Associação Atlética Caldense or Caldense is a Brazilian football team team from Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas

Poços de Caldas is a city and municipality in south-western Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the microregion of the same name. Its estimated population in 2009 was 151,449 inhabitants...

, Minas Gerais

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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Caldense play in green and white uniforms.

History

Caldense was founded on September 7, 1925, in Poços de Caldas, by Fosco Pardini and João de Moura Gavião. De Moura Gavião was 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
  Campeonato Mineiro
  Campeonato Mineiro is the state football league of the state of Minas Gerais and is controlled by the Minas Gerais Football Federation FMF ....
  
  : 2002
• Campeonato Mineiro Second Division
  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...
  
  : 1971
• Campeonato Mineiro do Interior: 1975 and 2002.

Most notable players

• Aílton Lira
  Aílton Lira
  Aílton Lira da Silva, best known as Aílton Lira was a former football forward who currently manages Limeira Futebol Clube....
  
  
• Baiano
• Buzuca
• Walter Casagrande
  Walter Casagrande
  Wálter Casagrande Jr., usually known as Casagrande was a former football player in striker role, who currently is a famous TV commentator for Rede Globo....
  
  
• Jânio Joaquim
• Luiz Carlos Maravilha
• Mauro Ramos de Oliveira
• Miguel
• Mirandinha
• Natal
• Neto

Stadium

Caldense plays at the municipal stadium Estádio Ronaldão

Ronaldão (stadium)

Ronaldão, also known as Estádio Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Poços de Caldas, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Associação Atlética Caldense and Poços de Caldas Futebol Clube. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 14,000...

, 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

Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

 city, against Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...

 at Independência stadium

Estádio Independência

The Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, usually known as Estádio Independência, is in the neighborhood of Horto in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and was opened in 1950 for the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil that year. Initially with capacity for 30,000 people, currently has capacity for 25,000 people...

. The match ended 3-0 in favour of Cruzeiro.