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The club plays the majority of its home matches at [[Estádio Independência]], which holds up to 23,018 spectators. [[Mineirão]], the club's ground for most of its history, is used as the team's home in important and high attendance matches, holding 62,160 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/ultimas-noticias/2015/06/19/duvida-polemica-esta-de-volta-ao-atletico-mg-independencia-ou-mineirao.htm|title = Dúvida polêmica está de volta ao Atlético-MG. Independência ou Mineirão?|last = Martins|first = Victor|date = June 19, 2015|work = [[Universo Online|UOL Esporte]]|access-date = September 11, 2015|language = pt|trans-title = Controversial doubt comes back to Atlético Mineiro: Independência or Mineirão?}}</ref> Atlético has a long-standing rivalry with [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]], with matches between the two teams being known as the [[Atlético–Cruzeiro football rivalry|Clássico Mineiro]]. The club also holds an interstate with [[Flamengo–Atlético football rivalry|Flamengo]], and a local one with [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]].
The club plays the majority of its home matches at [[Estádio Independência]], which holds up to 23,018 spectators. [[Mineirão]], the club's ground for most of its history, is used as the team's home in important and high attendance matches, holding 62,160 people.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/serie-a/ultimas-noticias/2015/06/19/duvida-polemica-esta-de-volta-ao-atletico-mg-independencia-ou-mineirao.htm|title = Dúvida polêmica está de volta ao Atlético-MG. Independência ou Mineirão?|last = Martins|first = Victor|date = June 19, 2015|work = [[Universo Online|UOL Esporte]]|access-date = September 11, 2015|language = pt|trans-title = Controversial doubt comes back to Atlético Mineiro: Independência or Mineirão?}}</ref> Atlético has a long-standing rivalry with [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]], with matches between the two teams being known as the [[Atlético–Cruzeiro football rivalry|Clássico Mineiro]]. The club also holds an interstate with [[Flamengo–Atlético football rivalry|Flamengo]], and a local one with [[América Futebol Clube (MG)|América Mineiro]].


The team's regular home [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colours are black and white striped shirts, with black shorts, accompanied by white socks.<ref name="História - Atlético" /> The club's mascot, a rooster (''galo'', in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]), has been strongly associated with the club since its introduction in the 1940s, and through the years came to be a nickname by which it is commonly known.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.atletico.com.br/clube-atletico-mineiro/historia/#mascote|title = História - Atlético - Mascote|accessdate = August 20, 2015|publisher = Clube Atlético Mineiro official website|language = pt}}</ref>
The team's regular home [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colours are black and white striped shirts, with black shorts, accompanied by white socks.<ref name="História - Atlético" /> The club's mascot, a rooster (''galo'', in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]), has been strongly associated with the club since its introduction in the 1940s, and through the years came to be a nickname by which it is commonly known.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.atletico.com.br/clube-atletico-mineiro/historia/#mascote|title = História - Atlético - Mascote|accessdate = August 20, 2015|publisher = Clube Atlético Mineiro official website|language = pt}}</ref> The club is the 9th most valuable in Brazil, worth R$394.8 million (€122.7 million),<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url = http://www.blogteoriadosjogos.com/2015/06/17/o-valor-das-marcas-2015-entrevista-com-pedro-daniel-bdo/|title = O valor das Marcas 2015 – Entrevista com Pedro Daniel (BDO)|date = June 17, 2015|accessdate = August 20, 2015|publisher = Blog Teoria dos Jogos|last = Paiva|first = Vinícius|language = pt|trans-title = Brand values 2015 – Interview with Pedro Daniel (BDO)}}</ref> and ranks 8th in the country in terms of turnover, generating R$178.9 million in 2014 (€55.6 million).<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2015/05/fla-lidera-ranking-de-receitas-e-e-unico-dos-grandes-reduzir-divida-veja-lista.html|title = Fla lidera ranking de receitas e é único dos grandes a reduzir dívida|last = Mará|first = Márcio|date = May 5, 2015|work = [[Grupo Globo|Globoesporte.com]]|access-date = August 20, 2015|language = pt|trans-title = Fla leads revenue ranking and is the only of the big ones to reduce debt}}</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 15:06, 12 October 2015

Atlético Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro's crest
Full nameClube Atlético Mineiro
Nickname(s)Galo (Rooster)
Alvinegro (White and black)
Galão da Massa (The Crowd's Great Rooster)
Galo Doido (Crazy Rooster)
Campeão dos Campeões (Champion of Champions)
FoundedMarch 25, 1908; 116 years ago (1908-03-25) (as Athletico Mineiro Foot Ball Club)[1]
GroundIndependência
Capacity23,018[2]
PresidentDaniel Nepomuceno
Head coachLevir Culpi
LeagueCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Mineiro
2014
2015		Brasileirão, 5th
Mineiro, 1st
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Clube Atlético Mineiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈklubi atˈlɛtʃiku miˈnejɾu]), commonly known as Atlético Mineiro or Atlético, and colloquially as Galo (pronounced [ˈgalu], "Rooster") is a professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The club plays in the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais.

