Below is a list of historic milestones that only a true championship team could achieve 

A great club is the product of its accomplishments both on and off the field. It is from just such success that the Champion of Everything was born: more commonly known as Sport Club Internacional. It is widely believed that the 2006 Libertadores Cup title marked the beginning of a new chapter in the club’s history, which was followed by a series of other victories in stadiums around the world. However, the pathway to the top was reached step by step, adding a variety of cups to the Internacional Museum. This road to success also features a multitude of impressive figures, records, landslide victories and feats never before achieved by any other club on the planet. In celebration of the 104th anniversary of the founding of Internacional, to be commemorated on April 04, we have compiled a list of the 104 most significant Colorado achievements.

1 – Founding of Sport Club Internacional on April 04, 1909, by the Poppe family: Henrique Poppe Leão was the primary mentor;

2 – After the team, came the fans: a great public entertainer, Porto Alegre’s King Momo Vicente Rao organized the first organized supporter group for the club, played and scored in the 1927 Rio Grande do Sul State Championship, won by Inter, and founded the first Colorado junior football schools, as well as the department of Cooperation and Advertising in 1940;

3 – At the age of 18, João Leopoldo Seferin, who lent Inter his father’s basement on Rua Redenção (now Av. João Pessoa for their founding meeting, was elected the club’s first president;

4 – The club colors: The decision was inspired by the street carnival between Venezianos and Esmeraldinos, one red and the other green. After a vote, it was settled: Inter would carry the red and white of Venezianos;

5 – The first symbol, in 1914, was formed by the initials SCI embroidered in red against a white background, with the subsequent addition of a red border. The colors were inverted in the 1950s, with the letters becoming white on a red background.

6 – On October 10, 1909, after the previous month’s 0-0 draw between Inter and Militar, the Colorados celebrated their first ever win with a score of 2-1;

7 –The first title was won in 1912: the Taça 12 de Abril (April 12 Cup) friendly tournament;

8 – In 1913, Inter won their first official title, the Metropolitan Championship, and were the undefeated winners of the same title the following year;

9 – In 1915, Inter 4 x 1 Grêmio: the Colorado’s first victory in Gre-Nal derby matches;

10 – On July 30, 1916, Inter cruised to a landslide victory in the classic derby match. Vares scored four goals in the 6-1 victory over Grêmio;

11 – In 1912, the Colorado team inaugurated their first official football ground, Chácara dos Eucaliptos;

12 – From 1913 to 1917 the team won the Porto Alegre Metropolitan Championship five times;

13 - In the 1920s, Inter opened spots on the team for players who took part in the many leagues that organized competitions between clubs with Afro-Brazilian players (for example, the famous Liga da Canela Preta – Black-shin League), government workers, trade employees and dockworkers.

14 – The first Rio Grande do Sul State Championship (Gauchão) in 1927; in a clear demonstration of the tenacity that was to become a symbol of the Club in decades to come, Inter went on the attack and were victorious against Grêmio de Bagé. Goals were scored by Nenê and Barros, with the latter responsible for two of the three goals in the 3-1 victory;

15 – On March 15, 1931, Inter inaugurated its “majestic” Eucaliptus Stadium, after a fundraising campaign to purchase land in the Menino Deus neighborhood, spearheaded by Ildo Meneghetti.

16 – Ildo Meneghetti was an engineer and politician, twice mayor of Porto Alegre and also served two terms as the governor of Rio Grande do Sul state. He was the president of Sport Club Internacional from 1929 to 1934 and again in 1938, and was later awarded the title of “Colorado Patron”.

17 – The second Rio Grande do Sul championship title was won in 1934;

18 – Between 1940 and 1945 Inter won the state championship six times, with the unforgettable team nicknamed “The Steamroller” by Vicente Rao;

19 – Carlitos scored the famous “Horizontal Goal” on September 16, 1945;

20 – The World Cup has arrived! Eucalyptus Stadium hosted two World Cup matches in 1950: Mexico x Yugoslavia and Mexico x Switzerland;

21 – Inter was the three-time state champion from 1950 to 1953, with team coach Teté playing a leading role in all three victories. The team was nicknamed the "Little Steam Rollers” and featured stars like Bodinho and Larry (photo);

22 – Inter gave their arch rivals an unforgettable gift for the inauguration celebrations of Olímpico Stadium on September 26, 1954: a landslide 6-2 Colorado win in the Gre-Nal derby match;

23 – Of the team’s 22 players, seven Colorados were on the starting lineup of the Brazilian National Team that won the 1956 Pan-American Football Championship in Mexico; The coach was also from Inter, Francisco Duarte Júnior, known as Teté;

