Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Palmeiras

Full name	Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Nickname(s)	Verdão (Big Green); Alvi-Verde (The Green Whites) Porco (Pig) Academia (The Football Academy)
Founded	August 26, 1914
Ground	Palestra Itália (Parque Antártica), São Paulo, Brazil (Capacity: 32,436[1])
Chairman	Afonso Della Monica
Manager	Vanderlei Luxemburgo
League	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2007	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo. The team was founded on August 26, 1914, as Società Sportiva Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942. It is one of the most popular and traditional Brazilian clubs.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Foundation and name 1.2 Champion of The Century 1.3 First World Champion Club 1.4 Ups and downs 1.5 Libertadores Cup Winners 1.6 Current Years 2 Honours (61) 2.1 Continental Championships (2) 2.2 International Tournaments (17) 2.3 National Competitions (21) 2.4 Regional Competitions (30) 2.5 Youth competitions (2) 3 Stadium 4 Club colours 5 Supporters 6 Rivals 7 Palmeiras B team 8 Cultural references 9 Players 9.1 Current squad 9.2 Copa Sudamericana 2008 squad 9.3 Out on loan 9.4 Reserve Team 9.5 Notable players 9.6 Notable managers 10 Current staff 11 Famous matches 12 Presidents 13 Anthem 14 Top Scorers 15 Sponsors 15.1 Current Sponsors 15.2 Former Sponsors 16 Apparel Suppliers 16.1 Current Supplier 16.2 Former Suppliers 17 Other sports 18 References 19 External links

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 22 championships of the State of São Paulo and 5 Rio-São Paulo Tournament, but the most important titles have been 6 national league titles ( 4 Campeonato Brasileiros and 2 Torneios Roberto Gomes Pedrosa), 4 national cups (1 Brazil Cup, 2 Taças Brasil and 1 Brazilian Champion's Cup), 1 Libertadores Cup, 1 Mercosur Cup and the 1951 Copa Rio . Palmeiras is recognised as one of Brazil's most victorious clubs. In 1999, the Club was claimed by Federação Paulista de Futebol 'Champion of The 20th Century' in Brazil.

First World Champion Club

Palmeiras asked FIFA to consider them as the first Club World Champion due to their victory in 1951 Copa Rio.Which is absolutely unnecessary, as this competition was organized under FIFA's supervision, ordered by its former president, Mr. Jules Rimet. The competition was held in Rio de Janeiro with only major south-american and european clubs.^[2]

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 trophies, having played several times the Libertadores Cup and won the Brazilian Championship (Campeonato Brasileiro) twice (1972/73). Then the club found itself in a fifteen-year hiatus without any significant trophies until 1992 when the club signed a sponsorship deal with Italian dairy giant Parmalat; the deal lasted for eight years and quickly turned Palmeiras into Brazil's richest club, allowing the club to purchase many valuable assets for their squad such as Edmundo, Zinho and Edilson. During the Parmalat era (which started in 1992) Palmeiras won the Brazilian Championship twice (1993/94), the Brazilian Cup (1998), the Mercosur Cup (1998) and the Libertadores Cup (1999). Palmeiras went to Division 2 in 2003 but came back to Division 1 the following year as the Division 2 champions.

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 as Alex de Souza, Evair, Paulo Nunes and Cesar Sampaio.

Palmeiras is the Brazilian club with the most participations in Copa Libertadores (13), winning it once (1999) and reaching the finals in other three times (1961, 1968 and 2000).

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 2004 and 2005 seasons were rather successful when the team qualified for the Libertadores Cup. The 2006 season was not good since the team finished the Campeonato Brasileiro in the 16th position, followed by a 7th position in 2007 season.

In 2008 Palmeiras made a partership contract with Traffic, a Sports Marketing Agency. Besides that, the club made some big investments on some big name players and also on coach Vanderley Luxemburgo. This new strategy paid up, since the club won for the 22nd time the Paulista Championship.

