Belo Horizonte has three professional football teams: América, Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro-Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro are among the most popular clubs in Brazil, with Cruzeiro being notable for its recent international appearances.

* Atlético Mineiro wins the first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The other big teams from Brazil ( including the three mentioned ) are: Corinthians, Santos, Palmeiras, São Paulo, Atlético Mineiro, Grêmio, Cruzeiro and Internacional.

That year saw the inaugural Campeonato Brasileiro, with the club finishing as runners-up to Atlético Mineiro, managed by Telê Santana.

Valdir Peres, Chicão, Serginho Chulapa and Zé Sérgio were the club's most influential players when São Paulo finally secured the Brazilian Championship for the first time in 1977 following a penalty shoot-out victory over Atlético Mineiro at the Mineirão.

However the first official match of Palestra was in a 3 – 0 win over future archrivals Clube Atlético Mineiro.

Clube Atlético Mineiro (), are a Brazilian football club based in Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, the oldest in the city.

Clube Atlético Mineiro was founded on March 25, 1908 by 22 low-class boys from Belo Horizonte.

* 25 March — Clube Atlético Mineiro founded

Atlético Mineiro, which is also called by its nickname and mascot " Galo " ( rooster ) is one of the oldest football clubs in the city and was founded in 1908.

In the early 1980s, he could not get his foot in the door as he was rejected from the youth squads of Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos, Atlético Mineiro, and Portuguesa.

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They were invited in 1984 and finished in fourth place as Atlético Mineiro became the first Brazilian club to lift the trophy.

Dejan Petković scored eight goals from corner kicks in his career, the last one was on 8 November 2009 for Flamengo against Atlético Mineiro in the Brazilian Série A. Ronaldinho also scored direct from a corner for Flamengo vs Avai on September 1, 2011.

Cork City F. C., Clube Atlético Mineiro and Clube de Regatas do Flamengo also retired the number 12 for the fans.

Central defeated Brazilian squad Atlético Mineiro 4-0 in Arroyito after losing by the same score in the first match in Brazil.

In the Copa CONMEBOL, they finished sub-champions, behind Atlético Mineiro of Brazil.

* Mancini ( Brazilian footballer ), real name Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino, Brazilian football player and former member of Atlético Mineiro

for the Apertura 2008 season, on 12 March 2009 Clube Atlético Mineiro bought midfielder, the ex player of São Paulo FC, arrives from Puebla ( Mexican club ).

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In March, Brazilian club Clube Atlético Mineiro announced Méndez as its new player.

He then went on to play for Independiente Medellín and then Atlético Junior, for whom he won the Colombian championship in 1993 and 1995.

Atlético Madrid won their ninth Primera División title in 1996 before Real Madrid added another Liga trophy to their cabinet in 1997.

In 1984 – 85 Oviedo won the soon-to-be-defunct Spanish League Cup ( second division ), after successively defeating UD Salamanca, Bilbao Athletic, CF Lorca Deportiva, CE Sabadell FC and Atlético Madrileño ( the latter with a 2 – 1 aggregate in the final ).

On 27 June 1987, Real Sociedad won their only Copa del Rey title, beating Atlético Madrid 4-2 on penalties after drawing 2-2.

Bayern also won the next two championships, but the zenith was their triumph in the European Cup final against Atlético Madrid, which Bayern won 4 – 0 after a replay.

São Paulo won the Libertadores Cup for the third time, beating another Brazilian team, Atlético Paranaense in the final.

In 2001, Atlético Paranaense won its first Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, after defeating São Caetano ; and in 2004 was runner-up, with the striker Washington scoring a record 34 goals in a single edition of the Série A.

He also won the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1963-scoring twice in the 5-1 defeat of Atlético Madrid, ensuring that Spurs became the first British club to win a European trophy.

On 18 February 1934, Sevilla FC won promotion to First Division, after beating in Madrid the " Atlético de Madrid " in the final match of the Championship and become leader ( in any case, the following season it had been decided that in First Division the teams would be expanded to twelve, which is why the Sevilla FC could have been even second ).

However, in 1966 Peñarol won its third continental silverware, after defeating Club Atlético River Plate in a third match played in Santiago, Chile, 4 – 2.

