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Cruzeiro do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, a town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul, a defunct Brazilian airline, founded in 1927; Order of the Southern Cross (Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul), Brazil's highest order of merit; Cruzeiro do Sul is an old Samba school in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Brazilian Portuguese: [kɾuˈzejɾu esˈpoʁtʃi ˈklubi]) is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team.
It currently plays in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A2, the second level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. It was founded in 1913, preceding Cruzeiro Esporte Clube from Belo Horizonte, the most famous team of the same name. Cruzeiro won the 1929 Campeonato Gaúcho. In the 1953 the team was the first from Rio Grande do Sul to tour ...
The two teams were tied on points until round 31, when Cruzeiro, with a brace from Aristizábal, took a major 3–0 home win against second placed Santos, who boasted of national greats such as Robinho, Diego Ribas, Elano and Ricardo Oliveira. From then on, Cruzeiro only increased its lead until being confirmed champions with 2 rounds advance.
The 2020 season was the 99th in the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's existence. Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B – which Cruzeiro played for the first time in their history after being relegated in the 2019 season –, the club also competed in the Campeonato Mineiro and in the Copa do Brasil .
Cruzeiro do Sul receives 2,167.4 millimetres (85.33 in) on average annually and has a wet season that generally falls between October and April and a drier season from June to September. March, receiving 292.6 millimetres (11.52 in) of rainfall on average, is the wettest month, while July is the driest month, receiving only 59.1 millimetres (2. ...