24 – On a particularly gloomy afternoon in 1957, composer Nélson Silva sat angrily in a bar and wrote a song in praise of the Colorado, the Celeiro de Ases (Storehouse of Stars), official anthem of Internacional;

25 – Finally, in 1967, the Rio/São Paulo Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, or “Robertão”, tournament was opened up to two clubs from Rio Grande do Sul, two from Minas Gerais and one from Paraná. Inter finished their second national championship (before taking part in the 1962 Brazil Cup) as runner-up and broke a long-standing taboo: they were the first team from Rio Grande do Sul to win a match in São Paulo;

26 – April 6, 1969, the inauguration of Inter’s Beira-Rio Stadium – in a 2-1 win against Benfica, Claudiomiro (photo above) scored the first goal – marking the start of a new era for the club;

27 – A new era: a record achievement as the eight-time winners of the state championship between 1969 and 1976;

28 – Inter participated in the Athens Summer Tournament in Greece, making their first trip to Europe in August 1973;

29 – 1975 marked a pioneering championship title for a team from Rio Grande do Sul in the Brazilian Championship;

30 – 1976: Sport Club Internacional becomes the two-time winner of the Brazilian Championship;

31 – A first ever feat, and still unmatched: Inter, featuring star player Falcão and several others, were the unbeaten champions of the 1979 Brazilian Championship and secured a permanent place amongst the Brazilian elite in the 1970s;

32 – The 1980s marked shining success abroad, with wins in important tournaments such as the Joan Gamper Cup in Barcelona-Spain (1972), Costa del Sol Tournament in Malaga-Spain (1983), Pacific Northwest Tournament in Canada (1983), Kirin Cup in Tokyo, Japan (1984), the 1st Glasgow International Football Tournament in Scotland (1987), Vigo City, Spain (1987) and the Ceuta Tournament in Spain (1989);

33 – Runner-up in the Los Angeles Olympic Games (1984), with most of the Brazilian National team once again made up of Colorado players;

34 – In 1992 Inter won its fourth national title, the Brazil Cup, in an emotional final match against Fluminense after eliminating Grêmio in the quarter-finals (photo below);

35 – A veritable Colorado massacre in the 1997 Gre-Nal derby at Olímpico, with Inter striker Fabiano putting on a show: 5 to 2;

36 – The 21st century arrives with an irreversible change in Colorado life, bringing the greatest achievements in the history of the People's club; but first came the return to international competition with the club's participation in the South American Cup of 2003 (national phase) and 2004.

37 – In 2002, the team won four state championship titles in a row and, the following year, went on to break a Gre-Nal derby losing streak. However, the score has been in Inter’s favor since September 30, 1945 - after a 4 to 2 victory the numbers were 38 wins to Inter to Grêmio’s 37 (and never to be reached again);

38 – A hallmark for some: in 2006, Inter became champions of the Libertadores Cup for the first time, with goals in the final game for Rafael Sobis, Tinga and team captain Fernandão;

39 – 2006, year of the clubs greatest achievements, with a goal by Adriano Gabiru securing the title of FIFA Club World Cup champions (photo), bringing football's most important cup to the Internacional Museum;

40 – The Treble crown was complete with the South American Winner’s Cup title won in 2007 against Pachuca, as well as Libertadores and the World Club Cup;

41 – Another international title: Early 2008 saw worldwide recognition in the Dubai Cup, with victories against European clubs Stuttgart and Inter Milan;

42 – Champion of Everything: The name given to Internacional after winning every possible championship title, following their victory in the 2008 South American Cup;

43 – In 2009, as a result of their victory in the South American Cup, Inter competed in and won the Suruga Cup in Japan, completing a cycle of official wins;

44 – On May 31, 2009 in Nassau-Bahamas, FIFA announced that Beira-Rio would host games in the 2014 Football World Cup, with a remodeling project known as the “Gigante Para Sempre (Forever Giant) Project”;

45 – Following a complete cycle of victories, Inter celebrated 100 years of glory under the slogan “The Centenary For All” with large-scale events, including a historic walk through the streets of Porto Alegre by thousands of Colorados, and stated that they were ready to do it all again;

46 – When the Gigante da Beira-Rio Stadium turned 41 in 2010, the Club inaugurated its expanded and modernized Internacional Museum – Ruy Tedesc;

47 – Leaving no doubt as to the club’s high standing in world football, in 2010 Inter became the two-time winner of the Libertadores Cup;

48 – On March 19, 2012, Sport Club Internacional and the Andrade Gutierrez construction company signed a contract for the Gigante Para Sempre modernization project, bringing FIFA standards of excellence to Beira-Rio;