In 1984, Valladolid also won the Spanish League Cup ( a competition only played in the early 80s ), over Atlético Madrid.

Atlético was expected to win easily, but in the event the first leg in Bangor was only won 2 – 0 ; in the return leg in Madrid, Bangor won much admiration with a dogged defence which only allowed Atlético one more goal, and Bangor keeper Dai Davies saved an Atlético penalty kick.

His brother, Santiago, won the Copa Mustang with Atlético Nacional.

Shelbourne won their first European game & tie in the 1964 – 65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, after the first leg resulted in a 0 – 0 draw and the second leg finished 1 – 1, Shelbourne won a playoff match against Portuguese side Belenenses, the following round they were eliminated 2 – 0 on aggregate by Atlético Madrid.

11 years of his extensive professional career were spent at Atlético Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña, where he won a total of five titles combined.

He played professionally for FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid in his homeland, amongst others – being brought up in the former's youth ranks – appearing abroad for Liverpool, with which he won one UEFA Champions League amongst other major titles.

The English version of the name served as an inspiration for one of Argentina's most important football clubs, Club Atlético River Plate.

The next season would see their first major achievement in the league, Depor finished as runners-up just one point behind Atlético de Madrid under the management of Argentinian Alejandro Scopelli, who brought to the club a group of South American players such as Julio Corcuera, Oswaldo García, Rafael Franco and Dagoberto Moll who made the team more competitive and able to remain top flight status for 9 seasons in a row until 1957.

* Boca Juniors were awarded the title " Campeón de Honor " ( Honour Champion ) in 1925, due to a highly successful tour through Europe in which the club played Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad, as well as German and French teams, with an impressive record of 15 wins, one draw and three defeats.

Atkinson's tenure at Atlético was quite a turbulent one and despite relative moderate success in terms of league position, a clash of personalities with the then club owner Jesus Gil led to Atkinson being sacked after just three months as manager.

He also led Bilbao to runners-up spot in La Liga in 1969 – 70, as they finished one point behind Atlético Madrid.

The club was renamed Club Atlético Malagueño, reviving the name of one of the two clubs that had merged to form CD Málaga in 1933.

The " blues ", were founded on 29 August 1928 as an idea of the poet Marco Antonio Ponce and supported by Marco Antonio Rosa, and is a fusion of the disintegrated teams America, Honduras, Atlético and Aguila ; and being inspired by the Motagua River which in those days was being disputed between Guatemala and Honduras, thus gave rise to its name, and is nowadays one of the teams with most achievements, popular and oldest of Honduras.

Valencia also played one season in Spain, with Atlético de Madrid, where he was involved in a serious incident with irascible club president Jesús Gil, while vastly underperforming overall: after a match at CD Logroñés, Gil said that " The black guy needs to have his throat cut ".

He scored 55 goals in a season and was one of three Rayo 13 players to earn a trial with Atlético.

Your brand has an enviable record of 19 league titles, four cups and two cups President would now be the CONCACAF Champions League, one of them was won by none other than Atlético Marte El Salvador.

Both clubs have even tested each other in Europe where in the 1990s, Vitória were one of Portugal's best in Europe after the Big Three and Boavista, beating sides like Parma, Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad, and Sparta Prague.

In the past, Gilberto has hinted that he may one day return to Brazil to play for Atlético Mineiro.

This balloon gave its name to one of the most popular football clubs in Buenos Aires, now one of the most popular in Argentina: the Club Atlético Huracán, founded 1 November 1908 and nicknamed “ globo ” ( balloon ).

Zubizarreta's debut in La Liga occurred on 19 September 1981 in a 0 – 2 away loss against Atlético Madrid, courtesy of manager Javier Clemente, one month shy of his 20th birthday ; he would be an undisputed starter for the remainder of his tenure, being an instrumental element in the club's conquests, most notably the back-to-back leagues.

His first club was Atlético Madrid B, and he joined Levante UD ( then in the third level, after one season.

Speroni started his career with Club Atlético Platense, in his homeland, but moved after just one year as a professional, to Scottish side Dundee.

Club Atlético Banfield is one of the oldest football clubs in Argentina.