What is Sport Club Corinthians Paulista?
{{Infobox Football club | clubname = Corinthians | current = | fullname = Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | nickname = | founded = 1910 (111 years) | ground = [[Arena Itaquera]] | capacity = 65,200 | chairman = [[Roberto de Andrade]] | manager = [[Oswaldo de Oliveira]] | captain = [[Alessandro Mori Nunes|Alessandro]] | league = [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brasileirão Petrobras]] | season = 2024 | position = 7th }} '''S.C. Corinthians Paulista''' is a [[Association football|football]] club which plays in [[Brazil]]. == History == [[Football (soccer)]] had already established itself as the popular new sport in [[Brazil]] and when the dry season came and the fields dried out they were soon filled with lovers of the new game. São Paulo's sporting elite had formed several clubs,[[Germânia]], [[Paulistano]] and [[Campos Elíseos]] among them, but access to the game was still largely restricted to the city's well off. === First members === [[File:Fiel no Pacaembu.jpg|thumb|Corinthians' fans in the Pacaembu Stadium.]] So a group of working class fans - painter and decorators Joaquim Ambrósio, Antônio Pereira and César Nunes; cobbler Rafael Perrone; driver Anselmo Correia; foundry worker; Alexandre Magnani: cook Salvador Lopomo; labourer João da Silva and tailor Antônio Nunes - decided to start their own team. Bataglia decided to get involved he was named the club's first president. === Name === The new club needed a name. [[Joaquim Ambrósio]] suggested they call themselves after the [[Corinthians Casuals Football Club]], the famous English team that was then on tour in Brazil. The press and fans in Brazil who were following the tour shortened the English club's name to Corinthian's Team and so the founders did away with the aopstrophe and the club won its elegant name Corinthians. === Nickames === Corinthians is also known as ''Big Team'', ''Coringão'', ''The Musketeer'' and ''Champion of the Champions''. === Colours === Finally, the club picked colours. The club's first strip was beige with black trim and had