Clube Atlético Mineiro

Clube Atlético Mineiro was founded on March 25,1908 by 22 middle-class boys from Belo Horizonte. The boys decided that the uniform would be a white shirt with a green horizontal strip on the chest. Soon after they decided to change the kit to the black and white striped shirt like nowadays. Atlético first match was against Sport football club, Atlético won 3-0. From this day Atlético became a very respected team in the city.

A very important fact is that in 1969 Atletico beat the Brazilian national team that would become champions of the 1970 FIFA World Cup in 1970 for 2-1. Two years later, Atletico won the first Brazilian championship in history the biggest title. The following decade would be one of the best in Atlético history, the club won the state championship 6 times and the team has a very good performances in Brazilian Championship.

Nowadays Atlético has a great team with a lot of good players. Atlético has a big patrimonium with Galo store , Labareda Club and the training center: Galo city. In 2004 Atlético got into a financial crises and almost got demoted to the B series. In 2005 Atlético started the year disastrously, it was the worst year of its history. Atlético got demoted to the second Division of the Brazilian Championship. In 2007 Atlético resurged to the A series of the Brazilian Championship again and in this year defeated their rival Cruzeiro in the final of Minas championship.

Atlético is one of the most traditional soccer teams in Brazil, in this year of 2008 galo is celebrating one hundred years! There is no doubt Atlético Mineiro is a soccer team with a lot of titles , victories and fame! It’s very important to the history of soccer!

Victor