Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly known as Corinthians, is a

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club based in

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. Founded in 1997, the team is affiliated with

Federação Paulista de Futebol Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) is the governing body of association football within the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It was founded on 22 April 1941, and currently organises the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa São Paulo de Juniores and ...

and play their home games at

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. The team colors, reflected in their logo and uniform, are white and black. They play in the top tier of women's football in Brazil, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino, and in the

Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino (''Paulista Women's Football Championship'', in English) is the women's football state championship of São Paulo State, and is contested since 1987. Format There is no predetermined format for th ...

, the first division of the traditional in-state competition.

History

First spell

In 1994 Corinthians co-opted a promotional

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team of teenaged models run by the Flash Book

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and featuring a 15-year-old Milene Domingues to be their club women's team. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) successfully encouraged Corinthians and its other leading clubs to form female teams after the national women's team's performance exceeded expectations at the

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. After an unassuming 11 years, Corinthians' women's team was scrapped ahead of the 2009 season. The unhappy players were threatening to sue the management, as the only player with a legitimate contract was Cristiane Rozeira, whose salary had been paid by a local hospital.

Corinthians/Audax era

In 2015 Corinthians decided to return to women's football and agreed a partnership with

Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube, commonly referred to as Audax, is a professional association football club based in Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil. The team competes in Campeonato Paulista Série A3, the third tier of the São Paulo state ...

, whose women's section had debuted in the 2015 Campeonato Paulista. The collaboration was confirmed in early 2016. A

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in February 2016 assigned

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players Letícia and Rafinha to the combined Corinthians Audax team, who went on to win the 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino. Corinthians Audax won the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina by beating

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of Chile on a

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. Shortly thereafter Corinthians announced that they were withdrawing from the agreement with Audax and would enter the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino themselves. A change in CONMEBOL rules meant that from 2019 clubs wishing to participate in continental competitions had to run their own women's teams.

Second spell: the formation of a dynasty

The sole Corinthians team created a dynasty: extended their total of Copa Libertadores Femenina to three (

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), won four national championships in six finals (2018,

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), as well as a three-peat Campeonato Paulista (2019,

) and the inaugural Supercopa do Brasil Feminina in

Players

Current roster

Former players

''For details of current and former players, see :Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women) players.''

Staff

Current technical staff

Honours

* Copa Libertadores Femenina ** Winners (3):

* Campeonato Brasileiro ** Winners (4): 2018,

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** Winners (1):

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* Supercopa do Brasil Feminina ** Winners (1):

* Campeonato Paulista ** Winners (1): 2019,

* Copa Paulista ** Winners (1): 2022

References

External links

*
Corinthians at thefinalball.com
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