Atlético Mineiro, the oldest active football club in Minas Gerais,[3] was founded on March 25, 1908 by twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte, led by Margival Mendes Leal and Mário Toledo.[4] Despite having liberal upper class founders, the club opened its doors to players of every social class, establishing itself as a "people's club",[5][6][7] and becoming one of the best supported in Brazil.[8]

Atlético Mineiro has won the Brasileirão once and finished as runner-up on four occasions. Domestically, Atlético has also won one Copa do Brasil, one State Champions Cup[9] and the Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros.[10] The club has also won Campeonato Mineiro a record 43 times. In international club football, Atlético has won one Copa Libertadores, one Recopa Sudamericana and a record two Copa CONMEBOL, having reached three other continental finals.

The club plays the majority of its home matches at Estádio Independência, which holds up to 23,018 spectators. Mineirão, the club's ground for most of its history, is used as the team's home in important and high attendance matches, holding 62,160 people.[11] Atlético has a long-standing rivalry with Cruzeiro, with matches between the two teams being known as the Clássico Mineiro. The club also holds an interstate with Flamengo, and a local one with América Mineiro.

The team's regular home kit colours are black and white striped shirts, with black shorts, accompanied by white socks.[12] The club's mascot, a rooster (galo, in Portuguese), has been strongly associated with the club since its introduction in the 1940s, and through the years came to be a nickname by which it is commonly known.[13] The club is the 9th most valuable in Brazil, worth R$394.8 million (€122.7 million),[14] and ranks 8th in the country in terms of turnover, generating R$178.9 million in 2014 (€55.6 million).[15]

History

Main article: History of Clube Atlético Mineiro

Foundation and early years

The Atlético Mineiro team that won the inaugural Campeonato Mineiro in 1915

Atlético Mineiro was formed on March 25, 1908 by a group of twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte, who decided the club's name would be Athletico Mineiro Foot Ball Club. The club's first match was played against Sport Club Futebol on March 21, 1909, and won by Atlético 3–0, the first goal scored by Aníbal Machado.[4] In 1913 the club's name was officially changed to Clube Atlético Mineiro, and in the following year Atlético won Taça Bueno Brandão, the first competition ever held in the state of Minas Gerais.[16] In 1915, the club won the inaugural edition of the Campeonato Mineiro, the state league of Minas Gerais, then organised by the Liga Mineira de Sports Athléticos (which would later become the Federação Mineira de Futebol).[17]

A decade of dominance by América in Minas Gerais followed the first edition, and Atlético won the state league back-to-back in 1926 and 1927, with a squad led by club legend Mário de Castro.[18] In 1929 the club played its first international encounter against Vitória de Setúbal, and won 3–1 in a match played at the Presidente Antônio Carlos Stadium, opened earlier in the same year, and which would be the club's home ground for the following two decades.[12]

The 1937 State Champions Cup winning squad

After more state league victories in 1931, 1932 and 1936, Atlético won its first title at national level in 1937, the State Champions Cup organised by the Federação Brasileira de Foot-Ball, the federation for professional clubs that would later merge into the then-amateur Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD). The competition was contested by the 1936 state league champions from Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Espírito Santo: Atlético, Fluminense, Portuguesa and Rio Branco, with Galo defeating the latter 5–1 in the final match played at the Antônio Carlos stadium.[19] The title was followed in the decade by two more Campeonato Mineiro victories, in 1938 and 1939.

Success followed in the 1940s, with the club winning the state league again in 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947 and 1949.[20] 1950 saw another Campeonato Mineiro triumph, and was the year of the European tour, an important event in the club's history. The team played ten games in five European countries, against clubs from Germany, Austria, Belgium, France and Luxembourg. At a time when neither national competitions in Brazil nor continental in South America exist, and in the wake of the traumatic Maracanazo, the tour and Atlético's results, many of which achieved under adverse weather conditions and snow, were seen by national sports media as a historic achievement for Brazilian football itself.[21][22] The team was dubbed the Campeões do Gelo ("Ice Champions") for the feat, remembered in the club's official anthem.[23][24] In 1950 the club's home moved from Antônio Carlos to the newer and larger Estádio Independência. Dominance in the state continued in the 1950s with five more Campeonato Mineiro victories in a row, from 1952 to 1956, and one more in 1958. The club took part in the first edition of Taça Brasil, a cup competition between state league champions created by CBD in 1959, to select Brazil's entrants in the newly-formed Copa Libertadores.[25]

In the 1960s, Atlético won Campeonato Mineiro twice, in 1962 and 1963, but failed to advance to later stages of Taça Brasil. Mineirão, Belo Horizonte's new stadium, opened in 1965 and immediately became the club's new home. It was in the mid-1960s that the rivalry with Cruzeiro strengthened, after the blue club won the first five state leagues of the Mineirão era in a row. In 1967 another national-level competition was created by CBD, Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, which included more clubs than Taça Brasil, but Atlético did not finish in the top-four in any of its editions in the decade. However, highlights came in the form of friendlies against national sides: in 1968 Atlético, representing the Seleção, defeated UEFA Euro runner-up Yugoslavia 3–2 in the Mineirão,[26] and in the following year the Seleção itself, which would become champions of the 1970 FIFA World Cup, was defeated by Atlético 2–1.[27]

National success and dominance in Minas Gerais

Dadá Maravilha was the top goalscorer and led to club to triumph in the 1971 Brasileirão

In 1970, with the arrival of manager Telê Santana, Atlético broke Cruzeiro's sequence and won its first state league title in the Mineirão,[28] also finishing third in the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. In 1971, again managed by Telê and led by left-back Oldair and 1970 World Cup-winning forward Dadá Maravilha, the club won the Brasileirão. It was the first edition of a national championship with that denomination, which replaced both Taça Brasil and Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, and Atlético defeated Botafogo and São Paulo in a final group stage, securing its first continental participation.[29] The team failed to advance to the second stage of the 1972 Copa Libertadores, however.

