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The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional
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club based in the city of
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, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in
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, with an approximate 21 million supporters and 198,656 affiliated fans. The football team plays in the
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, the state of
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's premier
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, as well as in the Brasileirão Série A, the top tier of the
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. The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants on 26 August 1914, as " Palestra Itália" (). However, the club changed its name on 14 September 1942, as a result of Brazil joining the
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in the
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against
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("Itália" in Portuguese) and the
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powers. Since then, Palmeiras has won 18 top-tier national competitions, including a record 12
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, 4 Copas do Brasil, 1
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, and 1
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making it the most successful club in top-tier domestic competitions in Brazil. In international club football, the ''Verdão'' (Big Green One) has won the first ever international tournament known as Copa Rio in 1951, the 1999, 2020 and 2021
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, the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 1998 Copa Mercosul. The club has also been successful at a regional level as they have won 5 Interstate titles ( Torneio Rio – São Paulo), and 26 State Championship titles (
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). Palmeiras currently occupies the second position on CBF and the first position
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rankings, and was the first Brazilian club to win the IFFHS Men's Club World Ranking in 2021. The squads for all five
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s and two Olympic gold medals won by
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have had at least one Palmeiras player in them, an honour shared with cross-city rivals
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. The name Palmeiras usually refers to the football club, yet its athletic department competes in more than a dozen different sports. These include
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and roller hockey (rink hockey), American football, archery, and karate among others.


History


Foundation

At the beginning of the 20th century, several young Italians decided to start a club whose main goal was to form a football team that would be representative of the Italian community, and face the big names of São Paulo's football elite. Just over three decades earlier, Italy had been unified – a fact that was not known to some Italian-Brazilians and to some non-Italian Brazilians. There were numerous Italian clubs, but each one represented an Italian province or was geared to activities other than
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. At the time, the game was starting to take hold and drew many players and fans. The founders of the club sought out the ''Fanfulla'' newspaper, which was the media outlet that defended the interests of Italians in Brazil, and entrusted young Vincenzo Ragognetti – another supporter of the idea – to draft an invitation to those interested in forming a sports club. After several meetings, 46 interested individuals (led by Luigi Marzo and Luigi Cervo) gathered at the Alhambra Room on what is now Rua do Riachuelo, and founded a sports club for all Italian-Brazilians named "Palestra Italia" on 26 August 1914. Ezequiel Simone was named club president. The Italian Consulate in São Paulo became interested in the new club because it would help spread the word among Italians that their country now had one flag and one anthem. After some initial difficulties, Palestra Italia played its first game in the town of Votorantim (São Paulo State) – beating Savoia 2–0 with goals from Bianco and Alegretti to win the Taça Savoia, the club's first title.


1920–1945: First state title and new stadium

In 1916, the team joined the city's main sports league and played its first official championship match. The following year it would be runner-up in the São Paulo State Championship, facing
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for the first time. Palestra won that initial game 3–0 with three goals from Caetano; it also won the rematch 3–1 of what would become the team's chief rivalry. In 1920, Palestra Italia captured the São Paulo State championship with a victory over the rugged Paulistano squad in the deciding match. Palestra continued to grow as a sports club and also began acquiring more assets.
Estádio Palestra Itália The Palestra Itália Stadium () was a football stadium located in Barra Funda, São Paulo, standing on the site now occupied by the Allianz Parque stadium. It was the home ground of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras from 1917 to 2010, and was al ...
, purchased in 1920, was remodeled and expanded in 1933, when it became the first Brazilian stadium with concrete grandstands and barbed-wire fences. Starting in 1964, the playing field would be suspended, which gave fans a complete, broad view and also created space in the lower levels. The club continued to grow and win more championships, and at the outset of the 1930s became the three-time São Paulo State football and basketball champion – a feat that prompted Palestra fans to chant in celebration: "With the feet or with the hands, Palestra is the best in the land."


A Leader Dies, A Champion is Born

In 1942 during World War II, the government of President Getúlio Vargas issued a decree banning any organization from using names related to the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). Palestra Italia was forced to change its name and became Palestra São Paulo ("palestra" is a Greek word, loosely translated as "gymnasium," which therefore did not violate this rule). However, the change still did not soothe political and sporting pressures to alter the name completely. At risk of forfeiting all its assets to other clubs and being ejected from the championship that it currently led, Palestra was forced to change its name a second time. The night before the last game of the
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, scheduled for 20 September 1942, the Palestra board of directors held a heated meeting and changed the club's name. When the debate reached its peak, Dr. Mario Minervino took the floor and asked club Secretary, Dr. Pascoal W. Byron Giuliano, to note in the minutes: – "They don't want us to be Palestra, so then we shall be Palmeiras – born to be champions." Tensions flared during the final league match, where Palmeiras's opponent was São Paulo Futebol Clube (SPFC), which was laying claim to the assets of the former Palestra Italia. Palmeiras took the field carrying the Brazilian flag under the leadership of army Captain Adalberto Mendes. Palmeiras was leading the match by 3–1 when a penalty was given in its favor. At that moment, the SPFC ordered its players to consider the Palmeiras squad an enemy of the homeland and pulled its side off the field amid jeers from even the club's own fans. The celebrations began on the spot. The next day, newspapers contained a photograph of Palmeiras entering the field with the headline: "A Leader Dies, A Champion is Born."


