Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system; Copa do Brasil, the national knockout-style competition; and in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league. It is often considered one of the biggest clubs in the history of Latin America.