After four trophyless years, in 1976 Atlético won the state league again and finished third place in Campeonato Brasileiro. Starting from 1977 Atlético's youth sectors formed a golden generation of players that would last until the middle of the 1980s, regarded as one of the greatest in the club's history.[30] Players Reinaldo, Toninho Cerezo, Éder, Luisinho, Paulo Isidoro and João Leite led Atlético to win the state league six times in a row from 1978 to 1983, and to good results in the Série A. The team finished as Brasileirão runner-up in the 1977 edition, losing to São Paulo on penalties at the Mineirão, despite remaining undefeated for the entire season. Reinaldo, the league's top scorer in that year with a 1.56 goal per match average, was banned from the final, according to him because of his insistence to celebrate his goals raising his fist, a political symbol which opposed Brazilian military government of the time.[31] The following year, Atlético reached Copa Libertadores semi-finals and won the Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros, a tournament organised by the Brazilian Sports Confederation between past winners of the Brasileirão, this time defeating São Paulo on a penalty shootout in the final.[32]

File:WC78 BRA-ITA.jpg
Reinaldo (right), nicknamed "O Rei" ("The King"), is Atlético's all-time top goalscorer and was part of the club's golden generation

In 1980, Atlético lost in another controversial Brasileirão final. Three players were sent off against Flamengo, among them Reinaldo, who received a straight red card after scoring twice.[33][34][35] The following year, Atlético was eliminated from Copa Libertadores without losing a match, after having five players sent off in a play-off match against Flamengo at Serra Dourada stadium.[35][36] Atlético took part in and won international friendly competitions in the decade, such as the Amsterdam Tournament and the Tournoi de Paris.[37][38] The club had the best performances of the 1980, 1983 and 1985 Brasileirão editions, and won the Campeonato Mineiro in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989.[20] The 1980s were a decade in which the club was dominant against its rival in the state and one of the country's top sides,[39][40] providing many players to the Brazilian national team and having good performances in the Brasileirão, but failed to win it due to a tendency to lose in the final knockout stages of the competition.

International achievements and financial turmoil

In the following decade, Atlético won the state league in 1991 and saw success at international level in 1992, when it won Copa CONMEBOL, its first official international title, defeating Olimpia in the finals.[41] The club then took part in the 1993 Copa de Oro, in which it eliminated rivals Cruzeiro in the semi-finals but eventually lost to Boca Juniors.[42] After finishing fourth in the 1994 Brasileirão, in 1995 the club won the state league and reached Copa CONMEBOL finals again, this time losing to Rosario Central.[43] In 1996 Atlético participated in the Copa Masters CONMEBOL, a competition between past winners of Copa CONMEBOL played in Cuiabá, in which it eliminated Rosario Central in the semi-finals but and lost São Paulo in the final match, while finishing third in the Brasileirão.[44] Another triumph came in the 1997 edition of the CONMEBOL, in which an Atlético team that included Marques and Cláudio Taffarel defeated Lanús in the finals and won the trophy for a second, undefeated, time.[45] That year the club finished the national league in fourth place. In 1999, after another Campeonato Mineiro title, Atlético, led by Marques and league top-scorer Guilherme, reached the Série A finals for the fourth time, but lost to Corinthians. Despite international success and good performances in the Série A, the decade was marked by bad club management by Atlético's presidents and deteriorating finances, which made the club one of the most indebted in Brazilian football.[46]

In 2000, Atlético won Campeonato Mineiro and reached Copa Libertadores quarter-finals and the semi-finals of Copa Mercosur, but had a bad season in Copa João Havelange, that year's national league edition. The following year, despite a good performance in the Brasileirão with a squad which included Marques, Guilherme and Gilberto Silva, the team once again was eliminated in the Série A semi-finals, eventually finishing in fourth place. After a finishing seventh in 2003 and a very bad 2004 season in which it barely escaped relegation, in 2005, after a disastrous start, the club was demoted to Série B.[47]

The club was promoted straight back up as Série B champion in 2006, returning to the Série A in 2007.[47] That year Atlético won the Campeonato Mineiro, defeating rivals Cruzeiro in the final, and managed to finish 8th in the league, earning a spot at the following year's Copa Sudamericana. In 2009, with Diego Tardelli in good form, Atlético led the Brasileirão in eight of the thirty-eight rounds, before eventually finishing in seventh place.[48] Despite some highlights in the first and final years, the 2000s were not a successful age in the club's history, marked once again by bad administration and frequent managerial changes.[49] Alexandre Kalil was chosen as the club's new president in 2008, and tried to improve its finances and status.[50]

National resurgence and international success

Ronaldinho played an important part in the club's resurgence after his arrival in 2012

In 2010, the team won its 40th Campeonato Mineiro, but finished 13th in the Série A. After a bad year in 2011, barely escaping relegation, the arrival of manager Cuca in the end of that season marked the beginning of another successful era for the club.[51] In 2012 the club moved back to Independência as the Mineirão was closed to renovations, and won Campeonato Mineiro undefeated. The arrival of Ronaldinho in the middle of the season was an important event for the club, which eventually finished as runner-up in the Série A and earned a spot in the following year's Copa Libertadores.

