"Atletico Mineiro": all the fun about the popular Brazilian club

"Atletico Mineiro" is a popular sports club from Brazil, which is best known for the performances of its football team. This is traditionally one of the strongest FCs in the whole country. So it's worth talking about it in more detail.

Founding and beginning of history

"Atletico Mineiro" can not be called a young club, since it was founded in 1908. The first achievement of his players is in 1915. Then the club managed to win its first official state championship. In the 20's and 30's of the last century the team was very successful, and its leaders were such athletes as Jairo, Mario de Castro and Said. These players could score incredible goals. At that time, on account of each of them was a hundred decorated in the gate rivals balls. And in the sum for the whole career these three sportsmen scored for Atlético Mineiro 459 goals! It's no wonder why the coming decades the team was visited only by the best players and the club, due to their efforts, dominated the football scene of Brazil. The team won as many as 12 state championships and of them - 5 in a row (from 1952 to 1956).

Modernity

"Athletic Mineiro" went through many difficulties. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the XXI century the club passed positions and the results of the team deteriorated significantly. And it touched all directions. Moreover, in 2004 the team almost left the Brazilian Serie A! Then they managed to maintain their position, but not for long - in 2005 it all happened.

In 2006, FC Atletico Mineiro did well in Serie B. For several months, the team had enough for a kind of rehabilitation in the lower division. And in 2006 the club returned to the elite again. Many believe that this period stood out for FC one of the worst in history. But it brought some fruits, because in 2013 the team reached an incredible international success. "Atletico Mineiro", whose composition at that time was quite powerful, won the Copa Libertadores. This was really a worthwhile achievement. After that, the team's ratings increased significantly. According to statistics, about 4 million people are ill for this club (data at the beginning of the current decade).

Achievements

This team has a lot of achievements behind it. Once the club "Atletico Mineiro" became the champion of Brazil: it was in 1971. Once he managed to win the Cup of the country. This, by the way, was in the year before, in 2014. As many as 42 times the club became the winner in the League of Mineiro, twice won the CONMEBOL Cup. And in addition to a grand victory in the Copa Libertadores in 2013, a year later, the team became the winner of Recopa in South America.

The club was coached by such well-known specialists as Tele Santana, Levir Kulpi, Ricardo Diez, Barbatana and Procopio Cardoso. Still in its structure was a lot of famous players. These are Guilherme, Dede, Doriva, Jairo Campos, Marquez, Julio Cesar Caceres, Renaldo, Benito Fantoni and others.

To date, the club play such players as Lopes Pablo, Carlos Carvalho, Rafael Carioca, Silva Lenardo and many other promising athletes.

Well, it remains to wish the club further development and new victories. And you can rest assured, they will still be.