Clube Atlético Mineiro

Clube Atlético Mineiro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈklubi atˈlɛtʃiku miˈnejɾu]), commonly known as Atlético Mineiro or Atlético, and colloquially as Galo (pronounced: [ˈgalu], "Rooster") is a professional football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the premier state league of Minas Gerais.

Atlético Mineiro is the oldest active football club in Minas Gerais. The club was founded on 25 March 1908 by twenty-two students from Belo Horizonte, led by Margival Mendes Leal and Mário Toledo. Despite having liberal, upper-class founders, the club opened its doors to players of every social class, establishing itself as a "people's club", and becoming one of the best supported in Brazil.

Atlético has won the Campeonato Mineiro a record 43 times. At national level, the club has won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A once and has finished second on five occasions. Atlético has also won one Copa do Brasil, one Copa dos Campeões Estaduais and the Copa dos Campeões Brasileiros. In international club football, Atlético has won the Copa Libertadores once, the Recopa Sudamericana once and the Copa CONMEBOL twice, more than any other club. The team has also reached three other continental finals.

Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil (English: Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 86 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. The Copa do Brasil is an opportunity for teams from smaller states to play against the big teams and episodes of giant-killing have happened at a regular rate throughout the competition's history. It is currently sponsored by Continental AG and is thus currently known as the Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil for sponsorship reasons. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal, and Copa Argentina, among others.

From 2001 to 2012, the Copa do Brasil was played in the first half of the year and in those seasons, due to the busy schedule in the first half of the year in Brazil, teams playing in the Copa Libertadores de América were not allowed to participate in the Copa do Brasil in the same year.

Since 2013, the tournament has run from March to November. Teams that contest the Copa Libertadores de América join the Copa do Brasil directly in Round of 16. Also, the best 8 teams from the previous year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A eliminated up to the third round qualify for Copa Sudamericana.

MG2

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B or simply Série B is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system. The competition format has changed almost every year since it first occurred, in 1971. In some years, it was not played at all. However, since 2006, it has been contested by 20 teams in a double round-robin format with the top four teams being promoted to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the bottom four teams being relegated to Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.

2014 Série B teams

Champions of Série B

Official champions

Below is the table of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:

Unofficial champions

The following seasons are not officially recognized by the CBF:

Titles by team

Below are the titles by team, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:

Titles by state

Below are the titles by state, according to the Brazilian Football Confederation:

Top scorers

Paraná

Paraná or Parana may refer to:

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