Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano
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Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, or Corinthians Alagoano, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Maceió
Maceió
Maceió is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state Alagoas, Brazil. The name "maceió" is of Indian origin, and designates the natural spontaneously courses of water which flow out of the soil...

 in Alagoas
Alagoas
Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...

, founded on April 4, 1991.

Home stadium is the Nelsão
Nelsão
Nelsão, also known as Estádio Nélson Peixoto Feijó is a multi-use stadium located in Maceió, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people....

 stadium, capacity 10,000.

History

On April 4, 1991, the club was founded. Four year later, in 1995, the club competed in the Campeonato Alagoano
Campeonato Alagoano
The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2010The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages....

 Second Division, which the club won without losing a single match. The club gained the right to play in the following year's First Division, but the team's board of directors preferred to stay in the Second Division.

In 1997 the club joined a partnership with Portuguese
Portugal
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 club Benfica. The club again competed in the Campeonato Alagoano Second Division. Corinthians Alagoano won again without losing a single match, and was promoted to the First Division.

In 2000, the club, for the first time ever, played in a national competition. Corinthians Alagoano was in the green module (which was the competition equivalent to the Third Division) of Copa João Havelange. In the first stage, the club qualified in the first position in their group. However, they were eliminated in the second stage. In 2001, Corinthians Alagoano competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third division of Brazilian football.Unlike the first and second divisions, the Série C is not played in a double round robin system, arguably because many participating teams lack the financial conditions to travel long distances...

. The club was the first placed team in their group in the first stage, but was, however, eliminated in the second stage. In the following year, in 2002, after a poor performance, Corinthians was eliminated in the first stage of the Campeonato Brasileiro third division. Corinthians Alagoano competed again in the competition in 2003. Corihtians Alagoano's group consisted of Botafogo (PB)
Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB)
Botafogo Futebol Clube, usually known as Botafogo, or as Botafogo da Paraíba, is a Brazilian football club from João Pessoa, Paraíba state.-History:...

 and Sousa
Sousa Esporte Clube
Sousa Esporte Clube, commonly known as Sousa, is a Brazilian football team based in Sousa, Paraíba state. They competed in the Série C and in the Copa do Brasil three times.-History:...

, both of Paraíba
Paraíba
Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...

 state. The club was defeated in all four group matches it played. Corinthians Alagoano also took part in that year's Copa do Brasil
Copa do Brasil
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, but was eliminated in the first stage by Flamengo of Piauí
Esporte Clube Flamengo
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.

In 2004, Corinthians Alagoano won its first state championship, after defeating Coruripe
Associação Atlética Coruripe
Associação Atlética Coruripe, usually known simply as Coruripe, is a Brazilian football team, from the city of Coruripe, Alagoas state. The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C three times and won the state championship twice.-History:...

 in the final. In the same year, the club again was eliminated in the first stage of the Campeonato Brasileiro Third Division, finishing last in its group.

Youth squad

The club is well-known in Brazil because of his youth squad. Several famous players were discovered by the club. Revealing new talented football players is one of the club's main priorities. The focus is on players between 15 and 22 years old.

The club's youth squad, since 2000 disputes Copa São Paulo de Juniores
Copa São Paulo de Juniores
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. In that year, the club was eliminated in the first round of the competition. In 2005, the club reached the third stage of the competition.

Famous players revealed by the club

Camilo, currently playing for Vancouver Whitecaps FC, of Canada
Canada
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 Orlando Calisto de Souza
Orlando Calisto de Souza
Orlando Calisto de Souza or simply Calisto , is a Brazilian left back. He currently plays for Olaria Atlético Clube....

, currently playing for Botafogo-SP, of Brazil
Brazil
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 Marcelinho
Marcelinho
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, currently playing for Gremio, of Brazil
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 Márcio Araújo
Marcio Araujo
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, currently playing for Atlético Mineiro
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, of Brazil
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 Narciso, former Brazilian Youth Team, currently managing youth team of Santos
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Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, São Paulo They play in the Campeonato Paulista and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the highest professional leagues in São Paulo state and Brazil, respectively....

, of Brazil
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 Reinaldo Mineiro
Reinaldo Elias da Costa
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, currently playing for Queensland Roar
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, of Australia
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 Luiz Gustavo, currently playing for Bayern Munich, of Germany
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 Wênio
Wênio
Wênio Moraes Pio , simply Wênio, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Morrinhos Futebol Clube....

, currently playing for FK Baku
FK Baku
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 of Azerbaijan
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 Whelliton, currently playing for Córdoba
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, of Spain, having previously played for Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
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, of Brazil   Lúcio Wagner
Lucio Wagner
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, currently playing for Levski Sofia
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, of Bulgaria
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, and 4 times Bulgarian international   Deco
Deco
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, currently playing for Fluminense of Brazil
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   Pepe, currently playing for Real Madrid
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 of Spain
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First Team

Logo and colors

The club is named after Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, commonly just known as Corinthians , is a Brazilian football club based in the city of São Paulo. They play in the São Paulo state league, as well as the Brasileirão, Brazil's top national league...

, of São Paulo state
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. The logo is also very similar to the logo of the São Paulo state's club.

Corinthians Alagoano's official colors are black, white and red.

Anthem

The club's anthem was created by Antônio Guimarães (both the letter and the lyrics). It was sung by Carlos Moura.
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