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Internacional is a traditional Brazilian football team from Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909. Its home stadium is the Gigante da Beira-Rio, capacity 56,000. They play in red shirts, white shorts and socks. The club is the current South American champion, having won the Libertadores Cup in 2006. As of September 2006, Internacional ranked as the world's 14st best football team, according to IFFHS Club World Ranking. Internacional's greatest rival is Grêmio, and every match between the two sides is a highly fierce and mythic derby of Brazilian football, called a "Gre-Nal".
[edit] History
Early in the 20th Century, three young men from São Paulo who had recently arrived in Porto Alegre wanted to play soccer. But were not admitted at any club in town, because they were newcomers in Porto Alegre so they decided to found their own club. On the night of Monday, April 4, 1909, in the basement of a house, and driven by three men (brothers Henrique and José Poppe Leão, and Luiz Madeira Poppe) 40 young men (twice more people than expected to attend the reunion) founded Sport Club Internacional. One of the two most popular soccer clubs in Rio Grande do Sul was born there, together with Grêmio.
The Gigante da Beira-Rio stadium, the home of Internacional, was inaugurated on a clear afternoon of Sunday, April 6, 1969 with the Internacional 2-1 victory against Benfica of Portugal. Inter supporters collaborated as they could to build the stadium, like as bringing cement, nail boxes, iron bars or some bricks. The people's effort helped a lot for the construction of the imponent Gigante da Beira-Rio. In early times, the stadium had capacity for more than 90,000 spectators, and now, with the modern regulations by FIFA, the correct capacity is about 56,000 supporters.
In addition to the stadium, the club also owns the Beira-Rio Sportive Complex, including auxiliary training fields, Gigantinho Sportive Gymnsasium and the Nautical Complex. All teams from every categories work together and players have close relationships with their professional superstars and idols since the youth divisions. The Gigante complex also has restaurants, headquarters for players, physical training rooms, shops, museum, rooms for the Directors Board, management, marketing, telephony, parking and bank. It also has one of the best-equipped dressing rooms of Brazil, one of the most complete and luxurious in the world, inaugurated in 2004. Gigantinho is the largest sportive gymnasium owned by a club in the country, having 18,000 people capacity and perfect safety, acoustical and luminosity conditions for all kind of events, like music shows or public concourses.
In 1975, Internacional was the first club of Rio Grande do Sul to win the Brazilian Championship, making the state soccer to overpass the frontiers with a historical 1-0 victory against Cruzeiro from Minas Gerais, at the Gigante da Beira-Rio. It was also at Beira-Rio stadium that Inter became two-times Brazilian champions, in 1976 against Corinthians, winning by 2-0 goal margin. And, in 1979, Internacional becomes the first and only club ever to win the Brazilian Championship without a single defeat at all in their campaign, with a win in the last game against Vasco da Gama by a score of 2-1. Their successful run continued at the international level, as in 1980 the team reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores de América where they lost against Nacional de Montevideo. And, as expected, the title of Brazilian Cup against Fluminense in 1992 was again at Beira-Rio stadium, by the smallest margin 1-0.
The club remained in football ostracism for over a decade, but were runners-up of the Campeonato Brasileiro in 2005, losing the title to Corinthians in the last round and after a controversial season that saw matches being cancelled because of a match-rigging scandal.
[edit] Champions of South America
Nevertheless, it took Internacional another year to win a major title again, and it was the greatest achievement in the club's history. On August 16, 2006, Inter managed to secure a draw against São Paulo in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final match and were crowned South American champions for the first time ever.
The campaign included eight wins, six draws, and just one defeat, to Ecuador's Liga Deportiva Universitaria in the quarter-finals. To win the title, Internacional had to move past two clubs that had won the tournament three times - Uruguay's Club Nacional de Fútbol and Brazil's São Paulo, who were the current champions.
Against São Paulo, Internacional arguably won the title away in the first leg. Stunning the 80,000 são-paulinos attending the match at the Morumbi stadium, Rafael Sóbis scored twice in the second half before defender Edcarlos scored for São Paulo. Internacional needed just a draw in the second leg at home, and they enjoyed the home advantage to the fullest and left the pitch qualified for the FIFA Club World Championship to be played in December in Japan.
