Sport Club Internacional , commonly known as Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. The club was founded in 1909 by the Poppe brothers, with the clear goal of being a democratic institution without prejudice. Its colors are red and white and its fans are known as Colorados. It is one of the most successful clubs in Brazil and America in recent years, being the third club with the most international titles in Brazil, with 7 trophies. Internacional is part of a large membership-based sports club with more than 200,000.[3] Internacional was South American champions in 2010, winning their second Copa Libertadores title. The year 2006 was the most successful in Inter s history as they won the Copa Libertadores and the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time, defeating European champions Barcelona in the latter and Club World Cup reigning champions São Paulo in the former.