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{{Infobox football league | name = Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | image = Campeonato Brasileiro Série A logo (2024).svg | caption = | pixels = 210px | country = Brazil | organiser = Brazilian Football Confederation | confed = CONMEBOL | founded = {{start date and age|1937}} <small>(first iteration)</small> {{start date and age|1971}} <small>(modern iteration)</small> | relegation = {{normalwraplink|Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Série B}} | levels = 1 | teams = 20 (since 2006) | domest_cup = {{ubl|Copa do Brasil| Supercopa do Brasil}} | confed_cup = {{ubl|Copa Libertadores|Copa Sudamericana}} | champions = Flamengo (8th title) | season = 2025 | most_successful_club = Palmeiras (12 titles) | most_appearances = {{nowrap|Fábio (744)}} | top_goalscorer = {{nowrap|Roberto Dinamite (190)}} | tv = '''LIBRA teams'''<br />TV Globo<br />SporTV<br />Premiere<br />'''LFU teams'''<br />TV Globo<br />SporTV<br />Premiere<br />Record<br />CazéTV<br />Amazon Prime Video | website = | current = 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A }}
The '''Campeonato Brasileiro Série A''' ({{IPA|pt-BR|kɐ̃pi.oˈnatu bɾaziˈlejɾu ˈsɛɾi ˈa, kɐ̃pjo-}}; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the '''Brasileirão''' ({{IPA|pt-BR|bɾazilejˈɾɐ̃w|pron}}; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the '''Série A''' or the '''Brazilian Série A''' (to distinguish it from Italy's Serie A), is a professional association football league in Brazil and the highest level of the Brazilian football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021, the competition was chosen by the IFFHS as the strongest national league in the world.<ref>[https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1607 IFFHS world's best national league in the world 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422094923/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/1607 |date=22 April 2022 }}. IFFHS.</ref>
Due to historical peculiarities and the large geographical size of the country, Brazil has a relatively short history of nationwide football competitions. The main and most prestigious competitions were the state championships, run in each of the Brazilian states,<ref>{{Cite web |title=MUDA, CALENDÁRIO: 'Sem charme, Estaduais têm de ser repensados' |url=https://www.lance.com.br/brasileirao/muda-calendario-sem-charme-estaduais-tem-ser-repensados.html |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=lance.com.br |date=29 September 2016 |language=pt-br |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828145335/https://www.lance.com.br/brasileirao/muda-calendario-sem-charme-estaduais-tem-ser-repensados.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with occasional inter-state tournaments, such as the Torneio Rio–São Paulo.<ref name=":5" /> In 1959, advancements in civil aviation and air transport and the need to appoint a Brazilian representative to the first edition of the Copa Libertadores, led to the creation of a regular nationwide tournament, the Taça Brasil, a knockout tournament. In 1967, the Torneio Rio-São Paulo was expanded to include teams from other states, becoming the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. The first tournament explicitly organized to be a national championship and league by the CBF was only in 1971, won by Atlético Mineiro, although it was only referred to as "Campeonato Brasileiro" starting in 1989.
One of the historical characteristics of the Brazilian Championship was the lack of standardization in the competition system, the rules and the number of participants, which changed almost every season. Because of this, in several seasons there was no promotion and relegation system to the Second Division, and sometimes there were not different tiers. Number of clubs also fluctuated, with the 1979 edition reached its peak, with 92 participants. The various formats already adopted include a knockout tournament system (1959–1968) and a mixed system with a group stage followed by playoffs (1967–2002). In 2003, the league transitioned into a double round-robin system, initially with 24 teams and 46 matches for 2003 and 2004, and 22 teams and 42 matches in 2005. Since 2006, the format has been one with 20 clubs and 38 matches, with all teams facing each other in home and away games.<ref name=":9" />
In 2010, the champions of national tournaments from 1959 to 1970—Taça Brasil and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa—have been declared official winners of the Brazilian championship or ''champions of Brazil'' (not winners of ''Brasileirão'' or ''Série A'') by the Brazilian Football Confederation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro---serie-a/2010/12/22/muita-taca-na-bagagem-de-campeao|title=Muita taça na bagagem de campeão|editor=Confederación Brasileña de Fútbol|language=pt|date=22 December 2010|access-date=31 March 2021|archive-date=25 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225235250/http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro---serie-a/2010/12/22/muita-taca-na-bagagem-de-campeao|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2023, the CBF declared the 1937 Torneio dos Campeões retroactively a Brazilian championship as well.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=É tri! CBF reconhece Atlético-MG como campeão brasileiro de 1937 |url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/atletico-mg/noticia/2023/08/25/e-tri-cbf-reconhece-atletico-mg-como-campeao-brasileiro-de-1937.ghtml |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=ge |language=pt-br |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829091323/https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/atletico-mg/noticia/2023/08/25/e-tri-cbf-reconhece-atletico-mg-como-campeao-brasileiro-de-1937.