Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

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Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, usually called Palmeiras, is a Brazilian football team. They are from São Paulo, Brazil. The team was founded by an Italian-speaking community on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Itália. They changed to the name used now on September 14, 1942.

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They play in green shirts, white shorts and green socks and are one of the most popular and traditional Brazilian clubs.

Palmeiras plays at the Palestra Itália stadium, which has seats for 32,000. But in the past, local derbies against São Paulo or Corinthians were usually played in Morumbi stadium. However, the Arena Palestra Itália is under construction with capacity for 45,000 people, expected to be finalized in 2013.

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Name

  • 1914–1942 S.S. Palestra Italia
  • 1942–present S.E. Palmeiras

Main titles

The following information is a list of all the honours of Palmeiras since the club was founded.[1]

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Palmeiras' former Hall of Trophies
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Palmeiras' former Hall of Trophies (new vision)
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Other

Women's

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Notes

  1. Palmeiras defeated Pelé's Santos in a playoff after being level on points through 38 matches.
  2. The APEA organized a second shorter tournament in September to fill the long period of inactivity before the following season.
  3. The LFESP organized a second shorter edition of the 1938 Paulistão to fill the nearly six month interruption of the tournament due to the World Cup.

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