São Paulo FC
Brazilian professional football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
São Paulo Futebol Clube (Brazilian Portuguese: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi] ⓘ) is a professional football club in the Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo's premier state league and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of Brazilian football. Despite being primarily a football club, São Paulo competes in a wide variety of sports. Its home ground is the multipurpose 72,039-seater MorumBIS Stadium, the biggest private-owned field in Brazil. São Paulo is Brazil’s biggest worldwide champion and also one of the only two clubs that have never been relegated from the top division, the other being Flamengo.
Full name | São Paulo Futebol Clube | ||
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Nickname(s) | Tricolor Paulista (Tricolour of São Paulo) O Clube da Fé (The Club of Faith) Soberano (The Sovereign)[1] Campeão de Tudo (Champion of All) | ||
Founded | 25 January 1930; 94 years ago (1930-01-25) | ||
Stadium | Morumbi | ||
Capacity | 72,039[2] | ||
President | Julio Casares | ||
Head coach | Luis Zubeldía | ||
League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Paulista | ||
2023 2023 | Série A, 11th of 20 Paulista, 6th of 16 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Founded in 1930 as merge between Club Athletico Paulistano and Associação Atlética das Palmeiras, the club has used its traditional home kit of a white shirt with two horizontal stripes (one red and one black), white shorts, and white socks[3] since its inception, the collor choice was made in honour of its parent-clubs primary collors, and also to represent the collors of the state of São Paulo. Although its main affiliation is with the state and city where it was founded, São Paulo is a national team and the third best-supported club in Brazil, with over 22 million supporters, covering around 9.9% of its population. Their supporters are called são-paulinos and are often nicknamed Torcida que conduz (Supporters who lead), due to their importance in maintaining São Paulo’s long lasting relevance in South America’s football. São Paulo ranked fifth in Brazil with a market value of R$ 2.214 billion in 2023. [4]
São Paulo is one of the most successful teams in Brazil with 56 official titles, that includes 24 state titles, 12 inter-state titles, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro titles, 1 Copa do Brasil title, 1 Supercopa do Brasil title, 3 Copa Libertadores titles, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 1 Copa CONMEBOL, 1 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 2 Recopa Sudamericanas, 2 Intercontinental Cup and 1 FIFA Club World Cup.[5][6][7][8] It is the only club in the country to have won all available titles, earning the nickname “Champions of All”, an honour achieved after winning the 2024 Supercopa do Brasil.[9]
All five FIFA World Cups won by Brazil contained at least one São Paulo player, an honour shared with cross-city rivals Palmeiras.[10]