 ]

Grounds [edit ]

Stadium stand, photographed from the pitch Estádio Presidente Antônio Carlos was Atlético Mineiro ‘s dwelling flat coat from 1929 to 1950. Atlético had its first home grind built in 1912 at Paraopeba Avenue, in downtown Belo Horizonte, across the street from América ‘s beginning stadium. [ 105 ] The club ‘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 beginning stadiums in Brazil to feature floodlights, and opened on 30 May 1929 with a friendly against Corinthians, won by Atlético 4–2. The follow year, the stadium was visited by FIFA president of the united states Jules Rimet, who watched a night game for the inaugural time. [ 106 ] The stadium fell out of favor when the larger Independência was built in 1950, and remained largely fresh by the foremost team ; finally it was sold by the club to the Belo Horizonte municipality in the 1960s. After decades of legal disputes with the municipal politics, the property returned to the club in 1991. It was leased to a denounce promenade in 1995, which was built in the following class where the stadium once was, across the street from Atlético ‘s administrative headquarter. [ 107 ]
Stadium interior with supporters, photographed from one of its corners Independência, the club ‘s beginning option 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 match was played. [ 108 ] Originally the property of the State Government of Minas Gerais, ownership 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 former 1990s. The stadium was renovated in 2012, while the Mineirão was closed, having its capacitance reduced to 23,018. In that year, Atlético announced a cope with BWA Arenas, the stadium director. The clubhouse signed a contract to use the Independência as its home crunch 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 home of both Atlético and Cruzeiro, [ 110 ] as its bill capacity of over 100,000 spectators surpassed any early stadium in Belo Horizonte or in the submit. The property of the state 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 club temporarily moved to Arena do Jacaré in Sete Lagoas and subsequently to Independência in 2012. [ 111 ] Historically the club ‘s family grind, Atlético ‘s most authoritative matches have all been played at the Mineirão. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] After the renovation, the Mineirão has an overall capacitance of 61,846. [ 114 ] Cidade do Galo ( “ Rooster City ” ), the club ‘s main training facility since 2001, has been lauded as the best in Brazil and is considered one of the best in the universe ; [ 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 prepare grounds opened in 1973 that hosted the Seleção in its cooking for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and Labareda, a leisure and health club in Belo Horizonte. [ 106 ] In 2015, Daniel Nepomuceno, the club president, announced that Atlético had a four-year undertaking to build a newfangled stadium in Belo Horizonte, with a 45,000 capacity. [ 118 ] [ 119 ] In 2017, the baseball club ‘s Deliberative Council approved the project to build the raw 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 on age it opened its doors to players from every sociable class, nationality or ethnicity, which earned it a “ people ‘s club ” status in Belo Horizonte and in the department of state. América, meanwhile, had a reputation as an elitist clubhouse, 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 multitude ” ). [ 123 ] According to a 2014 survey conducted by IBOPE and Lance!, the cabaret is the best-supported in Belo Horizonte and in Minas Gerais, and has the one-sixth largest fanbase in Brazil, with seven million supporters. [ 7 ] A 2014 survey by Datafolha, however, shows Atlético as the moment best-supported club in Minas Gerais and tenth in Brazil. [ 124 ] Atlético has many torcidas organizadas that support the club, the oldest being Dragões da FAO, founded in 1969, and the largest and best-known being Galoucura. early celebrated groups include Galö Metal, Movimento 105 Minutos and the Charanga, a brass section dance band that plays during the club ‘s base 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 club in against-the-odds situations. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] Squad number 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 gear 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 base leg of the 2013 Copa Libertadores finals between Atlético and Olimpia, played at the Mineirão and attended by 58,620 people, had the highest gate acknowledge gross of all time in south american football, yielding R $ 14.2 million ( €4.8 million at the 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 golf club ‘s name. [ 134 ] Since the implementation of municipal and state laws in 2007 and 2008, Dia do Atleticano ( “ Atleticano Day ” ) is formally celebrated in Belo Horizonte and Minas Gerais every class on 25 March, the day of the club ‘s foundation. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] Atlético launched television Galo in 2007, a premium television receiver transmit that provides contented for fans such as interviews with players and staff, coverage of train sessions and matches, footballing news, and early themed programming. [ 137 ] Since 2012, the baseball 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 hard rival, and the 1970s had divided honours. [ 140 ] The 1980s were dominated by Atlético, while the 1990s and 2000s were favorable to Cruzeiro. The 2010s have the rivals competing at an even level. The club disagree over the number of matches and neck and neck record of the Clássico Mineiro, but both teams ‘ statistics show Atlético with most wins in the meet. [ 141 ] The only national final between the two clubs happened in the 2014 Copa do Brasil, when Atlético triumphed in a final match played at the Mineirão. [ 72 ] The Clássico ‘s most extreme result was a 9–2 acquire 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 democratic clubs in the state. [ 144 ] In their first years, América was known as an elitist club, while Atlético had popular invoke ; [ 4 ] the early dominated the early years of the meet, winning ten 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 force between the two, with América suffering a reverse as a consequence of its inner disagreements regarding professionalism. [ 145 ] Atlético besides holds a competition with Flamengo of Rio de Janeiro, with the first 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 level, 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 following 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 cabaret ‘s all-time precede goalscorer, with 255 goals, since joining the beginning team in 1973. [ 148 ] In the 1977 temper, he scored 28 goals in 18 appearances, setting the club record for the most Campeonato Brasileiro goals in a season, and the league ‘s best median goal-per-game record ( 1.55 ). [ 149 ] Dadá Maravilha is second in total goals, with 211, and the only other Atlético player to score over 200 goals. [ 150 ] Argentine hitter Lucas Pratto is Atlético ‘s all-time peak foreign goalscorer, with 41 goals. [ 151 ] [ 152 ] Telê Santana is Galo ‘s longest-serving head coach, having taken charge 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 beginning official game 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 win came against Desportiva Ferroviária – 7–1 in the 1982 season. [ 156 ] Atlético ‘s biggest gain in the Copa do Brasil, 11–0 against Caiçara in 1991, is besides the contest ‘s read victory. [ 157 ] The club ‘s home attendance commemorate – 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 match against Santos for the 1983 Brasileirão. [ 158 ] Atlético holds the brazilian phonograph record for longest unbeaten guide 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 purchase, costing around €8 million, [ 161 ] while the record sale is the transfer of Bernard to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013, which cost the ukrainian club €25 million. [ 162 ]