Copa Rio: recognition as world champions

In January 1951, the Brazilian sports newspaper ''O Globo Sportivo'' ran a lead story reporting that FIFA President
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would grant unconditional support to holding a world club championship in
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. The first Copa Rio was held in 1951, with the participation of eight squads, divided into two brackets of four teams apiece: Vasco da Gama (Brazil), Austria Vienna (Austria), Nacional (Uruguay), and Sporting CP (Portugal), playing in Rio; and Palmeiras (Brazil), Juventus (Italy), Red Star (Yugoslavia), and Olympique (France) playing in São Paulo. Clubs such as Malmo, Rapid Vienna, Tottenham, Newcastle, Barcelona, Lousanne were invited to participate in the tournament, but they were not interested, and preferred to participate in the
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with teams such as
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and Atletico de Madrid. The importance of the 1951 Copa Rio is linked to the fact that it was the first interclub competition with worldwide coverage, having been created even before the Intercontinental Cup. The competition was organized by the Brazilian Sports Confederation, with aid and authorization from FIFA, and was sponsored by the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro. As a result, FIFA states that Palmeiras is the de facto holder of the title of the first worldwide club competition in history, by stating in the 2022 competition that Palmeiras already had a title. But by 2022, the official page of the international clubs in the FIFA official website, only reported winners from 2000 to 2022, so Palmeiras would not be considered the 1951 winner. Two editions of the Copa Rio took place in
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and
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,
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in 1951; Palmeiras was the winner of the tournament while
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, also a co-organizer of the 1952 event, won in 1952. While FIFA statute did establish that official international competitions could only be organized by FIFA or continental confederations, this rule was only effective as of 1955,For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation. cfr. cfr. In accordance with the regulations integrated in the FIFA Statute, official competitions for club teams can be defined as those organized under the auspices of FIFA, confederations and member associations, or authorized by them, excluding friendly matches and test matches; say the confederal and interconfederal cups (arranged by FIFA or confederations), the championships and the national cups (arranged by member associations). cfr. cfr. cfr. cfr. cfr. cfr. so this was not the case for the Copa Rio, which was organized by the Brazilian Federation. Palmeiras has requested several times that FIFA officially recognize this tournament as a Club World Cup, but as of yet to no avail. In 2006, Palmeiras prepared a document for FIFA, describing the 1951 Copa Rio in detail, in order to request official confirmation of their victory as the first ever club football world championship. The document argued that the participation of FIFA officials
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and
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in the organization of the 1951 competition was a clear indication of FIFA's blessing, and that FIFA had sent Barassi to represent FIFA in the organization of the tournament. Rous and Barassi were primarily involved in negotiations with European clubs, while Barassi also helped organize the framework of the competition. In a 1951 interview, however, FIFA President
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praised the Brazilian initiative, but denied any FIFA involvement in or responsibility for it. In May 2007, Palmeiras received a letter from FIFA, signed by then Secretary-General
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, recognizing Palmeiras as club world champions of 1951. However, FIFA president
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later declared that the matter was still being evaluated. In April 2013, FIFA General-Secretary
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, again recognized Palmeiras as champions of the "''first Club World Cup ever held''" in written communication to the Brazilian Minister of Sports,
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.
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recognized Palmeiras as champions of the "''first worldwide club competition''" in 2014, while,
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president
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stated to the Brazilian press that Palmeiras's victory had been effectively recognized by FIFA and they should therefore be considered club world champions. On 22 July 2016, FIFA celebrated the 65-year anniversary of the 1951 Copa Rio title won by Palmeiras. On
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, FIFA posted: ''"Green is the color of envy. 'The Big Green Ones' were the envy of the world on this day 65 years ago. A Liminha-inspired Palmeiras edged a Juventus team including
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& a Danish triumvirate to become the sport's first intercontinental world club champions. 100,000 watched that at the Maracanã. One million flooded the streets of São Paulo to welcome their heroes home''." A distinction between a "worldwide competition" (''worldwide in reach but that does not necessarily indicate the world champion'') and a "competition awarding the label of world champion" rose in January 2017, when FIFA issued the following statement: "''At its meeting in
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on 7 June 2014 the FIFA Executive Committee agreed to the request presented by CBF to acknowledge the 1951 tournament between European and South American clubs as the first worldwide club competition, and Palmeiras as its winner. FIFA acknowledges and values the initiatives to establish worldwide club competitions throughout history. This is the case of tournaments involving European and South American clubs, such as the pioneering Copa Rio, played in 1951 and 1952, and the Intercontinental Cup. However, it was not until 2000 that FIFA organised the maiden FIFA Club World Cup, with representatives from all six confederations. The winners of this competition, which went on to be staged annually from 2005 onwards, are the ones officially considered by FIFA as club world champions''. On 27 October 2017, the FIFA Council changed its position: while not promoting the statistical unification of the Intercontinental Cup and the Club World Cup, in respect to the history of the two tournaments (which merged in 2005), it made the Intercontinental Cup an official world title, recognizing all its winners as club world champions with the same title as
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winners: "FIFA Club World Champions.""While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred by an official document from the world federation so it is legally a FIFA world title" cfr. cfr.For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation in the interconfederal competitions or a member association in a continental competition cfr. cfr. cfr. In April 2019,
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president
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, in an interview with Brazilian media, reiterated FIFA's perspective that only the winners of the Intercontinental Cup and the Club World Cup were officially world champions. Also in April 2019, former
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president
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(who held office until December 2015) again stated to the Brazilian press that Palmeiras had been recognized as world club champions by FIFA in 2014. In February 2021, the
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website praised Palmeiras's victory in the Copa Rio thus:
In any case, the Copa Rio was the first intercontinental football tournament to bring together the most prestigious clubs from the most important leagues around the world. The matches were played at the same locations in which the
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games had been played the year before. The tournament triggered discussions within continental football federations about exploring club football internationally, which eventually led to the launch of international championships such as the European Cup (now known as the
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) and the
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. In the end, Palmeiras won the first intercontinental championship of the pre-international era of football, making the 'Copa Rio' one of the most important starting points of globalization for football. The 'Copa Rio' was important at the time but Palmeiras is still not recognized as an intercontinental champion by FIFA.


