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Sports' Society Palmeiras is a Brazilian multisport club based in Sao Paulo which has as its main sport football. The club's colors are green and white. The red, present since its foundation, was deleted during World War II, under pressure from the national government, at the same meeting that formalized the change of name for Palmeiras Palestra Italia. Palmeiras' most important titles in football are the "Copa Libertadores da América" in 1999 and the "Copa Rio" in 1951, at the time considered as the first Footbal Clubs World Cup in history. Palmeiras is the Brazilian team with the most national titles won ever, and the only one to win every official competition once held in Brazil. The white-and-green team has ten achievements of this magnitude, especially the four Brazilian Championship titles (1972, 1973, 1993 and 1994), the main dispute in the country since 1971. Palmeiras has won the Brazil's Cup in 1998, the Cup Brazil (1960 and 1967), the "Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa" (1967 and 1969) and the Champions League in 2000. In 1965, the Magalhães Pinto (aka "Mineirão") was founded; to celebrate such ocasion, a friendly match between the Brazilian and Uruguay teams was held. For the first time in Brazilian Football's history, a football club, the Sports' Society Palmeiras, was invited to compose the entire delegation: from technical the masseuse, the goalkeeper to tip left, including the reserves. A gesture of recognition for the best team in the country; which overca