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The titles of old tournaments, cited in the Brazilian championship history, are equated to the title of ''Série A,'' but the tournaments are cataloging with their original name in the statistics<ref name=":1">{{cite news|language=pt|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/palmeiras-nove-vezes-campeao-brasileiro|title=Palmeiras: nove vezes campeão brasileiro|journal=CBF.com.br|date=27 November 2016|author=Assessoria CBF|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624172731/https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/palmeiras-nove-vezes-campeao-brasileiro|url-status=live}}</ref> (despite being different competitions, they confer the same title).<ref name=unification>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/campeoes-brasileiros-em-cenario-do-tri#.U9ASv_ldV1Y|title=Campeões brasileiros em cenário do tri|work=Confereção Brasileira de Futebol |date=22 December 2010|publisher=CBF|language=pt|access-date=23 July 2014|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812084322/http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/campeoes-brasileiros-em-cenario-do-tri#.U9ASv_ldV1Y|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2018/11/por-que-o-palmeiras-e-decacampeao-veja-os-titulos-nacionais-do-clube.shtml|title=Por que o Palmeiras é decacampeão? Veja os títulos nacionais do clube|author=Folha de S.Paulo|date=26 November 2018|language=pt|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=14 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414065325/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2018/11/por-que-o-palmeiras-e-decacampeao-veja-os-titulos-nacionais-do-clube.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
The Campeonato Brasileiro is one of the strongest leagues in the world; it contains the second-most club world champions titles, with 10 championships won among six clubs, and the most Copa Libertadores titles (tied with Argentina’s top division), with 25 titles won among 12 clubs. The IFFHS ranked the league fourth in strength for the 2001–12 period after the Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain), and Serie A (Italy).<ref>[http://www.iffhs.de/?b883e8c00bddad5384f02785fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeed200 "The strongest Leagues of the World of the 21st Century"], Iffhs.de, retrieved 12 August 2013 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221844/http://www.iffhs.de/?b883e8c00bddad5384f02785fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeed200 |date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> The Campeonato Brasileiro is the most-watched football league in the Americas and one of the world's most exposed, broadcast in 155 nations. It is also one of the world's richest championships, ranked as the sixth most valuable with a worth of over US$1.43 billion, generating an annual turnover of over US$1.17 billion in 2012.
Since 1959, a total of 156 clubs have played in the Campeonato Brasileiro.<ref>[http://marretaurgente.com.br/o-inter-e-segunda-divisao/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162258/http://marretaurgente.com.br/o-inter-e-segunda-divisao/|date=3 February 2017}}</ref> Seventeen clubs have been crowned Brazilian football champions, thirteen of which have won the title more than once. Palmeiras is the most successful club of the Campeonato Brasileiro, having won the competition twelve times, followed by Santos and Flamengo with eight titles each, and Corinthians with seven titles. Santos' ''Os Santásticos'' won five consecutive titles between 1961 and 1965, a feat that hasn't been repeated since. The state of São Paulo is the most successful, amassing 34 titles among five clubs.
==History== === Early competitions and attempts to create a national championship (before 1959) === [[File:SP-Champ 1902.jpg|thumb|São Paulo Athletic Club and CA Paulistano in the final of the first São Paulo State Championship in 1902]] Anglo-Brazilian Charles Miller introduced Brazil to football association rules to Brazil in 1894 upon his return from England, where he attended college and discovered the sport, and it soon became popular in the country. In 1902, Miller helped to organize the ''Liga Paulista de Foot-Ball,'' currently the ''Campeonato Paulista'', Brazil's first football league and oldest-running competition in the country. This league only consists of teams based in the state of São Paulo.<ref name="HISTÓRIAUOL">[http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/paulista_historia.htm Campeonato Paulista - História] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215319/http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/paulista_historia.htm |date=3 March 2016 }}, UOL Esporte, 1999</ref> Due to the size of Brazil, economic and geographical challenges, and lack of transport infrastructure, the creation of a fully national league or championship was almost impossible. Instead, the rest of Brazil followed São Paulo's example and founded state football leagues for each of the Brazilian states and the then Federal District, Rio de Janeiro, whose state championship started in 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MUDA, CALENDÁRIO: 'Fim dos estaduais se faz necessário' |url=https://www.lance.com.br/brasileirao/muda-calendario-fim-dos-estaduais-faz-necessario.html |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=www.lance.com.br |date=28 September 2016 |language=pt-br |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829143515/https://www.lance.com.br/brasileirao/muda-calendario-fim-dos-estaduais-faz-necessario.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The state leagues remained the main and most prestigious championships for decades, and were therefore considered the equivalent of national leagues in other countries.thumb|left|250px|The ''Taça Brasil'' trophy.
