Associação Atlética Caldense

Football club infobox
clubname = Caldense


fullname = Associação Atlética Caldense
nickname = "Leão do Bomfim" (Bomfim's Lion))
founded = 1925
ground = Ronaldão,
Poços de Caldas, Brazil
capacity = 20,000| chairman = Albert Nogueira Mareca
manager = Zezito
league = Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II
season = 2007
position = Campeonato Mineiro Módulo I,
12th place (relegated)
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Caldense is a Brazilian football team team from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, founded on September 7, 1925.

Home stadium is the Ronaldão, capacity 20,000. They play in white shirts, black shorts and white socks.

History

Caldense was founded on September 7, 1925, in Poços de Caldas, by Fosco Pardini and João de Moura Gavião, the latter being a dissident member of a local team called Foot-Ball Club Caldense.

In 1928, Associação Atlética Caldense and Gambrinus Futebol Clube fused.

Caldense's first stadium, called Cristiano Osório, was built by Local Futebol Clube in 1923 and was brought by Caldense in 1925.

Titles

* Campeonato Mineiro: 2002
* Campeonato Mineiro Second Division: 1971
* Campeonato Mineiro do Interior: 1975

Most notable players

*Aílton Lira
*Baiano
*Buzuca
*Walter Casagrande
*Jânio Joaquim
*Luiz Carlos Maravilha
*Mauro Ramos de Oliveira
*Miguel
*Mirandinha
*Natal
*Neto

tadium

Caldense's stadium is Estádio Ronaldão, built in 1979, with a maximum capacity of 14,000 people.

Trivia

On November 22, 1968, the club played their first match in Belo Horizonte city, against Cruzeiro at Independência stadium. The match ended 3-0 in favour of Cruzeiro.

External links

* [http://www.caldense.com.br/ Caldense Official Website]