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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Template:IPA) is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system; Copa do Brasil, the national knockout-style competition; and in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league. It is often considered one of the biggest clubs in the history of Latin America, and is the biggest club in the state of Minas Gerais.

The club was founded on 2 January 1921, by sportsmen from the Italian colony of Belo Horizonte as Società Sportiva Palestra Itália. 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. On October 7, 1942,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> club board members renamed the club with the name of a leading national symbol: the Cruzeiro do Sul's constellation. Cruzeiro play their home games at the Mineirão stadium, which currently holds up to 61,919 spectators. Cruzeiro's regular kit colors are blue shirts and white shorts with white socks.

Cruzeiro is one of Brazil's most successful clubs. It won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A for the first time in 1966, after defeating Santos' Santásticos in the final series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cruzeiro has won the Brasileirão again in 2003, 2013 and 2014, obtaining the best-ever campaign in the present format of the competition in 2003 with 100 points. Cruzeiro has also won record six Copa do Brasil titles and the Campeonato Mineiro 38 times. Cruzeiro won the defunct state competitions Taça Minas Gerais five times, the Copa dos Campeões Mineiros twice, the Copa Sul-Minas twice, the Torneio Início 8 times and the Supercampeonato Mineiro once. 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 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.

Cruzeiro hold a long-standing rivalry against Atlético Mineiro. It has contributed many key and famous players towards Brazil's FIFA World Cup squads such as Wilson Piazza, Tostão, Nelinho, Ronaldo, Luisão, Alex, Maicon, Cris, Dida, Jairzinho, Rivaldo and Edílson among many others, as well as towards other countries' FIFA World Cup squads, including Roberto Perfumo and Juan Pablo Sorín from Argentina, and Giorgian de Arrascaeta from Uruguay.

History

Cruzeiro's history is traced back to the Italian community living in Belo Horizonte, a city where already some Italian immigrants lived<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and their desire to set up a football club. Similar to the Italians of São Paulo (who founded Palestra Itália, now known as Palmeiras) the people of Belo Horizonte wanted the Italian colonies in Minas Gerais to have its own club as well.

In the sporting goods and footwear Augustine Ranieri's factory, located on the street of Caetés, it was decided the foundation of the club should tackle the three major capital: Atlético Mineiro, América-MG and Yale. Was born at that moment, the Società Sportiva Palestra Italia, established on 2 January 1921.<ref name="cruzeiropedia">Template:Cite web</ref>

The meeting was attended by 95 founders present the shield and uniform that made reference to the Italian colors, and whose SSPI description would be recorded in the center shell. Another decision was that only members of the Italian colony could wear the shirt. Aurelio Noce was elected the first President.<ref name="cruzeiropedia"/>

The Palestra Italia emerged as the representative of the Italian colony. And is characterized as a team of Italian descent, Palestra also stood out by having elements of the Belo Horizonte working class, unlike Atlético and América, who had their consisting squad of college students coming from influential and wealthy families of the city.<ref name="cruzeiropedia"/>

A Cruzeiro squad before playing a game v. Flamengo in 1923

The idea of the club being created took a big step when Yale, a sports team from the city, went through an administrative crisis. When some players left Yale over a dispute (Yale, which itself had connections to the Italian community), some went on to found the all Italian, Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Itália of Belo Horizonte.<ref name="yalecrises">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="yalefounding">Template:Cite web</ref> Until 1925 the club would only allow Italian men to participate, despite other teams in the nation accepting people of all skin colors and ethnicities.<ref name="founding">Template:Cite web</ref>

Palestra debuted in the Prado Mineiro Stadium with a 2–0 win in a friendly on 3 April 1921, against a combination from Nova Lima. The Nova Lima team united players from two teams from the city: Villa Nova, and Palmeiras, another team form Nova Lima.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, the first official match of Palestra was in a 3–0 win over future archrivals Clube Atlético Mineiro.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>Carvalho, Sérgio (23 October 1981). "O Derby Mineiro" [The Derby Mineiro]. Placar (in Portuguese) (597). Abril. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 12 October 2015 – via Google Books. Template:Webarchive</ref> In January 1942, Brazil entered World War II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a decree of the federal government forbade the use of terms from enemy nations in entities, institutions, establishments, etc. With this, the Italian name was removed and the club could no longer call themselves Palestra Italia. The name was changed to Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Mineiro.