As the sport grew in popularity, the local state federations and the recently created Confederação Brasileira de Desportos, aka CBD, which became CBF in 1979, started to organize a number of different interstate and regional tournaments.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Janeiro |first=Por GLOBOESPORTE COM Rio de |date=2010-12-13 |title=Entenda como eram a Taça Brasil e o Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2010/12/entenda-como-eram-taca-brasil-e-o-torneio-roberto-gomes-pedrosa.html |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=globoesporte.com |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207062040/https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2010/12/entenda-como-eram-taca-brasil-e-o-torneio-roberto-gomes-pedrosa.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The most popular form of competition in a national level was the ''Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais'' (Brazilian Championship of State Teams), a tournament formed by ''Seleções'', teams formed by the best representatives from each state of Brazil (a concept similar to national teams). Originally the nomenclature "Brazilian Championship" belonged to this tournament.<ref name="enciclopedialance">{{cite book |title=Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2 |publisher=Aretê Editorial S/A |year=2001 |isbn=85-88651-01-7 |location=Rio de Janeiro |page=378}}</ref> While the most prestigious club tournament outside the state championships was the Torneio Rio–São Paulo, organized jointly by the Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) and Federação Carioca de Futebol (FCF, current FERJ) and competed between clubs from the Campeonato Paulista and Campeonato Carioca.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-30|first=Diego|last=Garcia|title=Autor de dossiê rechaça unificação do Rio-São Paulo: "não tem chance"|url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/futebol/autor-de-dossie-rechaca-unificacao-do-rio-sao-paulo-nao-tem-chance,01b59329da49a310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html|website=Terra}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Since the two championships had the best teams of Brazil at the time, this tournament was considered sometimes a ''de facto'' Brazilian championship,<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1955/09/21/pagina-3/621904/pdf.html?search=brasileno |title=El Mundo Deportivo, 14/06/1951, página 3. |access-date=21 September 2023 |archive-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101001857/http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1955/09/21/pagina-3/621904/pdf.html?search=brasileno |url-status=live }}</ref> for example, in 1951 the Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo called the Rio-São Paulo Tournament the "unofficial Brazilian championship", stating that the two states had the best teams in Brazil.<ref name=":6" />
One of the first experiences of organizing a club championship at national level was the ''{{ill|Torneio dos Campeões de 1920|pt|Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes Campeões de 1920}}'', competed between the winners of the Campeonato Paulista (Paulistano), Campeonato Carioca (Fluminense) and Campeonato Gaúcho (Brasil de Pelotas).<ref name=":02">{{cite book|date=October 2002|language=pt|publisher=Revista Placar; Editora Abril|title=Quais as competições que antecederam o Brasileirão?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W_2ZUYhiQ-AC&dq=torneio+dos+campeoes+1920+CBD&pg=PA26|access-date=29 August 2023|archive-date=19 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019054134/https://books.google.com/books?id=W_2ZUYhiQ-AC&dq=torneio+dos+campeoes+1920+CBD&pg=PA26|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> A second edition was done in the 1937 Torneios dos Campeões, won by Atlético Mineiro. It was the first with fully professional clubs. In August 2023, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) officially recognized the tournament as a Brazilian championship, thus conferring to Atlético Mineiro the status of first national champions of Brazil.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ribeiro |first1=Fred |date=25 August 2023 |title=É tri! CBF reconhece Atlético-MG como campeão brasileiro de 1937 |language=pt-br |website=Globo Esporte |url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/atletico-mg/noticia/2023/08/25/e-tri-cbf-reconhece-atletico-mg-como-campeao-brasileiro-de-1937.ghtml |access-date=25 August 2023 |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825211230/https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/atletico-mg/noticia/2023/08/25/e-tri-cbf-reconhece-atletico-mg-como-campeao-brasileiro-de-1937.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Taça Brasil and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1959-1970) === [[File:Taça do Brasilerio de 1970.jpg|thumb|The 1970 ''Taça de Prata'' awarded to Fluminense]] The Taça Brasil (''Brazil Cup'') was introduced in 1959,<ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Resumidamente, lá em 1959, a Confederação Brasileira de Desportos (CBD) - órgão que depois se desmembrou e formou a Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) - realizou a primeira competição nacional entre os times de futebol, a Taça Brasil. |url=https://www.bets.com.br/artigos/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a-confira-a-linha-do-tempo-do-evento-de-futebol-mais-importante-do-pais |website=bets.com.br |ref=72 |language=pt |date=30 August 2021 |access-date=28 September 2022 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928213101/https://www.bets.com.br/artigos/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a-confira-a-linha-do-tempo-do-evento-de-futebol-mais-importante-do-pais |url-status=live }}</ref> and ran until 1968.