2013 saw the return of Diego Tardelli and Gilberto Silva to the club, who joined Ronaldinho, Jô and Bernard, as Atlético won another Campeonato Mineiro. An iconic moment for the club happened in the second leg of Copa Libertadores's quarter-finals against Club Tijuana. After a 2–2 away draw and with the score 1–1 at home, Atlético's centre-back Leonardo Silva fouled a Tijuana player inside the box at the 90+3 minute mark and a penalty was awarded, subsequently saved by Victor with his foot. The save, according to sports commentators and fans, represented the kicking out of the club's historic bad luck.[52][53] After defeating Newell's Old Boys in the semi-finals in a penalty shootout, following a 2–0 first-leg defeat and a 2–0 home win,[54] the club won its first Copa Libertadores after defeating Olimpia in a penalty shootout by a score of 4–3, after once again losing the first leg by 2–0 and winning the second by 2–0 at the Mineirão.[55] Atlético's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup, however, was unsuccessful, as the team failed to reach the finals after losing to Raja Casablanca, and eventually finished in third place after defeating Guangzhou Evergrande.[56]

Atlético Mineiro against Arsenal de Sarandí in the 2013 Copa Libertadores

The following year, Atlético won its first Recopa Sudamericana after once again meeting Lanús at a continental final, which finished 4–3 after extra-time.[57] In the same year's Copa do Brasil, Atlético eliminated Corinthians in the quarter-finals and Flamengo in the semi-finals to the reach the competition's finals for the first time. After going 2–0 down from both first legs and falling behind in the second, the team managed to make successive 4–1 comebacks, to reach the finals.[58] Atlético won its first Copa do Brasil defeating rivals Cruzeiro twice in highly anticipated finals, the first at national level to feature both Belo Horizonte clubs.[59] In the end of 2014 Alexandre Kalil's term at the club's presidency ended and Daniel Nepomuceno was elected for the office.[60] The team's successful run in the decade continued with its 43rd state league triumph in 2015.[61]

Symbols and colours

Crest

  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1940s
    1940s
  • 1950s
    1950s
  • 1960s
    1960s
  • 1970s
    1970s
  • 1990s
    1990s
  • Current
    Current

The club first used an emblem in 1922, which consisted of a simple design of the three initials of the club's name ("CAM" for Clube Atlético Mineiro) in an oval shape in black. The first change occurred in 1923, when a black and white striped Swiss escutcheon was adopted, with the letters in its upper part and black and white stripes in the lower.[62] The crests's general format has been kept ever since, with only the exact format and the placement of the black and white stripes within the escutcheon changing throughout the decades. The only significant change came in the 1970s when a golden star above the badge was adopted, alluding to the 1971 Série A title.[63] Red stars above the badge were featured on two occasions, alluding to the 1978 Copa dos Campeões and the 1992 Copa CONMEBOL victories, but were removed in 1999.[64]

File:Galovolpi.svg
The club's mascot as designed by artist Alfredo Volpi

Mascot

The team's mascot, a rooster, is one of the best-known in the country.[65] It was created in the 1940s by Fernando Pierucetti, a cartoonist for A Folha de Minas newspaper. Pierucetti, known as Mangabeira, was designated to design a mascot for each of the three greatest clubs in Belo Horizonte. According to Mangabeira, Atlético's would be the rooster because the team used to play with passion and would never give up until the end of each match, like roosters in cockfights.[66][67]

Throughout the years the word Galo (Portuguese for "rooster") became a cheering chant for the supporters and a nickname by which they referred to the club, a denomination which eventually spread to other football fans in the country as well.[68] According to former goalkeeper Kafunga, who played for the club since before the introduction of Mangabeira's mascot in the 1940s, the "rooster" nickname was already associated with Atlético by word of mouth because of its kit colours.[69] The nickname is mentioned in the club's anthem, whose chorus hails Atlético as a "strong and avenging rooster".[23][70] In the club's home matches, a human-sized mascot in the form of a rooster, the Galo Doido ("Crazy Rooster"), cheers the crowd.[71]

Kits

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1981 Rainha none
1982 Credireal
1983 Adidas none
1984–1985 Precon
1986 Penalty Agrimisa
Coca-Cola
1987–1990
1991 Dell'erba
1992–1993 Penalty
1994 Umbro
1995 Multivision/Corona/TAM
1996 TAM
1997 Penalty Lousano/Tenda
1998 Tenda
1999 31
2000 GALO
2001 none
2002–2003 Umbro Fiat
2004 MRV Engenharia
2005–2007 Diadora
2008 Lotto Fiat
2009 none
2010–2012 Topper Banco BMG
2013 Lupo
2014 Puma
2015 MRV Engenharia

The club's home kit has always consisted of a black and white vertically striped shirt, with black shorts and white or black socks. The width of the black and white stripes has varied from season to season, as have the shirt numbers colours, which have usually been red, black, white or yellow. Atlético's traditional away kit is all-white shirts, shorts and socks, but has had slight variations.[72] An all-black third kit was introduced in the 2000 season, being used again in 2015.[73] In 2008 a black-and-gold vertically striped third kit was launched to commemorate the club's centenary.[74] Number 12 is retired from the club's kits, dedicated to the fans.[75]

2008
(centenary)
1997
(third)
1971
(home)
1950
(home)

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers

Since the 1981 season the club has had its kits manufactured by sportswear corporations, the first one being Brazilian company Rainha. Atlético's kit has been manufactured since 2014 by Puma, which is contracted to supply the team until 2015.[76] Previously, the kits were manufactured by Adidas (1983–85), Penalty (1986–90, 1992–93 and 1997–2001), Dell'erba (1991), Umbro (1994–96 and 2002–04), Diadora (2005–07), Lotto (2008–09), Topper (2010–12) and Lupo (2013).

