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Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo, Brazil, founded on August 26, 1914, as Societá Sportiva Palestra Italia, but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942.

They play in green shirts, white shorts and green socks and are one of the most popular and traditional Brazilian clubs.

History

Foundation and name

Palmeiras was founded by Luigi Cervo, Vicenzo Ragognetti, Luigi Emanuele Marzo and Ezequiel Simone, four Italian men who were members of the italian-speaking community of São Paulo and was initially named Società Sportiva Palestra Italia. Its original colors were red, white and green (those of Italy). The name change occurred during World War II. Brazil entered the war supporting the allies and its dictatorship forced Palestra Italia to change its name because of the reference to Italy. The original badge (a white ornamental "P" in a shield) is still present in the current one and the club has used red as a third colour (mostly in friendship games during the club's 75th anniversary).

Several other clubs whose names alluded to enemy foreign countries either disappeared (like Germania) or were renamed during the same period. Another Brazilian club that was once also called Palestra Italia is Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. However Palmeiras was the original Palestra Italia, since it was founded about a decade before Cruzeiro.

Champion of The Century

In its history, the club has won 21 championships of the State of São Paulo, but the most important titles have been four Brazilian Leagues, one Libertadores Cup, the 1951 Copa Rio and one Mercosur Cup. Palmeiras is recognised as one of Brazil's most victorious clubs. In 1999, the Club was claimed by Federação Paulista de Futebol and Brazilian Press 'Champion of The 20th Century'.

Copa Rio

In 1951, Palmeiras won its the first international club tournament, the Copa Rio. The 1951 Copa Rio final matches were against Juventus from Italy. The team's main players at that point were Jair Rosa Pinto and Rodrigues. The club claims itself as 1951 World Club Champion, but is waiting for FIFA to release a statement on that subject.*

  • Note: FIFA was going to release a statement last September 15th, but said it is going to be decided by the Board later this year.

Ups and downs

The club has had a rather irregular history alternating between periods of intense success and failure. In the 1960s and early 1970s, for instance, the club collected honours, played several times the Libertadores Cup and won the Campeonato Brasileiro twice (1972/73). Then it faced more than fifteen years without winning anything important until, in 1992, the club signed with Italian group Parmalat a sponsorship deal that lasted for eight years and made it into Brazil's the richest club. During the Parmalat era, started in 1992, Palmeiras won the Brazilian Championship twice (1993/94), the Brazilian Cup (1998), the Mercosur Cup (1998) and the Libertadores Cup (1999).

Libertadores Cup Winners

Famous coach Luiz Felipe Scolari led the team to one of the club's most important titles: The 1999 Libertadores Cup. The final match was against Deportivo Cali from Colombia. Important players from that team were World Cup winner goalkeeper Marcos, as well Alex (football player), Evair, Paulo Nunes and Cesar Sampaio.

Current Years

Parmalat sponsorship ended in 2000 and left the club in dire straits. After a mildly irregular season in 2001 — the biggest achievement was a Libertadores Cup semifinal against Boca Juniors— the club faced its worst year ever in 2002 and was relegated to the Second Division, which it won in the following year, returning to the First Division in 2004. Ever since its comeback, the club has been on the rise. The last two seasons were rather successful, with two successive qualifications for Copa Libertadores.

Honours

International Competitions

South-American Championships
Intercontinental Tournaments
  • 1951 Copa Rio
  • Firenze Cup (Italy): 1963
  • Ramon de Carranza (Spain): 1969, 1974, 1975
  • Euro-America Cup: 1991, 1996
  • Nagoya Cup: 1994
  • Brazil-Italy Cup: 1994
  • Naranja Cup (Spain): 1995

National Competitions

Regional Competitions

  • Campeonato Paulista: 1920, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1993, 1994, 1996 (21 times)
  • Campeonato Paulista Extra: 1926, 1938 (2 times)
  • Taça dos Invictos (The Invincibles Cup): 1933/1934, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989

Stadium

Palmeiras plays at the Palestra Itália stadium (also nicknamed Parque Antártica because the area was a park built by Antartica Paulista Company in the beginning of the last century). The venue has seats for 35,000. Local derbies against São Paulo or Corinthians, however, are usually played in São Paulo's Morumbi stadium. The club has recently signed a deal with a local light company, Eletropaulo, to improve its lighting system.

