São Paulo FC

The Sao Paulo ( officially: São Paulo Futebol Clube, or in short: SPFC ) is a football club from São Paulo, Brazil. His fans are called " São Paulinus ".

History

The founding

The São Paulo Futebol Clube ( SPFC ) was first established on 25 January 1930 and was founded about five years later, on December 23, again. It was created from the merger of two clubs Club Athletico Paulistano (founded on December 29, 1900) and Associação Atlética das Palmeiras (established on 9 November 1902, not to be confused with the current Palmeiras ). The colors of the new club inherited from the two predecessors, namely red and white from Paulistano and white and black from Palmeiras. Red-white- black are also the colors of the city of São Paulo. The shirt of the São Paulo FC is white with a red and a black horizontal stripes - according to the statutes of the association must not be substantially changed the jersey and has (like many Brazilian clubs ) from one season to the next, only changes in details and other sponsors. Due to the three colors of the club club is called by his followers also Tricolor.

The Thirties

In his first championship (1930 ) of the SPFC second with eleven points loss and a defeat was. 1931 succeeded the SPFC with 20 wins, five draws and just one defeat to win the championship of São Paulo. Also, 1932 and 1933 was the SPFC one of the most successful clubs in São Paulo. In 1934, an all too expensive seat for the club was purchased. This great financial difficulties, which led to the dissolution of the club on 14 May 1935, there were. Thanks to the efforts of many supporters and some influential people, the SPFC was re-established on 16 December 1935. Initially, the new club had to show a few successes, but in 1938 the SPFC runner-up was again.

The forties

1942 bought the SPFC the player Leônidas da Silva, known as the "Black Diamond " for the largest up to that time in Brazil paid transfer fee. In his first game on May 24, 1942 with the SPFC the Estádio do Pacaembu was ( built 1940 ) assigned the record number of 70281 spectators, what is left for the stadium to date the record. The following year (1943 ) of the SPFC champion was finally back. From then on, the level of the club improved considerably and he was also in 1945, 1946, 1948 and 1949 champion.

The Fifties

Beginning of the fifties, it was decided that a big club must have had a large stadium. On August 15, 1952, the foundation stone of the Estádio do Morumbi was laid. It is the largest football stadium in the world, which belongs to a football club. The only major stadium is the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, which belongs to the municipality. For the construction of the Morumbi, which Cicero Pompeu de Toledo is actually called, was saved at the SPFC in all possible places. So many assets were sold, as well as various players. Even with this great loss succeeded the SPFC in the years to be 1953 and 1957 champion. For the construction of the new stadium 340,000 cubic meters of excavation were processed. There were 280,000 bags of cement and 50,000 tons of reinforcing steel consumed.

The Sixties

On 2 October 1960, the not yet completed stadium was inaugurated with a win (1-0 ) over Sporting Lisbon. The next championship for the SPFC should be again until 1970 reality. 1958 was the SPFC still runner-up in 1959 and third parties. In order to finance the new stadium, the SPFC created a soccer school. The new players were then sold to the training, to other clubs. On one hand, this policy and also by the high of Santos, which dominated this time thanks to Pele, the SPFC went on a thirteen- year drought. In 1963, he won in a tournament ( "The Little World Cup " ) in Montevideo in the finals Real Madrid defeat. Real Madrid at the time was world's absolute top.

The Seventies

With the completion of the new stadium in 1970, the financial problems of the SPFC came to an end. The opening game on January 25, 1970 went out against Porto from Portugal 1:1. The Morumbi, which offered 150,000 spectators at that time was occupied with about 100,000 visitors. The SPFC could now buy good players and in 1970 and 1971 champion. 1972 played the SPFC for the first time in the Copa Libertadores, South America corresponding to the Champions League, and was defeated in the semi-final of CA Independiente of Argentina. 1973 lost the SPFC the final in the Brazilian championship against Palmeiras nemesis. In 1974, the final match of the Copa Libertadores against CA Independiente was lost. 1975 was the SPFC champion of São Paulo and 1977 Brazilian champion.

The Eighties

In the eighties, the SPFC dominated the football scene in Brazil. He participated in ten finals and was 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987 and 1989 champion of São Paulo (Vice 1982 and 1983 ) and 1986 Brazilian champion ( 1981 and Vice 1989).