In 1982 bank Credireal was Atlético's first shirt sponsor.[77] After one sponsorless season in 1983, construction company Precon appeared on the shirts in 1984 and 1985, being replaced by Agrimisa bank in 1986. In 1987 Coca-Cola sponsored all participating clubs of Copa União,[78] and the brand remained in Atlético's kits until 1994. The club was subsequently sponsored by TAM Airlines (1995–96), construction company Tenda (1997–98) and Telemar (1999). Two sponsorless years followed, before deals were signed with Fiat (2002–03), MRV Engenharia (2004–07) and Fiat again in 2008. After one more season without a brand in the club's shirts, bank BMG, owned by former club president Ricardo Annes Guimarães,[79] was the main sponsor from 2010 to 2014. MRV Engenharia returned as the club's main shirt sponsor in 2015.[80]

Stadiums

Match played between Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro at the Presidente Antônio Carlos stadium in 1941
Main articles: Mineirão, Independência, and Estádio Presidente Antônio Carlos

Atlético had its first own home ground at Paraopeba Avenue, in downtown Belo Horizonte, built in 1912 across the street from América's first stadium.[81] The club's main ground for most of its early years, however, was the Presidente Antônio Carlos stadium, which held 5,000 people, nicknamed Estádio de Lourdes for the bairro in which it was located. The Antônio Carlos was one of the first stadiums in Brazil to feature floodlights, and opened on May 30, 1929 in a friendly against Corinthians, won by Atlético 4–2. The following year, the stadium was visited by then FIFA president Jules Rimet, who for the first time watched a night game.[82] The stadium fell out of favour, however, when the larger Independência was built in 1950, and remained largely unused by the first squad, eventually being sold by the club to the Belo Horizonte municipality in the 1960s. After decades of legal disputes with the municipal government, the estate returned to the club in 1991, and was leased to a shopping mall, which was built in 1996 where the ground once was, across the street from Atlético's administrative headquarters.[83]

Atlético Mineiro playing against Fluminense at Independência, the club's main home ground since 2012

Construction for Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, more commonly known as Independência, started in 1947 in preparation for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, during which its first match was played.[84] Originally property of the Government of Minas Gerais, ownership was transferred to Sete de Setembro FC in 1965 when the Mineirão was built, and in 1997 property passed to América, when it absorbed Sete de Setembro.[85] Before Mineirão, the stadium was the largest in Belo Horizonte holding up to 30,000 people, and was preferred by Atlético over the older and smaller Antônio Carlos stadium. After the Mineirão's construction, however, Atlético did not use the stadium for decades, the exception being a brief spell in the late 1990s. The stadium was renovated in 2012, while Mineirão was closed in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and in that year Atlético announced a deal with BWA, the stadium manager. The club signed a contract to use the stadium as its home ground for 10 years, which has happened since then, except in important and high attendance matches.[12]

File:Novo mineirão aérea.jpg
Mineirão, the club's ground for most of its history, was renovated for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and is used as the team's home in important matches

Mineirão (officially Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto) opened in 1965, and quickly became the home of both Atlético and Cruzeiro,[86] due to being much larger than any other stadium in Belo Horizonte or in the state, holding over 100,000 spectators at its peak. Property of the State of Minas Gerais, Mineirão was Atlético's home since its opening until it closed in 2010 for renovations prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, when the club temporarily moved to Arena do Jacaré in Sete Lagoas and subsequently to Independência in 2012.[87] Historically the club's home ground, Atlético's most important matches have all been played at the Mineirão, a fact that has continued even after Independência became the first choice home stadium.[88][89] After the renovation, Mineirão has an overall capacity of 62,160.[90]

Cidade do Galo ("Rooster City"), the club's main training facility since 2001, has been laureated as the best in Brazil and is considered one of the best in the world.[91][92] It hosted the Argentina national football team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[93] Other facilities owned by the club include Vila Olímpica, the old training grounds opened in 1973 that hosted the Seleção in its preparation for the 1982 FIFA World Cup,[94] and Labareda, a leisure and health club in Belo Horizonte.[95] In 2015 club president Daniel Nepomuceno announced that Atlético has a four-year project to build a new stadium in Belo Horizonte, with a 45,000 capacity.[96][97]

