Corinthians women's football director outlines 2027 renewal plans | OneFootball

During the draw for the 2026 Women’s Copa São Paulo, last Wednesday (23), Corinthians women’s football director Íris Sesso was asked about the club’s planning regarding players whose contracts with Timão are coming to an end. Amid the end of the season, the executive revealed that the contract renewal process will depend on the financial budget for the year 2027.

“We are still in the study process. We still need to understand a little better what budget we are going to have. These are things we have already discussed. However, I still need feedback from our financial department to understand the whole process regarding the 2027 budget. So this is a step-by-step process. Right now, we are very focused on the Brasileirão final and, of course, on the Libertadores. But yes, this is definitely on my radar,” she began.

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From the current squad, seven players have contracts that expire with Corinthians in December. They are: goalkeepers Lelê and Ana Morganti, center-backs Thais Regina and Agustina Barroso, as well as midfielder Vic Albuquerque and forward Carol Nogueira. Recently, the club from Parque São Jorge, with the help of Fatal Fans, a club sponsor since the middle of this year, managed to keep Colombian forward Gisela Robledo. The No. 7 only had a contract with Timão until August 31 and renewed for another year.

“The process always exists. We know that, with each passing year, we need to be even stronger because the sport is getting better and better. Clubs are evolving, and that is very good for the sport. Corinthians also wants to always stay ahead and always maintain the level of a winning project,” she said.

It is worth remembering that Corinthians is facing financial problems and has outstanding payments with the men’s and women’s professional football squads, as well as the basketball team. In the case of the Brabas, even with the recent payment of the second installment of overdue salaries, the amounts related to the 2025 Conmebol Women’s Libertadores title and the runner-up finishes in the 2026 Supercopa do Brasil and 2026 Copa das Campeãs are still unpaid.

Amid the recent delays, Corinthians returns to the pitch on Saturday afternoon (26), at 4:30 p.m. (Brasília time), to face São Paulo at Neo Química Arena in the first leg of the Brazilian Women’s Championship final. The second leg takes place a week later, at the same time, but this time at Morumbis Stadium. São Paulo will host the second match because they had the better campaign throughout the competition — 16 wins, three draws, and two losses; overall leaders of the first phase. The Barra Funda side eliminated Grêmio and Flamengo in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.

In the first phase of the Women’s Brasileirão, it is worth noting, Corinthians had the second-best campaign of the first stage with 38 points — 12 wins, two draws, and three losses — 42 goals scored and 18 conceded — the fourth-best defense. In the Brasileirão quarterfinals, the Brabas got past Cruzeiro by winning 4-1 on aggregate — 1-0 in the first leg (Independência) and 3-1 in the second leg (Canindé Stadium). In the semifinals, meanwhile, the victim was Bahia, with Alvinegro winning both matches 1-0. Thus, Timão’s campaign so far is: 16 wins, two draws, and three losses — 47 goals scored and 19 conceded.

Alvinegro is the tournament’s biggest winner with seven titles — 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — having reached every final in the competition since 2017. The women’s division was reactivated in 2016. Only in 2017 and 2019 did they fail to win the title. Besides the Brazilian Championship, in this final stretch of the year the Brabas will also play the Paulistão Feminino play-in against Red Bull Bragantino — with details to be announced by the São Paulo Football Federation (FPF) — and, in October, the Conmebol Libertadores from October 15 to 31, in Ecuador.

Corinthians is in Group A alongside Colo-Colo-CHI, Caracas-VEN, and Colombia’s second representative. In total, Alvinegro has six titles in the international tournament 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — the competition’s most successful club.

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