Champion of Brasileirão once again, the Palm trees also wreaks havoc on ESPN Silver Ball Award Sportingbet. With eight honors won in 2023, the Alviverde club overtook its rival São Paulo e He single-handedly assumed the leadership of the general ranking of the honor that has existed since 1970..
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Now, Palmeiras has 74 Bola de Prata trophies (see quantity per category below) against 67 from São Paulo and Atlético-MG, which equaled the São Paulo tricolor team in quantity in the edition delivered this Thursday (7) – in the tiebreaker, for ranking purposes, São Paulo has one more Ballon d’Or (5 to 4).
The Minas Gerais team won two honors this year (best striker, with Hulk, and top scorer, with Paulinho), while the Morumbi team reached three consecutive drought editions – the last award was in 2020, when Luciano won two Silver Balls, one as a striker and the other as a top scorer alongside Claudinho (then at Red Bull Bragantino). Flamengo e Corinthiansin this order, close the Top 5 (read more about and see the overall ranking below).
Palmeiras’ achievement
Palmeiras’ achievement is gigantic for several reasons. First, because took the rival from the top after 17 seasonsfrom the end of 2006 to the end of 2023 – it is worth remembering that last year, with nine honors, the alviverde team had already jumped from 57 to 66 achievements and was right next to its rival.
Second, because the club has now become only the fourth in the 54-year history of the Bola de Prata to alone lead the general ranking. Before, just cruise (1970; then, from 1972 to 1975), International (1976 to 2005) and São Paulo (2006 to 2022) had this honor – Atlético-MG was at the top at the end of 1971, but shared it with Cruzeiro, each with 5 trophies at that time.
And third, for the incredible surge of honors won in such a short time. By the end of 2015, Palmeiras had 37 Silver Balls, counting all categories; in eight years, from 2016 to 2023, the club simply doubled this number, reaching 74.
In the current edition, the alviverde team repeated 2022 and was the biggest winner, this time with eight trophies. They were: best goalkeeper (Weverton), one of the two best defenders (Murilo), best right-back (Mayke), best left-back (Piquerez), one of the two best midfielders (Raphael Veiga), best coach (Abel Ferreira) , revelation and most beautiful goal, both with young Endrick.
See, by category, all the Bola de Prata trophies won by Palmeiras
Silver Balls – 63
Golden Balls – 5 (César Sampaio, in 1993; Djalminha, in 1996; Gabriel Jesus, in 2016; Dudu, in 2018; and Gustavo Scarpa, in 2022)
Best Technician – 4 (Cuca, in 2016; Felipão, in 2018; Abel Ferreira, in 2022 and 2023)
Revelation – 1 (Endrick, in 2023)
Most beautiful goal – 1 (Endrick, in 2023)
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Endrick chooses his favorite goal and the most memorable Palmeiras match for him in the Brasileirão
The Palmeiras striker spoke about the moments of Palmeiras’ title in the Brasileirão
Historical ranking: Botafogo very far away and Santos, even relegated, in the Top 10
The general list of Bola de Prata trophies totals 40 clubs already honoredwith some highlights being Palmeiras taking the overall lead, as detailed above, the Santosnow relegated to Series B, in the Top 10 and the Botafogowho led the Brazilian Championship for more than 30 rounds in 2023 and ended up not even taking a direct place in the group stage of the CONMEBOL Libertadoresvery far from the opponents.
With Palmeiras (74), São Paulo (67, 5 Gold) and Atlético-MG (67, 4 Gold) on the podium, Flamengo is fourth with 63 honors and Corinthians comes next, with 55.
In the second division in 2024, Santos is in seventh place, with 51, while Grêmio, with this year’s achievements (3), reached 45, surpassed Cruzeiro and is now eighth in the table. Botafogo, which won one in this edition, is only 12th with 19 trophies and far from 11th place, which belongs to Fluminense with 30.
The historic ranking of the ESPN Bola de Prata Award**
1 – Palmeiras, 74
2 – São Paulo, 67 (5 Ballon d’Or)
3 – Atlético-MG, 67 (4 Ballon d’Or)
4 – Flamengo, 63
5 – Corinthians, 55
6 – International, 53
7 – Santos, 51
8 – Grêmio, 45
9 – Cruzeiro, 44
10 – Vasco, 41
11 – Fluminense, 30
12 – Botafogo, 18
13 – Red Bull Bragantino, 16
14 – Goiás, 14
15 – Guarani, 13
16 – Athletico-PR, 10
17 – Victory, 9 (all Silver Balls)
18 – Bahia, Coritiba and Ponte Preta, 9 (8 Silver Balls and 1 Top Scorer)
19 – Bangu, 5
20 – Portuguese, 4 (all Silver Balls)
21 – Sport, 4 (3 Silver Balls, 1 Top Scorer)
22 – São Caetano, 3 (all Silver Balls)
23 – América-RJ, 3 (2 Silver Balls, 1 Top Scorer)
24 – Youth, Nautical and Rowing, 2 (all Silver Balls)
25 – Ceará, 2 (1 Silver Ball, 1 most beautiful goal)
26 – ABC-RN, América-MG, Fortaleza, Desportiva-ES, Inter de Limeira-SP, Operário-MS, Joinville and Criciúma, 1 (Silver Ball)
27 – Paraná, 1 (top scorer)
28 – Chapecoense, 1 (Special)
* Collaborated Rodolfo Rodrigues
** Tiebreaker criteria – 1 – Number of Golden Balls; 2 – Number of Silver Balls; 3 – Other categories
Dalton Cara/Arte ESPN
2023-12-08 20:00:00
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