Hello FM members, I'm going to start a long term story and what better time to do it as FM 17 has been released. My story will be in South America, where I tend to enjoy most of my FM playing time. The club that I picked is a club that I support since I was born. In this story, there will be many goals that I want to achieve with this club and I will write them in the following post after this.
If you recall my previous stories, I tend to post game to game but for this story I will do a monthly update with the exception for big games/ finals and player transfer. The story will begin on January 2016 as the competition in real life as not been finish.
Hope you will enjoy and prepare for a long post.
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Clube Atlético Mineiro, commonly known "Atlético" and nicknamed as Galo (Rooster), is a Brazilian multisport club based in Lourdes, a bairro nobre (noble/high class neighborhood) in the city of Belo Horizonte. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Atlético is mostly known for its football team. It plays in the Campeonato Mineiro, the State of Minas Gerais's premier state league, as well as the Brasileirão, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system.
The club was founded on March 25, 1908 by 22 Belorizontino students, being led by Margival Mendes Leal and Mário Toledo as a response to the social discrimination practiced by many clubs elsewhere in Brazil. Despite being founded by upper class founders, the club opened its doors to everyone regardless of social class, quickly establishing itself as a "people's club". As a result, the club has the most supporters in the city and the largest supporters in the state. Atlético is also the oldest club of Belo Horizonte. Atlético play their home games at the Estádio Independência, better known as the Independência, which currently holds up to 23,018 spectators. Atlético's regular kit is black and white striped shirts, with black shorts, accompanied by white socks.
Atlético Mineiro is one of Brazil's most successful clubs, having won the Brasileirão in 1971, while also finishing runners-up on five occasions. They have won the Campeonato Mineiro 43 times, being the record-holders as the most successful club in that competition. Atlético is also the best performing club of the Copa CONMEBOL (now Copa Sudamericana) winning in 1992 and 1997 and finalists in 1995. In 2005, they were relegated to the 2nd Division for the first time in club history but returned one season later after winning the 2nd Division. They also won the Copa Libertadores in 2013 with a star-laden squad featured players such as Bernard, Diego Tardelli, Jô, Victor and Ronaldinho, and became the 10th Brazilian club to win it. Recently in 2014, the club has won its first Recopa Sudamericana and its first Copa do Brasil.
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Some of Atlético biggest highlights was a 1950 tour across Europe which the club faced 10 European teams with the record of 6 wins, 2 loss and 2 ties, winning such as TSV 1860 Munchen, Hamburger SV and RSC Anderlecht; thus winning the title Campeão do Gelo (Ice Champion). In 1969, the club beat the Brazilian National Team, the same squad that ended up winning the 1970 World Cup, won 2-1. The 1970s-80s, the club had one of the greatest squad in Brazil thus having the best record in the Brazilian Championship in (77, 80, 83, 85) but due to political and arbitration scandals prevented Atlético to win.
They also have many key and famous players that played in Brazil's squads such as Dario, Reinaldo, Luizinho, Toninho Cerezo, Éder, Elzo, Cláudio Taffarel, Gilberto Silva, Diego Alves, Diego Tardelli, Ronaldinho, Jô, Victor, and Bernard.
The club plays at Estádio Independência, which is owned by America Mineiro and has the capacity of 23,000.
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Occasionally, they will play at Estádio Mineirão (owned by the state and mainly used by Cruzeiro), in case of a Cup final or big game.
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Cidade do Galo is the club training facilities, it regards as on the best training ground in Brazil and was recently used as Argentina training ground during the 2014 World Cup.
Atlético Mineiro biggest rivalry is Cruzeiro is widely-known as the Classico Mineiro derby in Brazil
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Overall: 491 games
Atlético Mineiro: 199 wins and 701 goals
Cruzeiro: 162 wins and 624 goals
130 draws
The Club other rivalry are América Mineiro called the Clássico das Multidões Belo Horizonte
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Overall: 400 games
Atlético Mineiro: 196 wins and 696 goals
América Mineiro: 104 wins and 501 goals
100 draws
and their interstate rivals Flamengo
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Next post will be the club's honour history and story goals