Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
A Bit of Cruzeiro History
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was born through the efforts of sportsmen of the Italian community in Belo Horizonte Brazil, with the name of Society Sportive Palestra Italia, on January 2, 1921. After more than 91 years of history, the club has become one of the largest associations of world soccer.
The early years, dating back to the early idols and achievements of the Palestra , as the state's third championship in 1928 , 1929 and 1930 with a team that featured the legendary Ninão , Nininho , Bengal and teetotum .
In 1942, with the entry of Brazil in the 2nd World War, a decree law of the federal government banned the use of terms that refer to Italy in entities , institutions and establishments in Brazil. With this, the club had to be renamed and the name Cruzeiro Esporte Clube was chosen in honor of the greatest symbol of the Brazilian nation . Just like the name, the uniform has also changed. Before green and red in honor of the Italian flag, the club adopted the blue and white inspired by the selection of Italy.
In the following decades , what we saw was the growth of a giant, especially after the inauguration of the Estádio Magalhães Pinto , the legume , where Cruzeiro won major titles in football history of Minas Gerais. With players like Penny , Piazza , Dirceu Lopes , Raul , Ze Carlos , Straw , Johnny , the phenomenon Ronaldo , Sorin , Alex , Fabio and many others, the team became one of the Brazilian clubs with the largest number of international achievements .
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube has two Libertadores Cup titles (1976 and 1997 ) , two Super Cup (1991 and 1992), one of the Recopa (1999) , one of the Gold Cup (1995 ) and Master 's Cup (1995 ) . Nationally, the blue team was Brazilian champion twice (1966, 2003 and 2013) and four other occasions, won the Brazil Cup (1993, 1996, 2000 and 2003). Besides the titles, the Cruise is recognized worldwide for its excellent infrastructure and as major talent developers for football, as happened against Ronaldo , Maicon , Gomes , Luisão , Wendell , Jussiê , Beletti and many others.
In September 2009 , the International Federation of Football History and Statistics ( IFFHS ) , German organization recognized by FIFA , pointed Cruzeiro as Brazilian Best Club XX Century . The institute took into account the performance of the clubs in the world in competitions organized by continental federations and only confirmed what we already knew all those who closely follow the trajectory of the beautiful five star team .
Administrative Headquarters
The Administrative Office Cruzeiro is located in a large, modern and functional building, a few meters from the Sports Park Barro Preto and carries important areas for the operation of the Club, such as legal, marketing, sales, information technology, office , administration, property and collections, besides the president, among others.
Inaugurated in 2003, the Administrative Office President Zeze Perrella has bold lines and modern, with blue glass laminate flooring, mirrored, adjusted to a vertical circulation tower covered in white porcelain The total area is 4.3 square meters and the structure is divided into eight levels.