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brazcup59.html ''Brazil 1959 Championship - Taça Brasil''] {{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/tuneldotempo.html#/tunel-do-tempo|title=tabela - brasileirão série a - GloboEsporte.com|website=globoesporte.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622025216/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/tuneldotempo.html#/tunel-do-tempo|url-status=live}}</ref> The Taça Brasil was created to select a representative for the newly created Copa Libertadores de América, and it was intended to become Brazil's new national competition, replacing the ''Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais''.<ref name=":4" /> The Taça Brasil was a pure knockout tournament, with the participants selected from the champions of the state championships.<ref name=":4" /> The first champion was Bahia which defeated Pelé's Santos in a remarkable underdog victory, breaking the Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo hegemony in national football.<ref>{{Cite web |last=gazetaesportiva |title=Confira detalhes do título do Bahia na Taça Brasil de 1959 |url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/futebol/confira-detalhes-do-titulo-do-bahia-na-taca-brasil-de-1959,f8459329da49a310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022193556/https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/futebol/confira-detalhes-do-titulo-do-bahia-na-taca-brasil-de-1959,f8459329da49a310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1967, the Federação Paulista de Futebol and Federação Carioca de Futebol decided to expand the Torneio Rio–São Paulo to include teams from other states of Brazil. Thus becoming the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, nicknamed the ''Robertão'' by fans and media.<ref name=":3" /> Differently from the Taça Brasil, the Robertão was competed with a round-robin system, with two groups in the first stage, and a quadrangular with the two best teams of each group on the final stage.<ref name=":3" /> It was competed between 1967 and 1970.
In 1968, the delay in closing the 1968 Taça Brasil made CBD use the Robertão to determine the Libertadores representatives. The Confederation took over the organization of the Robertão, officially renaming it to the "Taça de Prata" (''Silver Cup''), and extinguished the Taça Brasil after the end of that year's edition. The Robertão remained the top Brazilian championship the following two years.<ref>{{cite journal|title=História dos 100 Anos|pages=47, 60|journal=Placar|date=October 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzbguWqQNoYC&pg=PT47|issue=1094|last1=Abril|first1=Editora}}</ref>
Because the Robertão and the Taça Brasil ran at the same time for two years (1967 and 1968), the 1968 season has two separate simultaneous Brazilian champions: the 1968 Taça Brasil was won by Botafogo and the 1968 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa was won by Santos. In contrast, the 1967 season saw Palmeiras champion of both competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/brcamp.htm|title=Brazil - List of Champions|last=Julio Bovi Diogo|date=27 December 2015|work=RSSSF|access-date=17 March 2018|archive-date=25 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325065806/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/brcamp.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
Both the Taça Brasil and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa were recognized as Brazilian national championships retroactively on 22 December 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-22 |title=CBF reconhece títulos de torneios disputados entre 1959 e 1970 |url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2010/12/cbf-reconhece-titulos-de-torneios-disputados-entre-1959-e-1970.html |access-date=2025-08-11 |website=Jornal Nacional |language=pt-br}}</ref> creating some controversy as there was a two-year period when both tournaments were held, thus Palmeiras had both 1967 titles recognized as separate editions of the Brazilian championship, and both Santos and Botafogo were recognized as champions in 1968 as each tournament was won by one of them.<ref name="unification" />
The titles of old tournaments, cited in the Brazilian championship history, are equated to the title of ''Série A,'' but the tournaments are catalogued with their original name in the statistics<ref name=":1" /> (despite being different competitions, they confer the same title).<ref name="unification" /><ref name=":2" />
