In 28 January 1915, LIGA MINEIRA DE SPORTS ATHLÉTICOS (Minas Gerais Athletic Sports League) was founded. Later that year it organized the very first football league in Belo Horizonte city. The city had then five league-affiliated football clubs. In 19 June, the Newspaper Diario de Minas published the Schedule of matches. Em 28/01/1915, foi fundada a LIGA MINEIRA DE SPORTS ATHLÉTICOS, que nesse mesmo ano organizou o primeiro campeonato da cidade de Belo Horizonte. A Capital contava com cinco equipes de futebol inscritas para o importante certame. Em 19/06/1915, o Diário de Minas publicou a Tabela dos jogos. Participants: (all from Belo Horizonte) AMÉRICA Futebol Clube Clube ATLÉTICO Mineiro Club de Sports HYGIENICOS Sport Club CHRISTOVAM COLOMBO YALE Athletic Club (Incomplete scores) Table: M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Atlético 8 6 1 1 21- 5 13 Champions --------------------------------------------- 2.Yale 6 4 0 2 8- 8 8 3.América 7 3 1 3 9- 8 7 4.Christovam Colombo 5 1 1 3 3-11 3 5.Hygienicos 6 0 1 5 3-12 1 [Jul 4] América 2-1 Hygienicos [Montes (2); Chagas] [Jul 11] Atlético 5-0 Yale [Meirelles (2), Lê, Mattos e Paula Dias] [Jul 18] Hygiênicos 0-2 Yale [Jul 25] Atlético 2-2 América [Morethzson, Meirelles; Britto (2)] [Aug 1] Hygiênicos 1-1 Christovam Colombo [Aug 8] Yale 1-0 América [Aug 15] C. Colombo 0-4 Yale [Aug 22] América 2-1 Christovam Colombo [Montes, Borges; Bretas] [Aug 29] Atlético 4-0 Hygiênicos [Meirelles (2), Cuthbert, Mattos] [Sep 5] Atlético 0-1 Christovam Colombo [Bretas] [Sep 12] Atlético 1-WO Hygiênicos [Sep 19] Hygiênicos 1-2 América [Sep 26] Atlético 3-1 Yale [Mattos, Guimarães, Rose; Ricardoni] [Oct 3] Atlético 2-1 América [Meirelles, Mattos; Octacílio] [Oct 10] Yale - Christovam Colombo [Oct 17] Yale - Hygiênicos [Oct 24] Atlético 4-0 Christovam Colombo [Paula Dias (2), Meirelles, Mattos] [Oct 31] América WO-1 Yale [América walked over due to a friendly match that they played against Morro Velho in Nov 01] [Nov 7] C. Colombo - Hygiênicos [Nov 14] C. Colombo - América Table: M W D L GF-GA Pts 1.Atlético 8 6 1 1 21- 5 13 Champions --------------------------------------------- 2.Yale 6 4 0 2 8- 8 8 3.América 7 3 1 3 9- 8 7 4.Christovam Colombo 5 1 1 3 3-11 3 5.Hygienicos 6 0 1 5 3-12 1 ** Atlético are the first Minas Gerais champions of 1915 ** *** Topscorer: Meireles (Atlético) 7 goals *** Atlético's champions: Ferreira, Morethzon, Leon, Sigaud, Lê, Testi, Paula Dias, Lott, Meireles, Matos, Rose, Curthbert, Guimarães, Coutinho e Guido.
list of second level champions
Special thanks to Carlos Paiva (América FC historian) and Vítor Dias (RSSSF-Brasil).
Prepared and maintained by Santiago Reis da Cruz and Claudio Freati for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
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