Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Clube Atlético Mineiro




Clube Atlético Mineiro, usually known as Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on March 25, 1908. Atlético is one of the most traditional teams of Brazil. The first official match was played on March 21, 1909, against Sport Club Futebol. The team plays in black and white vertical striped shirts, black shorts and white socks.
The team is known nationwide as Galo, Portuguese for rooster, its mascot, and was the first official Brazilian champion, in 1971, besides having won two Copas Conmebol (South American Cup) in 1992 and 1997 and being the 2nd Division Brazilian Champions in 2006.



Titles

Major Titles

International titles

1950 - "Ice Champion" (symbolical title given by local press to the club due to a successful tour in Europe after II World War)
1976 - Torneo Esconde de Fenosa (La Coruña, Spain)
1977 - Trofeo Ciudad del Figo (Spain)
1980 - Trofeo Costa del Sol (Málaga, Spain)
1982 - Tournoi International Villa de Paris
1982 - Trofeo Villa del Bilbao (Spain)
1983 - Philips Cup Tournament of Berna (Switzerland)
1984 - Amsterdam Toernooi (Holland)
1990 - Trofeo Ramón de Carranza (Spain)
1992 - CONMEBOL Champion
1997 - Belo Horizonte City 100 Years Cup
1997 - CONMEBOL Champion

National titles

1937 - "Campeão dos Campeões" (FBF) Champion of the Champions of Brazilian League
1971 - Brazilian League
1978 - Campeão dos Campeões do Brasil (Champion of the Champions of Brazilian League)
2006 - Brazilian League Série B

State titles

39 State Championships (1915, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2007).
Atlético is the biggest winner of Minas Gerais State Championship, also being runner-up 32 times.

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