Around six months later, the president Ennes Cyro Poni called a general assembly for 7 October and suggested the name Ypiranga. Between 3 and 7 October, the local media published the new name thinking it would be approved. In assembly, the counselors and associates kept professional system and approved changing club's name and colors. Yale and Ypiranga were suggested, but Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was chosen to honor the biggest symbol of Brazil, the constellation of Crux. The idea was from Oswaldo Pinto Coelho. However, the club kept playing as "Palestra Mineiro" until 1943, when the local Federation approved the new statutes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The approved colors were blue and white, chosen as a compromise to appease the Italian factions within the club management, as it was both representative of the Brazilian flag and the Italian football national team (blue is the color of House of Savoy, who ruled Italy from 1861 to 1946).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

With the inauguration of the Mineirão in 1965, Cruzeiro entered one of the most successful periods in its history, in which the club won five Campeonato Mineiro titles in a row, and went on to win its first national title, the 1966 Taça Brasil (the highest honor in Brazilian football at that time) beating Santos of Pelé in the final. Cruzeiro won the first leg 6–2 at the Mineirão, and the second leg 3–2 in São Paulo.<ref name="mafiaazul">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="midhist">Template:Cite web</ref> In the 1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Cruzeiro were runner-up for the first time, after losing to Vasco in the finals. Later in 1975, Cruzeiro were runner-up in the Campeonato Brasileiro again, this time losing to Internacional. In 1976, Cruzeiro won its first Copa Libertadores de América, over River Plate of Argentina. Cruzeiro went on to be runners-up of the same competition in 1977, being defeated in the finals by Boca Juniors, also of Argentina. After winning the 1976 Copa Libertadores, they participated in the 1976 Intercontinental Cup, now renamed the FIFA Club World Championship, for the first time and tied Bayern Munich 0–0 at the Mineirão, but lost 2–0 to Bayern in the Olympiastadion.<ref name="mafiaazul" /><ref name="midhist" />

Cruzeiro's team, 1971.National Archives of Brazil

After tasting success in the 1960s and 1970s, Cruzeiro entered a dark period in the 1980s. With the exception of a couple of Campeonato Mineiro wins, the club won no other championships in the 1980s, and had its worst performances in the Campeonato Brasileiro, 33rd in 1984 and 29th in 1985.<ref name="cambrahis">Template:Cite web</ref> The 1980s was the only decade Cruzeiro did not participate once in the Copa Libertadores since the tournament's creation in 1960.<ref name="coplibhis">Template:Cite web</ref> The club were invited to Europe in 1988 by Scottish side Celtic to play a friendly as part of the Glasgow club's centenary celebrations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 1990s a new era began, and a 15-year sequence of at least one title per year was initiated. This included six of the club's seven international championships and a Campeonato Brasileiro (2003). In December 2010 the CBF (the governing body of Brazilian football) also recognized Cruzeiro as Brazilian champion of 1966, for having beaten Santos of Pelé: 6–2 in Belo Horizonte and 2–3 in São Paulo.<ref name="mafiaazul" /><ref name="midhist" /><ref name="clubhonours">Template:Cite web</ref> The club's biggest exploit in the 21st century happened when it won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. With 100 points earned during the season, and just over 100 goals scored in 46 matches, it was one of the most successful campaigns ever by a club in a Brazilian championship. In 2003, besides winning the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Cruzeiro also won the Copa do Brasil and the Campeonato Mineiro, to become the only Brazilian team to win the triple crown.<ref name="mafiaazul" /><ref name="midhist" /><ref name="clubhonours" /><ref name="triplecrown">Template:Cite web</ref>