49 – Red supremacy increased in the new millennium with respect to the Gre-Nal rivalry, considering that Inter has won eight state championships since 2000 while the rival team has won only half that;

50 – On December 7, 2010, Beira-Rio hosted an exhibition of the film ‘Absoluto – Internacional bicampeão da América’ (Absolute – Internacional Twice Champion of America) for 27,022 people, entering the Guinness Book of records for the largest number of people in a single session in the history of cinema;

51 – Also in 2010, the concert by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney on November 7 was a landmark event in the history of performances at Beira-Rio, with a crowd of around 50,000 people;

52 – Firmly established as the greatest Brazilian champions of the 21st century: 2011 saw the arrival of yet another international cup in the Club Museum, reflecting the brilliance of Leandro Damião: the South American Winner’s Cup title against Independiente from Argentina, the biggest winners of the Libertadores Cup;

GREATEST VICTORIES
AND BIGGEST LANDSLIDES

53 – Biggest landslide win in the Club’s history: Internacional 16 x 0 Nacional de Porto Alegre (August 11, 1912);

54 – Greatest ever victory over Grêmio: Internacional 7 x 0 (October 17, 1948);

55 – Biggest win in Rio Grande do Sul State Championship history: Internacional 14 x 0 Ferro Carril of Uruguaiana (May 23, 1976);

56 – Biggest win in the Sul—Minas Cup: Internacional 5 x 1 Malutrom (January 19, 2002);

57 – Biggest landslide in State Championship final games: Inter, featuring star player Tesourinha (photo), 9 x 0 Bagé, on October 22, 1944;

58 – Biggest win in the Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament: Internacional 4 x 0 Flamengo (November 17, 1968);

59 – Greatest victory in the Torneio do Povo (People’s Tournament): Internacional 4 x 0 Bahia (February 27, 1972);

60 – Biggest win in the Brazil Cup: Internacional 9 x 1 Ji-Paraná (April 6, 1993);

61 – Greatest win in the Brazilian Championship: Internacional 7 x 0 Bragantino (November 8, 1997);

62 – Biggest win in the South America Cup: Inter (photo above) 4 x 0 Chivas Guadalajara, from Mexico (November 19, 2008);

63 – Biggest landslide win in the history of the South American Winner’s Cup: Inter, featuring star player Alexandre Pato, 4 x 0 Pachuca, of Mexico (June 7, 2007);

64 – Greatest victory in the Libertadores Cup: Inter, featuring Dagoberto (photo below), 5 x 0 The Strongest, of Bolivia (March 13, 2012);

65 – Greatest win in the FIFA Club World Cup: Internacional 4 x 2 Seongnam, from South Korea (December 18, 2010);

66 – Record number of goals scored by a single player in one game; 7 goals, scored by Bendionda (photo above) (September 16, 1915, Inter 10 x 2 Fussball), César (June 20, 1920, Inter 14 x 2 Municipal) and Carlitos (August 6, 1939, Inter 13 x 1 Sokol).

UNDEFEATED

67 – Only undefeated Brazilian Champions (1979), since the tournament began in 1971;

68 – Longest undefeated run at home: 48 games at Beira-Rio stadium between November 28, 1973, and July 16, 1975 (39 wins and 9 draws);

69 – Longest series of undefeated games: 43 games from February 5, 1975, and July 20, 1975 (37 wins and 6 draws);

70 – Longest unbeaten run for a goalkeeper: Gainete (photo below), in 1970, 1,203 minutes with no goals scored (13 games and 33 minutes – a Brazilian record);

71 – Longest unbeaten run for a goalkeeper in Brazilian Championships: Renan, in 2006, remained unbeaten for 772 minutes;

72 – Other record-breaking unbeaten goalkeepers in Brazilian Championships: Taffarel, 700 minutes in 1986 and 1987; Manga, 593 minutes in 1975 and 1976; and Schneider, 473 minutes in 1972;

73 – Longest undefeated run in Gre-Nal derbies: 17 games without losing a game to their arch rival Grêmio between 1971 and 1975;

TOP SCORERS

74 – Alberto Zolim Filho, better known as Carlitos, is one of the club’s greatest idols and played during it “Steamroller” heyday in the 1940s. A striker with Internacional for 13 years, he became the greatest scorer in the team’s history with an incredible 385 goals, according to a survey by the Internacional Museum, and 329 goals in 384 games (an average of 0.86 goals per game) by the calculations of journalist and historian Claudio Dienstmann;

75 – Carlitos scored 42 goals in 62 Gre-Nal games, establishing himself as the top scorer in the derby’s history;