The "Academy" becomes a Brazilian giant

In the 1960s, the standard of quality of Palmeiras played – led by the one who would come to symbolize this period of football excellence,
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– led the Palestra Italia team to be called the "Academy" of Brazilian football. The first Academy had
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, Djalma Dias, Dudu, Ademir da Guia,
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,
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, Liminha and Chinesinho as some of the outstanding players. Managed by Filpo Núñez, Palmeiras players won the most important national competition in 1965, the Rio – São Paulo championship, with stand-out performances. Blow-outs against top rivals included seven goals scored against
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, five against
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in their home stadium of the Maracanã, five against
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, and another four scored against Vasco. The title came to Palmeiras in another lopsided victory against Botafogo at Pacaembú Stadium in São Paulo. That same year, the Brazilian Sports Federation (CBD) used the entire Palmeiras roster to inaugurate the
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and represent Brazil in an official national team match against Uruguay for the Inconfidência Cup. The day that it donned the green and white, Palmeiras as Brazil was victorious 3–0 over the Uruguayan blue. In the previous year, Palmeiras had won the Rio de Janeiro Quadricentennial Cup ( Torneio do IV Centenário do Rio de Janeiro de 1965) by beating the Paraguay national team 5–2 and besting
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of Uruguay in the final. By the end of the 1960s, Palmeiras won the Copa do Brasil and the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa tournament – the Brazilian Championship equivalent at the time. These victories laid the groundwork for the second Palmeiras Academy, with players like
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, Leivinha,
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, Dudu,
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and César. Led by
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, the team captured several titles in the 1970s. It was a three-time São Paulo state champion – emerging undefeated in one of those tournaments – a two-time Brazilian champion, a three-time winner of Spain's Ramón de Carranza Trophy, and the winner of Argentina's Mar del Plata Trophy – considered the South American Club Championship.


1980s: The lost decade

Already used to victories at the "Academy" in the 1960s and 1970s, Palmeiras fans saw the 1980s come and go without championships or titles. In 1986, Palmeiras fielded a good team – routing Corinthians 5–1 and playing a historic game in the semifinals of the São Paulo State Championship against that same rival, prevailing 3–0. Ten years after winning its last State title, Palmeiras finally arrived at the final of the state championship, but lost to
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. On 29 October 1986, Palmeiras fans adopted the pig as their mascot. At a game against
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, the rival fans were chanting "pig"; the Palmeiras crowd responded with "Come On Pig!! Come On Pig!! Olé Olé Olé..." and "Go Piiiig...." A few days later, Placar sports magazine popularized the new nickname when it published an issue with Jorginho Putinatti – the symbol of that generation – holding a pig in his lap. There were two noteworthy events during this decade. In the 1983 State Championship against Santos, referee José de Assis Aragão scored a goal for Palmeiras in the 47th minute of the second half. Striker Jorginho kicked the ball inside the penalty area, the ball was on its way out, but hit Aragão – who was on the goal line about a meter from the goal and went into the Santos net. The game ended in a 2–2 tie – much to the chagrin of Santos. The second unexpected event occurred on 11 November 1988, when striker Gaúcho saved two penalties against
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in a game for the Brazilian Championship at Maracanã. Gaúcho was put in goal after keeper Zetti broke his leg in the final minutes of the match. The game ended in a tie, and advanced to the penalty shootout phase. During the shootout, Gaúcho stopped two shots, from Aldair and Zinho. To cap off the evening, he scored a penalty himself while wearing the goalkeeper's jersey. In 1989, Palmeiras had another chance to win a title. Undefeated until the penultimate match, the team was eliminated when it lost to Bragantino in the semifinals of the São Paulo State Championship. The 1980s ended without significant victories, but the 1990s would make up for that.


The end of the 20th century – The Greatest in Brazil

Palmeiras found itself in the midst of a sixteen-year drought, without any significant trophies, until 1992, when the club signed a sponsorship deal with Italian dairy giant
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. The deal lasted for eight years and quickly turned Palmeiras into Brazil's richest club. In the 1990s, Palmeiras enjoyed countless achievements, winning numerous important titles. In the first full year of the relationship with Parmalat, the team won the Campeonato Paulista in 1993, beating its biggest rival
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in the final, under the command of coach
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and with a squad featuring
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,
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,
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,
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,
Mazinho Iomar do Nascimento (born 8 April 1966), known as Mazinho, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. Mazinho played primarily as a defensive midfielder and a full-back in his professional playing career. As a manager, he had a short ...
, Antônio Carlos, Roberto Carlos and
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. That same year, Palmeiras also captured the Rio-São Paulo Championship, once again against
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, and the
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. In 1994, it achieved the unprecedented feat of winning consecutive state championships and Brazilian championships, the latter victory coming against
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once again. In
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Palmeiras won the friendly Euro-America Cup, defeating the
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champions and future 1996-97 UEFA Champions League and
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champions
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by a score of 6–1. Later, the team handily won the
1996 Campeonato Paulista The 1996 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 95th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the championship for the 21st time. Ferroviária, Novorizontino and XV de ...
, scoring more than 100 goals and accumulating historic victories, such as a 6-0 thrashing of
Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football lea ...
.
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,
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,
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and Luizão were the standouts of this historic team. Palmeiras also had a remarkable sequence of games in the
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, beating Clube Atletico Mineiro 5-0 (7-1 on aggregate) and defeating the 1995 Copa Libertadores winners Gremio in the semifinals, but the team eventually suffered a surprise loss to
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, who would eventually win the
1997 Copa Libertadores The 1997 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Cruzeiro of Brazil, after defeating Sporting Cristal of Peru in the final. This was Cruzeiro's second title, their first being the 1976 edition. Cruzeiro's 1997 championship is the only time any ...
. In 1998, Palmeiras won the
1998 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 1998 was the 10th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on January 20, 1998, and concluded on May 30, 1998, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, in which Palmeiras li ...
and the
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, both against
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. The latter was the first official international cup won by Palmeiras since 1951.