From 2003 to 2012 Cruzeiro have only won one major tournament (four times): the Campeonato Mineiro (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009). However, the club finished in the top five of the Campeonato Brasileiro in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, guaranteeing a spot in the Copa Libertadores for four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). In 2010, after a great campaign in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, Cruzeiro took the second place and qualified for the Copa Libertadores da America for 2011. Cruzeiro's biggest success in recent years was reaching the finals of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, but they lost to Estudiantes de La Plata 2–1.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After a disastrous 2011 season, escaping relegation only in the last round after a triumphant 6–1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> against arch-rival Atlético, Gilvan Tavares became president for the 2012-2013-2014 triennium. 2012 was slightly better than 2011, but still Cruzeiro won no titles. In 2013 Cruzeiro lost Campeonato Mineiro again, despite displaying a good game against smaller clubs. Copa do Brasil started promising but Cruzeiro was knocked out by future champion Flamengo in the quarterfinals. After the elimination Cruzeiro went all in to Campeonato Brasileiro and was crowned champion for the third time, this time four rounds before the championship ended, playing an offensive and intense game that led many, including press<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and runners-up,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to attribute the title many rounds before the mathematical confirmation. Cruzeiro's 2014 season was even more successful. It started with Cruzeiro winning the Campeonato Mineiro without losing a single match in the whole competition. In the Copa Libertadores da America, Cruzeiro was knocked out, in the quarter finals, by future champion San Lorenzo de Almagro, being the last remaining Brazilian team in the competition. This loss did not prevent Cruzeiro to lead the Campeonato Brasileiro for almost the whole competition, being crowned champion for the fourth time and becoming the second team not from Rio de Janeiro nor Sao Paulo to win the Campeonato Brasileiro twice in a row. Cruzeiro also got to the final of the Copa do Brasil, but lost both matches to rival Atlético Mineiro.

In April 2024, three years after having acquired it for R$ 400 million, the businessman and former football player Ronaldo sold the team's SAF to businessman Pedro Lourenço for R$ 500 million.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Symbols

Colors

Cruzeiro's first crest, 1921

When Cruzeiro was still known as Palestra Italia, the home shirt colour was green. The first home kit was an improvised dark green shirt, with white shorts and green stockings. Cruzeiro used this kit in their first professional game on 3 April 1921, in the Prado Mineiro Stadium, with a 2–0 win over the Villa Nova/Palmeiras combined team, of Nova Lima.<ref name="colors">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1928 the shirt became a lighter tone of green, with a white neck design and red cuffs. The shorts continued to be white, but the green stockings now had red and white details, similar to that of the Italian flag. This particular uniform was used up until 1940. The light green color of the shirt would later give the team the nickname "periquito", Portuguese for parakeet.<ref name="colors" /> In 1940 there was a big change to the shirt. The shirt began to feature horizontal stripes, with the club crest in the center. This was the shirt used to win the 1940 Campeonato da Cidade – now known as the Campeonto Mineiro – after the club had been unable to win the tournament for ten years. The club also began to be called "tricolor" instead of "periquito".<ref name="colors" />

In 1942 Cruzeiro played one game under the name Ypiranga, and for this game a blue shirt with a central horizontal stripe was used.<ref name="colors" /> In 1943 Cruzeiro played its first game under its current name. The shirt used then was an all blue shirt with a large white v-neck (scapular) design. The shorts and stockings were white. In 1950, due to bad stadium lighting, Cruzeiro began to use an all-white shirt during night games. The shirt, which featured blue details and blue shorts and white stockings, was used for nine years.<ref name="colors" /> In 1956, Cruzeiro used, for a short while, a new shirt that was made up of white and blue horizontal stripes. The uniform was not used in many games.<ref name="colors" /> There was a change to the shirt in 1959; the shirt became all blue, a design that would influence later shirts. In the 1959 shirt, instead of using its normal crest Cruzeiro simply used the five stars, in the crest, loose on the shirt. The shirt made its debut in the Estádio dos Tecelões, in a friendly match against Renascença, on 19 September.<ref name="colors" />

In 1984 Cruzeiro had the first ever company logo on its shirt; it was the shirt manufacturer's logo, which was Topper.<ref name="colors" /> In the same year Cruzeiro had its first shirt sponsor, Medradao. Medradao was only used on the away shirts<ref name="colors" />