organization and finances [edit ]

As is the case for most brazilian football clubs, Atlético Mineiro ‘s by-law defines the club as a nonprofit organization public utility program constitution, 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, creditworthy for the executive management of the club. [ 163 ] Season ticket-holders and participants of the Galo na Veia affiliation program, called sócios-torcedores, are not full baseball club associates and can not vote or be elected. [ 164 ] A study conducted by BDO in 2016 indicated that the club had a brand prize of R $ 515.5 million ( €143 million ), making it the eighth most valuable in Brazil. [ 10 ] In terms of annual upset, Atlético ranked seventh in the state 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 batch with Caixa Econômica Federal, worth R $ 12.5 million ( €3.2 million ) per annum. [ 104 ] Its kit out sponsorship manage with Dryworld, worth R $ 20 million ( €5.1 million ) per class, 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 cabaret ‘s arrant debt as of 2015 was R $ 496.5 million ( €126.6 million ), the one-third largest in Brazil, with a R $ 11.9 million ( €3 million ) deficit in the same year. [ 10 ] The club ‘s balance sheet in that year stated it experienced operational losses, and according to a study 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 program for debt financing. [ 168 ]

In popular culture [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro and episodes in the club ‘s history have appeared on films and other media. The music video for “ É Uma Partida de Futebol ” ( “ It ‘s a football Match ” ), by brazilian rock set Skank, was filmed during a 1997 Clássico Mineiro pit 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 ledger, by DC Comics, in 2015. [ 170 ] The protagonist in Memories of the Desert, a 2014 brazilian crime drama film, is a garter of the baseball club ( as is the actor who portrayed him, Daniel de Oliveira ). [ 171 ] A short film 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 year, O Dia do Galo, a objective that followed five Atlético supporters on the day of the final examination match of the lapp competition, was released in theatres as a feature film. The motion 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 achiever of the Campeonato Mineiro, the state league of Minas Gerais, a rival it has won a criminal 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 twice, while finishing second on five seasons ; it has besides won the Copa do Campeões Estaduais, the Copa make 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 criminal record two Copa CONMEBOL trophies ; the club has besides finished as runner-up of the Copa CONMEBOL, the Copa de Oro and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL. The club has competed in the FIFA Club World Cup once, finishing in third plaza. The cabaret ‘s most holocene style 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 number of celebrated former and current Atlético Mineiro players, see List of Clube Atlético Mineiro players For a list of all former and stream players with a Wikipedia article, see category : Clube Atlético Mineiro players

First team team [edit ]

As of 22 September 2021.[183]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

other players with beginning team appearances [edit ]

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Out on loan [edit ]

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management [edit ]

team management [edit ]

Atlético Mineiro ‘s technical and aesculapian staff is composed of permanent wave members in all positions, except capitulum coach and assistant coach. [ 184 ]
last updated : 5 March 2021
Source : Comissão Técnica – Atlético ( in Portuguese )

Club board [edit ]

The club ‘s board 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 department of state flat in the play along decades, and winning the Taça Brasil in 1985. [ 186 ] In the deep 1990s, the team, named Atlético Pax de Minas for sponsorship reasons, was prominent at national and external floor. With players such as Manoel Tobias, Falcão and Lenísio in the police 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 second leg of the 1999 Liga Futsal finals against Rio de Janeiro, the attendance at Mineirinho was 25,713, a world record in the sport. [ 188 ] In 2000, the sponsorship deal with Pax de Minas ended and Atlético ‘s professional senior futsal team folded in the follow year, with the youth sectors remaining. [ 189 ] The club ‘s futsal department ceased operations in 2009. [ 190 ]
In March 2018, the club announced the initiation of an american 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 name 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, base runner João district attorney Mata won the São Silvestre road race as an Atlético athlete. [ 195 ] In 2007, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Alice Timbilil won the male and female categories of the like slipstream, 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 second in the state for most titles. The team had an particularly 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 read [edit ]

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