=== Campeonato Nacional de Clubes and Copa Brasil (1971-1979) === [[File:Garrinchabotafogo.JPG|thumb|Garrincha playing for Botafogo in the 1960s]] Following Brazil's third world title at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, president Emílio Médici decided to better organize Brazilian football. The Brazilian military government had become heavily involved in football as a way to promote the legitimization of the military regime, national unity and patriotism, as well as part of the ''{{ill|Programa de Integração Nacional|pt|Programa de Integração Nacional}}'', which sought the geographical integration of Brazil.<ref name="FGV">{{cite web|access-date=9 June 2016|publisher=Fundação Getúlio Vargas|title=Futebol e política: a criação do Campeonato Nacional de Clubes de Futebol|url=http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/bitstream/handle/10438/10367/Futebol%20e%20pol%C3%ADtica-a%20cria%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20do%20campeonato%20brasileiro%20de%20clubes%20de%20futebol.pdf?sequence=1|archive-date=15 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915165214/http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/dspace/bitstream/handle/10438/10367/Futebol%20e%20pol%C3%ADtica-a%20cria%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20do%20campeonato%20brasileiro%20de%20clubes%20de%20futebol.pdf?sequence=1|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name="trivela.uol.com.br">{{Cite web |date=2017-10-21 |title=O futebol também foi uma obra faraônica dos militares, e sofremos com isso até hoje - Trivela |work=Trivela |url=http://trivela.uol.com.br/o-futebol-tambem-foi-uma-obra-faraonica-dos-militares-e-esses-exageros-fazem-efeito-ate-hoje/ |access-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021062046/http://trivela.uol.com.br/o-futebol-tambem-foi-uma-obra-faraonica-dos-militares-e-esses-exageros-fazem-efeito-ate-hoje/ |archive-date=21 October 2017 }}</ref> In a meeting with the CBD and the club presidents in October 1970, it was decided to create the following year a Brazilian championship contested by twenty teams, inspired by the national tournaments in the European nations. The first edition was named "Campeonato Nacional de Clubes" ("National Championship of Clubs"), was held in 1971 and won by Atlético Mineiro.<ref name="nacional">{{cite journal|title=Exclusivo: Vai Mudar Tudo em Nosso Futebol |pages=47, 60|journal=Placar|date=16 October 1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm6xaWPlw7IC&pg=PA35|issue=1094|author=Neto, Fausto|publisher=Editora Abril}}</ref> The top division was named "Divisão Extra" (Extra Division), while a newly created second division earned the "Primeira Divisão" (First Division) name. The second division was a fusion of the already existing Torneio Centro-Sul and the Copa Norte-Nordeste, with teams from regions with less expression in national football and weaker teams from the main footballing states of Brazil. The first champion was Villa Nova Atlético Clube, from the town of Nova Lima, Minas Gerais.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GlUSP67KW04C&pg=PA10|title=Placar Magazine|first=Editora|last=Abril|date=11 December 2001|publisher=Editora Abril|access-date=16 October 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> There was not, however, a system of promotion and relegation. The clubs were instead selected to participate in either division according to their performances at their respective state championships.<ref name="nacional" /> [[File:Guarani 1978.jpg|thumb|Group photo of the 1978 Guarani squad, from the city of Campinas, winners of the 1978 Campeonato Nacional de Clubes. Together with Santos, they are the only teams not belonging to a state capital to become national champions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-13 |title=Guarani comemora 42 anos do título brasileiro: "Único campeão do interior". Veja íntegra da final |url=https://ge.globo.com/sp/campinas-e-regiao/futebol/times/guarani/noticia/guarani-comemora-42-anos-do-titulo-brasileiro-unico-campeao-do-interior-veja-integra-da-final.ghtml |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=ge |language=pt-br |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206101930/https://ge.globo.com/sp/campinas-e-regiao/futebol/times/guarani/noticia/guarani-comemora-42-anos-do-titulo-brasileiro-unico-campeao-do-interior-veja-integra-da-final.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref>]] In the next few years, due to the influence of the military regime, the number of clubs that participated in the competition steadily increased.<ref name="FGV" /> Each subsequent edition added teams to garner support to the military government, specially from regions were ruling party ARENA had less support. This was epitomized by a common aphorism at the time: "''Onde a ARENA vai mal, mais um time no Nacional''" ("Where ARENA is doing badly, another team in the National [championship]").<ref name="FGV" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Notícias |url=https://museudofutebol.org.br/noticias/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Museu do Futebol |language=pt-BR |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108124201/https://museudofutebol.org.br/crfb/personalidades/588247/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The inaugural edition had 20 teams, the second edition in 1972 expanded to 26 clubs, and the 1973 edition saw the second division dissolved and its clubs were now participating in an unified national championship with 40 clubs. From 1975 onwards, the competition was officially named ''Copa Brasil'' (Brazil Cup). By the 1979 edition, won by Internacional (so far the only team to win the Brazilian championship undefeated) the number of clubs participating peaked, with a total of 92 teams.
