Esporte Clube Cruzeiro, commonly known as Cruzeiro de Arapiraca or just Cruzeiro, is a Brazilian

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club based in

Arapiraca Arapiraca is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality in the Federative units of Brazil, state of Alagoas, Northeast Region of the country. It is located in Agreste in Alagoas and belongs to the Metropolitan Region of Agreste, being lo ...

Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

. Founded in 1983, dissolved in 1997, and refounded in 2019, the club plays in the

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History

Founded on 7 September 1983, the club first reached the first division of the

in 1987. The club reached the fourth position in the 1994

Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (English: ''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''English: Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (English: ''Northeastern Cup'') is a Brazilian football competition among Northeastern re ...

, before being dissolved in 1997. During that period, international footballer

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played at the club. In July 2019, after nearly 23 years inactive, Cruzeiro was refounded. The club returned to a senior competition in the 2021

Campeonato Alagoano Segunda Divisão The Campeonato Alagoano Segunda Divisão is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It is run by the Alagoas Football Federation (FAF). List of champions Following is the list with all the ...

, reaching the first division after 26 years. Cruzeiro also won the 2022

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, and achieved a place in the 2023 Série D.

Honours

** Winners (1): 2022 *

** Winners (1): 2021

References

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