- Campeonato Mineiro
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Campeonato Mineiro 
Countries Brazil Confederation CBF
Federação Mineira de FutebolFounded 1915 Number of teams 12 Domestic cup(s) Copa do Brasil Current champions Cruzeiro
(2011)Most championships Atlético (40 titles) Website www.fmfnet.com.br 
2012 Campeonato MineiroCampeonato 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 in to 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 stadiums 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 also gained prominence, Cruzeiro. Atlético is the most successful team in the competition, having won 40 championships as of May 2010.
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.
Contents
List of champions
Titles by team
- Atlético 40 times
- Cruzeiro 37 times
- América 15 times
- Villa Nova 5 times
- Siderúrgica 2 times
- Caldense and Ipatinga 1 time
Current clubs
First Division 2011 (Módulo I da Primeira Divisão)
Belo HorizonteAmérica-TOFunorteGuaraniLocations of the 2011 Módulo I teams- América Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
- América-TO (Teófilo Otoni)
- Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
- Caldense (Poços de Caldas)
- Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)
- EC Democrata (Governador Valadares)
- Funorte (Montes Claros)
- Guarani (Divinópolis)
- Ipatinga FC
- Tupi (Juiz de Fora)
- Uberaba SC
- Villa Nova (Nova Lima)
Second Division 2011 (Módulo II da Primeira Divisão)
FluminenseFormiga ECPatos_de_MinasPoços de Caldas FCTombenseTricordianoLocations of the 2011 Módulo II teams- Fluminense (Araguari)
- Formiga EC
- EC Itaúna
- Ituiutaba EC
- Mamoré (Patos de Minas)
- Nacional (Nova Serrana)
- Patrocinense (Patrocínio)
- Poços de Caldas FC
- Tombense (Tombos)
- Tricordiano (Três Corações)
- Uberlândia EC
- URT (Patos de Minas)
Third Division 2011 (Segunda Divisão)
- Araxá EC
- Arsenal (Santa Luzia)
- Coimbra EC
- Democrata (Sete Lagoas)
- Guarani (Pouso Alegre)
- Ideal (Ipatinga)
- Social (Coronel Fabriciano)
- Sul Minas (Pouso Alegre)
- Sport (Juiz de Fora)
- Valeriodoce (Itabira)
- Varginha EC
- Venda Nova (Belo Horizonte)
See also
External links
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