The Brazilian states football championships are the professional adult male football competitions in Brazil that take place between January and April for the Northeast, Central-West, Southeast and South regions. In some states from the North Region, however, it takes place in May or June. One such league, the Campeonato Paulista, which started in 1902, is the oldest football competition in Brazil. All professional football clubs in Brazil play in a state championship, but not all qualify for the national league.
Grêmio vs. União Frederiquense for 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho
São Paulo Athletic Club and CA Paulistano in the final of the first São Paulo State Championship in 1902
Campeonato Acreano (for the state of Acre) between Atlético Acreano and Alto Acre, 2015
Match for the Carioca Championship between Botafogo from the city of Rio de Janeiro and Resende Futebol Clube from the city of Resende, in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Unlike other states, the Carioca Championship uses the city's gentile and not the state's
Clube Atlético Mineiro
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Clube Atlético Mineiro, commonly known as Atlético, Atlético Mineiro, Mineiro and colloquially as Galo, is a professional football club of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier state league of Minas Gerais.
The Atlético Mineiro team that won the Taça Bueno Brandão in 1914, the club's first trophy
The 1937 Campeonato Brasileiro winning squad
Dario (here pictured in 2014) was the top goalscorer and led Galo to triumph in the 1971 Brasileirão.
Ronaldinho played an important part in the club's resurgence after his arrival in 2012.