1999 – The first Copa Libertadores trophy

Already famous for winning the
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,
1994 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 1994 was the 6th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 18, 1994, and concluded on August 10, 1994, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Olímpico Monumental in Porto Alegre, in whi ...
, 1995 Copa Libertadores, and
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,
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was hired as manager in 1997 and led the team to a number of important trophies, including their first
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. Palmeiras faced a challenging road to the finals, defeating the defending champions
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in the round of 16 by 5–3 on aggregate (including coming back to secure a historic 4–2 away victory), rival
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in the quarterfinals on penalties, and
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winners River Plate in the semifinals by 3–1 on aggregate. The final matches were against
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from Colombia, the
1978 Copa Libertadores The 1978 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Boca Juniors, of Argentina for the second straight year, after defeating Deportivo Cali of Colombia in the final. The defending champions won the two-leg final 0–4 on aggregate, with all four goa ...
runners up. In the first leg in
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, Deportivo beat Palmeiras 1–0. In the second leg, at
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, Palmeiras beat Deportivo 2–1 and won the competition in a penalty shootout. Important players from that team were
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winners
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,
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and
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, as well as
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,
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,
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, and
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. That same year, Palmeiras disputed the 1999 Intercontinental Cup in
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, but were defeated by
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of England. Despite enjoying the better of the game, Palmeiras had a goal from
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ruled out, and conceded a goal after an uncharacteristic mistake by
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, one of the team's stars and future
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champion.


2000 – Four finals disputed

In 2000, Palmeiras disputed four finals. First, the team won the Rio-São Paulo Tournament after beating
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by 6–1 on aggregate in the final. In the first leg, in
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, Palmeiras beat Vasco 2–1. In the second leg, at Morumbi Stadium, Palmeiras prevailed by a score of 4–0. The club again reached the
2000 Copa Libertadores The 2000 edition of the Copa Libertadores was the 41st in the tournament's history. It was held between February 15 and June 21. Thirty-two teams participated in this event. First round *Teams in green qualified to the next round Group 1 Grou ...
finals, this time against
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from
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. In the first leg in
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, the game ended 2–2. In the second leg, at the Morumbi in São Paulo, the game ended 0–0, with Boca winning the competition in a penalty shootout and preventing a consecutive championship for Palmeiras. After the Copa Libertadores final,
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left Palmeiras, along with a number of players. Given the circumstances, Palmeiras invested in younger players and won the first ever Brazilian Champions' Cup after beating
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in the final. The result qualified the club to play in their 3rd consecutive
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in
2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
. At the end of the year, the club also reached the quarterfinals of the 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro playoffs and played their 3rd consecutive
Copa Mercosur The Copa Mercosur (, , "Mercosur Cup") was a Association football, football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by the traditional top clubs from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile. The competition was created by CONMEBOL to generate ...
final, which was also their 5th consecutive
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championship final since the second half of 1998 (
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,
1999 Copa Libertadores The 1999 Copa Libertadores was the 40th edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club championship. It was held between February 21 and June 16. Palmeiras became the champions after beating Deportivo Cali on penalties for the fir ...
, 1999 Copa Mercosur,
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, and the
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). The young Palmeiras team eventually lost the
2000 Copa Mercosur The 2000 Copa Mercosur was the 3rd season of the Copa Mercosur, CONMEBOL's club tournament for countries in the southern part of America. The competition started on 1 August 2000 and concluded on 20 December 2000 with CR Vasco da Gama, Vasco da ...
final to a
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full of stars such as Romario,
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, and Euller. The team was called “''bom e barato''” (good and cheap) and their success triggered a new management philosophy in the club, which was eventually proven to not be as effective in subsequent years. Having won key national and international competitions, Palmeiras was proclaimed
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's ''Best Team of the 20th Century of Brazil'' by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), the '' Folha de
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'' and ''
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'' newspapers, and the ''Placar'' magazine.


2000s – Difficult years

Parmalat's sponsorship ended in 2000, leaving Palmeiras in dire straits. After reaching the
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semi-finals (where they lost to the
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), the club had a bad 2002 season that ended in relegation to the Série B, but immediately returned in 2004. The 2004 and 2005 seasons were rather successful, with the team finishing in 4th both years and qualifying for the
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in 2005 and 2006. Palmeiras was eliminated by rivals
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in the Round of 16 in both years. In 2007,
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played his last season for the club, just missing out on the top 4 in Série A in the final game of the season. In 2008, Palmeiras arrived at a sponsorship agreement with Traffic, a sports marketing agency. The club made big investments on new players and
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. This new strategy paid dividends as Palmeiras won their 22nd Paulista Championship, capped off with a 5–0 victory over Ponte Preta in the second leg of the final. Palmeiras finished 4th in the Campeonato Brasileiro, which qualified them for the
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edition of the
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.


Allianz Parque

The year of 2008 also marked the beginning of the planning phase for a new stadium for the club, as well as remodeling the social club, to prepare Palmeiras for the club's centenary year in 2014. The planned arena is now known as
Allianz Parque Allianz Parque (), also known as Arena Palmeiras or as Arena Palestra Itália, is a football stadium in Água Branca, São Paulo, Brazil, and the home of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras. The stadium also serves as a multipurpose arena ...
. In 2009, the club reached the quarterfinals of Copa Libertadores, eventually losing to Uruguayan side
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on away goals. In the same season, Palmeiras came close to winning the Brazilian League, but political problems inside the club caused internal turmoil and affected on-field performances, and Palmeiras finished the season in fifth place. From 2010 to 2014, Palmeiras played its home matches in the municipal
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, as the
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was demolished.


