The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the state of So Paulo's premier state league, as well as in the Brasileiro Srie A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants in 1914, as "Palestra Itlia" ( pronounced [pal[st~italjP]).
Palmeiras have been crowned Champions, Santos have been relegated for the first time in their 111-year history and Fluminense became kings of the continent with victory in the Copa Libertadores. Endrick and Palmeiras won Brazil's key domestic title this year; the Serie A.
For the first time in its 111-year history, Santos was relegated to Serie B, the second tier of the Brazilian game. At full-time, there was sadness and devastation inside Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium as the cameras panned across sobbing fans all around the ground. But there was also anger.