Corinthians built a true hero’s journey in Brasileirão 2024, with the right to take off towards the Libertadores which gave the club a historic record in the national competition.
After the early fall in Paulistão 2024, the first part of the Brasileirão consisted of few points won and the certainty of a constant fight against the relegation zone.
To change the scenario, the club began to change its situation with the arrival of interesting reinforcements in the middle of the season, such as Memphis Depay and André Carrillo, in addition to Ramón Díaz taking on the challenge as technical command of the club.
However, despite the good performance in the Brazilian Cup and the South American Cup and the endless support from Fiel Torcida, the team’s performance in the Brasileirão continued to remain below expectations. In the 30th round, after a traumatic draw with Internacional, which resulted in a goal conceded in the last minute, it left the club in 18th place in the competition.
Faced with statistics that indicated a 44% chance of falling, according to statistics from the Department of Mathematics at UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais), the club still fell in the semi-finals of the cup they were competing in and said goodbye to their title chances.
Faced with a distant scenario of competing in the Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil, he had one of the biggest reactions in the history of the Brazilian Championship.
From the 31st onwards, they won their remaining 9 games in the Brasileirão, a score needed to leave 18th place and finish the competition in 7th place, with a guaranteed place in the Pre-Libertadores, in the 3rd phase of the Copa do Brasil 2025, in addition to “Send away” any nightmare of attending next season’s Series B.
Historic record!
At the end of the competition, Corinthians not only secured a direct place in the Libertadores, but also equaled the record for the highest number of victories in a single edition of the Brasileirão. Joining the select group of teams that won 9 consecutive matches in the Brazilian Championship. The other teams that accomplished this feat are: Internacional (2020) and Atlético-MG (2021).
