Corinthians Democracy
Democracy Corinthians ( German for Democracia Corinthiana ) was an emerging movement in the 1980s in the team of the Brazilian football club Corinthians. It was led by a group of politically active players like Sócrates, Vladimir, Casa Grande and Zenon and constituted the largest ideological movement of the history of Brazilian football dar.
In that period the club's major decisions about player commitments, meeting rules were, inter alia, taken by vote, resulting in a kind of self-administration resulted.
History
In 1981 Corinthians a very weak season in Brazil's first League and in the state of São Paulo championship behind. In April 1982, the presidential Vicente Matheus ' ended, Waldemar Pires was elected to succeed at the club tip. Pires certain as sports director sociologist Adilson Monteiro Alves, who gave the players heard. In connection with politically-minded footballers such as Socrates and Wladimir so began the revolution within the club.
Democracy
From then on, a system of self-government was installed, met in the player, sports management and Board decisions as important signings, layoffs, statements or meeting by vote. An important aspect was that each part of a player, coach or functionary was weighted equally.
Corinthians was the first Brazilian club jersey with advertising. On the initiative Copywriter Washington Olivetto (inventor of the term Democracia Corinthiana ) brought the club on the shirts political messages at such Diretas já ( " direct elections now " ) or Eu quero votar para presidente ( "I want to elect the President "). The motto of the association was ganhar ou perder, mas semper com democracia ( Portuguese " wins or lose, but always with democracy "). In Brazil, there was at that time a military dictatorship, so that exposure of Corinthians got a special poignancy. At the same time the social movements began to be active for the establishment of a democracy again. Therefore, the Distressed Military asked the club by the Brigadier General Jerônimo Bastos moderation.
The revolutionary approach bore fruit. The team reached the semi-finals of the Brazilian champion round that year and won the state championship in 1982 and 1983. Moreover Corinthians repaid during the self-administration phase of all its liabilities and posted in the next season even a profit equivalent to three million U.S. dollars.
The end
From 1984, it was proposed to establish the Clube dos 13, in which one could only be taken by the President. To this end, earned the team's poor results in the seasons 1984 and 1985 and, in particular associations with classical line as Flamengo sat down in the national championship to the top.
In 1984, Sócrates for Fiorentina in Italy. Previously, he had declared that he would remain with Corinthians, when the Emenda Constitucional Dante de Oliveira would be passed, which would have allowed a direct election of the President of Brazil. However, the constitutional amendment failed in Parliament. In 1985, the first free parliamentary elections in Brazil, which marked the end of military dictatorship. This lost Democracia important.
Shortly thereafter, also anchored from Europe coming of modern football ( association ) embossing, which he brought with private funds and management of the Atlantic. Wishes for a return to movement were indeed articulated, but faded in the face of the now prevailing international influence forces of FIFA and UEFA, with a view of the World Cup 1990.
TV documentary
2011, the documentation Ser Campeão é Detalhe was - Democracia Corinthiana ( free "Victory is secondary - Democracia Corinthiana " ) premiered, which deals with the movement and numerous stakeholders contains comments, including Sócrates, the dedicated to the film and on this occasion an honor to part was.
Sócrates and the Democracia Corinthiana were one of the themes of a show hosted by Éric Cantona film documentary of 2012 with the name " Rebels on the ball".
Criticism
Despite all the respect from the media and the majority of the football supporters, the movement has also been criticized by athletes as the goalkeepers Emerson Leão and Rafael Cammarota:
" De democracia não tinha nada. Era to movimento bom para os que comandavam, mas os outros só batiam palma. A Democracia Corintiana tinha os quatro traíras: Sócrates, Vladimir e Casa Grande, que era bocudo, Adilson Monteiro Alves além do. "
" From Democracy had nothing. It helped those who were the leaders, but the other only clapped her hands. The Democracia Corinthiana had four cheaters. Sócrates, Vladimir and Casagrande, who was a chatterbox, Adilson Monteiro Alves also "