Clube Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian football club. Atletico Mineiro was founded in 1908 in the city of Belo Horizonte, where the team plays. The team has Galo (rooster) as its mascot, for this reason the club is also known simply as Galo.
| Full name | Clube Atlético Mineiro |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Galo Alvinegro Galão da Massa Galo Doido Campeão do Gelo Galo das Américas O Time do Impossível Galáctico Maior de Minas |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Ground | Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (capacity: 75,000) |
| Chairman | Alexandre Kalil |
| Manager | Levir Culpi |
| League | Série A |
| 2023 | Série A, TBA |
Atletico Mineiro is one of the most traditional football clubs in Brazil, being the first champion of the modern version of the Brazilian Football Championhsip. The most important achievement of the club was the Copa Libertadores de America in 2013, which is regarded as the most important tournament in South America.
In the last five years, Atletico Mineiro is probably passing through the most victorious period in its history, since in the last five years the team has played five out of the nine Copa Libertadores editions the team has ever disputed.
League title
- (2013)
- (1971)
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- (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)
Clube Atlético Mineiro Media
The Atlético Mineiro team that won the Taça Bueno Brandão in 1914, the club's first trophy
The 1937 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais winning squad
The Atlético Mineiro team, 1970.
Dario (here pictured in 2014) was the top goalscorer and led Galo to triumph in the 1971 Brasileirão.
Ronaldinho played an important part in the club's resurgence after his arrival in 2012.
The first crest used by Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro's rooster mascot.
Estádio Presidente Antônio Carlos was Atlético Mineiro's home ground from 1929 to 1950.
Independência, the club's first choice home stadium from 1950 to 1965, and from 2012 to 2019
Mineirão, Atlético's ground for most of its history, was renovated for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
References
- A rooster with plenty to crow about Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
