O Palmeiras de 1951 foi campeão da Copa Rio ao vencer a Juventus, da Itália, na final, e o clube reivindica o título como o primeiro mundial de sua história.
Palmeiras 1951
Palmeiras in 1951 was the Copa Rio champion team, an international club tournament held in Brazil. The club claims this conquest as the first world title in its history.
History
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras was founded in 1914, in São Paulo, under the name Palestra Italia. In 1951, the club represented Paulista football in the Copa Rio, a competition that brought together teams from several countries on Brazilian soil. In this edition, Palmeiras reached the final and defeated Juventus, from Italy, in a final contested over two matches. The conquest gave the club the Rio Cup, which the Palmeiras board and supporters treat as the 1951 world champion title. The campaign helped consolidate Palmeiras' international prestige in the 1950s. The trophy remains one of the most remembered symbols in the club's history and one of the main arguments in debates about world titles for clubs in Brazilian football.