=== Creation of the CBF, new reformulations and crises (1980-1987) === [[File:Zico flamengo elgrafico.jpg|thumb|Zico playing for Flamengo at the 1981 Taça de Ouro]] On 24 September 1979, the CBD was replaced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). This coincided with the 1980s financial crisis in Brazil, which together with the previous decade's oil crisis and the gradual end of the military dictatorship, led to major reorganization of Brazilian football.<ref name="trivela.uol.com.br"/> The Championship was downsized and a new format was introduced. The 1980 edition was named "Taça de Ouro" (''Gold Cup''). The second division was also reintroduced, now with the name "Taça de Prata" (''Silver Cup'').<ref name="RCB1">{{cite web|access-date=30 June 2016|language=pt|publisher=RCB|title=A história dos campeonatos nacionais - Anos 80: Tempo de mudanças e reformulação|url=http://www.rankingdeclubes.com.br/a-taca-de-ouro-e-a-taca-de-prata.htm|archive-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324110027/http://rankingdeclubes.com.br/a-taca-de-ouro-e-a-taca-de-prata.htm|url-status=dead}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> A mechanism of promotion also first appeared in this edition: the four best-ranked teams in the first phase of the "Taça Prata" would go on to compete in the second phase of the "Taça Ouro". The Taça de Bronze (''Bronze Cup'') was also created as a third division in 1981, with the inaugural champion being Olaria Atlético Clube, a club from the neighbourhood of Olaria in the city of Rio de Janeiro. But citing financial issues, the CBF announced, shortly after the end of the first edition, that the tournament would be discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 June 2016|language=pt|publisher=Folha de S.Paulo|title=Acervo Folha|url=http://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1980/02/22/30//4876138|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331122117/http://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1980/02/22/30//4876138|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The third division would later return in one-off editions in 1988, 1990, 1992 until it became regularly competed from 1994 onwards.
In 1987, CBF announced it was not financially able to organize the Brazilian football championship, a mere few weeks before it was scheduled to begin. As a result, the thirteen most popular football clubs in Brazil created an association, called Clube dos 13, to organize a championship of their own. This tournament was called Copa União and was run by the 16 clubs that eventually took part in it (Santa Cruz, Coritiba and Goiás were invited to join). CBF initially stood by the Club of the 13 decision. However, weeks later, with the competition already underway, and under pressure from football clubs excluded from the Copa União, CBF adopted a new set of rules, which considered the Copa União part of a larger tournament, comprising another 16 teams. According to that new set of rules, the Copa União would be dubbed the Green Module of the CBF championship, whereas the other 16 teams would play the Yellow Module. In the end, the first two teams of each Module would play each other to define the national champions and the two teams that would represent Brazil in the Copa Libertadores in 1988. However, that new set of rules was never recognized by the Club of the 13 and largely ignored by most of the Brazilian media, who concentrated their attention in the independent league, which was eventually won by Flamengo. The eventual final tourney was set to have Sport and Guarani, from the yellow module, and Flamengo and Internacional from the green one. It never materialized, however, as Flamengo and Internacional refused to partake in it. As a result, Sport and Guarani played each other, with the first one winning the Championship for 1987 and both going on to represent Brazil in the 1988 Copa Libertadores. Although Flamengo has attempted to gain recognition of its title of the Green Module as a Brazilian championship title multiple times through the justice system, Sport remains recognized by both CBF and FIFA as 1987 champions.<ref>{{cite news |title=CBF volta a reconhecer Sport como único campeão brasileiro de 1987 |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/06/cbf-volta-reconhecer-sport-como-unico-campeao-de-1987.html |access-date=28 April 2019 |work=Globoesporte |date=15 June 2011 |language=pt |archive-date=30 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630151126/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/06/cbf-volta-reconhecer-sport-como-unico-campeao-de-1987.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sport celebra 113 anos neste domingo|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/sport-celebra-113-anos-neste-domingo |website=CBF |publisher=Acessoria CBF |date=13 May 2018 |access-date=28 April 2019 |language=pt}}</ref> Some football fans in Brazil still consider Flamengo as the Brazilian Champion of 1987, or at least co-champions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Após derrota no STF, Flamengo estuda ir à Fifa por título de 1987 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2018/03/apos-derrota-no-stf-flamengo-estuda-ir-a-fifa-por-titulo-de-1987.shtml |access-date=28 April 2019 |work=Folha de S.Paulo |date=17 March 2018 |language=pt-BR |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428184655/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2018/03/apos-derrota-no-stf-flamengo-estuda-ir-a-fifa-por-titulo-de-1987.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Changes to CBF and transitional period (1988-2000) === After the chaos caused by the 1987 edition, the CBF and Club of the 13 reached an agreement on how to organize the next year's edition of the Copa União. The 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro reduced the number of participants, to hold a more competitive championship with just 24 teams. Furthermore, for the first time, the competition had a true promotion and relegation system, as required by FIFA. The last four placed in the first division (Bangu, Santa Cruz, Criciúma and America) were relegated to the second division in 1989, being replaced by Inter de Limeira and Náutico, respectively champion and runner-up of the 1988 Special Division.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-08 |title=A história do Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol - Ranking de Clubes Brasileiros |url=http://www.rankingdeclubes.com.br/o-inicio-da-era-ricardo-teixeira.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408070106/http://www.rankingdeclubes.com.br/o-inicio-da-era-ricardo-teixeira.htm |archive-date=8 April 2023 |access-date=2023-10-22}}</ref> The 1989 edition was the first to use the terminology "Série A", inspired by the Italian league system.
