The Taça Minas Gerais is a traditional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

tournament played in the

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

state in

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. From 1973 through 1977 and then in 1980 and 1981, was a separate competition. In 1979 and from 1982 to 1987, it was played as one of the phases in the

Campeonato Mineiro The Campeonato Mineiro is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is run by the Minas Gerais Football Federation (FMF). The history of Campeonato Mineiro can be divided into two parts: bef ...

, like the

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara ( English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Fe ...

in the

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

. The tournament was not played again until 1999, but only teams from the interior of

participated and the winner earned itself a berth in the

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. Since 2004, any team from the

's three divisions have been eligible. The winner also gets a berth in the

as Minas Gerais are allowed five, the other four go to the top four finishers of the

List of champions

^{( 1)} Since 2011 Ituiutaba is named Boa Esporte.

Club titles

* 5 titles ** Cruzeiro: 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 ** Atlético: 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1987 * 3 titles **

Uberaba Uberaba () is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Highlands at an elevation of 823 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level on the Uberaba River, and is situated 418 kilometres (260 mi) from the state c ...

: 1980, 2009, 2010 * 2 titles ** Boa Esporte: 2007, 2012 ** Ipatinga: 2004, 2011 ** URT: 1999, 2000 ** Villa Nova: 1977, 2006 * 1 title ** Democrata de Governador Valadares: 1981 ** América: 2005 ** Tupi: 2008 **

Uberlândia Uberlândia () is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state of Minas Gerais after the state capital Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 699,097, making it the si ...

: 2003

References

*Guillermo Alexander Rivera, Lisandro Pavan:
Minas Gerais Cup - List of Champions / Taça Minas Gerais - Lista de Campeões
', RSSSF Brasil, 18 June 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Taca Minas Gerais Minas Gerais, Taca Football competitions in Minas Gerais Recurring sporting events established in 1973 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2012