Società Sportiva Palestra Itália
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| Full name | Società Sportiva Palestra Itália | |
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| Stadium | JK Stadium | |
| Owner | Augustino Ranieri | |
| League | Miner Cup | |
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Società Sportiva Palestra Itália (Venetian: [soʧjᵊtᵃᵄɑ̆ː 'spoɾtiβɑ pall'eːs'tɾa ˈitaːλja]), known simply as Palestra or Palestra Itália, is a sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Palestra is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the JK Stadium.
History[edit]
Palestra's history is traced back to the Italian community living in Belo Horizonte, a city where already some Italian immigrants lived[1] and their desire to set up a football club. Similar to the Italians of São Paulo (who founded Palestra Itália, now known as Palmeiras) the people of Belo Horizonte wanted the Italian colonies in Minas Gerais to have its own club as well.
In the sporting goods and footwear Augustine Ranieri's factory, located on the street of Caetés, it was decided the foundation of the club should tackle the three major capital: Atlético Mineiro, America-MG and Yale. Was born at that moment, the Società Sportiva Palestra Italia, established on 2 January 1921.[2]
The meeting was attended by 95 founders present the shield and uniform that made reference to the Italian colors, and whose SSPI description would be recorded in the center shell. Another decision was that only members of the Italian colony could wear the shirt. Aurelio Noce was elected the first President.[2]
The Palestra Italia emerged as the representative of the Italian colony. And is characterized as a team of Italian descent, Palestra also stood out by having elements of the Belo Horizonte working class, unlike Atlético and América, who had their consisting squad of college students coming from influential and wealthy families of the city.[2]
The idea of the club being created took a big step when Yale, a sports team from the city, went through an administrative crisis. When some players left Yale over a dispute (Yale, which itself had connections to the Italian community), some went on to found the all Italian, Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Itália of Belo Horizonte.[3][4] Until 1925 the club would only allow Italian men to participate, despite other teams in the nation accepting people of all skin colors and ethnicities.[5]
Palestra debuted in the Prado Mineiro Stadium with a 2–0 win in a friendly on 3 April 1921, against a combination from Nova Lima. The Nova Lima team united players from two teams from the city: Villa Nova, and Palmeiras, another team form Nova Lima.[6] However, the first official match of Palestra was in a 3–0 win over future archrivals Clube Atlético Mineiro.[7][8] In January 1942, Brazil entered World War II[9] and a decree of the federal government forbade the use of terms from enemy nations in entities, institutions, establishments, etc. With this, the Italian name was removed and the club could no longer call themselves Palestra Italia. The name was changed to Sociedade Esportiva Palestra Mineiro.
References[edit]
- ^ "História da emigração em Minas Gerais" (in Portuguese). Federação dos Círculos Trentinos do Brasil. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ a b c "História do Cruzeiro Esporte Clube" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiropédia. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ^ "Cruzeiro esporte clube" (in Portuguese). JB Online. Archived from the original on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ "ESPECIAL: os 100 anos do futebol em Belo Horizonte" (in Portuguese). Esporte Esportivo. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ "História do Club" (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ "Duas vezes os reis da América" (in Portuguese). GazetaEsportiva.net. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ "Atlético tem ampla vantagem em clássicos pelo Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). Goal.com. Retrieved 2007-08-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Carvalho, Sérgio (23 October 1981). "O Derby Mineiro" [The Derby Mineiro]. Placar (in Portuguese) (597). Abril. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 12 October 2015 – via Google Books. Archived 20 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ D. McCann, Frank. "Brazil and World War II: The Forgotten Ally. What did you do in the war, Zé Carioca?". Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe (Tel Aviv University). Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 2007-08-17.