SC Corinthians Paulista
| Full name | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | |||
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| Nicknames | Timão ("big team", augmentative of Portuguese time ("team") Coringão Campeão dos Campeões (Champion of Champions) Time do Povo (The People's Team) Todo Poderoso (The Almighty) Alvinegro do Parque São Jorge (Black and White of Saint George Park) | |||
| Founded | 1 September 1910 | |||
| Ground | Neo Química Arena | |||
| Capacity | 49,205 | |||
| President | Osmar Stabile | |||
| Head coach | Dorival Júnior | |||
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Campeonato Paulista | |||
| 2025 2025 | Série A, 13th of 20 Paulista, 1st of 16 (champions) | |||
| Website | corinthians.com.br | |||
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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (Brazilian Portuguese: [isˈpɔɾtʃi ˈklubi koˈɾĩtʃɐ̃s pawˈlistɐ] ⓘ) is a Brazilian professional sports club based in São Paulo, in the district of Tatuapé. Although it competes in multiple sports modalities, it is best known for its professional men's football team, which plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paulista Série A1, the first division of the traditional in-state competition.
Founded in 1910 by five railway workers inspired by the London-based Corinthian Football Club, the Sport Club Corinthians Paulista traditionally plays in a white and black home kit. Their crest was first introduced in 1939 by modernist painter and former player Francisco Rebolo, featuring the São Paulo state flag in a shield, two oars, and an anchor, representing the club's early success in nautical sports. Corinthians has played their home matches at the Neo Química Arena since 2014, which served as one of the venues for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and also hosted the opening match. The club has longstanding rivalries with Palmeiras (known as Derby Paulista or simply The Derby), São Paulo (the Clássico Majestoso), and Santos (Clássico Alvinegro).
One of the most widely supported teams in the world and the second most in Brazil, with over 30 million fans (just behind Flamengo) Corinthians is one of the most successful Brazilian clubs, having won seven national titles, four Copa do Brasil trophies, two Supercopa do Brasil titles, and a record 31 São Paulo State championships. In international competitions, the club won the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship in 2000 (the only time, as of 2025, that the Cup was won by the club qualified as the host nation representative), repeated the feat in 2012 after being crowned Copa Libertadores de América champions for the first time that same year and also won a Recopa Sudamericana title. In 2017, the club was listed by Forbes as the most valuable football club in the Americas, valued at $576.9 million.