Campeonato Mineiro
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Campeonato Mineiro is the state football league of the state of Minas Gerais and is controlled by the Minas Gerais Football Federation FMF (Federação Mineira de Futebol).
The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided in to two parts: before and after the construction of the Mineirão, in September 1966. The Mineirão is the biggest soccer stadium of Minas Gerais and it is located in Minas Gerais' state capital, Belo Horizonte. Before the stadiums inauguration América and Atlético were the most successful teams in the state, but after the construction of the Mineirão, known as the "Era Mineirão" ("Mineirão Era"), another team from the capital also gained prominence, Cruzeiro. Atlético is the most successful team in the competition, having won 39 championships.
As with many other Brazilian football state leagues, the Campeonato Mineiro is much older than the Brazilian League itself. This is partly due to the fact that in the early 20th century Brazil did not have a well established transportation and communication infrastructure, that could help it organize a national league in the country, which was made worse by the nation's enormous size.
Many of the best players in Brazilian football were first seen in the Campeonato Mineiro, players like Ronaldo and Tostão had their professional football debut in the competition.
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[edit] List of Champions
[edit] Current Clubs
[edit] First Division
- Atlético Mineiro
- Cruzeiro
- Democrata Futebol Clube
- Esporte Clube Democrata
- Guarani
- Ipatinga FC
- Ituiutaba Esporte Clube
- Rio Branco de Andradas
- Social FC
- Tupi FC
- Uberaba
- Villa Nova AC
[edit] Second Division
- Alfense FC
- América
- Caldense
- AC Três Corações
- Juventus Minasnovese
- Extrema FC
- Formiga
- Ideal SC
- Tombense FC
- Uberlândia
- União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores
- Valeriodoce
[edit] Titles by Team
- Atlético 39 times
- Cruzeiro 35 times
- América 15 times
- Villa Nova 5 times
- Siderúrgica 2 times
- Caldense and Ipatinga 1 time