Honours (61)

Continental Championships (2)

• Libertadores Cup: 1999
• Mercosur Cup: 1998

International Tournaments (17)

• Copa Rio: 1951
• Firenze Cup (Italy): 1963
• Ramon de Carranza (Spain): 1969, 1974, 1975
• Euro-America Cup: 1991, 1996
• Nagoya Cup: 1994
• Brazil-Italy Cup: 1994
• Brazil-Japan Cup: 1967
• Naranja Cup (Spain): 1995
• Lev Yashin Tournament: 1994
• Kirin Cup: *1978
• Italian Imigration Cup: 1975
• Mar del Plata Cup: 1972
• João Havelange Cup: 1966

'*Kirin Cup was shared with Borussia Mönchengladbach

National Competitions (21)

• Campeonato Brasileiro First Division: 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994
• Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa: 1967, 1969
• Brazilian Cup: 1998
• Taça Brasil: 1960, 1967
• Champions' Cup: 2000
• Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1933, 1951, 1965, 1993, 2000
• Rio-São Paulo Champions Cup: 1926, 1934, 1942, 1947
• Torneio Maria Quitéria: 1997
• Campeonato Brasileiro Second Division: 2003

Regional Competitions (30)

• Campeonato Paulista: 1920, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008 (22 times)
• Campeonato Paulista Extra: 1926, 1938
• Taça dos Invictos (The Invincibles Cup): 1933/1934, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989

Youth competitions (2)

• Super Copa São Paulo de Juniores: 1995
• Torneo Internazionale Under 19 Bellinzona (Switzerland): 2007

Stadium

Main article: Estádio Palestra Itália

Palmeiras plays home games at the Palestra Itália Stadium. In the past its capacity was listed as 35,000 spectators. However, even though its grandstands have been extended in the late 1990s, currently it seats 29,173 people ^[3] due to regulations enforcing improved safety and comfort. The venue is also known as Parque Antártica because the area was a park built by Antarctica Paulista Company in the beginning of the last century, being acquired by Palmeiras in 1920.

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 electricity company, AES Eletropaulo, to improve its lighting system. There is planned for 2008 a substitution in the grass used at the stadium, as it has been a constant complaint by the club's players. The reform will force Palmeiras to play in foreign ground on the mean time. Directors have hinted that the team will probably play at stadiums that are not in the city of São Paulo. The club has recently announced a reformulation on the stadium, that will improve its capacity (max number of seats and more). The outlook are the Palestra Itália will be the most modern stadium of South America.

Club colours

Palmeiras first kit is of green jerseys, white shorts and green socks. Palmeiras first jersey was green with a horizontal white band across, with a red and white Savoy cross as crest ^[4]. Palmeiras have played in blue shirts twice as a tribute to the Italian National Team.

Since 2007 Palmeiras has also been using a third jersey, which is a light yellow shirt with a dark green shorts and socks.

Supporters

• According to Placar magazine,^[5] 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. However, during the mid-1940s, fans of Palmeiras' rival São Paulo, would refer to the team as "Pig," and soon after, other teams would follow.,^[6] Although the parakeet is the official mascot, fans will refer to and yell: "PORCO!" (Pig) enthusiastically during matches, as the pig became their better known mascot.
• The 2002 relegation was the worst moment in the club's history, but attendances were high throughout 2003 in the second division.
• Traditionally, Palmeiras is a club supported by the Italian descendants. Nowadays, however, the club is supported by every kind of people.
• Palmeiras biggest ultra is Mancha Alvi-Verde (in English: White and Green Stain). There are other smaller ultras, such as: "Acadêmicos da Savóia" Porks Alviverde, Núcleo 1914, and TUP (which is the oldest ultra, but is suffering of lack of membership).
• According to the last research (Datafolha 2007) Palmeiras is tied with São Paulo as the third most supported team in Brazil.

Rivals

Palmeiras' biggest rival is Corinthians. The rivalry between the two clubs is considered one of the most intense in the world, and their matches are known as The Paulista Derby. São Paulo FC is another direct rival; the games between the two clubs are called Choque Rei (King Clash).

Palmeiras B team

Main article: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B

Palmeiras has a "second" team that plays the third division of the Paulista Championship (Série A3).

Cultural references

Palmeiras was featured heavily in the film O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta where the rivalry between Palmeiras and Corinthians plays a major role in the plot.

