Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro is the most popular team in the state of Minas Gerais Even though the club's main focus is football, Cruzeiro also supports a professional volleyball team and semi-professional teams as well, these include track and field, bocha, and bowling. In football, the club has won the Série A once in 2003. They have also... more

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro is the most popular team in the state of Minas Gerais Even though the club's main focus is football, Cruzeiro also supports a professional volleyball team and semi-professional teams as well, these include track and field, bocha, and bowling. In football, the club has won the Série A once in 2003. They have also won the Campeonato Mineiro 36 times. Cruzeiro has also had some international success. The club has won two Copa Libertadores, two Supercopa Sudamericanas, one Recopa Sudamericana, one Copa Oro and one Supercopa Masters. Cruzeiro is one of eight teams to have won CONMEBOL's treble (the others being Boca Juniors, Olimpia, São Paulo, Independiente, Vélez Sársfield, Internacional and LDU Quito). Cruzeiro was born off a political administrative crisis at Yale, one of the first sporting clubs of Belo Horizonte, a city where already some Italian... less