União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores, commonly known as URT, is a Brazilian

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club based in Patos de Minas,

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 ...

. They competed in the Copa do Brasil six times, in the Série C once, in 1995, and in the Série D five times, being the 2019 edition, their last one. Currently, URT plays in the Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II, the second tier of Minas Gerais state league.

History

The club was founded on July 9, 1939, after a meeting of a group of friends. The club's biggest rivalry is against Mamoré, also from Patos de Minas, known as ''Clássico do Milho'' (Corn derby). They won the Taça Minas Gerais in 1999, beating Democrata-GV in the finals, and in 2000, when they defeated Ipatinga to secure their second title. URT competed in the Copa do Brasil in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, 2006,

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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and

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

. The club best campaigns were in 2006 and 2019, when they made to the second stage. URT made to the semifinals of 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 ...

two times in a row, in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and in

. In both occasions they were defeated by Atlético Mineiro, but were given the title of Champion of the Interior. In

, ''Trovão Azul'' made its best campaign in the Série D, making to the quarterfinals. URT ended up not being promoted to the Série C, as they were eliminated by Globo in penalties.

Honours

* Taça Minas Gerais ** Winners (2): 1999, 2000 * Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II ** Winners (1): 2013 ** Runners-up: 1994, 1998 * Campeonato Mineiro do Interior ** Winners (2): 2016, 2017

Stadium

União Recreativa dos Trabalhadores play their home games at Estádio Zama Maciel, also known as ''Mangueirão''. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 4,858 people.

References

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