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Esporte Clube Cruzeiro

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Leão da Montanha (Lion of the Mountain)
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Leão da Montanha (Lion of the Mountain) Estrelado (The Starry One)

Esporte Clube Cruzeiro, commonly referred to as Cruzeiro-RS, is a Brazilian football club based in Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul. It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2, the second level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league.

It was founded in 1913, preceding Cruzeiro Esporte Clube from Belo Horizonte, the most famous team of the same name. Cruzeiro won the 1929 Campeonato Gaúcho. In the 1953 the team was the first from Rio Grande do Sul to tour Europe, winning an international friendly tournament in 1960.

History

The club was founded on July 14, 1913, in Porto Alegre. From 1913 to 2018, the team was based in Porto Alegre, being one of the main teams in the city along with Grêmio, Internacional and São José. It was one of the main powers of the state until it entered a period of decline in the 1960s. The club was pioneer of Rio Grande do Sul to tour Europe, making its first trip in 1953. 1960, the club won an international friendly tournament in East Germany, known as the "Torneio de Páscoa" (Easter Tournament) against multiple teams from Eastern and Western Germany. Cruzeiro won the title after defeating Vorwaerts Berlin and tying with Dynamo Berlin.

Cruzeiro competed in the Série D in 2011, when the club was eliminated in the first stage of the competition.

João de Assis Moreira, the father of the legendary Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho, had a brief spell with the club.

In 2012, construction began on a new stadium in the city of Cachoeirinha, located in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. The Arena Cruzeiro, which was inaugurated on March 13, 2019.

Honours

State

Campeonato Gaúcho
- Winners (1): 1929
Copa Governador do Estado
- Winners (1): 1970
Super Copa Gaúcha
- Runners-up (1): 2015
Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2
- Winners (1): 2010
Campeonato Gaúcho Série B
- Winners (1): 2023
Copa Metropolitana
- Winners (1): 2015
Torneio Início do Campeonato Gaúcho
- Winners (1): 1962

City

Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre
- Winners (3): 1918, 1921, 1929
Torneio Início de Porto Alegre
- Winners (4): 1925, 1943, 1951, 1962
Torneio Triangular de Porto Alegre
- Winners (1): 1943
Torneio Extra da Cidade de Porto Alegre
- Winners (1): 1943
Taça Cidade de Porto Alegre
- Winners (1): 1947

References

Rodrigues, Rodolfo M.. (2006). "Escudos dos Times do Mundo Inteiro". Panda Books.
"Cem anos do Cruzeiro: O milagre da teimosia - Esporte".
(2013-09-27). "Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira) – The Entertainer". futsal-futbol.com.
Maria, Ricci Filippo. "Dieci cose su Ronnie Da Little Italy in poi".
(2019-02-28). "Arena do Cruzeiro-RS tem primeira partida marcada para março; confira o passo a passo da construção do novo estádio".

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