Palmeiras fans give team huge send-off for Fifa Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi - in pictures

Hundreds of supporters wearing scarfs and dressed in the team's distinctive green home colours surrounded the team bus as it departed the club's training ground in Sao Paulo

Fans of Brazilian football club Palmeiras cheer as the team bus exits the training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The team are en route to Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup to be held from February 3-12 February in the UAE. AFP

Fans of Brazilian club Palmeiras cheer as the team bus exits the training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA

Palmeiras fans cheer as the team bus exits the training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Palmeiras are on their way to Abu Dhabi to take part in the Fifa Club World Cup. EPA

Fans of Brazilian soccer club Palmeiras cheer as the team bus exits the training center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 02 February 2022. The team heads for the FIFA Club World Cup to be held from 03 through 12 February in the United Arab Emirates. EPA / Sebastiao Moreira

Palmeiras fans cheer as the team bus exits the training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Palmeiras are on their way to Abu Dhabi to take part in the Fifa Club World Cup. EPA

Supporters of Palmeiras surround a bus taking its players from the club's training centre to the airport, where they will fly to Abu Dhabi to play in the Fifa Club World Cup. AFP

Supporters of Palmeiras surround a bus taking its players from the club's training centre to the airport in Sao Paulo. AFP

Palmeiras fans cheer as the team bus exits the training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Palmeiras are on their way to Abu Dhabi to take part in the Fifa Club World Cup. AFP

Supporters of Palmeiras. AFP

Palmeiras supporters surround a bus taking its players from the club's training centre to the airport. AFP

Supporters of Palmeiras surround a bus taking its players from the club's training centre to the airport, where they will fly to Abu Dhabi to play in the FIFA Club World Cup, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AFP

Palmeiras fans cheer as the team bus exits the training centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Palmeiras are on their way to Abu Dhabi to take part in the Fifa Club World Cup. EPA

Palmeiras supporters gave their team a rapturous send-off as the squad prepared to head to Abu Dhabi for the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup.

Hundreds of supporters wearing scarfs and dressed in the team's distinctive green home colours let off flares and surrounded the team bus as it departed the club's training ground in Sao Paulo to head to the airport.

Palmeiras punched their ticket for the UAE after a 2-1 extra-time victory over fellow Brazilian club Flamengo in November's Copa Libertadores final.

The tournament, taking place in the capital for the fifth time, brings together the champions of the six continental confederations and the host nation’s most recent league winners.

The postponed 2021 edition will be held from February 3-12.

Palmeiras enter at the semi-final stage, where they wait to learn who their opponents will be.

The opening match takes place on Thursday when the hosts Al Jazira take on Oceania representative TS Pirae.