Supporters

A massa supporting Atlético Mineiro at the Independência in 2012

Atlético Mineiro was founded by liberal upper class students, but from an early age opened its doors to players from every social class, nationality or ethnicity, which earned it a "people's club" status in Belo Horizonte and in the state, while América had a reputation as an elitist club and Cruzeiro was strongly associated with the local Italian colony at the time.[5][6][98] As a result of the popular support, the fans came to be collectively known as "A Massa" (Portuguese for "the mass").[99] According to a 2014 survey conducted by IBOPE and Lance!, the club is the best-supported in Belo Horizonte and in Minas Gerais, and has the 6th largest fanbase in Brazil, with seven million supporters.[8] A 2014 survey by Datafolha, however, shows Atlético as the second best-supported club in Minas Gerais and 10th in Brazil.[100]

Atlético has had the best average attendance in nine editions of the Série A since 1972, and has the second highest average all-time attendance in Brazilian football.[101] The club also ranks second in all-time total attendance in the national league, with more than 13 million tickets sold in 581 home matches as of the 2014 season.[102][103][104] The second leg of the 2013 Copa Libertadores finals between Atlético and Olimpia, played at the Mineirão and attended by 56,557 people, had the highest gate receipt revenue of all-time in South American football, yielding R$14.17 million (€4.8 million at the time).[105][106]

Atlético has many torcidas organizadas that support the club, the oldest being Dragões da FAO, founded in 1969, and the largest and best-known being Galoucura. Other notable torcidas include Galö Metal, Movimento 105 Minutos and the Charanga, a brass band which plays during the club's home matches.[107] Galoucura has historically developed alliances with other torcidas in Brazil, most notably Palmeiras's Mancha Verde and Vasco da Gama's Força Jovem.[108] After difficult but successful comebacks in 2013 and 2014, the fans have adopted the motto "Eu acredito" ("I believe") to support the club in against-the-odds situations.[109][110] Number 12 is retired from the club's jerseys and dedicated to the fans.[75]

Chart with Atlético Mineiro's average attendances in the national league from 1971 to 2014

In 1999 the club introduced Galo de Prata ("Silver Rooster"), a trophy officially awarded by Atlético to sportspeople, illustrious supporters, artists, politicians, and organisations that somehow promote the club's name.[111] Since the implementation of municipal and state laws in 2007 and 2008, Dia do Atleticano ("Atleticano Day") is officially celebrated in Belo Horizonte and Minas Gerais every year on March 25, the day of the club's foundation.[112][113] Atlético launched TV Galo in 2007, a TV Channel which provides content for fans such as interviews with players and staff, in addition to coverage of training sessions and matches, footballing news, and other themed programming.[114] Since 2012, the club has an affiliation program called Galo na Veia, in which supporters can become season ticket holders or pay monthly fees to buy match tickets at reduced price.[115]

Rivalries

Main articles: Atlético–Cruzeiro football rivalry and Flamengo–Atlético football rivalry
Atlético Mineiro supporters during a 2007 Clássico Mineiro match held at the Mineirão, prior to the stadium's renovation

Atlético has two traditional derbies in Belo Horizonte, against América and against Cruzeiro. Until the 1950s and early 1960s, the strongest rivalry in Minas Gerais was between Atlético and América, but from the mid-1960s on, Atlético against Cruzeiro became the biggest derby.[116][117] Atlético also has an interstate rivalry with Flamengo of Rio de Janeiro, developed in the 1980s from numerous controversial encounters between the two clubs in that decade's Brasileirão and Copa Libertadores editions, which remained through the following years.[118]

The Atlético–Cruzeiro derby, known as Clássico Mineiro ("Mineiro Derby"), has been played 491 times, with 199 wins for Atlético, 162 wins for Cruzeiro and 130 draws.[119] Atlético's biggest win against Cruzeiro was 9–2 on November 27, 1927.[120] Atlético dominated the rivalry from its early days until the 1950s, but Cruzeiro rose in the 1960s and 1970s to be a strong challenger. The 1980s were favourable to Atlético, while the 1990s and 2000s to Cruzeiro. In the 2010s, Atlético achieved an eleven-game undefeated run against its rival, running from 2013 to 2015. In 2014, Atlético and Cruzeiro were finalists of Copa do Brasil, the first national final between the two clubs. Atlético Mineiro triumphed with an aggregate score of 3–0, the final match being played at the Mineirão.[59]

Atlético–América, known as the Clássico das Multidões ("Derby of the Masses") before the construction of the Mineirão,[121] has been played 394 times, with 194 wins for Atlético, 103 wins for América and 97 draws.[122]

Records

Bernard, who won the 2013 Copa Libertadores with Atlético Mineiro, is the club's record selling transfer
Main article: List of Clube Atlético Mineiro records and statistics

Former goalkeeper João Leite holds Atlético's official appearance record, with 684.[123] Forward Reinaldo is Galo's all-time leading goalscorer with 255 goals since joining the club's first squad in 1973.[124] In the 1977 season, Reinaldo scored 28 goals in 18 appearances, setting the club record for more Brasileirão goals in a single season, which is the best average goal per game record in the Série A.[125] Dadá Maravilha comes in second with 211, the only other player to score over 200 goals for the team.[126] Argentine striker Lucas Pratto is Atlético's all-time foreign goalscorer with 20 goals.[127]

Telê Santana, who managed the Brazilian national football team in two FIFA World Cups, is Galo's longest serving head coach, sitting on the bench in 434 matches during three periods in the 1970s and 1980s.[128] Nelson Campos is Atlético's longest serving president, with nine years in three terms.[82]