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 2 DF Élder Granja 3 DF Gustavo (vice-captain) 4 DF Gladstone 5 MF Pierre 6 DF Leandro 7 MF Diego Souza 8 MF Evandro 9 FW Alex Mineiro 11 MF Martinez 12 GK Marcos (captain) 14 DF David 15 MF Deyvid Sacconi 16 DF Jeci 17 DF Maurício

No. Position Player 18 MF Maicosuel 19 MF Denílson 20 MF Sandro Silva 21 DF Fabinho Capixaba 22 GK Deola 23 FW Lenny 25 FW Jorge Preá 26 DF Jefferson 27 MF Léo Lima 28 DF Paulo Miranda 29 MF Jumar 30 FW Kléber 32 FW Thiago Cunha 33 DF Roque Júnior 45 GK Bruno

Copa Sudamericana 2008 squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Bruno 2 DF Élder Granja 3 DF Gustavo (vice-captain) 4 DF Gladstone 5 MF Pierre 6 DF Leandro 7 MF Diego Souza 8 MF Evandro 9 FW Alex Mineiro 10 DF Roque Júnior 11 MF Martinez 12 GK Marcos (captain)

No. Position Player 13 MF Jumar 14 MF Léo Lima 15 FW Kléber 16 DF Paulo Miranda 17 DF Maurício 18 MF Maicosuel 19 MF Denílson 20 MF Sandro Silva 21 DF Fabinho Capixaba 22 GK Deola 23 FW Lenny 24 DF Jefferson 25 FW Thiago Cunha

Out on loan

No. Position Player -- DF Paulo Sérgio (on loan to Grêmio) -- FW Luís (on loan to Juventude) -- MF Vinícius (on loan to Ituano) -- DF Thiago Gomes (on loan to Vitória) -- FW Enílton (on loan to Sport)

No. Position Player -- MF William (on loan to Ipatinga) -- MF Marcelo Costa (on loan to Ipatinga) -- FW Osmar (on loan to Ipatinga) -- DF Amaral (on loan to Atlético Mineiro) -- MF Francis (on loan to Atlético Mineiro) -- MF Wendel (on loan to Santos FC)

Reserve Team

Main article: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B

Notable players

Main article: List of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players

Notable managers

Main article: List of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras managers

Current staff

As of 13 February 2008.

Position	Name
Head Coach	Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Assistant Coach	Nei Pandolfo
Observer	Valdir Joaquim de Moraes
Goalkeeping Coach	Antonio Carlos Pracidelli
Fitness Coaches	José Omar Alves Feitosa, Antônio Mello
Club Doctors	Rubens Sampaio, Vinícius Martins and Otávio Vilhena
Physiotherapists	Nilton "Filé" Petrone and José Rosan Júnior
Masseurs	Sérgio Luz, Miguel de Oliveira and Luiz Carlos

Famous matches

• Palestra Italia 2-0 Savoia — 1915
• Palestra Italia 11-0 Internacional — 1920
• Palestra Italia 8-0 Corinthians — 1933 Campeonato Paulista Match
• Palmeiras 2-2 Juventus — 1951 Copa Rio Final Match
• Palmeiras 6-7 Santos — 1957 Campeonato Paulista Season Match
• Palmeiras 2-1 Santos — 1959 Paulista Super League Final Match
• Palmeiras 2-1 Barcelona — 1969 Friendly Match
• Palmeiras 2-0 Real Madrid — 1969 Ramón de Carranza Final Match
• Palmeiras 1-0 Corinthians — 1974 Campeonato Paulista Final Match
• Palmeiras 3-1 Real Madrid — 1975 Ramón de Carranza Final Match
• Palmeiras 2-2 Santos — 1983 Campeonato Paulista Season Match
• Palmeiras 2-0 São Paulo — 1993 Campeonato Paulista Semi Finals
• Palmeiras 4-0 Corinthians — 1993 Campeonato Paulista Final Match
• Palmeiras 3-2 São Paulo — 1994 Campeonato Paulista Match
• Palmeiras 6-1 Boca Juniors — 1994 Libertadores Cup
• Palmeiras 3-1 Corinthians — 1994 Brazilian Serie A Final Match
• Palmeiras 5-1 Grêmio — 1995 Libertadores Cup Match
• Palmeiras 6-1 Borussia Dortmund — 1996 Euro-America Cup finals
• Palmeiras 6-0 Santos — 1996 Campeonato Paulista Regular Season Match
• Palmeiras 2-0 Cruzeiro — 1998 Brazil Cup Final Match
• Palmeiras 4-2 Flamengo — 1999 Brazil Cup Quarterfinal Match
• Palmeiras 4-2 Vasco da Gama — 1999 Libertadores Cup Quarter-Finals
• Palmeiras 3-0 River Plate — 1999 Libertadores Cup
• Palmeiras 2-1 Deportivo Cali — 1999 Libertadores Cup Final Match
• Palmeiras 7-3 Cruzeiro — 1999 Mercosur Cup
• Palmeiras 0-1 Manchester United — 1999 Intercontinental Cup Final Match
• Palmeiras 4-0 Vasco da Gama — 2000 Torneio Rio - São Paulo Finals
• Palmeiras 3-1 Peñarol — 2000 Libertadores Cup
• Palmeiras 3-2 Corinthians (Penalties shootouts: 5-4) — 2000 Libertadores Cup
• Palmeiras 0-0 Boca Juniors — 2000 Libertadores Cup Final Match
• Palmeiras 3-4 Vasco da Gama — 2000 Mercosur Cup Final Match
• Palmeiras 3-3 Cruzeiro — 2001 Libertadores Cup

