Club | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista |
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Seasons played | 25 |
First entry | 1977 Copa Libertadores |
Latest entry | 2022 Copa Libertadores |
Titles | |
Copa Libertadores | 1 (2012) |
Recopa Sudamericana | 1 (2013) |
FIFA Club World Cup | 2 (2000, 2012) |
Corinthians, an association football team based in São Paulo, is one of the successful Brazilian teams in international club competitions. They have won two FIFA Club World Cup titles (in 2000 and 2012), one Copa Libertadores (in 2012) and one Recopa Sudamericana (in 2013), for a total of four international trophies.
Their first participated in international competitions was in 1977, when they qualified for the 18th edition of the Copa Libertadores as the domestic league runner-up. Corinthians then debuted in the Copa Conmebol in 1994, in the inaugural editions of the Copa Mercosur and FIFA Club World Cup in 1998 and 2000, respectively and in the Copa Sudamericana (Copa Conmebol successor) in 2003.
With the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship title, Corinthians became the first team to win this FIFA competition. As South American champions in 2012, they contested their second FIFA Club World Cup and their first Recopa Sudamericana, lifting both trophies in these appearances. Until 2012, Corinthians were the only of São Paulo's "Big Four" clubs yet to win South America's premier club competition – Santos FC, São Paulo FC and Palmeiras had won the Copa Libertadores in the years 1962, 1992, and 1999, respectively.