Palmeiras already has the Copinha, a cursed title that had been denied until 2022. With a splendid generation of soccer players, in which Endrick, his 15-year-old center forward, Verdao made good predictions and won the Copa Sao Paulo de Juniores 2022. In the final played at Allianz Parque (the Palmeirense fief), in a classic of maximum rivalry, they unceremoniously swept Santos by a resounding 4-0 . In fact, he had already opened an insurmountable gap in the first quarter of an hour with an unappealable 3-0.
The great dominator of the tournament, however, is Corinthians, Palmeiras’ eternal rival, who have won the competition ten times. (1969, 1970, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2017) and has been a finalist eight other times.
They are followed with five victories by two of the best clubs in Brazil that work the base: Fluminense (1971, 1973, 1977, 1986 and 1989) and the internationalfrom Porto Alegre, (1974, 1978, 1980, 1998 and 2020).
With four titles are Sao Paulo (1993, 2000, 2010 and 2019) and the flamingo (1999, 2011, 2016 and 2018). And with three, Santos stays (1984, 2013 and 2014) and there is Atletico Mineiro (1975, 1976 and 1983).
The updated list of the champions of the Sao Paulo Junior Soccer Cup
- 1969 – Corinthians
- 1970 – Corinthians
- 1971 – Fluminense
- 1972 – National
- 1973 – Fluminense
- 1974 – International
- 1975 – Athletic Mineiro
- 1976 – Athletic Mineiro
- 1977 – Fluminense
- 1978 – International
- 1979 – Marilia
- 1980 – International
- 1981 – Ponte Preta
- 1982 – Ponte Preta
- 1983 – Athletic Mineiro
- 1984 – Saints
- 1985 – Juventus (Sao Paulo)
- 1986 – Fluminense
- 1987 – (not contested)
- 1988 – National
- 1989 – Fluminense
- 1990 – Flemish
- 1991 – Portuguese
- 1992 – Vasco da Gama
- 1993 – São Paulo
- 1994 – Guarani
- 1995 – Corinthians
- 1996 – America Mineiro
- 1997 – Lousano Paulista
- 1998 – International
- 1999 – Corinthians
- 2000 – São Paulo
- 2001 – Rome Barueri
- 2002 – Portuguese
- 2003 – Santo Andre
- 2004 – Corinthians
- 2005 – Corinthians
- 2006 – America (Sao Paulo)
- 2007 – Cruzeiro
- 2008 – Figueirense
- 2009 – Corinthians
- 2010 – São Paulo
- 2011 – Flemish
- 2012 – Corinthians
- 2013 – Saints
- 2014 – Saints
- 2015 – Corinthians
- 2016 – Flemish
- 2017 – Corinthians
- 2018 – Flemish
- 2019 – Flemish
- 2020 – International
- 2021 – (it was not played due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
- 2022 – Palmeiras
The São Paulo Soccer Federation decided not to hold the tournament in 2021, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For this reason, and exceptionally, In this latest edition, the age of the participants has been extended to one year, allowing the access of under-21 players.
