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2007-09-01

Congratulations / Parabéns às torcidas do Corinthians e do Avaí


Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is founded on Sep 1, 1910 in São Paulo, Brazil

«On September 1, 1910, a group of labourers in the neighborhood of Bom Retiro decided to create their own club. Their idea was to found a football team in which anyone could display his abilities in the sport, since back then, in the beginning of the 20th century, football in Brazil was considered to be an elitist sport, played mainly by British descendants and people who worked for British companies.

Under the lights of an oil lamp, in the "Rua dos Imigrantes" (Immigrants Street), the labourers Joaquim Ambrósio, Antônio Pereira, César Nunes, Rafael Perrone, Anselmo Correia, Alexandre Magnani, Salvador Lopomo, João da Silva, Antônio Nunes founded the first popular club in São Paulo...» (from Wikipedia)


Avaí Futebol Club is founded on September 1, in Florianópolis, capital do estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil.


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