Araxá Esporte Clube, commonly known as Araxá, is a Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian football club based in Araxá

Araxá

Araxá is a city and municipality in southwest Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population was 87,764 inhabitants and the area of the municipality is 1,283 km², with 345 km² making up the urban perimeter.-Geography:...

, Minas Gerais state

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

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History

The club was founded on September 20, 1958. Araxá won the Campeonato Mineiro Second Level

Campeonato Mineiro (lower levels)

The Campeonato Mineiro lower levels are the football tournaments for the Minas Gerais clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Mineiro First Division. The competitions are organized by the Minas Gerais Football Federation...

 in 1966, 1978, and in 1990, and the Campeonato Mineiro Third Level

Campeonato Mineiro (lower levels)

The Campeonato Mineiro lower levels are the football tournaments for the Minas Gerais clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Mineiro First Division. The competitions are organized by the Minas Gerais Football Federation...

 in 2007.

Achievements

• Campeonato Mineiro Second Level
  Campeonato Mineiro (lower levels)
  The Campeonato Mineiro lower levels are the football tournaments for the Minas Gerais clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Mineiro First Division. The competitions are organized by the Minas Gerais Football Federation...
  
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  • Winners (3): 1966, 1978, 1990

• Campeonato Mineiro Third Level
  Campeonato Mineiro (lower levels)
  The Campeonato Mineiro lower levels are the football tournaments for the Minas Gerais clubs that do not play in the Campeonato Mineiro First Division. The competitions are organized by the Minas Gerais Football Federation...
  
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  • Winners (1): 2007

Stadium

Araxá Esporte Clube play their home games at Estádio Municipal Fausto Alvim. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 4,500 people.