Striker Fernandão, who, along with Tinga, scored in the final match at the Beira-Rio stadium, was one of the 14 players finishing as top scorer of the Libertadores, with five goals. He was voted Man of the Match against São Paulo and won a Toyota Corolla as the prize. Fernandão put the car up for auction and gave the money to charity organizations.
[edit] Libertadores Campaign
- 16/02/2006 - Maracaibo 1 X 1 Internacional - (Jose Pachencho Romero, Santa Rita)
- 23/02/2006 - Internacional 3 X 0 Nacional - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
- 08/03/2006 - Pumas 1 X 2 Internacional - (Universitario, Mexico City)
- 22/03/2006 - Internacional 3 X 2 Pumas - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
- 04/04/2006 - Nacional 0 X 0 Internacional - (Parque Central, Montevideo)
- 18/04/2006 - Internacional 4 X 0 Maracaibo - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
- 27/04/2006 - Nacional 1 X 2 Internacional - (Parque Central, Montevideo)
- 03/05/2006 - Internacional 0 X 0 Nacional - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
- 10/05/2006 - LDU 2 X 1 Internacional - (La Casa Blanca, Quito)
- 19/07/2006 - Internacional 2 X 0 LDU - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
- 27/07/2006 - Libertad 0 X 0 Internacional - (Defensores Del Chaco, Asuncion)
- 03/08/2006 - Internacional 2 X 0 Libertad - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
- 09/08/2006 - São Paulo 1 X 2 Internacional - (Morumbi, São Paulo)
- 16/08/2006 - Internacional 2 X 2 São Paulo - (Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre)
[edit] A Factory of Aces
Sport Club Internacional has one of the best structures for the formation of Brazilian soccer young talents. It offers a complete infrastructure for the development of soccer players ranging from 7 to 20 years old. Today it has about 1.120 boys in soccer practice, 320 of them engaged in championships teams and the others playing soccer for pleasure at the youngest teams. The club also offer to these boys: coaches, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, doctors, nutritionists and dental care. Inter have excelled in youth competitions such as the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (four-time champions) and the Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 (champions of the first edition of the tournament, contested in 2006).
Having invested a lot in youth teams, Inter has developed an overwhelming numbers of ace athletes in all of this 95 years. Some of the greatest soccer players on Earth started playing at Sport Club Internacional. Players like Paulo Roberto Falcão, who starred at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, goalkeeper Taffarel, decisive in title campaign of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and midfielder Dunga, the Brazilian skipper who received the champions trophy at the same tournament. Another player who enjoyed large success in world football was the centre-back Lúcio, world champion in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, defender Aloísio, who played at Barcelona and Porto in the 1990s, midfielder Batista, who played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and the central midfielder Fábio Rochemback, now playing at Middlesbrough Football Club. Most recently, Inter has revealed striker Nilmar, currently playing for Corinthians, and CSKA Moscow midfielder Daniel Carvalho, not to mention prodigy Rafael Sóbis, who, just one day after helping win the Libertadores, was called by coach Dunga to play the Brazilian national football team.
[edit] Honours
[edit] National honours
- Brazilian Championship: 1975, 1976 and 1979
- Brazilian Cup: 1992
- State Championship (Campeonato Gaúcho) (37 times): 1927, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
[edit] International honours
[edit] Other achievements
- Once champions of Eurovoetbal Tournament (Netherlands) in 2006.
- Once champions of Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 in 2006.
- Once champions of Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores in 1990.
- Nike Cup (Under-15 World Championship) champions in 2000.
- Base of the Brazilian National Team when winning the 1956 Pan-American Games, at Mexico City.
- Base of the Brazilian National Team when winning the Silver Medal in 1984 Olympic Games, at Los Angeles.
- Four-times Brazilian Under-20 champions at São Paulo Cup, in 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1998.
- Three times champion of Copa Macaé de Juvenis: 2000, 2001 and 2005.
