Corinthians football club

The Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is one of the most important sports clubs in Brazil. The college was founded as a football club by five workers, Joaquim Ambrose, Anthony Pereira (wall painters), Rafael Perrone (shoemaker), Anselmo Correia (driver) and Carlos Silva (laborer), on September 1, 1910, around 20:30 in the light of a lantern, at the corner of the Italians with the street José Paulino, in the neighborhood of Bom Retiro. Today its headquarters are located in Tatuapé. Over the years the club has developed and started to compete in other sports, like rowing, basketball, swimming, basketball, volleyball, tennis, taekwondo, soccer, judo, badminton, handball and chess.
One of its notable features is its fans, known as "Faithful" (nicknamed so because of that during the 22 years (1955-1976) in which the team has not won any major trophy, their number increased instead of decreasing), which according to a survey Datafolha Institute in late 2006 on the number of fans of Brazilian teams, representing 13% of respondents, ie between the first and second largest number of fans in the country (tied because the margin of error with Flamengo).
Among its major titles are the highest Paulista champion in history with 25 titles, the Cup champion Brazil on two occasions (1995 and 2002), Brazilian champion four times (1990, 1998, 1999 and 2005), and champion of the first World Club Championship organized by FIFA in January 2000. Corinthians is also known for having one of the best bases of Brazilian football, being the largest principal champion junior soccer tournament in Brazil, Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, with six titles (1969, 1970, 1995, 1999, 2004 and 2005).
According to research conducted by advertising agency Y & R and published by the newspaper Gazeta Mercantil, Corinthians has the brand of football's most beloved country. In 2000 the deputy state public Afanásio Jazadji (PFL) has submitted the draft law No. 160 in order to declare the Corinthians cultural, sporting and social status.