2012: Copa do Brasil and relegation

In 2012, Palmeiras won the
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for the second time, beating
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in the final. Led by manager
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and captained by midfielder
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, Palmeiras did not suffer a defeat in the entire tournament. Less than three months after winning the Copa do Brasil, Scolari would leave the club due to poor performances in the league. He was replaced by
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, the manager of Ponte Preta, but the team failed to improve its performances and was relegated to the
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for the second time in its history after a draw against
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on November 18,
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.


2013–2015: Beginning of a resurgence

In 2013, now under the administration of newly elected President Paulo Nobre, Palmeiras was easily promoted back to the first division with six games to spare, ensuring their participation in the 2014 Série A for the club's centennial season. Palmeiras suffered a setback early on in its 2014
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season as head coach Kleina was sacked, swiftly followed by the departure of striker
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and defender Henrique. Argentinian
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was signed to coach the team after the break for the World Cup in Brazil, but failed to meet expectations and was sacked after a short spell.
Dorival Júnior Dorival Silvestre Júnior (; born 25 April 1962) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Corinthians. A defensive midfielder, Júnior notably played for Palmeiras. After retiring, he began ...
replaced Gareca until the end of the season, as the club was fighting against relegation. With first-choice goalkeeper
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and midfielder
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both returning from injury, the players led Palmeiras throughout the second half of the season as the club managed to avoid relegation and finished the season in 16th place.


Another Copa do Brasil

In 2015, Palmeiras underwent an extensive rebuilding project, hiring a new coach and new football director. The club signed 25 players over the year and promoted several new talents from the club's youth teams, while almost every player from the 2014 squad was moved on. Palmeiras also improved its official paid supporters program, ''Avanti'', eventually reaching 114,000 paid supporters. This was also Palmeiras' first season playing in their newly built stadium, the
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, which seated 43,713 fans and included fully covered spectator seating; it was inaugurated on 19 November 2014. Palmeiras reached the
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finals, which they lost on penalties to rivals
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. On 9 June 2015, manager
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was sacked by Palmeiras due to a slow start to the Campeonato Brasileiro. On 10 June 2015, Palmeiras reached an agreement with
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, recently sacked by Cruzeiro despite having won the Brazilian league with them in
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and
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. Palmeiras won the
2015 Copa do Brasil The 2015 Copa do Brasil (officially the 2015 Copa Sadia do Brasil for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition was contested by 87 teams, which qualified either by participating in their ...
on 2 December 2015. After a 1–0 loss to Santos in the first leg, the players were received at the stadium by more than 40,000 supporters both inside and outside Allianz Parque. Palmeiras won the second leg 2–1, with both goals scored by Dudu, before winning the trophy on penalties (with Fernando Prass saving a penalty and converting the winning penalty).
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was the great revelation of that team, while the experience of midfielder
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was also fundamental for Palmeiras to win the competition. With this title, Palmeiras increased its supremacy as Brazil's greatest champion, with 12 national titles (8 league titles, 1 Brazilian Champions Cup and 3 Copa do Brasil titles). As champions of the 2015 Copa do Brasil, Palmeiras also secured a place in the
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group stage.


2016–2018: Back on top of Brazilian football

On 12 March 2016, Palmeiras reached a verbal agreement with Cuca to become its new manager. Palmeiras re-signed
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, while also signing other key players for the 2016 season, including Dudu,
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, Moisés,
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,
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,
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, and
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.


2016: 9th national title

After a dominant year, leading the league for 29 weeks, Cuca led Palmeiras to their ninth league title, and first in 22 years, making it the club with the most league titles in Brazil.
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was the team's leading scorer with 12 goals. On 27 November 2016, Palmeiras was guaranteed the title before the 38th week, beating Chapecoense at home 1–0 with a goal from Fabiano in the 26th minute. With an attendance of 40,986 supporters, this broke the old record attendance of 40,035 from 12 July 2016 against Santos.


2018: 10th national title

On 25 November 2018, Palmeiras clinched its 10th Campeonato Brasileiro title after defeating Vasco 1–0 in
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. On 2 December 2018, Palmeiras played their last game of the season in front of a record-breaking crowd of 41,216. With a 3–2 win over Vitória, Palmeiras set a new Campeonato Brasileiro record for the longest undefeated streak (23 matches).


2020: Treble

In 2020, during the
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, Palmeiras beat archrival Corinthians in a historic final of the Campeonato Paulista. In the first final in the history of the competition without any spectators, Palmeiras won after beating Corinthians in a penalty shootout. On 30 January 2021, Palmeiras, led by Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, won the
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against
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by a score of 1–0 at the Maracanã, in
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. It was Palmeiras' second title in the competition. Breno Lopes scored the only goal of the match nine minutes into second-half stoppage time. As champions, Palmeiras qualified for the
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in
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and earned the right to play against the winners of the
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in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. In March 2021, Palmeiras won the
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, defeating Grêmio with an overall score of 3–0. It was the 4th Copa do Brasil title for Palmeiras.


2021: Defending the Libertadores

On 27 November 2021, Palmeiras won the
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against
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, with a score of 2–1, in a single match in a decisive confrontation held at
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, in
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,
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. Once again led by the Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira, Palmeiras managed to win the second consecutive title in less than a year – the first time they ever achieved such feat in their history.
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and
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scored for the ''Verdão'' five minutes into the first half and into extra time respectively.
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scored the only goal for Flamengo at 72 minutes. As champions, Palmeiras qualified for the
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in the
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, and earned the right to play against the winners of the
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in the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. On 20 January 2022 the
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announced Palmeiras as the winner of the Men's World Best Club Ranking of 2021. It was the first time a Brazilian club finished a year on top of this ranking.


