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 because 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] Titles by team
- Atlético 39 times
- Cruzeiro 36 times
- América 15 times
- Villa Nova 5 times
- Siderúrgica 2 times
- Caldense and Ipatinga 1 time
[edit] Current clubs
[edit] First Division 2009 (Módulo I da Primeira Divisão)
- América Mineiro
- Atlético Mineiro
- Cruzeiro
- Democrata (GV)
- Guarani (Divinópolis)
- Ituiutaba Esporte Clube
- Rio Branco de Andradas
- Social FC
- Tupi FC
- Uberaba
- Uberlândia
- Villa Nova AC
[edit] Second Division 2009 (Módulo II da Primeira Divisão)
- América FC (Teófilo Otoni)
- Araxá
- Caldense
- Democrata (SL)
- Itaúna
- Formiga
- Funorte
- Ipatinga FC
- Ideal (Ipatinga)
- URT
- Valeriodoce
- Poços - Vulcão
[edit] Third Division 2008 (Segunda Divisão)
Funorte and América were promoted to the Second Division 2009. As the Third Division 2009 starts only in the second semester the participants are not defined yet.
Group A
- Fabril
- Guarani (Pouso Alegre)
- Nacional (Uberaba)
- Santarritense
- Sul Minas
Group B
- Guaxupé
- Sul Mineiro
- Tricordiano
- Varginha EC
Group C
- América (Teófilo Otoni)
- Funorte
- Pirapora FC
- Venda Nova
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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