Atlético Mineiro

Full name	Clube Atlético Mineiro
Nickname	Galo (The Rooster)
Founded	1908
Ground	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Capacity	81,987
Chairman	Ricardo Annes Guimarães
Manager	Tite
League	Brazilian Série A
2004	Brazilian Série A, 19th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Atlético Mineiro is a Brazilian football team from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on March 25, 1908. 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. Atlético Mineiro Official Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Established in 1965, Mineirão stadium, officially named for Governor Magalhães Pinto, is the largest soccer staduim in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... Belo Horizonte (a Portuguese name meaning beautiful horizon) is among the most important cities in Brazil. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadiums, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... The Campeonato Brasileiro is the name for the Brazilian soccer league. ... The Campeonato Brasileiro is the name for the Brazilian soccer league. ... left arm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject... White stripes 3 File links The following pages link to this file: Clube Atlético Mineiro Paysandu Sport Club Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... shorts of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... left arm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... shorts of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... The Brazilian Football League is highly regionalised because of the vast size of the country. ... Belo Horizonte (a Portuguese name meaning beautiful horizon) is among the most important cities in Brazil. ... Minas Gerais is one of the states of Brazil, the second most populous in the federation. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The team is known nationwide as Galo, due to its mascot, a rooster. It was the first official Brazilian champion and is noteworthy as the team finishing more times as the runner-up (1977, 1980 and 1999). The 17 times it finished among the first four (included the three runner-ups) without being champion again has marked this team with a sort of a "tragic" trait and earned it a lot of sympathy nationwide. This article concerns biological roosters. ...

Atlético Mineiro is also remembered as the club who suffered the two greatest injustices of the Brazilian championship, in 1977 and 1980. In 1976 it was the best club by all merits but a confuse rule managed to allow São Paulo to be the champion. In 1980 the club lost the final match for Flamengo, but fans still protest that a "friendly" referee overlooked the excess of violence used by Flamengo to stop Atletico's most important player, Reinaldo.

Since 2000, however, the club seems to be downhill. In the current year it is among the last four (finishing in such a position will relegate it to second division).

It should not be confused with Atlético-PR, a team with a similar name, but from a different state and wearing different symbols. Atlético Paranaense are a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. ...

Honours

• 1971 Brazilian League Champion.
• Thirty-eight state championships.
• 1937 - "Campeão dos Campeões" (FBF) ("Champion of the Champions", first official Brazilian tournament, with the champions of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo)
• 1978 - Campeão dos Campeões do Brasil (Champion of the Champions of Brazillian League)
• 1977 - Second place in Brazilian League
• 1980 - Second place in Brazilian League
• 1999 - Second place in Brazilian League
• 14 semifinals in Brazilian League (From 1971 to 2002, Brazilian´s League had several different rules, in general ending in sort of "play-offs")

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• CONMEBOL Champion, 1992 and 1997.(South-American version of UEFA Cup, currently known as South-American Cup)
• 1976 - Champion of Conde de Fenosa Tournament (Spain)
• 1977 - Champion of the Tournament of Vigo (Spain)
• 1980 - Champion of the Tournament Costa do Sol (Spain)
• 1982 - Tournoi International de Paris
• 1982 - Champion of the Tournament of Bilbao (Spain)
• 1983 - Champion of the Tournament of Berna (Swiss)
• 1984 - Amsterdam Toernooi (Holand)
• 1990 - Champion of the Tournament of Cadiz (Espanha)
• 1990 - Trofeo Ramón de Carranza 1990
• 1995 - Second place in Conmebol Cup

The Copa CONMEBOL was played from 1991 to 1999 and it was a minor tournament played by the teams qualified under the teams classified to the Libertadores Cup. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... The Copa Sudamericana (South American Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by clubs of South America. ...

Some Famous Players

Atlético's top scorer Reinaldo

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Football

• Reinaldo - Average 1.55 goal per match in 1977 (The best average in Brazilian League ever). 28 goals in 18 matches. 255 goals (best scorer for Atlético ever). Played in World Cup 78. And scored the goal that put the Brazilian Team through World Cup 82. Nicknamed the king, Reinaldo is still remebered by the club supporters and received significant support from both the club and the fandom when he faced persecution for drug trafficking in 1998.
• Dario - also known as "Dadá Maravilha". World Champion in 1970, Brazilian´s League Scorer in 71 (Brazilian Champion, 15 goals), 72 (17 goals)and 76 (16 goals, Brazilian Champion playing in Internacional/RS).
• Taffarel - World Cup 94 Champion.
• Gilberto Silva - World Cup Champion 2002 - currently at Arsenal, England
• Toninho Cerezo - World Cup 82, Roma and Sampdoria also.
• Éder - World Cup 82, nicknamed O Canhão ("the cannon") was supposed to have the mightiest shoot of the world then and scored a beautiful goal agains Soviet Union in the World Cup.
• Luisinho- World Cup 82.
• Murilo Silva - Won the Belfort Duarte Trophy, once he played 10 years without receiving a red card.
• Lincoln - (Best Player in Bundesliga Nov/04 (Kicker magazine) - currently at Schalke 04}
• Mazurkiewisck - Uruguay´s National Team goalkeeper in World Cup 1970.
• Dedê - currently plays for Borussia Dortmund.
• Cláudio Caçapa - currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais.
• Belletti - currently plays for Barça.
• Friedenreich - his farewell match he played for Galo.
• Dondinho - Pelé´s father.
• Zé do Monte - Great Midfield player in the 50´s.

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Reinaldo (255 gols);

Dario (211);

Mario de Castro (195).

Futsal

• Manoel Tobias
• Jackson
• Falcão
• Lenísio
• Rogério
• Vânder Carioca
• Piu
• Índio
• Ronaldo
• Paulinho Tenaz
• Euler
• Neto

Most Famous Soccer Coach

Telê Santana

Torcidas Organizadas (Ultras groups)

Atlético's fans are know to be passionate and enthusiastic

• Galoucura (http://www.torcidagaloucura.com.br)
• Galo Metal (http://www.galometal.com.br)
• Uniformizada (TUA) (http://www.uniformizada.cjb.net)
• Esquadrão Atleticano (http://www.esquadraoatleticano.com.br)
• Netg@lo (http://www.netgalo.com.br)
• Galosampa/SP (http://www.galosampa.hpg.ig.com.br)
• Candangalo/DF (http://www.candangalo.cjb.net)
• Dragões da FAO
• Máfia Atleticana Organizada (MAO)
• Força Jovem Atleticana
• Galo Prates
• Galo Elite
• Galodum
• Super Força Viva
• Galos de Porão
• Medgalo
• Eficigalo
• Desempregalo

The fans of brazillian soccer team Atlético Mineiro. ... The fans of brazillian soccer team Atlético Mineiro. ...

External links

• Official Web Site (http://www.atletico.com.br)