SC Corinthians Paulista
Description
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is a Brazilian sports club, based in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, most known for its football team, is a traditional and popular Brazilian football club. As of 2004, Corinthians is estimated to have 24 million fans, making it the second most popular club in Brazil.
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 famous English amateur team Corinthians F.C., now Corinthian-Casuals.
The football team is one of the most successful in Brazil, having won the Brazilian Série A 4 times, the Brazilian Cup 2 times, the São Paulo State Championship 25 times and the FIFA World Club Championship once, amongst other honours. Corinthians fans are widely knows as "Fiel", Portuguese for "faithful" or "loyal".
As a multisport club, Corinthians also have amateur volleyball, handball, taekwondo, judo, swimming, tennis and futsal teams.