Flamengo–Atlético Mineiro football rivalry
| Locale |
 Brazil |
|---|---|
| Teams |
Flamengo Atlético Mineiro |
| First meeting | 16 June 1929 Atlético Mineiro 2–3 Flamengo |
| Latest meeting | 10 July 2016 Flamengo 2–0 Atlético Mineiro (2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 107 |
| Most wins | Flamengo (43) |
| All-time series | Flamengo: 43 Draws: 30 Atlético Mineiro: 34 |
| Largest victory | Atlético Mineiro 6–1 Flamengo 14 November 2004 (2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A) |
The rivalry between Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro is a footballing rivalry played between Brazilian clubs Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, from Rio de Janeiro, and Clube Atlético Mineiro, from Belo Horizonte. The clubs first played against each other in 1929, but until regular competitions were introduced in Brazilian football in 1959, the encounters were played at friendly level, since they come from different states: Flamengo is from Rio de Janeiro, while Atlético Mineiro hails from Minas Gerais. The rivalry developed in the 1980s from numerous controversial encounters between the two clubs in that decade's Brasileirão and Copa Libertadores editions. It remained through the following years, and is considered the biggest interstate rivalry in Brazilian football.
The first encounter between the two teams happened on 16 June 1929, a friendly in Atlético's home ground, the Presidente Antônio Carlos stadium, which Flamengo won 3–2. Atlético's first victory came in 1934, 3–1 in Rio de Janeiro, also in friendly game. The first regular national championship in Brazilian football was the Taça Brasil, introduced in 1959. Until then, matches between clubs from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais were mostly friendly, with an exception happening during the 1937 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais. The first time Flamengo and Atlético played for a national competition was on 2 April 1967, for the that year's Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, a match which Atlético won 3–1 at the Mineirão. The clubs also took part in the Torneio do Povo, a competition organised by the Brazilian Sports Confederation from 1971 to 1973 between Brazil's most popular football clubs. Flamengo won the 1972 edition of the tournament, played in a single round-robin, with Atlético Mineiro finishing as runner-up.
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