On 16 January 1989, Ricardo Teixeira took over the presidency of the CBF. He came to command the Confederation at a time when it was facing serious financial problems. Teixeira managed to turn it into a profitable operation through millionaire contracts involving the Brazilian national team. During his management, the Brazilian Championship became more reorganized and the revenue generated by the clubs was increased, both in television quotas and sponsorships. However, since the first decade of his administration, Ricardo Teixeira has been involved in several allegations of corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-12 |title=Ricardo Teixeira na CBF: 23 anos de títulos e polêmicas |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/ricardo-teixeira-na-cbf-23-anos-de-titulos-polemicas-4287918 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=O Globo |language=pt-BR |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022190552/https://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/ricardo-teixeira-na-cbf-23-anos-de-titulos-polemicas-4287918 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The Brazilian Championship had already been tested with countless different formulas and names, being quite bloated and confusing in several editions. However, from 1987 onwards, with the creation of the Copa União, there was a decrease in the number of participants in the championship. As a result, several clubs from less popular regions that entered the national competition because they were state champions no longer faced clubs considered "big" and traditional, and as a result, some associations were even at risk of becoming extinct. To calm the discontent of these clubs and smaller federations, the CBF was forced to create a national "cup" along the lines of the European ones. In 1989, the entity created a secondary national competition, the Copa do Brasil, which allowed clubs from all states to enter. The first champion of the Copa do Brasil was Grêmio.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|access-date=20 July 2016|date=26 November 2015|title=Conheça a história da Copa do Brasil|work=MRV no Esporte |url=http://www.mrvnoesporte.com.br/conheca-a-historia-da-copa-do-brasil/|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818134803/http://www.mrvnoesporte.com.br/conheca-a-historia-da-copa-do-brasil/|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> With the creation of this new tournament, the CBF decided, for the first time, to officially name the country's main national football tournament the "Campeonato Brasileiro", to make it clear which was the national tournament in Brazil that would give its winner the title of Brazilian champion and, also, to avoid confusion between "Copa do Brasil" and "Copa Brasil", one of the old names used by the ''Brasileirão'' between 1975 and 1980.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{cite news|access-date=30 March 2017|date=6 September 1989|page=2|publisher=Folha de S.Paulo|title=Brasileiro tem início hoje com 22 clubes|url=http://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1989/09/06/20//4054733%7C}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In the 1999 edition, a new relegation system was adopted, similar to that used in the Argentine football league. The two clubs with the worst average campaigns in the first phase and in the previous season were relegated. However, this system only lasted a single season. During the first phase of the competition, it was discovered that the player Sandro Hiroshi of São Paulo was registered irregularly. Botafogo, at the risk of being relegated to Série B, requested a 6-1 loss to São Paulo to be annulled. Later Internacional also successfully appealed to have a match result voided (a 2-2 draw) on the same grounds.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last1=Jarinu |first1=Por Julyana Travaglia |last2=SP |date=2011-02-22 |title='Gato arrependido', Sandro Hiroshi sonha esquecer 'erro' e voltar à elite |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/02/gato-arrependido-sandro-hiroshi-sonha-esquecer-erro-e-voltar-elite.html |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=globoesporte.com |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204223043/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/02/gato-arrependido-sandro-hiroshi-sonha-esquecer-erro-e-voltar-elite.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Supreme Court of Sporting Justice (STJD) ruled in favor of Internacional and Botafogo, and they both gained the points from the match. This meant that Botafogo was spared from relegation, and the change led SE Gama, from the Federal District, to be relegated instead.<ref name=":8" /> Seeing the situation, Gama, along with the Distrito Federal Football Coaches Union and political party PFL immediately sued the CBF to return Gama to the Série A. The ordinary courts decided in favor of Gama, going against the STJD's decision.