Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, a Brazilian sports club, based in São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil, most known for its football team, is the most traditional and popular Brazilian multisport club. They have around 25 million fans in Brazil, which makes them the second most popular club in the country..
Corinthians was founded in 1910 by a group of labourers - mainly of Portuguese, Italian and Spanish descent - hoping to create a popular club i...
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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, a Brazilian sports club, based in São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil, most known for its football team, is the most traditional and popular Brazilian multisport club. They have around 25 million fans in Brazil, which makes them the second most popular club in the country..
Corinthians was founded in 1910 by a group of labourers - mainly of Portuguese, Italian and Spanish descent - hoping to create a popular club in the city of São Paulo to play against the elite clubs that already existed. They are named after the English amateur team Corinthian F.C., that played in the country at that time.
The football team is among the most successful in Brazil, having won the first edition of the FIFA Club World Championship, the Brazilian Série A four times, the Brazilian Cup three times, the São Paulo State Championship 26 times (leader), among many other victories. Corinthians fans are widely known as "Fiel", Portuguese for "faithful" or "loyal".
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