Supporters

  • According to Placar magazine,http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/miscellaneous/torcidas.htm#s12 Palmeiras has one of the four largest supporting bases in Brazil, with fans in all Brazilian states.
  • The club's official mascot is a green parakeet.
  • The 2003 relegation was the worst moment in the club's history, but attendances were high throughout 2004 in the second division.
  • Traditionally, Palmeiras is a club supported by the Italian descendants. Nowadays, however the club is supported by people from all origins.
  • Palmeiras biggest ultras are Mancha Alvi-Verde and TUP.

Trivia

  • Palmeiras is the Brazilian club with the most participations in Copa Libertadores (13), winning it once (1999) and reaching the finals three times (1961, 1968 and 2000).
  • Palmeiras' biggest rival is Corinthians. This rivalry is considered one of the most intense in the world. Palmeiras vs Corinthians matches are known as the Derby. Another strong rivalry is against São Paulo, known as Choque Rei (King's Crash).
  • Palmeiras played with a blue jersey on 2 occasions. It was a special mention to the Italian National Team.
  • Palmeiras first jersey was all white with a red and white cross symbol (The Savoia Cross).
  • SC Internacional and Sao Paulo FC are the only clubs that have collected more wins than defeats against SE Palmeiras.
  • Palmeiras has a "B" team that plays the second division of the Paulista Championship (Série A2).
  • Palmeiras has tradition in sports, such as rink hockey and basketball. Leandro Barbosa and Oscar Schmidt, two of the best Brazilian basketball players of all time, started their careers at Palmeiras.

Historic players

Famous coaches

Famous matches

  • Palmeiras 2 x 2 Juventus — 1951 Copa Rio Final Match
  • Palmeiras 2 x 1 Deportivo Cali — 1999 Libertadores Cup Final Match
  • Palestra Italia 8 x 0 Corinthians - 1933 Campeonato Paulista Match
  • Palmeiras 4 x 2 Flamengo — 1999 Brazil Cup Quarterfinal Match
  • Palmeiras 6 x 1 Boca Juniors - 1994 Libertadores Cup
  • Palmeiras 3 x 0 River Plate - 1999 Libertadores Cup
  • Palmeiras 4 x 0 Corinthians — 1993 Campeonato Paulista Final Match
  • Palmeiras 3 x 2 Corinthians — 2000 Libertadores Cup Semifinal Match
  • Palmeiras 2 x 2 Santos — 1983 Campeonato Paulista Season Match (in this game, the referee José de Assis Aragão scored the equalizer goal at 92 minutes)
  • Palmeiras 1 x 0 Corinthians — 1974 Campeonato Paulista Final Match
  • Palmeiras 2 x 0 Cruzeiro - 1998 Brazil Cup Final Match
  • Palmeiras 6 x 7 Santos — 1957 Campeonato Paulista Season Match
  • Palmeiras 2 x 0 São Paulo - 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro Semi Finals
  • Palmeiras 3 x 2 São Paulo - 1994 Campeonato Paulista Match
  • Palmeiras 3 x 1 Corinthians - 1994 Brazilian Serie A Final Match
  • Palmeiras 2 x 1 Santos - 1959 Paulista Super League Final Match
  • Palmeiras 6 x 0 Santos - 1996 Regular Season Match (Santos largest defeat in a home match)
  • Palmeiras 7 x 3 Cruzeiro - 1999 Mercosur Cup
  • Palmeiras 3 x 3 Cruzeiro - 2001 Libertadores Cup
  • Palestra Italia 2 x 0 Savoia - 1915
  • Palestra Italia 11 x 0 SC Internacional - 1920
  • Palmeiras 0 x 1 Manchester United - 1999 Intercontinental Cup Final Match
  • Palmeiras 3 x 2 Corinthians (Penalties shootouts: 5 x 4) - 2000 Libertadores Cup
  • Palmeiras 0 x 0 Boca Juniors - 2000 Libertadores Cup Final Match
  • Palmeiras 4 x 2 Vasco da Gama - 1999 Libertadores Cup Quarter-Finals
  • Palmeiras 4 x 0 Vasco da Gama - 2000 Rio-SP Finals
  • Palmeiras 3 x 4 Vasco da Gama - 2001 Mercosur Cup Final Match
  • Palmeiras 5 x 1 Grêmio - 1995 Libertadores Cup Match
  • Palmeiras 6 x 1 Borussia Dortmund - 1996 Euro-America Cup finals.
  • Palmeiras 3 x 1 Peñarol - 2000 Libertadores Cup
  • Palmeiras 2 x 1 Barcelona - 1969 Friendly Match
  • Palmeiras 2 x 0 Real Madrid - 1969 Ramón de Carranza Final Match
  • Palmeiras 3 x 1 Real Madrid - 1975 Ramón de Carranza Final Match

