Associação Atlética Caldense

Associação Atlética Caldense, commonly known as Caldense, is a Brazilian professional association football club based in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier of the Minas Gerais state football league.

Caldense

Full name	Associação Atlética Caldense
Nickname(s)	Veterana
Founded	5 September 1925; 99 years ago (1925-09-05)
Ground	Ronaldão
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Laércio Otávio Martins
Head coach	Mauro Fernandes
League	Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II
2024 [pt]	Mineiro Módulo II, 9th of 12
Home colours Away colours

Founded on 7 September 1925, it plays its games at the Dr. Ronaldo Junqueira Stadium (Ronaldão). Its colors are green and white and the parakeet is the mascot. In addition to professional football, the club also fields teams in futsal, swimming, volleyball, basketball, tennis, shuttlecock, cricket, table tennis and several others. Historically, its biggest rival is Rio Branco de Andradas Futebol Clube.^[1]

Caldense play in green and white uniforms.

History

Caldense was founded on 7 September 1925, in Poços de Caldas, by Fosco Pardini and João de Moura Gavião. De Moura Gavião was a dissident member of a local team called Foot-Ball Club Caldense.

In 1928, Associação Atlética Caldense and Gambrinus Futebol Clube fused.

Caldense's first stadium, called Cristiano Osório, was built by Local Futebol Clube in 1923 and was brought by Caldense in 1925.

Honours

Official tournaments

State
Competitions	Titles	Seasons
Campeonato Mineiro	1	2002[2]

Others tournaments

State

• Torneio Incentivo Mineiro (2): 1975, 1983
• Campeonato Mineiro do Interior (8): 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2015

Runners-up

• Campeonato Mineiro (1): 2015
• Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II (2): 1969, 1985, 2009

Stadium

Main article: Ronaldão (stadium)

Caldense plays at the municipal stadium Estádio Ronaldão, built in 1979, with a maximum capacity of 14,000 people.

Trivia

On November 22, 1968, the club played their first match in Belo Horizonte city, against Cruzeiro at Independência stadium. The match ended 3–0 in favour of Cruzeiro.