Crest

The Southern Cross or Crux, is common on a number of other flags and insignia

The first Palestra Itália crest was a rhombus whose top half was red and bottom half was green (both colors of the Italian flag). In the center of the crest was a white circle with the letters P and I inside it.<ref name="crest">Template:Cite web</ref> The following year, 1922, the club's crest maintained its rhombus shape, but was now completely white, with the letter P, S and I, inscribed within it in green.<ref name="crest" /> In 1923, the crest lost its rhombus shape and instead just had the green letters S, P and I.<ref name="crest" /> From 1928 to 1939 the crest was identical to the first crest in 1921. Just one year later the crest became a little different: the top half was green and the bottom half was red, similar to the crests from 1921 and 1929–1939, but instead of green letters in its center, it now had the letters S, P and I in yellow.<ref name="crest" />

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Symbol 1956

The crest introduced in 1940 would be the last for Palestra, because the club would soon become Cruzeiro.<ref name="crest" /> Cruzeiro's first crest was introduced in 1950 and was very simple: a blue circle, with a white border, inside of which were five white stars, positioned to look like the Southern Cross. This first crest was used for over nine years, until 1959.<ref name="crest" /> In 1959 the crest changed, now with a white border around the crest with the words "-CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE-BELO HORIZONTE" in blue. This version of the crest was used until 1996, making it the longest-used crest by Cruzeiro.<ref name="crest" /> In the same year, Cruzeiro removed BELO HORIZONTE from the crest; this format was used until 2005.<ref name="crest" /> In 2006 to honor its successful 2003 season, a crown was added on top of the crest, to symbolize the triple crown.<ref name="crest" />

Cruzeiro has not always used its official crest on its shirt. In 1959, instead of using its crest, the club opted to simply put the five stars from the Southern Cross on its shirt.<ref name="crest" /> This was done until 2000, when the actual crest was again used.<ref name="crest" /> In 2002 and in part of 2003 the loose stars were used. Part way through 2003 a new shirt that contained the actual crest was introduced, but instead of just using the regular crest the shirt featured two Copa Libertadores trophies on top of the crest. In 2004 a similar design was used, but now featured a crown, symbolic of the Triple Crown on top of the two trophies.<ref name="crest" /> Since 2007 the club has used the "loose stars" design on home shirts.<ref name="crest" /> None of these designs actually became the official club crest.

Anthem

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The club's anthem, Hino ao Campeão, was written by Jadir Ambrósio in 1966, in homage to the team of his heart. He never meant for it to become the official anthem, but when fans started hearing it they liked it enough to adapt it as the new anthem.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Master sponsors Premium sponsors Standard sponsors Number sponsors
1984 Topper Medradão
1985 Frigorifico Perrella
1986 Adidas BDMG
1987–88
1989 Coca-Cola
1990–95 Finta
1996 Energil C
1997 Rhumell
1998 Gelmax / Telebingão Campeão
1998–99 Topper
2000–01 Fiat Ceras Grand Prix
2001–03 Lousano
2004–05 Siemens
2006 Puma Xerox
2007 Aethra
2007 Construtora Tenda
2008 Fiat
2009 Reebok Banco Bonsucesso
2010 Banco BMG Ricardo Eletro Questão de Estilo Jeans / Hypermarcas
2011 Netshoes
2012 Olympikus Guaramix
2013 TIM
2014
2015 Penalty Supermercados BH Cemil / Vilma Alimentos 99Taxis / Voxx Suplementos
2016 Umbro Caixa Cemil / Supermercados BH / Vilma Alimentos Super 8 / Voxx Suplementos
2017 Uber
2018 Cemil / UninCor Orthopride
2019 Digimais Bem Protege / Camponesa / Fiat / Multimarcas Consórcios / Supermercados BH / UninCor ABC da Construção
2020 Adidas Supermercados BH Bem Protege / Digimais / Emcamp / Galera.Bet / Multimarcas Consórcios / Premium Saúde Cartão de Todos / Saudali
2021 Buser / Cotton / Digimais / Galera.Bet / Premium Saúde Autotruck / Cartão de Todos / Saudali / UniCesumar
2022 Buser / Champion / Giro Agro / Pixbet Cimed / MM Aluguel de carros / Saudali / UniCesumar
2023 Betfair Cimed / Supermercados BH Saudali MM Aluguel de carrros
2024 BP Consórcio / Cimed / Supermercados BH / Surf / Vilma Alimentos Faculdade Multivix / Kodilar / Saudali
2025 Cimed / OMO / Perdigão na Brasa / Supermercados BH / Vilma Alimentos Kodilar

