Esporte Clube Siderúrgica, better known as Siderúrgica, is a Brazilian

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club based in

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. They competed in the

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in 1965 and won the

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twice, in 1937 and 1964.

History

Esporte Clube Siderúrgica was founded on May 31, 1930, by employees of the Belgo-Mineira Ironwork Company. The club was initially organized to be a sports recreation club for employees of the company, which became a sponsor of the club, helping to improve its various departments, especially its group of professional athletes. After winning the 1932

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, Siderúrgica played in the Módulo I for the first time in 1933 and became a professional club. ''Sidera'' won the

for the first time in 1937, defeating Villa Nova in the finals. Siderúrgica won the

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again in 1964, and became the second club outside

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to win the Campeonato Mineiro more than once, alongside their rivals Villa Nova. The title is also notable for being the last before the inauguration of Minas' biggest stadium, Belo Horizonte's

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. Because of this title, they competed in the

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, in which they finished in seventh place. The ''Esquadrão de Aço'' was crowned the first champion of the interior of Minas Gerais in 1965, a title given to the team outside the

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with the better campaign in the Campeonato Mineiro. In 1967 the ceased its financial support to the club and so Siderúrgica ceased its own professional football department for a long time. The club played professional tournaments again in 1993, 1997, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017 in the

, but failed to return to the first division of the State championship. The team has ever since only fielded a juniors female team.

Honours

State

** Winners (2): 1937, 1964 ** Runners-up (6): 1936, 1938, 1941, 1950, 1952, 1960 *

** Winners (1): 1932 * Campeonato Mineiro do Interior ** Winners (1): 1965 * Torneio Início do Campeonato Mineiro ** Winners (4): 1942, 1951, 1956, 1965

City

* Campeonato Amador de Sabará ** Winners (2): 1969, 1986

Stadium

Esporte Clube Siderúrgica plays their home games at Estádio Praia do Ó. In 2011, due to problems with their stadium, Siderúrgica played in Estádio Israel Pinheiro, in

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References

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