Campeonato Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro

Country	Brazil
Confederation	CBF Federação Mineira de Futebol
Founded	1915
Number of teams	12
Domestic cup(s)	Copa do Brasil
Current champions	América (16th title) (2016)
Most championships	Atlético (43 titles)
TV partners	Rede Globo
Website	www.fmfnet.com.br
2016 Campeonato Mineiro

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 into 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 stadium's 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, Cruzeiro, also gained prominence. Atlético is the most successful team in the competition, having won 43 championships as of 2015.

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 Reinaldo, Cerezo, Éder, Ronaldo, Dario and Tostão had their professional football debut in the competition.

List of champions

Titles by team

• Atlético 43 times
• Cruzeiro 37 times
• América 16 times
• Villa Nova 5 times
• Siderúrgica 2 times
• Caldense and Betim (Ipatinga) 1 time

RSSSF

Current clubs

First Division 2015 (Módulo I da Primeira Divisão)

Belo Horizonte

Patos de Minas

Caldense

Democrata

Tombense

Boa Esporte

Guarani

Tupi

Villa Nova

Belo Horizonte teams:
América
Atlético
Cruzeiro

Patos de Minas teams:
Mamoré
URT

Locations of the 2015 Módulo I teams

• América Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
• Atlético (Belo Horizonte)
• Boa Esporte (Varginha)
• Caldense (Poços de Caldas)
• Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)
• EC Democrata (Governador Valadares)
• Guarani (Divinópolis)
• Tupi (Juiz de Fora)
• Villa Nova (Nova Lima)
• Mamoré (Patos de Minas)
• Tombense (Tombos)
• URT (Patos de Minas)

Second Division 2015 (Módulo II da Primeira Divisão)

Uberlândia

Muriaé

América of Teófilo Otoni

Ipatinga

Patrocinense

Tricordiano

Montes Claros

Social

Minas Boca

Muriaé teams:
Nacional AC
Nacional EC

Uberlândia teams:
Portal
Uberlândia

Locations of the 2015 Módulo II teams

• América of Teófilo Otoni (Teófilo Otoni)
• Araxá (Araxá)
• Ipatinga (Ipatinga)
• Social (Coronel Fabriciano)
• Minas Boca (Sete Lagoas)
• Montes Claros (Montes Claros)
• Nacional AC (Muriaé)
• Nacional EC (Muriaé)
• Patrocinense (Patrocínio)
• Portal (Uberlândia)
• Tricordiano (Três Corações
• Uberlândia(Uberlândia)

See also

• Campeonato Mineiro (lower levels)

External links

• FMF Official Website
• Campeões do Futebol
• Julio Bovi Diogo: Minas Gerais State -- List of Champions RSSSF Brasil, 24 July 2012.

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