Presidents

  • Ezequiel Simone (1914)\t
  • Augusto Vaccaro (1915)
  • Leonardo Pareto (1915) \t
  • Ludovico Bacchiani (1916) \t
  • Guido Farti (1917) \t
  • Dulio Frugoli (1918) \t
  • Valentino Sola (1918)
  • Menotti Falchi (1919-1920)
  • David Pichetti (1921-1922) \t
  • Francisco De Vivo (1923-1924) \t
  • Giuseppe Perrone (1925-1927) \t
  • Eduardo Matarazzo (1928-1931) \t
  • Dante Delmanto (1932-1934)
  • Raphael Parisi (1934-1938) \t
  • Ítalo Adami (1939-1940) \t
  • João Minervino (1939-1940) \t
  • Enrico de Martino (1939-1940) \t
  • Ítalo Adami (1941-1944) \t
  • Francisco Patti (1945-1946)
  • Higino Pellegrini (1947-1948) \t
  • Ferrúcio Sandoli (1949-1950)\t
  • Mário Frugiuelle (1951-1952)\t
  • Paschoal Walter Byron Giuliano (1953-1954) \t
  • Mário Beni (1955-1958)\t
  • Delfino Facchina (1959-1970)
  • Paschoal Walter Byron Giuliano (1971-1976) \t
  • Jordão Bruno Sacomani (1977-1978)\t
  • Brício Pompeu Toledo (1977-1978)
  • Delfino Facchina (1979-1980) \t
  • Brício Pompeu Toledo (1981-1982) \t
  • Paschoal Walter Byron Giuliano (1983-1984)
  • Nélson Tadini Duque (1985-1988) \t
  • Carlos Bernardo Facchina Nunes (1989-1992)\t
  • Mustafá Contursi (1993-2005)
  • Afonso Della Monica (2005-Today)

The anthem

Antônio Sergi is the creator of both the anthem's music and lyrics.

Top Scorers

These are Palmeiras's top scorers since its foundation: (The data are accurate as of 12th May 2006)

# Name Goals Years
1 Heitor 284 1916-1931
2 César Maluco 180 1967-1974
3 Ademir da Guia 153 1962-1977
4 Lima 149 1938-1954
5 Servílio 140 1963-1968
6 Evair 127 \t\t 1991-1994 and 1999
7 Humberto 126 1953-1958 and 1960-1961
8 Rodrigues 125\t 1950-1955
9 Luizinho 123 1935-1941
10 Tupãzinho 122 1963-1968

Sponsors

Current Sponsors

Former Sponsors

Squad

External links

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