Mascot

Cartoonist Fernando Pieruccetti, more popularly known as "Mangabeira", created the club's mascot, a raposa (Portuguese for fox) in the 1940s, as he did for other football clubs from Minas Gerais state league.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mangabeira took inspiration from the club's ex-president, Mario Grosso. "He was a director who let no one trick him. He was sly, agile, intelligent and skillful like a fox."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2000s, Cruzeiro has made the Raposão (Big Fox) its biggest mascot, appearing at all home games and cheering with the crowd while wearing the club's colors. In 2010, Raposão won Rede Globo's Competição de Mascotes (Mascot Competition), held in their Sunday sports show Esporte Espetacular. The program united 20 mascots from the biggest Brazilian teams and had them competing in series of challenges. Raposão won all of the events and was crowned as Brazil's Best Mascot.

In 2010, Cruzeiro introduced a "junior mascot", named "Raposinho" (Little Fox), a smaller version of "Raposão".

Presidents

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  • Aurélio Noce (1921–22)
  • Alberto Noce (1923–24)
  • Américo Gasparini (1925–26; 1928)
  • Antonio Falci (1927; 1929–30)
  • Braz Pelegrino (1927–28)
  • Lidio Lunardi (1931–32)
  • José Viana de Souza (1933)
  • Miguel Perrela (1933–1936)
  • Romeo de Paoli (1936)
  • Osvaldo Pinto Coelho (1936–1940)
  • Ennes Cyro Poni (1941–42)
  • João Fantoni (1942)
  • Wilson Saliba (1942)
  • Mario Torneli (1942)
  • Mário Grosso (1942–1947)
  • Fernando Tamietti (1947; 1950)
  • Antônio Cunha Lobo (1947–1949)
  • Antônio Alves Simões (1949)
  • Manoel F. Campos (1950)
  • Divino Ramos (1951)
  • José Greco (1952–53; 1955)
  • Wellington Armanelli (1954)
  • José Francisco Lemos Filho (1954)
  • Eduardo S. Bambirra (1955–56)
  • Manoel A. de Carvalho (1957–58)
  • Antonio Braz Lopes Pontes (1959–60)
  • Felicio Brandi (1961–1982)
  • Carmine Furletti (1983–84)
  • Benito Masci (1985–1990)
  • Salvador Masci (1990)
  • César Masci (1991–1994)
  • Zezé Perrella (1995–2002)
  • Alvimar de Oliveira Costa (2003–2008)
  • Zezé Perrella (2009–2011)
  • Gilvan Tavares (2012–2017)
  • Wagner Pires de Sá (2018–19)
  • José Dalai Rocha (2019–20)
  • Sérgio Santos Rodrigues (2020–2023)
  • Lidson Potsch (2024–present)

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Current squad

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Under-20s and Academy

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Out on loan

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First-team staff

Position Name Nationality
Head coach Leonardo Jardim Template:Flag
Assistant coaches António Vieira Template:Flag
Wesley Carvalho Template:Flag
Analyst Diogo Dias Template:Flag
José Barros Template:Flag
Goalkeeping coaches João Paulo Lacerda Template:Flag
Robertinho Template:Flag
Fitness coach Gustavo Shiroma Template:Flag
Physiologist Nathália Arnosti Template:Flag
Performance analyst Gabriel Eloi Template:Flag
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Notable players

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Records and statistics

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Most appearances

Roberto Perfumo, with 138 matches, was the non-Brazilian with the most appearances for the club, this was recently changed however as Ariel Cabral was awarded this record with 200 appearances for the club.<ref name="appearances" />

