SE Palmeiras in international football

Along with Palmeiras several other clubs also participated such as, Vasco da Gama, Juventus, Austria Wien, Sporting CP, Nacional Montevideo, Red Star and Nice.

The competition was organized by the Brazilian Sports Confederation, with aid and authorization from FIFA, and was sponsored by the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro.

In any case, the Copa Rio was the first intercontinental and interclub football tournament to bring together the most prestigious and victorious clubs from the most important leagues around the world.

[9] However, Milan, with several important foreign players scheduled to go on vacation due to contract, competed in the Latin Cup wanting Inter to go in their place.

[13][14][15] The competition was organized by the Brazilian Sports Confederation, with the assistance and endorsement of FIFA, and had this name on the trophy because it was sponsored by the City of Rio de Janeiro.

From 2017 until the beginning of 2021, the entity had stopped mentioning the world status of the 1951 Copa Rio, despite the recognition decision granted by its executive committee not having been revoked.

[22][23] Then on 1 March 2024, it was announced that Palmeiras' museum outside Allianz Parque had received a translated "ata" document from FIFA with celebrations for the confirmation of the title as an official club world competition and S.E.

Up to and including the semi-finals, with equal points, the team with the best goal difference obtained the classification; If the tie persisted, shots were taken from the penalty spot.

Qualified for the 1999 Libertadores after winning the 1998 Copa do Brasil, Palmeiras fell into Group 3 of the competition, along with Cerro Porteño and Olimpia, both from Paraguay, and arch-rivals Corinthians.

It was in one of the group stage games against Corinthians, in fact, that the then reserve Marcos took over the team's starting role after Velloso's injury, a position he would have until the end of the competition.

to distract Deportivo's next striker, full-back Bedoya, and apparently it worked: the strong shot hit Marcos' left post foot, lightly grazed the goalkeeper and headed towards the touchline.

There were also important names such as Marcos, Arce, César Sampaio and Zinho, as well as Paulo Nunes and Asprilla – the later a reinforcement for the Intercontinental, who was not on the American champion team in the first half of the year.

[46][60] Manchester United came to the competition with almost the entire team complete, with the exception of goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who left the club after winning the Champions League.

The starter was Mark Bosnich and the Red Devils played with a full midfield, instead of the usual two attackers: Mark Bosnich; Gary Neville, Mikael Silvestre, Jaap Stam and Denis Irwin; Nicky Butt, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs; Dwight Yorke, who was normally a starter, was on the bench.

So much so that, on 14 November, one day after Flamengo's game against Inter in Rio Grande do Sul for the "Seletiva para a Libertadores", the newspapers reported the 'end of the Romário Era'.

Baixinho was appointed as the organizer of a night out in Caxias do Sul shortly after the match, days before, which culminated in Flamengo's disqualification for the second phase of that year's Campeonato Brasileiro.

The first leg final was played on 20 December 1999, at the Parque Antártica where both teams would tie 3 to 3, a result that allowed Flamengo to become champion,[64] in addition to completing the Olympic round —because it had more points.

The first game at La Bombonera, Buenos Aires ended in a 2–2 draw, with two goals from Rodolfo Arruabarrena, for Boca Juniors, and Pena and Euller for Palmeiras.

[15] In total the 2020 season, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, brought Palmeiras their second title in the Copa Libertadores da América, with a team led by Portuguese coach Abel Ferreira and with decisive players, such as Weverton, Gustavo Gómez, Viña, Raphael Veiga, Rony and Luiz Adriano, as well as revelations from the base, such as players Gabriel Menino, Danilo and Patrick de Paula.

The team eliminated the favorite River Plate in the semi-finals and, in the single-game decision, played at the Maracanã Stadium, they defeated Santos, becoming champions with the best campaign in the competition.

In addition to winning the Libertadores, the season marked the Alviverde triplice coroa, as the Campeonato Paulista and Copa do Brasil titles were also won, when the club arrived to the fourth championship.

[75] On the way back, at Allianz Parque, Palmeiras won 3–0 and qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament,[76] where they would face Atlético Mineiro, who had eliminated River Plate on the other side of the bracket.

[78] At the Mineirão, Alviverde managed a 1–1 draw, and, due to the away goals rule, won the right to compete in another Libertadores final in its history, the second in a row.

With the victory, Palmeiras guaranteed a place in three tournaments: the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup, the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2022 Copa Libertadores da América, which the team had also disputed the season before.

[84][85] Palmeiras managed to win the 2021 Copa Libertadores da América, becoming three-time champions of the competition by defeating Flamengo in the final held in Montevideo, Uruguay.

[75][76] The following year, less than a month after losing the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup final to Chelsea and finishing runners-up in the world championship, Palmeiras won the unprecedented title of the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana, by defeating Athletico Paranaense, champion of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana, in a very final played at Allianz Parque, in the first international decision in the Big Green arena.

In the very first international final at Allianz Parque, the Alviverde team achieved yet another unprecedented title in its history, the fourth under the command of coach Abel Ferreira.

[93][94] The two clubs decided the 2000 Copa Libertadores, won by Boca Juniors, after two draws, 2–2, in Buenos Aires, and 0–0, in São Paulo, and the Argentine team's victory on penalties.

Before beating Palmeiras in the final, Boca qualified first in Group 2 of the competition, which also included teams from Peñarol, from Uruguay; Blooming, from Bolivia; and Universidad Católica de Chile.

Boca's highlights in winning the championship were coach Carlos Bianchi, who had already won the 1994 Libertadores with Vélez Sarsfield, also from Argentina, and midfielder Riquelme.