Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a club.
 Cruzeiro play their home games at the Mineiro stadium, which currently holds up to 62,547 spectators
With the inauguration of the Mineiro in 1965, Cruzeiro entered one of the most successful periods in its history, in which the club won five Campeonato Mineiro titles in a row, and went on to win its first national title, the 1966 Taa Brasil (the highest honor in Brazilian football at that time) beating Santos of Pel in the final

