Corinthians president faces fan protests after Women's Brasileirão semis | OneFootball

During the afternoon of this Monday (7), Corinthians took the field at Canindé Stadium to face Cruzeiro in the second leg of the 2026 Brazilian Women’s Championship quarterfinals and beat their opponents 3-1. The Brabas’ goals were scored by Jhonson, Tamires, and Thaís Ferreira. With the result, Timão advanced to the semifinals of the national tournament after winning 4-1 on aggregate.

Even with qualification to the semifinals of the national competition, where Bahia will be the opponent, Corinthians fans took the opportunity to protest against the current board, led by Osmar Stabile, amid the club’s off-field financial problems. After the final whistle, the just over two thousand people in attendance at the match chanted the following: “Osmar, asshole, get out of Timão” and “Hey Osmar, pay attention, show some respect for Timão’s Brabas”.

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Before the match, outside Canindé, Corinthians supporters displayed a banner that read: “Weak President. Respect women’s football”. In recent weeks, Corinthians’ women’s squad met with Osmar Stabile at Parque São Jorge, the club’s social headquarters, to address the club’s outstanding financial issues with the players.

At the moment, the Brabas are still owed part of their image rights payments, and they also have not received the prize money for their performances in the 2025 Conmebol Women’s Libertadores (champions), in addition to the runner-up finishes in the Champions Cup (2026) and the Brazilian Super Cup (2026). Right after the meeting with the club president, part of the image rights payments were settled. It is worth noting that Corinthians also has debts with the men’s squad (bonuses and image rights) and the basketball team (image rights).

With qualification to the semifinals, the Brabas will now face Bahia. In the coming hours, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is expected to announce the details of the two semifinal matches. Having had the better campaign in the initial stage of the competition, Alvinegro will play the second leg at home. In the qualification stage, Timão had the second-best campaign with 38 points, while the northeastern side qualified in sixth place with 29 points.

In the first phase of the tournament, Alvinegro faced the northeastern side away from home and drew 1-1. Throughout the history of the women’s game, the teams have faced each other six times, with five wins and one draw, 17 goals scored and four conceded. Last year, the teams met in the Brasileirão quarterfinals and Timão came out on top 4-1 on aggregate. Timão is the tournament’s most successful club with seven titles – 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

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