page_title: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
section_title: 1999 – Libertadores Cup Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras / History / 1999 – Libertadores Cup Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Marcos from Palmeiras.
context_page_description: Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian professional football club based in the district of Barra Funda, São Paulo. Palmeiras is a popular and successful Brazilian club, with around 18 million supporters and 126,000 affiliated fans, including many Brazilians of Italian ancestry. Despite being primarily an association football team, Palmeiras competes in a number of different sports. The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the state of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as in the Brasileirão Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system.
  Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants on August 26th, 1914, as "Palestra Itália". However, the club changed its name on September 14th, 1942, as a result of Brazil joining the Allies in the Second World War against Italy and the Axis power. Since then, Palmeiras has won 14 national competitions, including a record 10 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 3 Copa do Brasil, and 1 Copa dos Campeões, making it the most successful club in domestic competitions inside Brazil.
context_section_description: Famous coach Luiz Felipe Scolari led the team to one of the club's most important titles: The 1999 Libertadores Cup. The final match was against Deportivo Cali from Colombia. Important players from that team were World Cup winners Marcos, Zinho and Roque Júnior, as well as Alex, Evair, Paulo Nunes and César Sampaio. In the first leg, in Cali, Deportivo beat Palmeiras 1–0. In the second leg, at Estádio Palestra Itália, Palmeiras beat Deportivo 2–1 and won the competition in the penalty shootout.
  In the same year, in Tokyo, Palmeiras disputed Intercontinental Cup, but were defeated in the final by Manchester United of England in what was described as a heartbreaking loss because they played better against the Red Devils. Therefore, the Palmeiras fans still dream of their greatest glory, a Club World Cup by FIFA.
caption: Marcos
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