The first official game participated in by Atlético was in the 1915 Campeonato Mineiro against Yale, and won 5–0.[129] The biggest ever victory recorded by Galo was 13–0 against Calafate, in the 1927 Campeonato Mineiro. In the national league, the biggest win came against Ferroviária, 7–1 in the 1982 season.[130] The club's home attendance record, derbies excepted, is 115,142 in a friendly match against Flamengo at the Mineirão, played in 1980.[131] Atlético holds the Brazilian record for longest unbeaten run at home, with 54 matches from 2011 to 2013.[132][133]

The purchase of André from Dynamo Kyiv in 2012 is the club's buying transfer record, costing around €8 million.[134] Atlético's record sale is the transfer of Bernard to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2013, which costed the Ukrainian club €25 million.[135]

Finances and ownership

As is the case for most Brazilian football clubs, Atlético Mineiro's by-law defines the club as a not-for-profit public utility association, formed by associates (sócios). The club's administrative powers are the General Assembly, the Deliberative Council, the Board, the Fiscal Council and the Ethics and Discipline Council. The General Assembly, composed of all associates, elects the Deliberative Council among its members every three years, which in turn elects and removes the club's Board, responsible for the executive management of the club.[136] Season ticket holders and participants of the Galo na Veia affiliatin program, which are called sócios-torcedores, are not full club associates and cannot vote or be voted in the elections.[137]

A research conducted by BDO in 2015 indicates the club has a brand value of 394.8 million reais (€122.7 million), the 9th most valuable in Brazil.[14] In terms of annual turnover, Atlético ranks 8th in the country, with R$178.9 million (€55.6 million) in 2014, which represented a 21% decrease compared to the previous year.[15] The club's main sponsorship deal with MRV Engenharia, worth R$23 million (€7.1 million) per year, is the third biggest in the country.[138] Atlético is Brazil's fourth highest earner in terms of television rights, attaining R$80.4 million (€25 million) in 2014.[139] The club's kit sponsorship deal with Puma is worth R$15 million (€4.6 million) per year.[76]

The club's gross debt is R$486.6 million (€151.3 million), the fourth largest in Brazil, with a R$48.6 million (€15.1 million) deficit in 2014.[140] The club's balance sheet states it experiences operational losses, and according to a study by Itaú BBA, Atlético operates in a dangerous "financial all in".[141][142] The majority of the club's debt is owed to the Federal government of Brazil, totalling R$286.6 million (€89.1 million), and in 2015, after a law sanctioned by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Atlético and other clubs stated their intention to join a government program for debt financing.[143]

Honours

File:Copa Libertadores 2013.jpg
The Copa Libertadores in the club's trophy room
See also: List of Clube Atlético Mineiro honours, List of Clube Atlético Mineiro seasons, and Clube Atlético Mineiro in South American football

Atlético Mineiro's first trophy was Taça Bueno Brandão, won in 1914. The club's first Campeonato Mineiro title came in 1915, the inaugural edition of the competition, which Atlético has won a record 43 times. The club's first and only Brasileirão title was won in 1971, and the first Copa do Brasil came in 2014. At international level, Atlético is the most of successful club of Copa CONMEBOL with two wins, and has won the Copa Libertadores and the Recopa Sudamericana once each. The club's most recent trophy is the 2015 Campeonato Mineiro.

International

Winners (1): 2013
Winners (2): 1992, 1997
Winners (1): 2014

Domestic

National

Winners (1): 1971
Winners (1): 2014
Winners (1): 1937
Winners (1): 1978
Winners (1): 2006

Regional

Winners (43): 1915, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960,1962, 1963, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Winners (5): 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1987

Players

Main article: List of Clube Atlético Mineiro players
For a list of all former and current Atlético Mineiro players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Clube Atlético Mineiro players.

Current squad

As of August 24, 2015[146]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Brazil BRA Victor
2 DF Brazil BRA Marcos Rocha
3 DF Brazil BRA Leonardo Silva (captain)
4 DF Brazil BRA Jemerson
5 MF Brazil BRA Rafael Carioca
6 DF Brazil BRA Douglas Santos
8 MF Brazil BRA Leandro Donizete
9 FW Argentina ARG Lucas Pratto
10 MF Argentina ARG Jesús Dátolo
13 FW Brazil BRA Carlos
14 MF Brazil BRA Giovanni Augusto
15 DF Brazil BRA Edcarlos (vice-captain)
16 DF Brazil BRA Pedro Botelho (on loan from Atlético Paranaense)
18 DF Brazil BRA Carlos César
19 MF Colombia COL Sherman Cárdenas (on loan from Atlético Nacional)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 GK Brazil BRA Giovanni
22 FW Brazil BRA Thiago Ribeiro (on loan from Santos)
23 MF Brazil BRA Dodô
25 MF Brazil BRA Danilo Pires (on loan from Corinthians Alagoano)
26 DF Brazil BRA Tiago
27 FW Brazil BRA Luan
28 MF Brazil BRA Josué
29 DF Brazil BRA Patric
30 MF Brazil BRA Eduardo
31 DF Brazil BRA Jesiel
32 GK Brazil BRA Uilson
33 GK Brazil BRA Rodolfo
37 DF Brazil BRA Mansur (on loan from Vitória)
— DF Brazil BRA Emerson Conceição
— MF Brazil BRA Lucas Cândido

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Brazil BRA Alex Silva (at Sport Recife)
— DF Brazil BRA Emerson (at Avaí)
— DF Brazil BRA Eron (at Ceará)
— MF Brazil BRA Fillipe Soutto (at Náutico)
— MF Brazil BRA Leleu (at Paysandu)
— MF Brazil BRA Renan Oliveira (at Avaí)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Brazil BRA Serginho (at Vasco da Gama)
— MF Brazil BRA Maicosuel (at Al Sharjah)
— FW Brazil BRA André (at Sport Recife)
— FW Brazil BRA Marion (at Joinville)
— FW Brazil BRA Neto Berola (at Santos)
— FW Brazil BRA Wescley (at Ceará)

Retired number

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – A Massa (the 12th man)

Management

Team management

Atlético has a permanent technical staff, managerial positions excepted.