76 – Bodinho (illustration) is the second greatest scorer in the club’s history, with 244 goals in 255 games;

77 - 16 goals: Flavio was the top scorer in the 1975 Brazilian Championship; 

78 – Another 16: Dario repeated the previous year’s feat becoming the top scorer in the 1976 Brazilian Championship, wearing the Colorado colors;

79 – In 1998, the center forward Nilson scored the most goals in the Brazilian Championship, with a tally of 15, and an additional two in the Gre-Nal of the Century;

80 – Índio (photo) is the highest-scoring striker in Inter’s history to date, with 32 goals;

81 – Team captain Fernandão was a top scorer in the 2006 Libertadores Cup with 5 goals;

82 Leandro Damião is the greatest Colorado goal scorer in the Libertadores Cup, scoring 11 goals in 2010, 2011 and 2012;

83 – A record: Leandro Damião is the second player in history to be the top scorer in the state championship twice in a row, with 17 and 11 goals in the 2011 and 2012 tournaments, respectively;

84 – Number 9 Damião scored 38 goals in official matches (and two more in the Audi Cup) in 2011, becoming the top Brazilian scorer for that year;

85 – Damião was also the top goal scorer in the 2012 London Olympic Games, scoring 6 goals for the Brazilian team;

HIGHEST PERFORMING PLAYERS

86 – Valdomiro Vaz Franco, popularly known as Valdomiro, was outstanding at corner kicks and was also known for his prowess at penalty kicks. He also played a prominent role in Internacional’s three Brazilian Championship titles (1975, 1976 and 1979) and played the most games for the club in its history, with 803 games for Inter according to the Internacional Museum, though calculated at 712 by the journalist and historian Claudio Dienstmann;

87 – Valdomiro is the only player to have participated in eight state championship title wins, a feat as yet unbeaten in Rio Grande do Sul;

GREATEST NUMBER OF
WINS FOR A COACH

88 – Coach of the 1950s team known as the “Little Steam Rollers”, Teté has the greatest number of victories in the 104 years on Internacional's history; no less than 215 wins in 321 games;

LARGEST CROWD AT BEIRA-RIO

89 – A record crowd of 106,554 attended the 3x3 draw between Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul on June 17, 1972;

LARGEST NUMBER OF
INTER SUPPORTERS AT BEIRA-RIO

90 – May 30, 1971: Inter 1 x 1 Grêmio, with 85,072 supporters;

BEIRA-RIO: A COMPLEX OF ATTRACTIONS

91 – The Gigantinho sports gymnasium is the third largest in Brazil and was inaugurated on November 04, 1973;

92 – Parque Gigante (Giant park), which houses the team’s official Training Center and a large leisure complex, was founded on January 20, 1983;

RANKINGS

93 – With 102,400 members, Inter has the largest club membership on the American continent, ranked 6th in the world, behind only European clubs;

94 – Unprecedented feat: Inter is the only Brazilian club to fill its stadium with members alone, which occurred at the final game of the 2008 South American Cup (total crowd: 51,803);

95 – Inter leads the Brazilian ranking for junior teams, since the creation of the survey by Olheiros.net;

96 – Gre-Nal derbies: since 1945 the People’s Club, with star player Forlán (photo) has come out on top; boasting 149 victories in 369 games to date;

97 – The biggest winner in the Rio Grande do Sul State Championship, with 41 cups raised;

98 – For a number of years Internacional has led Placar magazine’s Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) ranking, which elects the best players in each edition of the Brazilian championship; particular prominence goes to Falcão and Figueroa who each won 5 trophies; Inter is currently ranked second among Brazilian clubs;

99 – In 1979, with Inter’s undefeated title, Falcão (photo below) achieved the highest average in the history of the Bola de Prata award (9.20), in addition to the Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) award as the competition’s top scorer;

100 – For 24 consecutive years Inter led the points ranking (promoted by the CBF – Brazilian Football Confederation) for the Brazilian Championship, in addition to rankings for 1972, 2000 and 2005;

101 – From 1970 to 1980 and between 2000 and 2010, Internacional was the highest scoring team on Placar magazine’s overall ranking;

102 – Updated on a weekly basis, the ranking of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) also featured Inter in the top position in recent years; since the beginning of this year, the Club has varied between 2nd and 3rd position;

103 – In the most important ranking system for world football, recognized by FIFA, the IFFHS (International Federation of Football History and Statistics) has consistently placed Inter as the best Brazilian team of the 21st century, having also led the field in monthly updates of the list, and always placed among the first in the world;

GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT

104 – The continual growth of Sport Club Internacional and its reason for existing is the biggest and best group of supporters in southern Brazil.