History of Internacional

Club Overview

Sport Club Internacional, also known as Inter or Colorado, is a Brazilian football team from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909. They play in red shirts, white shorts and socks, the first of which gives the team its nickname of O Colorado, or The Reds. They enjoy a traditional rivalry with the city's other club, Grêmio - with derbies known as a "Gre-Nal"

The team's home stadium is known as the "Giant from the River Bank", or Beira-Rio, on the banks of the Guaíba River, and it holds 56,000, it is currently the biggest soccer stadium at Southern Brazil.

The club's most successful season was in 2006, when Internacional won the FIFA Club World Cup 2006, beating FC Barcelona, in Yokohama, Japan.

Stadium

Internacional's current stadium is Estádio Beira-Rio, inaugurated in 1969, with a maximum capacity of 56,000 people.<ref name="beira-rio"/> Beira-Rio replaced the Estádio dos Eucaliptos, which hosted two 1950 FIFA World Cup matches. Beira-Rio is currently tipped to be one of the venues of a likely FIFA World Cup to be played in Brazil in 2014.

Anthem

Internacional's anthem was composed by Nélson Silva, in 1957, and is called Celeiro de Ases (meaning "Factory of Aces").

Team Honours ==

International honours

• Club World Cup: 2006
• Copa Libertadores: 2006
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2007

National honours

Brazilian Championship: 1975, 1976 and 1979 (undefeated)

Brazilian Cup: 1992 State Championship (Campeonato Gaúcho) (38 times): 1927, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008

Other achievements

• Once champions of Joan Gamper Trophy (Spain) in 1982.
• Once champions of Kirin Cup (Japan) in 1984.
• Once Champions of Dubai Cup (United Arab Emirates) in 2008
• Once champions of Eurovoetbal (Netherlands) in 2006.
• Once champions of Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 in 2006.
• Once champions of Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores in 1990.
• Nike Cup (Under-15 World Championship) champions in 2000.
• Four-times Brazilian Under-20 champions at Copa São Paulo de Juniores, in 1974, 1978, 1980 and 1998.
• Three-times champion of Copa Macaé de Juvenis: 2000, 2001 and 2005.
• Seven-times champion of Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil: 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007

Club Management

Abel Braga left the head coach position at the start of June 2008.

Uniforms

Sponsors

The club are currently sponsored by the local bank Banco de Rio Grande do Sul (Banrisul)

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