2022: Setting new records

In January 2022, Palmeiras' under-20s won the
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for the first time, defeating rival
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4–0 in the final. This victory brought home the only major youth trophy that had yet to be won by Palmeiras, and served as the culmination of a sustained period of investment in the youth teams, beginning in 2013. In February 2022, Palmeiras played the
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and finished in the second place after beating Al-Ahly in the semifinals, and losing the final match 2–1 in extra time against Chelsea after a penalty confirmed by the video assistance referee. In March 2022, Palmeiras defeated
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by 4–2 on aggregate and won the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. In April 2022, Palmeiras won their 24th
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after beating Sao Paulo FC in the Finals by 5–3 on aggregate, coming back from a 3–1 loss in the first leg. In November 2022, Palmeiras won their 11th Campeonato Brasileiro after a solid season, having lost only three games. The trophy was the remaining possible trophy to be won by
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in South America.


2023: Another victorious season

In January 2023, Palmeiras won the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior for the second time in a row, defeating
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2-1 in the final. The ''Verdão'' then added the
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to their trophy cabinet on 28 January 2023 after scoring 4-3 against
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. The match was played at Mane Garrincha Stadium in
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. As they did the season before they reached the Campeonato Paulista finals without a single loss, however, Palmeiras lost the first leg of the final by a 2-1 scoreline against
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, but proceeded to win the second leg 4-0 as they had done the year before to win their 25th, and second consecutive Campeonato Paulista title. In the
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, Palmeiras entered directly into the group stage and was drawn into Group C alongside Barcelona from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Bolívar from Bolivia, and Cerro Porteño from Paraguay, having the best campaign in the group stage. In the round of 16, eliminated Atlético-MG after winning the first leg away at Mineirão 1-0 and drawing 0-0 at home at Allianz Parque. In the quarterfinals, they faced
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from Colombia. Palmeiras won the first leg at Estádio Hernán Ramírez Villegas with a 4-0 victory and drew 0-0 in the second leg at home. In the semifinals, they were defeated by Argentine side
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after drawing both matches and losing in the penalty shootout. In the
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, Palmeiras entered in the third round, where they faced Tombense by draw and won 5-3 on aggregate. They defeated
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3-1 on aggregate in the round of 16 but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by their rival
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with a 1-3 aggregate score. In the Campeonato Brasileiro, with young Endrick standing out as the main highlight Palmeiras debuted at home against Cuiabá. They frequently held the second place in the tournament standings but reached the top of the table in the 34th round and maintained their position until the end of the competition. They clinched their 12th Brazilian title by drawing with Cruzeiro in the final round, further solidifying their status as the most successful national champion and repeating their achievement from 1994 when they last secured consecutive championships.


Current season (2024)

Palmeiras' season started on 4 February 2024, with the
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, where they faced their local rivals São Paulo. The match ended in a 0–0 draw, and São Paulo won 4–2 on penalties to claim their first title in the tournament. In the
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, Palmeiras was placed in Group B. Palmeiras remained unbeaten until the first leg of the finals, where they lost 1-0 to
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. In the second leg at their home stadium, Allianz Parque, Palmeiras defeated Santos 2-0, securing their 26th title. Palmeiras got knocked out of the Copa Libertadores in the Round Of 16 competition phase. They faced Botafogo as their opponents, they lost 2-1 in the first leg at the Estadio Olimpico Nilton Santos. In the second leg, they conceded two more goals but scored 3, the last one being a last-minute goal that was disallowed because of the video assistant referee. The score ended 4-3 on aggregate.


Stadium


Estádio Palestra Itália (1917–2010)

The
Estádio Palestra Itália The Palestra Itália Stadium () was a football stadium located in Barra Funda, São Paulo, standing on the site now occupied by the Allianz Parque stadium. It was the home ground of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras from 1917 to 2010, and was al ...
was home of Palmeiras from 1917 to 2010. The venue was also known as ''Parque Antártica'' because the area was a park built by the Antarctica Paulista Brewing Company in the beginning of the last century, before being acquired by Palmeiras in 1920. In the past its capacity was listed as 35,000 spectators. However, even though its grandstands were extended in the late 1990s, it held only seats 27,640 people due to regulations which enforce safety and comfort. It was one of the most important Brazilian grounds, considering the amount of decisive and important matches played there. Examples of matches played in Palestra Itália include
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final, the
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finals of 1998, 1999 and 2000,
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final and several
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finals. The last official match played in the stadium was against Grêmio for the Série A on 22 May 2010, and the last match played was a friendly against
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on 9 July 2010.


Allianz Parque (2014–present)

Opened in November 2014, the Allianz Parque has 43,713 covered seats, being 25,395 lower seats, 14,888 upper seats and 3,430 in the cabins. The stadium was built for multipurpose events. Many other facilities are in place, including an enhanced parking area, a VIP area, a media center for up to 1,000 media members, 3 restaurants and bars and a heliport. The first official game at Allianz Parque was held on 19 November 2014, between Palmeiras and Sport in the Brazilian Série A, when hosts Palmeiras lost to Sport Recife 0–2. The first official goal of the stadium was scored by Ananias. On 14 June 2015, Palmeiras won their first Brasileirão match in Allianz Parque with a 2–1 win over
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.


