Campeonato Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro

Founded	1915
Country	Brazil Minas Gerais
Confederation	CBF FMF
Number of teams	12
Domestic cup(s)	Copa do Brasil
Current champions	Atlético (46th title) (2021)
Most championships	Atlético (46 titles)
TV partners	Rede Globo SporTV Premiere FC
Website	fmf.com.br
Current: 2021 Campeonato Mineiro

Campeonato 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 into two parts: before and after the construction of the Mineirão, in September 1966. The Mineirão is the biggest football stadium of Minas Gerais and it is located in Minas Gerais' state capital, Belo Horizonte. Before the stadium's 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, Cruzeiro, also gained prominence. Atlético is the most successful team in the competition, having won 46 championships as of 2021, trailed by Cruzeiro with 38 championships.

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.

List of champions[]

Titles by team[]

• Atlético 46 times
• Cruzeiro 38 times
• América 16 times
• Villa Nova 5 times
• Siderúrgica 2 times
• Caldense and Betim (Ipatinga) 1 time

RSSSF

Current clubs[]

First Division 2021 (Módulo I da Primeira Divisão)[]

Belo Horizonte

Athletic

Boa

Caldense

Coimbra

Patrocinense

Pouso Alegre

Tombense

Uberlândia

URT

Belo Horizonte teams:
América
Atlético
Cruzeiro

Locations of the 2021 Campeonato Mineiro teams

• América (Belo Horizonte)
• Athletic Club (São João del-Rei)
• Atlético (Belo Horizonte)
• Boa Esporte (Varginha)
• Caldense (Poços de Caldas)
• Coimbra (Contagem)
• Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)
• Patrocinense (Patrocínio)
• Pouso Alegre (Pouso Alegre)
• Tombense (Tombos)
• Uberlândia (Uberlândia)
• URT (Patos de Minas)

Second Division 2021 (Módulo II da Primeira Divisão)[]

Juiz de Fora

Aymorés

B.

Democrata-GV

Democrata-SL

Guarani

Ipatinga

Nacional AC

Serranense

U.L.

Villa Nova

Juiz de Fora teams:
Tupi
Tupynambás

Locations of the 2021 Módulo II teams

• Aymorés (Ubá)
• Betim Futebol (Betim)
• Democrata (Sete Lagoas)
• Democrata (Governador Valadares)
• Guarani (Divinópolis)
• Ipatinga (Ipatinga)
• Nacional AC (Muriaé)
• Serranense (Nova Serrana)
• Tupi (Juiz de Fora)
• Tupynambás (Juiz de Fora)
• União Luziense (Santa Luzia)
• Villa Nova (Nova Lima)

See also[]

• Campeonato Mineiro (lower levels)

External links[]

• FMF Official Website
• Campeões do Futebol
• Julio Bovi Diogo: Minas Gerais State – List of Champions RSSSF Brasil, July 24, 2012.