Cruzeiro EC

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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Brazilian Portuguese: [kɾuˈzejɾu esˈpoʁtʃi ˈklubi]) is a professional association football club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cruzeiro is traditionally considered one of Brazil's Big Twelve (G-12), a group of the country's historically most prominent football clubs. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Mineiro, the principal state championship of Minas Gerais. Since 1965, its principal home ground has been the Mineirão. Founded on 2 January 1921 by members of Belo Horizonte's Italian immigrant community as Società Sportiva Palestra Itália, the club initially used the green, white and red colors associated with Italy. Following Brazil's entry into World War II, federal restrictions on organizations bearing references to the Axis powers led to a change of identity. On 7 October 1942, the club adopted the name Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, inspired by the Southern Cross...

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