- Six-times champion of Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil: 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2005
[edit] Current squad
[edit] First team squad
As of December 4, 2006
[edit] Transfers in
[edit] Transfers out
[edit] Technical staff
[edit] Inter B Team
Competitions: Gaúcho Série B, and FGF Cup
As of October 31, 2006
[edit] Technical staff
[edit] Junior Team (Under-20)
As of October 1, 2006
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Position |
Player |
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GK |
Bruno Grassi |
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GK |
Diogo Rocha |
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GK |
Luis Carlos de Bitencourt |
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DF |
Dariano Ferreira |
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DF |
Ederson Schmorantz (Edinho) |
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DF |
Eric Botteghin |
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DF |
Fred Xaviel |
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DF |
Guilherme Marcelino |
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DF |
Luciano da Silva |
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DF |
Luis Carlos Sena |
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DF |
Sidnei Rechel Jr. |
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DF |
Silvio Dias Fº. |
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MF |
Alisson Nitsche (Cocão) |
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MF |
Diego dos Santos |
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Position |
Player |
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MF |
Henrique Ramos |
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MF |
Liniker Mendonça |
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MF |
Jair Eduardo Britto |
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MF |
Alessandro Basso (Paraná) |
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MF |
Rafael Crivellaro |
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MF |
Rodrigo de Moura |
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MF |
Taison Freda |
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MF |
Tiago Lucke |
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MF |
Willian Sá |
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FW |
Anderson Cardoso |
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FW |
Geovanni Zavala |
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FW |
Hevandro Domingues |
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FW |
Rafael Porcellis |
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FW |
Wellington de Sousa |
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[edit] Technical staff
[edit] Juvenil Team (Under-18)
As of October 1, 2006
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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GK |
Anderson Alberti |
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GK |
Rogério Antônio |
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GK |
Willian Leseiko Lago |
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DF |
Daniel Henrique |
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DF |
Douglas Tuchê |
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DF |
Jader Eduardo |
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DF |
João Pedro Lysiak |
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DF |
Lorran Evaristo |
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DF |
Lucas Ruchinsque |
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DF |
Marlon Weber |
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DF |
Ubirajara Natan de Araújo |
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DF |
Paulo Sérgio Correa |
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DF |
Rafael Forster |
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DF |
Sérgio Fianco |
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
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DF |
Thallys Pereira |
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MF |
Diego Rosa |
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MF |
Fabiano dos Santos |
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MF |
Gustavo Mulin |
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MF |
Leonardo Laurino |
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MF |
Juliano Pacheco |
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MF |
Maicon Santana |
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MF |
Tales Tlaija |
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MF |
Wagner Libano |
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FW |
Anderson Justi |
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FW |
Daniel Maqueira |
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FW |
Diego Souza) |
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FW |
Felipe Fernandes |
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FW |
Rafael Alves |
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[edit] Technical staff
[edit] Anthem
Internacional's anthem was composed by Nélson Silva, in 1957, and is called Celeiro de Ases (meaning "Factory of Aces").
[edit] Stadium
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Internacional's current stadium is Estádio Beira-Rio, inaugurated in 1969, with a maximum capacity of 56,000 people. Beira-Rio replaced the Estádio dos Eucaliptos, which hosted two 1950 FIFA World Cup matches. Beira-Rio is currently tipped to be one of the venues of a likely FIFA World Cup to be played in Brazil in 2014.
[edit] Ultras
- Guarda Colorada - Official website
- T.O. Camisa 12
- Super FICO (Força Independente Colorada)
- Nação Independente Comando Vermelho
[edit] Some famous players
[edit] Famous Coaches
- Teté (1951-57, 1960)
- Daltro Menezes (1968-1971)
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 Dino Sani (1971-1974, 1983)
- Rubens Minelli (1974-1977)
- Cláudio Duarte (1978-1979, 1981, 1989, 1994-1995, 2001, 2002)
- Ênio Andrade (1979-1980, 1990-1991, 1993)
- Abel Braga (1988-1989, 1991, 1995, 2006)
- Antônio Lopes (1992)
- Carlos Alberto Parreira
- Paulo Autuori (1999)
- Émerson Leão (1999)
- Muricy Ramalho (2003, 2004-2005)
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[edit] Top Scorers
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