Associação Atlética Caldense
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| Full name | Associação Atlética Caldense | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Veterana | ||
| Founded | 1925 | ||
| Ground |
Ronaldão, Poços de Caldas, Brazil | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Chairman | Laércio Otávio Martins | ||
| Manager | Roberto Fonseca | ||
| League | Campeonato Mineiro Módulo I | ||
| 2016 |
Campeonato Mineiro Módulo I, 2nd place | ||
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Associação Atlética Caldense or Caldense is a Brazilian football team from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais.
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: 2002
- Campeonato Mineiro Second Division: 1971
- Campeonato Mineiro do Interior: 1975, 2002 and 2015
Stadium
Caldense plays at the municipal stadium 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.