The Nineties

In the nineties, the SPFC finally confirmed as one of the greats of world football. But as the new football coach Telê Santana joined the club (there were actually only three months provided, but he remained much longer) and from then on it went uphill. 1991, with the return of Müller, the SPFC champion of São Paulo and Brazilian champion. The following year came the dream, world champion Inter - clubs, true. The SPFC had a number of top players, among which Raí, Palhinha, Müller and Cafu are emphasized. Then there was also the keeper Zetti, which held many penalties. 1992 Copa Libertadores was thus obtained and in Tokyo FC Barcelona was defeated. Then there was another league title in São Paulo. 1993 succeeded the SPFC again to win the Copa Libertadores and then to defeat in Tokyo this time with AC Milan. 1994 lost the SPFC the final of the Copa Libertadores against Velez Sarsfield of Argentina until the penalties, but in contrast, managed a team which was formed from the reserves and some juniors of the SPFC to win the Copa Conmebol. 1995 and 1996 are strongly reminiscent of the years of lean cows from the sixties. The stadium Morumbi was closed for safety reasons and the club was a lot of money to get it repaired observed. So there was little money for the players. Also Telê Santana had to leave for health reasons, the SPFC. 1997 succeeded the SPFC, under coach Dario Pereyra, again to be vice-champion of São Paulo, and also a tournament (Super Copa dos Champ ) to win. In the newly opened Morumbi the SPFC champion again in 1998 in São Paulo. 1999 played the SPFC well in São Paulo and the Brazilian championship, but different in both in the semi-finals against Corinthians São Paulo.

Since 2000

2000, the SPFC Master of São Paulo, vice - cup winner of Brazil and also reached the quarterfinals of the Brazilian Championship. 2001 was a bad year for the SPFC. In the championship of São Paulo, he was only eight. However, he succeeded Torneio Rio - São Paulo to win. In 2002, the Regulations for the Championship of São Paulo has been changed. The elite took part against clubs from Rio de Janeiro on Torneio Rio - São Paulo. The remaining clubs made ​​among themselves the championship of São Paulo, the club Ituano champion. Finally, there was a tournament between the elite and the Master Ituano from which the SPFC emerged as the winner. 2003 Corinthians champion and the SPFC Vice. In the championship of São Paulo, 2004, the SPFC was eliminated by the new champion (AD São Caetano ) in the quarterfinals. The Brazilian Championship 2004 ended the SPFC in third place. An interesting detail is still that the goalkeeper of the SPFC, Rogério Ceni scored three goals in this championship. 2005, the Master of the SPFC Campeonatos Paulista was. This time the goalkeeper Rogério Ceni has scored 5 goals. For the 3rd time after 1992 and 1993 2005, the Copa Libertadores was won the finals against Atlético Paranaense were 1:1 and 4:0. The gates in the deciding game Márcio Amoroso scored 16, Fabão, 52, Luizão, 70th and Diego Tardelli, 89 minutes. By a 1-0 final win against Liverpool at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in 2005, the SPFC secured the title Club Champion. Between 2006 and 2008 the club three times in a row Brazilian champion. Currently denies the SPFC with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro for the trophy " Copa de Bolinhas ", the trophy for the team that won the first five national championship titles. Flamengo got by a court in Rio de Janeiro recently awarded the title of 1987 - a year in which there were two competing championships without playoff of two winners.

Squad 2013 - State Championship

Last update: May 28, 2013

Achievements

  • World Cup / Club World Cup: 1992, 1993, 2005
  • Copa Libertadores: 1992, 1993, 2005
  • Copa Sudamericana: 2012
  • Super Copa Sudamericana: 1993
  • Copa Conmebol: 1994
  • Master of Brazil: 1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Torneio Rio - São Paulo: 2001
  • State Championship of São Paulo: (22 x) 1931, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005

Former Players

  • Cafu
  • Toninho Cerezo
  • Denílson
  • Doriva
  • Edmílson
  • Dario Pereyra
  • Falcão
  • França
  • Luís Fabiano
  • Gérson
  • Gilmar Rinaldi
  • Grafite
  • Jean
  • Josué
  • Kaká
  • Sastre
  • Leonardo
  • Leônidas
  • Zidanilo
  • Diego Lugano
  • Miller
  • Canhoteiro
  • Valdir Peres
  • Raí
  • Pedro Rocha
  • Mineiro

Coach

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Muricy Ramalho Santos FC Club Atlético Independiente 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Wellington Aparecido Martins Paulo Henrique Ganso Jean (footballer) Danilo Gabriel de Andrade Waldir Peres Mineiro (footballer) Alexandre Pato Associação Atlética Ponte Preta Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Esporte Clube Bahia
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