Kit

Palmeiras' first kit consisted of green jerseys, white shorts and green socks. Palmeiras' first jersey was blue jersey tribute to Italian National team. After that, a green with a horizontal white band, and a white with a red Savoy cross as the crest. Palmeiras have played in blue shirts many times as a tribute to the Italian National Team. Their supporters are also well known for creating the ''mancha verde'' (green stain) of fog and smoke when Palmeiras is entering the pitch. From 2007 to 2009 Palmeiras used a third jersey: a light yellow shirt with a dark green shorts and socks, one of the most successful and best sellers from Adidas. In 2010 Palmeiras the light yellow jersey became the second jersey, and started using a blue and white shirt, with white shorts, for their third jersey. In 2016, Palmeiras announced the extension of the sponsorship agreement with Crefisa and FAM (Faculdade das Américas), which have exclusivity in the uniform of Palmeiras. The two companies, which are part of the same group controlled by the couple José Roberto Lamacchia and Leila Pereira, paid Palmeiras around R$78 million ($20 million) a year, the highest amount ever deposited by a partner in the history of Palmeiras. Palmeiras' uniform is among the most valuable uniforms in
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since 2016.


Manufacturer and sponsors

Crefisa, a Brazilian bank, announced it would sponsor Palmeiras for the 2015 season. After their success in the 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro, Crefisa announced it would increase fundings to R$90 million.


Kit deals


Supporters

Originally, Palmeiras was a club heavily supported by Brazilians of Italian descent in São Paulo State. Over time, that distinction has reduced, and today the fan base is very diverse. Palmeiras' largest
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are the Mancha Alvi-Verde (''White and Green Stain'', a green version of
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), TUP (the oldest group), Acadêmicos da Savóia (the newest group), among others. There are big concentrations of Palmeiras fans across Brazil and in some places across the world known as “consulados” (consulates). According to the famous Brazilian journalist and Palmeiras fan Joelmir Beting, who was a huge fan of the club, “it is unnecessary to explain the emotion of supporting Palmeiras to its fans, and impossible to do it to the non-fans”. This became one of the club's mottos and reflected in the walls of
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's home dressing room.


Rivalries


Corinthians

Palmeiras' biggest rival is
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. The rivalry between the two clubs is considered Brazil's greatest, and the most intense in country, entering the conversation of being one of the biggest rivalries in the world, and considerably one of the oldest as well. Their matches are known as the Paulista Derby. The most important matches between the two clubs were the
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quarterfinals and
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semifinals, both won by Palmeiras on penalties. Palmeiras and Corinthians played the
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final, also won by Palmeiras 4–2 on aggregate. Other relevant Palmeiras and Corinthians matches: * Palmeiras 4-0 Corinthians,
1993 Campeonato Paulista The 1993 Campeonato Paulista, Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 was the 92nd season of São Paulo (state), São Paulo's top professional football league. Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Palmeiras won th ...
Final Match – Palmeiras ended a series of 16 years without winning a championship. * Palmeiras 1-0 Corinthians,
1974 Campeonato Paulista The 1974 Campeonato Paulista da Divisão Especial de Futebol Profissional, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 73rd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the championship by the 17th time, be ...
Final Match – Palmeiras won the Campeonato Paulista and increased Corinthians's negative series without winning any championships to 21 years. * Palmeiras 1-1 Corinthians,
1954 Campeonato Paulista The 1954 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 53rd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the title for the 15th time. Juventus and Ypiranga were ...
Final Match – Corinthians won the Campeonato Paulista dedicated to São Paulo City's quadricentennial. * Palmeiras 8-0 Corinthians,
1933 Campeonato Paulista The 1933 Campeonato Paulista was the 32nd season of São Paulo's top association football league. Two championships were disputed that season, each by a different league. During the year, the professionalism controversy flared up again, as in Rio de ...
Season Match – Largest score of the Derby. The Derby is often featured in Brazilian popular culture. The game is the central plot of Mazzaropi's film ''O Corintiano'' (1967), about a barber who is also a Corinthians fan that does not charge services from other Corinthians fans and does not like to provide services to Palmeiras fans. In
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, the rivalry between Palmeiras and Corinthians played a major role in the plot.


Santos

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is another major rival; the games between the two clubs are called the Clássico da Saudade (''The Good Times Classic''). Located in the city of the same name, only 76 km (47,5 mi) from São Paulo, Santos is also one of the 4 big clubs of the
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. The most important matches between the two clubs were the 2020 Copa Libertadores Final and
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Final, both won by Palmeiras.


São Paulo

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is another local rival; the games between the two clubs are called the Choque-Rei (''Clash of Kings''). The most important matches between the two clubs were played in
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. Palmeiras won the Copa Libertadores 2021 quarterfinals by 4–1 on aggregate. Sao Paulo FC won the second round matches of Copa Libertadores 1994, Copa Libertadores 2005 and Copa Libertadores 2006. The most recent final match featuring both teams was the 2022 Campeonato Paulista won by Palmeiras. The first leg was held on 30 March 2022, and São Paulo FC defeated Palmeiras 3–1. The second leg was held on 3 April 2022 and Palmeiras made a comeback to defeat their rivals 4–0.


Club culture


Official mascot

The club's official mascots are a green parakeet, named Periquito, and a pig, named Gobatto. In 1986, at the Campeonato Paulista playoffs, supporters adopted the pig as their mascot. Although the parakeet is the official mascot, fans will refer to and yell: "PORCO!" (Pig) enthusiastically during matches, as the pig became their preferred mascot. On 6 November 2016, Palmeiras incorporated the pig as one of the official mascots of the club.


Media

Palmeiras official YouTube channel
TV Palmeiras
has more than 1.8 million subscribers. The channel often exhibits highlights of the training sessions, pre-game preparations, post-game interviews, history facts, etc. Palmeiras official Instagram account
Palmeiras
has more than 4.4 million subscribers. Some other channels are dedicated to Palmeiras, for example th
PodPorco
which is a podcast managed by Palmeiras fans with the purpose of interviewing people identified with the club, including players, former managers, journalists, famous supporters, etc.


