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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.
With the largest number of fans in the state of Minas Gerais[1] (http://placar.abril.com.br/aberto/rankings/torcidas/sudeste.shtml), its fans are very passionate.
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.
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 has not yet won and 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.
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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")
"International Trips"
- 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
Some Famous Players
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.
Best scorers:
Reinaldo (255 gols);
Dario (211);
Mario de Castro (195).
Most Famous Coach
Futsal
- Manoel Tobias
- Jackson
- Falcão
- Lenísio
- Rogério
- Vânder Carioca
- Piu
- Índio
- Ronaldo
- Paulinho Tenaz
- Euler
- Neto
Torcidas Organizadas (Ultras groups)
- 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
External links
- Official Web Site (http://www.atletico.com.br)
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