Cruzeiro is one of the two Brazilian clubs to complete the Domestic Treble, a feat accomplished in 2003 after winning the Campeonato Mineiro, the 2003 Copa do Brasil and the 2003 Brasileirão.Ĭruzeiro hold a long-standing rivalry against Atlético Mineiro. A Raposa also obtained many international laurels such as two Copa Libertadores, two Supercopa Libertadores, one Recopa Sudamericana, one Copa de Oro and one Copa Master de Supercopa. Cruzeiro won the defunct state competitions Taça Minas Gerais five times, the Copa dos Campeões Mineiros twice, Copa Sul Minas twice, the Torneio Início 10 times and the Supercampeonato Mineiro once. Cruzeiro has also won record six Copa do Brasil titles and the Campeonato Mineiro 39 times. Cruzeiro has won the Brasileirão again in 2003, 20, obtaining the best campaign in the present format of the competition. It won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for the first time in 1966, after defeating Santos' Os Santásticos in the final series. Cruzeiro's regular kit colors are blue shirts and white shorts with white socks.Ĭruzeiro is one of Brazil's most successful clubs. Cruzeiro play their home games at the Mineirão stadium, which currently holds up to 62,547 spectators. On October 7 1942, club board members rebaptized the club with the name of a leading national symbol: the Cruzeiro do Sul's constellation.

As a result of the Second World War, the Brazilian federal government banned the use of any symbols referring to the Axis powers in 1942. The club was founded on 2 January 1921, by sportsmen from the Italian colony of Belo Horizonte as Società Sportiva Palestra Itália.

It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league. Its football team is the most prestigious team in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube ( Brazilian Portuguese: ), known simply as Cruzeiro, is the largest sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

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