Triple Crown of Brazilian Football
The Triple Crown of Brazilian Football () is an unofficial title given to the club that won the three most important competitions of the Brazilian football in the same year: Achievers Santos Futebol Clube won the three most important Brazilian competitions in 1962. In that year, it won the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores da América and the Taça Brasil (in 2010, Taça Brasil was unified to the Campeonato Brasileiro). The team even won the 1962 Intercontinental Cup. In 1963, Santos did not win the state championship, but won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo and the other 3 competitions won in the previous year. In 1981, Flamengo won Carioca, Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup. In 1992, São Paulo won Paulista, Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup. The following year, despite winning nothing statewide or nationally, he won four international titles: in addition to the last two, the Supercopa Libertadores and the Recopa Sul-Americana. In 2005, the São Paulo team would repeat the feat of 1992, but now winning the FIFA Club World Cup. The Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup are of particular importance for brazilian football, and culturally considered as a single competition. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube won the three most important