2016 Clube Atlético Mineiro season

The 2016 season is Clube Atlético Mineiro's 108th in existence and tenth consecutive season in the top-flight of Brazilian football. Along with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Campeonato Mineiro, the club will also compete in the Copa Libertadores, the Copa do Brasil and the Primeira Liga.

Background and pre-season
Atlético Mineiro finished as runner-up in the previous season's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores. Levir Culpi, the head coach for most of 2015, mutually terminated its contract in the end of that year, being replaced by Uruguayan Diego Aguirre, who took charge in January 2016. Atlético took part in Florida Cup, a pre-season competition in the US, which it won.

Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 June 2016. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Technical staff
{| class="wikitable" !Position !Name
 * Head coach
 * 🇧🇷 Marcelo Oliveira
 * rowspan="2"|Assistant coach
 * 🇧🇷 Tico
 * 🇧🇷 Eduardo Abdo
 * Technical Supervisor
 * 🇧🇷 Carlos Alberto Isidoro
 * Technical Coordinator
 * 🇧🇷 Carlinhos Neves
 * rowspan="2"|Fitness coach
 * 🇧🇷 Luís Otávio Kalil
 * 🇧🇷 Juvenilson de Souza
 * Goalkeeping coach
 * 🇧🇷 Francisco Cersósimo
 * Sports Technology Assistant
 * 🇧🇷 Alexandre Ceolin
 * 🇧🇷 Luís Otávio Kalil
 * 🇧🇷 Juvenilson de Souza
 * Goalkeeping coach
 * 🇧🇷 Francisco Cersósimo
 * Sports Technology Assistant
 * 🇧🇷 Alexandre Ceolin
 * Sports Technology Assistant
 * 🇧🇷 Alexandre Ceolin
 * 🇧🇷 Alexandre Ceolin


 * Scout


 * 🇧🇷 Bernardo Motta


 * rowspan="3" |Doctor
 * 🇧🇷 Rodrigo Lasmar
 * 🇧🇷 Marcus Vinícius
 * 🇧🇷 Otaviano Oliveira
 * rowspan="2" |Physiotherapist
 * 🇧🇷 Rômulo Frank
 * 🇧🇷 Guilherme Fialho
 * Physiologist
 * 🇧🇷 Roberto Chiari
 * Dentist
 * 🇧🇷 Marcelo Lasmar
 * rowspan="2" |Nutritionist
 * 🇧🇷 Evandro Vasconcelos
 * 🇧🇷 Natália Carvalho
 * rowspan="3" |Masseur
 * 🇧🇷 Belmiro Oliveira
 * 🇧🇷 Eduardo Vasconcelos
 * 🇧🇷 Hélio Gomes
 * Field Assistant
 * 🇧🇷 Rubens Pinheiro
 * rowspan="2"|Kit manager
 * 🇧🇷 João de Deus
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano Caxeado
 * rowspan="3" |Masseur
 * 🇧🇷 Belmiro Oliveira
 * 🇧🇷 Eduardo Vasconcelos
 * 🇧🇷 Hélio Gomes
 * Field Assistant
 * 🇧🇷 Rubens Pinheiro
 * rowspan="2"|Kit manager
 * 🇧🇷 João de Deus
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano Caxeado
 * 🇧🇷 Rubens Pinheiro
 * rowspan="2"|Kit manager
 * 🇧🇷 João de Deus
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano Caxeado
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano Caxeado
 * 🇧🇷 Luciano Caxeado

Matches
Due to the air accident that occurred with the Chapecoense team, victimizing 71 people, the last match of the Brazilian Championship against Atlético Mineiro was canceled, giving a double victory by 3 x 0.