Anthem

Palmeiras' anthem was composed in 1949 by conductor Antonio Sergi. Sergi also wrote the lyrics for the anthem, but did that under the pseudonym Gennaro Rodrigues.


Players


First-team squad


Reserve team


Out on loan


Notable players


Management


Current staff


Presidents

The club associates congregate in a general assembly every four years to elect the seventy-six members of the Conselho Deliberativo (''Deliberating Council'') who in their turn chose amongst them a president for a two-year mandate. As of 2006 the president can only be re-elected once. These are all Palmeiras presidents since the club's foundation:


Records


Top scorers

These are Palmeiras's top scorers since its foundation (data as of 10 December 2023):


Most appearances

These are Palmeiras's Most Appearances since its foundation (data as of 10 December 2023):


Honours

The following information is a list of all the honours of Palmeiras since the club was founded.


Official tournaments

* * shared record


Others tournaments


International

*Estevão Ronai Trophy (1): 1929 *Fanfulla Cup (1): 1929 *C. Giusti Cup (1): 1931 *Missions Tournament (1): 1947 *Peñarol Cup (1): 1951 *Mexico City Trophy (1): 1952 *Mexico Tournament (2): 1959, 1963 *Manizales City Tournament (1): 1962 *Lima Quadrangular Tournament (1): 1962 *Florence Tournament (1): 1963 *:pt:Torneio Internacional do Rio de Janeiro, Torneio Internacional do Rio de Janeiro (1): 1965 *Brazil-Uruguay Independence Cup (1): 1965 *João Havelange International Tournament (1): 1966 *Brazil-Japan Cup (1): 1967 *Ramón de Carranza Trophy (3): 1969, 1974, 1975 *Barcelona City Trophy (1): 1969 *Greece Cup (1): 1970 *Mar Del Plata Tournament (1): 1972 *Italian Immigration Centennial Cup (1): 1975 *Kirin Cup (1): 1978* *Ademir da Guia Trophy (1): 1982 *:es:Trofeo Ciudad de Oviedo, Trofeo Ciudad de Oviedo (1): 1989 *Copa Euro-América (2): 1991, 1996 *Brazil-Italy Cup (1): 1994 *Lev Yashin Tournament (1): 1994 *China Cup (1): 1996 *Orange Trophy (1): 1997 *Copa EuroAmericana (1): 2014 *Florida Cup (soccer), Florida Cup (1): 2020 Florida Cup, 2020 * 1978 Kirin Cup Shared with Borussia Mönchengladbach.


National and Inter-state

*Troféu Falchi (1): 1918 *Troféu Rio de Janeiro (1): 1920 *Taça Dr. Machado Lima (1): 1921 *Taça Colônia Gaúcha (1): 1926 *Taça ANEA (1): 1926 *Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio – São Paulo, Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio–São Paulo (4): 1926, 1934, 1942, 1947 *Taça A.A. das Palmeiras (1): 1930 *Taça Porto Alegre (1): 1936 *Torneio do Paraná (1): 1938 *Torneio de Fortaleza (1): 1938 *Torneio dos Campeões (1): 1940 *Troféu Rio Grande do Sul (1): 1946 *Torneio Quadrangular São Paulo-Rio (1): 1952 *Torneio Quadrangular do Recife (1): 1955 *Torneio do Café (1): 1984 *Torneio Maria Quitéria (1): 1997 *Taça Governador de Goiás (1): 1997 *Troféu João Saldanha (2): 2016, 2018 *Troféu Osmar Santos (2): 2016, 2022


State

*Taça Competência (4): 1920, 1926, 1927, 1932 *Taça Cidade de São Paulo (4): 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951 *Troféu Roberto Ugolini (2): 1959, 1960 *Taça Piratininga (3): 1963, 1965, 1966 *:pt:Torneio Laudo Natel, Torneio Laudo Natel (1): 1972 *Torneio Início Paulista, Torneio Início (7): 1927 , 1930, 1935 , 1939, 1942, 1946, 1969


Runners-up

*
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(1): 2021 *Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999 *
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(3): 1961, 1968, 2000 *Recopa Sudamericana (1): 2021 *
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(2): 1999, 2000 *
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...
(5): 1970, 1978, 1997, 2017, 2024 *
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(1): 1996 *
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(2): 2021, 2024 *Torneio Rio–São Paulo (1): 1955 *
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(28): 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1931, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2025


Youth team

*Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 (3): 2018, 2022, 2024 *Copa do Brasil Sub-20 (2): 2019, 2022 *Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17 (2): 2022, 2023 *Copa do Brasil Sub-17 (4): 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023 *Supercopa do Brasil Sub-17 (1): 2019 *
Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 assoc ...
(2): 2022, 2023 *Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior#Supercopa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, Supercopa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (1): 1995 *Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores (2): 1998, 2002 *Copa Rio Grande do Sul de Futebol Sub-20 (1): 2018 *Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil (3): 2018, 2020, 2025 *Copa Votorantim Sub-15 (1): 2018


Awards

* International Federation of Football History & Statistics#The World's Best Club, IFFHS The World's Club Team of the Year: 2021


Palmeiras B Team

For many years, Palmeiras had a "second" team that played in the lower divisions of the Paulista Championship. The team was dissolved at the end of the Paulista 2013.


Other sports

Palmeiras has athletic departments in many sports, such as aikido, Sport of athletics, athletics, archery, boxing, american football, futsal, judo, karate, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and Olympic weightlifting, weightlifting. The club has also a victorious tradition in rink hockey and basketball. Palmeiras has in it history 2 Brazilian Roller Hockey National Championships, being one of the main teams from
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.


Basketball team

Leandro Barbosa and Oscar Schmidt, two of the best Brazilian basketball players of all time, started their careers at Palmeiras.


Notes


See also

* Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (women) * Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (youth) *Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B * Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (basketball)


References


External links

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