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Athletic Club, often shortened to simply Athletic, is a Brazilian sports club from São João Del Rei in the state of Minas Gerais.[6][7][8]

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Athletic

Full name	Athletic Club[1]
Founded	27 June 1909; 113 years ago (1909-06-27)
Ground	Estádio Joaquim Portugal, São João Del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil[2]
Capacity	3,000[3]
President	Leandro da Silva Bini
Head Coach	Cícero Júnior[4]
League	Campeonato Mineiro[5]
2021	Mineiro, 8th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 27 June 1909.

After 50 years out of professional football, the club returned in 2018, disputed the equivalent of the third division of the Campeonato Mineiro, where it took second place after losing the final on penalties to Coimbra.[9]

This season (2021) the club will dispute the first division of the Campeonato Mineiro[10] and has attracted the attention of the media when hiring the Uruguayan player Loco Abreu.[11][12][13][14][15]

Stadium

The club's football matches take place at Estádio Joaquim Portugal.[16][17]

In January 2021, the board made the club's stadium available to the city for use as a vaccination point.[18][19]

References

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