The player with the most appearances for Cruzeiro is Fábio with a stunning record of 800 appearances, having been with the team since 2005, beating former midfielder Zé Carlos, with 619 appearances, between 1965 and 1977.<ref name="appearances">Template:Cite web</ref> In third place on that list is 1971's Bola de Ouro Winner, "The Prince" Dirceu Lopes, while the fourth place belongs to former Brazilian international and 1970 FIFA World Cup champion Wilson Piazza. The fifth overall player, and second goalkeeper with the most appearances for Cruzeiro is the notorious Raul Plassman, who played a total of 557 games with the team. The non-Brazilian with the most appearances for the club is the Argentine Roberto Perfumo who made 138 appearances for the club between 1971 and 1974.<ref name="appearances" />

Top goalscorers

Brazilian hall-of-famer and 1970 FIFA World Cup winner Tostão has scored the most goals for Cruzeiro, 249 between 1963 and 1972, having appeared on 378 matches for Cruzeiro (12th overall). He beats Dirceu Lopes by 25 goals on that list, which also has old-timer Niginho (207 goals) closing the top 3, being the only ones with over 200 goals for Cruzeiro. Ninão holds the record for goals scored in a single match: 10 in Cruzeiro's 14–0 win over Alves Nogueira during Campeonato da Cidade on 17 June 1928.<ref name="topscorers" /> Nelinho holds the record for most goals scored from penalties: 38; and the record for goals scored from fouls: 42. Walter Montillo's 39 goals make him the non-Brazilian with the most goals for Cruzeiro, a record that would belong to Bolivia national football team vice-captain and striker Marcelo Moreno with 48 goals or Spanish 1930's striker Fernando Carazo, with 44 goals, had they not become Brazilian nationals.<ref name="topscorers">Template:Cite web</ref>

Honours

Official tournaments

Continental
Competitions Titles Seasons
Copa Libertadores 2 1976, 1997
Recopa Sudamericana 1 1998
Supercopa Libertadores 2Template:Sup 1991, 1992
Copa Master de Supercopa 1Template:Sup 1995
Copa Ouro 1Template:Sup 1995
National
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4 1966, 2003, 2013, 2014
Copa do Brasil 6 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2017, 2018
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1 2022
Regional
Competitions Titles Seasons
Copa Sul-Minas 2 2001, 2002
Copa Centro-Oeste 1 1999
State
Competitions Titles Seasons
Campeonato Mineiro 38 1928, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959,1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2019
Supercampeonato Mineiro 1 2002
Taça Minas Gerais 5Template:Sup 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

Others tournaments

International

National and Inter-state

  • Torneio Dante Alighieri (1): 1921
  • Torneio Imprensa (1): 1927
  • Torneio Otacílio Negrão de Lima (1): 1936
  • Torneio Minotti Mucelli (1): 1952
  • Torneio de Ponte Nova (1): 1954
  • Torneio Afonso Rabelo (1): 1961
  • Torneio Guilherme de Oliveira (1): 1964
  • Torneio de Barbacena (2): 1964, 1965
  • Torneio Mário Coutinho (1): 1965
  • Torneio do Bispo (1): 1965
  • Torneio do Governador (1): 1971
  • Torneio Juiz de Fora (1): 1985
  • Troféu Wilson Piazza (1): 1993
  • Troféu João Saldanha (2): 2009, 2013
  • Taça Alexandre Queiroz de Oliveira (1): 2012
  • Troféu Osmar Santos (2): 2013, 2014

State

City

Runners-up

Youth team

Trebles and doubles

Trebles – Domestic Triple Crown

State, Cup and League: 2003¹<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Doubles – Domestic Double

State and League: 1966
State and Cup: 1996
State and League: 2014
State and Cup: 2018

