First spell In 1994, Corinthians co-opted a promotional
futsal team of teenaged models, captained by a 15-year-old
Milene Domingues. The
Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) successfully encouraged Corinthians and its other leading clubs to form female teams after the national women's team's performance exceeded expectations at the
1996 Olympics. After an unassuming 11 years, Corinthians' women's team was scrapped ahead of the 2009 season. The unhappy players were threatening to sue the management, as the only player with a legitimate contract was
Cristiane Rozeira, whose salary had been paid by a local hospital.
Corinthians/Audax era In 2015 Corinthians decided to return to women's football and agreed a partnership with
Grêmio Osasco Audax Esporte Clube, whose women's section had debuted in the 2015
Campeonato Paulista. The collaboration was confirmed in early 2016. A
draft in February 2016 assigned
Brazil women's national football team players
Letícia and
Rafinha to the combined
Corinthians Audax team, who went on to win the
2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino. Corinthians Audax won the
2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina by beating
Colo-Colo of Chile on a
penalty shootout. Shortly thereafter Corinthians announced that they were withdrawing from the agreement with Audax and would enter the
Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino themselves. A change in
CONMEBOL rules meant that from 2019 clubs wishing to participate in continental competitions had to run their own women's teams.
Second spell: the formation of a dynasty The sole Corinthians team created a dynasty: extended their total of
Copa Libertadores Femenina to six (
2017,
2019,
2021,
2023,
2024 and
2025), won seven
national championships in eight finals (2018,
2020,
2021,
2022,
2023,
2024 and
2025), four
Campeonato Paulista (2019,
2020,
2021,
2023) and three
Supercopa do Brasil Feminina (the inaugural in
2022 and the
2023 and
2024 editions). ==Players==