Outside Parque São Jorge, Corinthians fans demand Andrés Sanchez out | OneFootball

On the evening of this Monday (25), Corinthians’ Deliberative Council is voting at Parque São Jorge on the possible expulsion of former president Andrés Sanchez from the institution’s membership rolls. In front of the club’s social headquarters since 4 p.m. (Brasília time), Alvinegro supporters have displayed protest banners directed at the council members and the former executive.

The main organized Corinthians supporter groups (Gaviões da Fiel, Camisa 12, Coringão Chopp, Pavilhão Nove, Fiel Macabra, and Estopim da Fiel) are present. Also on site providing security are the Military Police, Civil Police, and Riot Police. Among the banners placed in front of Parque São Jorge, some read: “With Sanchez, no chances,” “Enough of personal interests,” “The Fiel demands respect,” “End impunity at Corinthians,” “Expulsion Now,” “Council members, history will remember who protected Corinthians and who stayed silent,” and “Andrés, thief, robbed a nation.”

Photo: Rodrigo Oliveira/Central do Timão

Around 6 p.m., the protests began to intensify, precisely as the council members started arriving for the vote. As they arrived, Corinthians fans took the opportunity to apply pressure, calling for the vote to “be the right one” — that is, in favor of expelling the former president.

The disciplinary case against Andrés Sanchez concerns the use of Corinthians’ corporate card for personal purposes during his second term in charge of the club, between 2018 and 2020. During that period, more than R$ 480,000 in suspicious expenses were identified. At the beginning of April 2026, Timão’s Ethics Committee unanimously issued an opinion recommending the former president’s removal from the membership rolls and, consequently, forwarded it to the Deliberative Council.

In the criminal sphere, Andrés was charged by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP-SP) in October of last year with falsifying tax documents, money laundering, and embezzlement for the improper use of club funds. In this Monday’s vote, the session will begin with a statement from the Ethics Committee, with the reading of the final opinion.

Afterward, Andrés Sanchez or a representative of his defense will have the opportunity to speak. Finally, the Deliberative Council will vote on three options: the former president’s permanent expulsion, suspension/alternative punishment, or even keeping the former president on the membership rolls. In addition to him, two other former presidents are under investigation by the MP-SP: Duílio Monteiro Alves (2021-2023) and Augusto Melo (2024-2025). The latter will have his expulsion voted on next June 1.

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