Mixto Esporte Clube
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Mixto Esporte Clube, usually known simply as Mixto, is a Brazilian football club from Cuiabá
Cuiabá
Under the Koppen climate classification, Cuiaba features a tropical wet and dry climate. Cuiabá is famous for its searing heat, although temperatures in winter can arrive sporadically at 10 degrees, indeed atypical, caused by cold fronts coming from the south, and that may only last one or two...

, Mato Grosso state
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...

. The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 several times and is one of the most popular clubs of Mato Grosso state. Mixto is also the most successful football club of Mato Grosso, having won twenty-four Campeonato Matogrossense
Campeonato Matogrossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First stage:*The teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

 titles.

History

The club was founded on May 20, 1934 by a mixed group of men and women, hence the club's name, but instead of using the correct spelling Misto, the wrong spelling Mixto was used, to differentiate the club from the misto sandwich.

In 1943, Mixto won the Campeonato Matogrossense
Campeonato Matogrossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First stage:*The teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

 first edition. In 1976, the club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 for the first time, finishing in the 27th position.

State competitions

  • Campeonato Matogrossense
    Campeonato Matogrossense
    The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First stage:*The teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

    : 24
1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989,1996, 2008

  • Torneio Início: 1
1969

Regional competitions

  • Copa Integração Emílio Garrastazu Médici: 1
1973

  • Torneio Centro-Oeste: 1
1976

Stadium

Mixto's stadium is Verdão
Verdão
Estádio Governador José Fragelli, usually known as Verdão, is a multi-purpose stadium in Cuiabá, Brazil. The current stadium, used mostly for football matches, holds 40,000, and was built in 1976...

, with has a maximum capacity of 47,000 people.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A participations

Mixto competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

 in 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 and 1986. The club's best participation was in 1985, when the club finished in the 14th place.

Noted players

Bife Bujica
Bujica
Marcelo Ribeiro, usually known as Bujica is a retired professional Brazilian footballer who played as a striker for several Série A clubs.-Career:...

 Elias Ernani Gaguinho
  Gonçalves Humberto Luis Carlos Beleza Miro Pastoril   Pelézinho Ruíter Tostão Vanderlei

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