Presidents

The club associates congregate in a general assembly every four years to elect the seventy-six members of the Conselho Deliberativo (Deliberating Council)^[7] who in their turn chose amongst them a president for a two-year mandate ^[8]. As of 2006 the president can only be re-elected once ^[9].

These are all Palmeiras presidents since the club's foundation ^[10], ^[11]:

Name Years Ezequiel Simone 1914 Leonardo Pareto 1915 Augusto Vaccaro 1915 Ludovico Bacchiani 1916 Guido Farti 1917 Dulio Frugoli 1918 Valentino Sola 1918 Menotti Falchi 1919–1920 David Pichetti 1921–1922 Francisco De Vivo 1923–1924 Giuseppe Perrone 1925–1927 Eduardo Matarazzo 1928–1931

Name Years Dante Delmanto 1932–1934 Raphael Parisi 1934–1938 Ítalo Adami 1939–1940 Enrico de Martino 1939–1940 João Minervino 1939–1940 Ítalo Adami 1941–1944 Francisco Patti 1945–1946 Higino Pellegrini 1947–1948 Ferrúcio Sandoli 1949–1950 Mário Frugiuelle 1951–1952 Pascoal Walter Byron Giuliano 1953–1954 Mário Beni 1955–1958

Name Years Delfino Facchina 1959–1970 Paschoal Walter Byron Giuliano 1971–1976 Jordão Bruno Sacomani 1977–1978 Brício Pompeu Toledo 1977–1978 Delfino Facchina 1979–1980 Brício Pompeu Toledo 1981–1982 Paschoal Walter Byron Giuliano 1983–1984 Nélson Tadini Duque 1985–1988 Carlos Bernardo Facchina Nunes 1989–1992 Mustafá Contursi Goffar Majzoub 1993–2005 Afonso Della Monica Netto 2005–today

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.

Top Scorers

These are Palmeiras's top scorers since its foundation (data as of May 12th 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	1991-1994 and 1999
7	Humberto	126	1953-1958 and 1960-1961
8	Rodrigues	125	1950-1955
9	Luizinho	123	1935-1941
10	Tupãzinho	122	1963-1968

Sponsors

Current Sponsors

• Fiat (2008-)^[12]
• Suvinil (sleeves only) (2008-)

Former Sponsors

• Agip (1985-1988^[13])
• Coca-Cola (1989^[14]-1992)
• Parmalat (1992-2000)
• Pirelli (2001-2007)
• Siemens (secondary sponsor, jersey sleeves only, 2005)

Apparel Suppliers

Current Supplier

• Adidas (1976-1993 and 2006-today)

Former Suppliers

• Rhumell (1993-1996 and 1999-2003)
• Reebok (1996-1999)
• Diadora (2003-2005)

Other sports

Palmeiras has a victorious tradition in various 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.

References

External links

• Palmeiras Official Site (Portuguese)
• Palestrinos (Portuguese)
• Força Verdão (Portuguese)
• Adidas: Palmeiras Home Page (Portuguese)
• Palmeiras Non-official Site (Portuguese)
• Palmeiras On-Line Non-official Site (Portuguese)
• Canal Palmeiras (Portuguese)
• Mancha Verde (Portuguese)
• Palmeiras Todo Dia (Portuguese)
• Turma do Amendoim Site (information site) (Portuguese)
• Só Palmeiras (Portuguese)
• Acadêmicos da Savóia (Portuguese)
• Memória Alviverde (Portuguese)(English)
• Palmeiras Blog on TheOffside.com (English)

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Preceded by Atlético Mineiro 1971	Champions 1972 (first title) – 1973 (second title)	Succeeded by Vasco 1974
Preceded by Flamengo 1992	Champions 1993 (third title) – 1994 (fourth title)	Succeeded by Botafogo 1995

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2009

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