Full name Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Website Club home page | Ground Capacity 16,000 | |
Founded July 14, 1913; 103 years ago (1913-07-14) Stadium Arena Cruzeiro, Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil | ||
Esporte Clube Cruzeiro, also known as Cruzeiro (or Cruzeiro-RS), is a Brazilian football club based in Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul state. They won the Campeonato Gaúcho once.
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History
The club was founded on July 14, 1913. They won the Campeonato Gaúcho in 1929, and the Second Level in 2010. 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. He died in 1988 when Ronaldinho was eight after suffering a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool.
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Stadium
Esporte Clube Cruzeiro plays their home games at Arena Cruzeiro. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 16,000 people. Previously, they played in Estrelão.