Soccer Betting - Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
History - Facts - Teams - Winners
Ipatinga (MG)
The club was founded on May 21, 1998 by Itair Machado, Gercy Mathias, Cosme Mattos, Doctor Rinaldo Campos Soares, Doctor Ronaldo Monteiro de Souza and Francisco Carlos Delfino. Together, they professionalized Novo Cruzeiro Futebol Clube and renamed the club as Ipatinga Futebol Clube.
In 1998 the club earned second place in the second division of the state championship. The following year, the team competed in the first division, coming in second place in the 2nd Module of the division and as a result, in 2000 Ipatinga Futebol Clube played against the state's elite teams throughout the 1st Module of the first Division, ending the competition in fourth place.
In 2005 the team won the state title and finished as runner-up of the competition in the following year. In 2006 Ipatinga F.C. competed in the Copa do Brasil and they finished in Campeonato Brasileiro Série C's third position and were promoted to the following year's Brazilian Championship Second Level. After being runner up in 2007's Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Ipatinga gained promotion to the elite of Brazilian football in 2008's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
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