– Continental Double

State and Supercopa Sudamericana: 1992
State and Copa Libertadores: 1997

Grounds and facilities

Template:Main Cruzeiro's first stadium was the Estádio do Prado Mineiro, which belonged to the Federação Mineira de Futebol (FMF).<ref name="prado_mineiro">Template:Cite web</ref> The club's first game at the stadium was 2–0 win over a Villa Nova/Palmeiras combine team from Nova Lima on 3 April 1921.<ref name="prado_mineiro" /><ref name="stadium_history">Template:Cite web</ref> Cruzeiro would use the stadium until 1923 when the club built its own stadium, Estádio do Barro Preto.<ref name="stadium_history" /><ref name="barro_preto">Template:Cite web</ref> On 23 July 1923, Cruzeiro debuted at the stadium in a 2–2 tie with Flamengo.<ref name="stadium_history" /><ref name="barro_preto" /> In 1945, the stadium went through renovations and would become at that time the largest stadium in the state with a capacity of 15,000 and later on would become known as Estádio Juscelino Kubitscheck (or Estádio JK).<ref name="stadium_history" /><ref name="barro_preto" /> Cruzeiro would use the stadium until 1965, when the Mineirão was opened. In 1983, the stadium was torn down and one of the club's social clubs (Sede Campestre) was built there.<ref name="stadium_history" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Since 1965, Cruzeiro play their home games at Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, often referred to as just Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, MG.<ref name="fifa">Template:Cite web</ref> Cruzeiro shares the stadium with rivals Atlético Mineiro.<ref name="mineirao">Template:Cite web</ref> The stadium does not belong to Cruzeiro, rather it belongs to the state of Minas Gerais (through a land grant from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) and is administrated by Minas Arena, a private company, on lease from the state since 2013. The stadium, which was built in 1963, had an original capacity of about 130,000,<ref name="fifa" /><ref name="mineirao" /> but over the years that capacity has been reduced, and currently it seats 64,800. Named after former Minas Gerais governor José de Magalhães Pinto, it took over 4,000 workers to build the stadium.<ref name="mineirao" /> The period after the stadium's inauguration is often called Era Mineirão ("Mineirão Era"), which saw Cruzeiro gain national and international prominence.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cruzeiro also holds the attendance record at the stadium, when 132,834 spectators watched Cruzeiro beat Villa Nova in the 1997 Campeonato Mineiro final.<ref name="rec_cap">Template:Cite web</ref>

Cruzeiro have had plans to build a new stadium, especially under president Alvimar de Oliveira Costa's tenure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, the state of Minas asked Cruzeiro to stay at the stadium,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and after president Zezé Perrella came to the presidency in 2009, plans for a new stadium virtually disappeared.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Mineirão was selected as a host stadium for the 2014 FIFA World Cup,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with renovations beginning on 25 June 2010, and projected to be completed by December 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After the stadiums closing, Cruzeiro began playing home games at the Arena do Jacaré and Ipatingão stadiums, both outside the city of Belo Horizonte.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Independência stadium is also being renovated and Cruzeiro will start playing homes games there in 2011 until the Mineirão is ready in 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Needs update

The club has private ownership of other facilities though, including two training facilities (Toca da Raposa I, which serves the youth division and Toca da Raposa II for the senior squad),<ref name="fifa" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> an administrative headquarters<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and two social club facilities.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Cruzeiro has often been praised for having one of the leading infrastructure systems in Brazil.<ref name="fifa" />

Administration and finances

Template:Update Cruzeiro used to be a nonprofit organization, where the real owner are sócios (literally, "partners") or members (who pay an annual fee), in return, sócios receive benefits from the club, such as access to club's properties and tickets, as well as a right to vote for the next club officials.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This bylaw lasted from the club's foundation in 1921 until late 2021, when Wagner Pires de Sá's run as club president led to the club to declare bankruptcy.

Wagner Pires de Sá's run as club president was filled with corruption.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This led Cruzeiro to stop paying its players, leading to the club's first relegation in 2019. Over the next two years, Cruzeiro played the second division while still under the sócios program. This changed in December 2021, when the former footballer Ronaldo, who started his professional career in Cruzeiro, announced he would be the owner of Cruzeiro's football department.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>In April 2024, Ronaldo sold his shareholding to Fan and Billionaire Pedro Lourenço. In an operation whose values revolve around R$ 600 million ( USD 100 million) for 90% of SAF.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

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