Information correct as of August 2015.[147]

Position Staff
Head coach Levir Culpi
Assistant manager Luís Matter
Technical Supervisor Carlos Alberto Isidoro
Fitness Coach Rodolfo Mehl
Luís Otávio Kalil
Goalkeeping coach Francisco Cersósimo
Doctor Rodrigo Lasmar
Marcus Vinícius
Otaviano Oliveira
Physiotherapist Rômulo Frank
Guilherme Fialho
Physiologist Roberto Chiari
Sports Technology Assistant Alexandre Ceolin
Dentist Marcelo Lasmar
Nutritionist Evandro Vasconcelos
Natália Carvalho
Masseur Belmiro Oliveira
Eduardo Vasconcelos
Hélio Gomes
Field Assistant Rubens Pinheiro

Notable managers

Main article: List of Clube Atlético Mineiro managers
For a list of all former Atlético Mineiro managers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Clube Atlético Mineiro managers.

The following are the managers with most matches in charge of the club.[148][149]

Name Matches Trophies
Brazil Telê Santana 434 Brasileirão, 2 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Procópio Cardoso 328 Copa CONMEBOL, 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Levir Culpi 278 Recopa Sudamericana, Copa do Brasil, 3 Campeonato Mineiro, Série B
Brazil Barbatana 227 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Uruguay Ricardo Diéz 171 3 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Yustrich 159 1 Campeonato Mineiro
Brazil Cuca 153 Copa Libertadores, 2 Campeonato Mineiro

Club board

See also: List of Clube Atlético Mineiro presidents

The club's board took office on December 3, 2014, with its term ending on December 31, 2017.[150]

Position Staff
President Daniel Nepomuceno
Vice-President Manuel Bravo Saramago
Director of Football Eduardo Maluf
Planning Director Rodolfo Gropen
Executive Director Adriana Branco
Legal Director Lásaro Cândido da Cunha
Finances Director Carlos Fabel
Communications Director Domênico Bhering
Vila Olímpica Director Edéferson Araújo

Other departments

Futsal

Atlético Mineiro opened its futsal department in the 1960s, achieving victories at state level in the following decades, and winning the Taça Brasil in 1985.[151] In the late 1990s the team, named Atlético Pax de Minas for sponsorship reasons, was dominant at national and international level. With players such as Manoel Tobias, Falcão and Lenísio in its roster, Atlético won the Brazilian Liga Futsal twice, in 1997 and 1999, and the Intercontinental Futsal Cup in 1998, being runner-up in 2000.[152] In the second leg of the 1999 Liga Futsal finals against Rio de Janeiro, the attendance at Mineirinho was 25,713, a world record in the sport.[153] In 2000 the sponsorship deal with Pax de Minas ended and the club's professional senior futsal team folded, with the youth sectors remaining. In 2009 the futsal department ceased operations.[154]

Olympic sports

Throughout its history, Atlético Mineiro had departments for other olympic sports, with the athletics and volleyball ones achieving notability. In 1983 runner João da Mata won the São Silvestre road race as an Atlético athlete.[155] In 2007 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot and Alice Timbilil won the race and celebrated their victory with Atlético flags, and the club's board stated the athletes had been sponsored as a marketing strategy.[156] The club's volleyball department won the Minas Gerais Volleyball Championship a total of twelve times, ranking second in the state for most titles won. The team had a specially successful period in the early 1980s, under administrative management of Alexandre Kalil, who would become club President in 2009.[157]

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Further reading

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  • Baêta, Marcelo (2012). 1971: o ano do galo. São Paulo: Panda. ISBN 978-85-7888-252-5.
  • Drummond, Roberto (2007). Uma Paixão em Preto e Branco. Belo Horizonte: Leitura. ISBN 978-85-7358-796-8.
  • Freire, Alexandre (2007). Preto no branco: ensaios sobre o Clube Atlético Mineiro: o Galo entre a razão e a paixão. Belo Horizonte: Alexandre Freire. ISBN 978-85-906856-1-6.
  • Goldblatt, David (2014). Futebol Nation, a Footballing History of Brazil. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-02-419697-8-6.
  • Marra, Mário; Bertozzi, Leonardo; Beting, Mauro (2013). Nós acreditamos! Campeão da libertadores 2013. São Paulo: BB. ISBN 978-85-62716-28-7.
  • Ziller, Aldechi (1997). Enciclopédia Atlético de todos os tempos: a vida, as lutas, as glórias do Clube Atlético Mineiro, o campeoníssimo das Gerais (2 ed.). Belo Horizonte.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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