Atlético and Cruzeiro football rivalry
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Atlético and Cruzeiro football rivalry (or Atlético versus Cruzeiro, RapoGalo, or Belo Horizonte Derby) is the name of the biggest "clássico" (derby) in the city of Belo Horizonte and Minas Gerais. The two clubs are widely known in there clássico's for their two mascots, Cruzeiro, the "raposa" (fox) and Atlético, the "galo" (rooster), (these mascots were created by cartoonist Fernando Pieruccetti, popularly known as Mangabeira) therefore the match is also known as RapoGalo. There rivalry began when the Mineirão was built and caused the old Atlético x América clássico to die down and gave way to the new Belo Horizonte derby.
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[edit] Statistics
The history of this match-up is very controversial even on the statistics. Cruzeiro and Atlético both present different versions.
Atlético's version:
- Number of matches : 447
- Atlético victories : 184
- Cruzeiro victories : 143
- Draws : 120
- Atlético goals : 635
- Cruzeiro goals : 542
Cruzeiro's version:
- Number of matches : 420
- Atlético victories : 169
- Cruzeiro victories: 138
- Draws : 113
- Atlético goals : 599
- Cruzeiro goals: 524
The magazine Placar, which specializes in football, published on May 2005 a special edition on the big clássicos brasileiros and it used Cruzeiro's version.
- Largest Atlético victory : 9 a 2 on November 27, 1927
- Largest Cruzeiro victory : 5 a 1 on April 4, 1999
- Games played at the Mineirão : 207
- Atlético victories : 69
- Cruzeiro victories : 70
- Cruzeiro goals : 227
- Atlético goals : 223
- Draws : 68
[edit] Attendance
[edit] Largest attendance
- Atlético 0 x 1 Cruzeiro, 129,296, May 4, 1969
- Atlético 1 x 3 Cruzeiro, 122,534, November 9, 1977
- Atlético 1 x 0 Cruzeiro, 115,983, October 26, 1980
- Atlético 1 x 1 Cruzeiro, 112,919, November 8, 1981
- Atlético 1 x 2 Cruzeiro, 110,432, June 2, 1968
- Atlético 1 x 2 Cruzeiro, 109,363, December 15, 1974
- Atlético 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, 108,935, December 5, 1982
- Atlético 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, 106,155, August 2, 1970
- Atlético 2 x 0 Cruzeiro, 103,725, April 3, 1977
- Atlético 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, 101,404, April 25, 1976
[edit] Average home attendance in league
- 1972 Atlético-MG 20,396 X Cruzeiro 19,537
- 1973 Atlético-MG 17,813 X Cruzeiro 21,531
- 1974 Atlético-MG 12,727 X Cruzeiro 14,333
- 1975 Atlético-MG 27,087 X Cruzeiro 21,919
- 1976 Atlético-MG 46,581 X Cruzeiro 19,022
- 1977 Atlético-MG 55,664 X Cruzeiro 19,196
- 1978 Atlético-MG 14,958 X Cruzeiro 22,431
- 1979 Atlético-MG 18,965 X Cruzeiro 28,233
- 1980 Atlético-MG 48,252 X Cruzeiro 23,243
- 1981 Atlético-MG 32,786 X Cruzeiro 22,867
- 1982 Atlético-MG 26,693 X Cruzeiro 16,909
- 1983 Atlético-MG 39,249 X Cruzeiro 37,035
- 1984 Atlético-MG 21,199 X Cruzeiro 16,453
- 1985 Atlético-MG 29,668 X Cruzeiro 16,005
- 1986 Atlético-MG 36,150 X Cruzeiro 28,560
- 1987 Atlético-MG 34,879 X Cruzeiro 36,007
- 1988 Atlético-MG 8,330 X Cruzeiro 22,253
- 1989 Atlético-MG 14,136 X Cruzeiro 21,494
- 1990 Atlético-MG 26,748 X Cruzeiro 16,922
- 1991 Atlético-MG 26,763 X Cruzeiro 20,579
- 1992 Atlético-MG 17,310 X Cruzeiro 18,567
- 1993 Atlético-MG 5,650 X Cruzeiro 12,130
- 1994 Atlético-MG 22,673 X Cruzeiro 9,587
- 1995 Atlético-MG 21,072 X Cruzeiro 16,398
- 1996 Atlético-MG 25,449 X Cruzeiro 24,821
- 1997 Atlético-MG 23,342 X Cruzeiro 7,550
- 1998 Atlético-MG 19,562 X Cruzeiro 28,384
- 1999 Atlético-MG 42,322 X Cruzeiro 25,575
- 2000 Atlético-MG 13,657 X Cruzeiro 15,130
- 2001 Atlético-MG 30,679 X Cruzeiro 14,346
- 2002 Atlético-MG 22,248 X Cruzeiro 13,658
- 2003 Atlético-MG 14,034 X Cruzeiro 26,366
- 2004 Atlético-MG 10,222 X Cruzeiro 5,510
- 2005 Atlético-MG 21,889 X Cruzeiro 15,848
- Total:Atlético-MG 22 x 12 Cruzeiro E.C..
- General attendance of Atlético:23,521
- General attendance of Cruzeiro:18,812
- Largest attendance of Atlético:55,664(1977)
- Largest attendance of Cruzeiro:36,007(1987)
- Smallest attendance of Atlético:5,650(1993)
- Smallest attendance of Cruzeiro:5,510(2004)
