The five stars are also in the logo of the Brazilian football team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and the Brazilian coat of arms ; it is mentioned in the Brazilian national anthem, and even featured as the name of the currency ( the cruzeiro from 1942 to 1986 and again from 1990 to 1994.

** The football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube from Belo Horizonte is founded as Palestra Italia in Brazil.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube () is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional.

In a meeting between the club's directors, the name Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was approved.

Only, however, in November 1942, did Cruzeiro Esporte Clube play its first official game under its new name.

* Copa Libertadores – Cruzeiro Esporte Clube beat Sporting Cristal

* Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football team from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

* Cruzeiro Esporte Clube ( RO ), a Brazilian football team from the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia

* Esporte Clube Cruzeiro, a Brazilian football team from the state of Rio Grande do Sul

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* Walter Montillo-football player of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, born in Lanús.

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* Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club

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In 2003, he led Cruzeiro Esporte Clube to win the Brazilian National League.

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* Sul América, Auto Esporte, Portuguesa, Cruzeiro do Sul, Manaos Athletic and Penarol 2 times

* Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

In January 2006, after nearly 15 years of absence, Élber returned to his country, finishing his career at Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.

Cruzeiro is a member of Clube dos 13, a group of the leading Brazilian clubs and is among FIFA's Classic Club.

* Cruzeiro Futebol Clube ( BA ), a Brazilian football team from the city of Cruz das Almas, Bahia

The club was founded May 21, 1998 when entrepreneur Itair Machado, who is a former player for Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro, and at the time was the sponsor of Social Futebol Clube, which is a club located in Coronel Fabriciano city ( a neighbor city of Ipatinga ), with the support of Gercy Mathias, who was the president of the amateur club Novo Cruzeiro Futebol Clube, located in Ipatinga's neighborhood of Novo Cruzeiro ; Cosme Mattos, former sportsman ; Doctor Rinaldo Campos Soares, president of Sistema Usiminas ; Doctor Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza, president of Usisaúde, and Francisco Carlos Delfino ( also known as " Chico Ferramenta "), then mayor of Ipatinga.

The Southern Cross was included in the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem ( 1909 ): " A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece " (" the image of the Cross shines ").

Cruzeiro is the constellation of the Southern Cross, and can only be seen from the southern hemisphere, therefore not related to Italy.

The name refers to the constellation of the Southern Cross, known in Brazil as Cruzeiro do Sul, or simply Cruzeiro.

* Order of the Southern Cross ( Brazil, 1945 ) ( Ordem do Cruzeiro do Sul )

Cruzeiro, generally the Portuguese language-term for Cross, can refer to:

' O Cruzeiro ' ( The Cross ), ' Cruzeirinho ' ( The Little Cross ) and ' A Santa Missa ' ( The Holy Mass )

Grêmio Esportivo Brasil was founded after a divergency between players and directors of Sport Club Cruzeiro do Sul, which was supported and managed by employees of Cervejaria Haertel.

Internacional is also one of only eight teams to have won CONMEBOL's treble ( the others being Olimpia, São Paulo, Independiente, Vélez Sársfield, Cruzeiro, Boca Juniors and LDU Quito ).

Although the club's main focus is football, Cruzeiro also supports a long distance running and a men's volleyball department

Cruzeiro is one of only eight teams to have won CONMEBOL's treble ( the others being Olimpia, São Paulo, Independiente, Vélez Sársfield, Boca Juniors, Internacional and LDU Quito ).

In Minas Gerais, their rival is Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro has been one of Brazil's most successful clubs in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning 4 National Cups, 1 National League, 2 Copa Libertadores, and 2 Supercopa Libertadores, and is also the winner of Taça Brasil in 1966 and 34 State Championships. Cruzeiro also was elected the most successful Brazilian team in last century by IFFHS. In 2003, Cruzeiro won the triple crown, when the team won the National League, National Cups and State Championships.

Fluvial transport, concentrated on the Juruá and Moa rivers, in the western part of the state, and the Tarauacá and Envira Rivers in the northwest, is the principal form of circulation, especially between November and June, when the rain leaves the BR-364 impassable, which connects Rio Branco to Cruzeiro do Sul.

Cruzeiro do Sul International Airport is located 18 kilometers away from the city center, which helps access to the Alto Juruá region.

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima ( born 11 August 1969 in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná, Brazil ) is a former long-distance runner who specialised in marathons.

The hill called Morro do Cruzeiro is used for hang gliding.

In close second is Cruzeiro, with 19, 544, 507 attendees of 1, 062 matches.