The Corinthians Steamrollers are an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
team competing in the South Conference of the
Touchdown Tournament. Based in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, the team was founded in 2004. The Steamrollers are associated with
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista () is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tatuapé district of São Paulo. Although competing in a number of different sports, Corinthians is mostly known for its professional association football team that plays ...
. The Steamrollers play their home games at
Estádio Parque São Jorge, or Fazendinha, which opened in 1928 and holds 13,969 people.
The Steamrollers have won the Touchdown Tournament twice (2011 and 2012) and have appeared in all but one edition of the tournament. The Steamrollers were undefeated both times during the years in which they have won the Touchdown Tournament In addition to the two national titles, the Steamrollers are four times São Paulo State Champions (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014) going undefeated in the 2012, 2013 and 2014 titles. One of the Steamrollers largest feat was the Latin American tournament "Torneo Guerreros de los Andes" won in 2014. Between 2011 and 2012 the Steamrollers were in a 39-game winning streak.
Currently, the team has 1,395,000 followers on
Facebook
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, making the team with most followers on Facebook in Brazil and with a number of followers greater than eight
NFL franchises.
In March 2017, the team signed a jersey sponsorship with online entertainment brand Bodog.
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In July 2019 they lost to Rio Preto Weilers in the finals of SPFL championshi
See also
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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
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Corinthians (women's football)
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Corinthians (futsal)
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Corinthians (beach soccer)
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Corinthians (basketball)
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Corinthians (rugby)
References
Corinthians
The First Epistle to the Corinthians ( grc, Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-aut ...
American football teams established in 2004
2004 establishments in Brazil
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