Foundation

Plameiras was founded by four italian men. These men were Luigi Cervo, Vicenzo Ragognetti, Luigi Emanuele Marzo, Ezequiel Simone. The First name given to the clube was Palestra Italia. Its original colors were green, white , and red, representing the colors of Italy. But during the WWII Brazil supportede the allies and Palestra Italia was forced to change its name and take the color red from their shirts.

Introduction

Palmeiras (also known as S.E.Palmeiras) is a famous brazilian football team in Sao Paulo.The team was found in August 26, 1914, by the name of Sociedade esportiva Palestra Italia, but changed the name in September 14, 1942, to sociedade esportiva Palmeiras.