The Parmalat Era – 20th Century Champions – Libertadores

In the 1990s, Palmeiras enjoyed countless sporting achievements – thanks to a well-planned and successful partnership with Parmalat.

For the length of that partnership, Palmeiras won numerous important titles. In the first full year of the relationship, the team won the São Paulo State Championship in 1993. That same year, it also captured the Rio-São Paulo Championship and the Brazilian Championship. The next year, it achieved the unprecedented feat of becoming two-time State Champion and two-time Brazilian Champion.

Palmeiras also won the Mercosur Cup and the Brazil Cup – both in 1998. In 1996 it handily won the State Championship, scoring more than 100 goals. Also during the partnership with Parmalat, it would win the Champions' Tournament against top Brazilian clubs (in 2000).

Featuring players with tremendous technical prowess like Edmundo, Evair, Zinho, Rivaldo, Alex, and Cesar Sampaio, Palmeiras won other international tournaments – culminating with victory at the Libertadores de America Cup in 1999; an accomplishment ranking among the biggest in the club's history.

Having won key national and international competitions, Palmeiras was proclaimed Brazilian soccer's CHAMPION OF THE 20th CENTURY by the São Paulo State Soccer Federation (FPF).