Fan movement urges Fiel to sign petition for intervention at Corinthians | OneFootball

Corinthians fans are launching a new petition this Wednesday (12) at 7:10 p.m. calling for judicial intervention in the club. The initiative is organized by the #LibertaçãoJá movement, which brings together fan pages and supporter collectives and initially aims to reach 10,000 signatures.

According to the organizers, the goal is to present fan support for the measure to the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-SP) and the Judiciary, amid the administrative, financial, and political crisis affecting Corinthians. The petition will be available at intervencaofiel.com.br.

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The mobilization comes as a civil inquiry is already underway at the MP-SP to assess the possible need for judicial intervention in Corinthians. The Public Prosecutor’s Office Superior Council kept the investigation open in May after rejecting an appeal filed by the club. The procedure had been launched in December 2025 to investigate possible irregularities in the club’s administration.

Last Monday (10), president Osmar Stabile gave testimony to prosecutors. In the coming days, the Public Prosecutor’s Office is expected to conduct new hearings and request documents from Corinthians to continue the investigation.

Fans point to an administrative crisis

The movement claims that the current situation is not the result of a single administration, but the consequence of an administrative model that, in the organizers’ view, has been repeated over recent years.

Among the facts cited are investigations involving improper spending with corporate cards during the administrations of Andrés Sanchez and Duílio Monteiro Alves. In March, the Public Prosecutor’s Office seized documents, invoices, and billing statements at Parque São Jorge related to the administrations of the two former presidents.

Former president Augusto Melo is also mentioned in the mobilization because of the VaideBet case. He was charged by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2025 as part of the investigation into the sponsorship contract, which also involved other former directors and businessmen.

Osmar Stabile’s administration, meanwhile, is the target of an investigation related to the hiring of security companies. In May, the MP-SP opened a criminal investigative procedure to look into Corinthians’ hiring of a company opened in the name of a club employee. Stabile was later included as a target of the investigation.

In July, the MP-SP also opened a new inquiry into the possible indirect remuneration of Stabile through payments made by Corinthians to another security company. At the time, the club said it was a preliminary inquiry.

Billion-real debt increases pressure

The financial crisis is also at the center of the fans’ arguments. Corinthians has a total debt estimated at more than R$ 2.7 billion, while maintaining different agreements and proceedings to reorganize its financial obligations. In January, the courts approved a Centralized Enforcement Regime (RCE) plan involving approximately R$ 450 million in debt.

For #LibertaçãoJá, this situation reinforces the need for a structural change in the club’s administration, and not merely the replacement of some directors.

The group says the previous movement, called #ExpulsãoJá, gathered more than 50,000 signatures and contributed to the pressure that preceded the removal of directors from the most recent administrations. The information about the number of signatures and the direct relationship between the mobilization and the administrative changes is presented by the organizers themselves.

How the intervention would work

The proposal supported by the fans calls for a temporary intervention, with the precautionary removal of those responsible for the club’s main internal powers and the appointment of professionals to conduct an audit and administrative reorganization.

The movement says the measure would not mean transferring control of the football department to a judge or judicial interference in sporting decisions, such as lineups. According to the organizers, the intention would be to promote a review of the accounts and administrative procedures in order to create conditions for a possible democratization of the club and for discussion of new ownership models, including the possibility of transforming it into a Football Corporation (SAF).

The proposal takes as a reference the process experienced by Bahia. In 2013, the Bahia Court of Justice ordered an intervention in the club, removing the then-president and the Deliberative Council. The process was related to the later democratization of the northeastern club. Bahia itself acknowledges that the judicial intervention was part of the transition that led to the approval of a new statute and the club’s first direct elections.

Mobilization begins at 7:10 p.m.

#LibertaçãoJá says the signatures will be sent to the authorities responsible for the investigation into Corinthians as a way of demonstrating supporters’ backing for the intervention.

The mobilization will begin at 7:10 p.m. this Wednesday, a time chosen by the organizers to mark the launch of the campaign. The initial goal is 10,000 signatures.

The initiative is therefore taking place in parallel with the civil inquiry already being maintained by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office and increases public pressure from groups of supporters for an intervention in the club’s administrative structure.

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