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Pura bagunça: Com regulamento esdrúxulo e virada de mesa, Copa João Havelange levou Brasileirão ao caos e iniciou nova era |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/reportagens-especiais/copa-joao-havelange-20-anos-de-um-campeonato-nacional-esdruxulo/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=www.uol.com.br |language=pt-br |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106143156/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/reportagens-especiais/copa-joao-havelange-20-anos-de-um-campeonato-nacional-esdruxulo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By June 2000, the trial had not been solved, and therefore the CBF could not organize the 2000 edition of the Brasileirão.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite web|access-date=30 March 2017|date=31 May 2000|publisher=Superior Tribunal de Justiça|title=Ministro do STJ mantém Gama na primeira divisão|url=http://stj.jus.br/portal_stj/publicacao/engine.wsp?tmp.area=398&tmp.texto=66481|archive-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404173035/http://stj.jus.br/portal_stj/publicacao/engine.wsp?tmp.area=398|url-status=dead}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
Without the CBF, the Clube dos 13 decided to organize the Brazilian championship for the year 2000, and this edition became known as the Copa João Havelange. To avoid further legal problems, the championship would encompass all divisions. This edition became controversial for its organization: 116 clubs from all the three divisions, divided in four "modules" organized as the championships before the Sandro Hiroshi case. The Blue Module, equivalent to the Série A, Yellow Module, equivalent to the Série B with some Série C clubs, and the Green and White Modules from Série C clubs, the former from the North, Northeast and Central-West regions of Brazil and the latter from South and Southeast of Brazil. Although equivalents to different tiers, the best placed teams from the all modules would qualify for the play-offs.<ref name=":9" /> Another controversy was the choice of clubs for the Blue Module: Fluminense, which had played in 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and obtained promotion to Série B, was included in the Blue Module of the new competition, where the elite of Brazilian football was, without having to go through the second division. Similarly, Bahia, who was playing at the 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B and failed to get promoted back to the top division, was included in the Blue Module.<ref name=":9" /> The Copa João Havelange was won by Vasco da Gama.
=== Modern championship: round-robin format, stabilization and growth (2001-present) === [[File:Mosaico 3D Arena Corinthians.jpg|thumb|Tifo organized by Corinthians supporters to celebrate its 6th title after winning the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]One of the historical characteristics of the Brazilian Championship was the lack of standardization and constant change in the competition system, as well as the rules and the number of participants. Changes to the format started being discussed in favor of a regular and stable form of competition ever since Ricardo Teixeira's election in 1989, but the chaos of the 2000 edition made it even more apparent that change was necessary.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=Folha de S.Paulo - Clubes vetam o mata - mata, e Brasileiro terá pontos corridos |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk1812200202.htm |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=www1.folha.uol.com.br |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329222129/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk1812200202.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2002, the Clube dos 13 voted in favor of adopting a European-style round-robin format: The teams play each other once at home and once away, and the team that scores the most points is declared champion. The tiebreaker criteria vary, from number of wins to goal difference. Rede Globo, the Brasileirão's main broadcasting partner was against the removal of playoffs, arguing the new format would lead to a loss of revenue and audience without decisive games.<ref name=":10" /> The last edition of the old format was won by Santos.
In the 2003 tournament, the first one with the round-robin system, 24 clubs competed and it had 46 matchdays. This edition was won by Cruzeiro, who also won Brazil's first domestic treble (State championship, Copa do Brasil, and Campeonato Brasileiro) that year. In Cruzeiro's case, that meant the Série A, Copa do Brasil and Campeonato Mineiro, and this feat would later be repeated by arch-rivals Atlético Mineiro in 2021. The league was also played with 24 teams and 46 matches in 2004, an edition won by Santos.
In the 2005 edition, the number of teams was reduced to 22 and the number of matchdays reduced to 42. This edition, won by Corinthians, was also notable for a match fixing scandal, resulting in the voiding and replaying of 11 matches.
For the 2006 tournament, the number of teams fell to 20 and the number of matches per team also fell to 38. That tournament was won by São Paulo. The CBF itself said this format would be a "definitive format", with the four best teams qualifying for the Copa Libertadores (which was later increased by CONMEBOL), and the four worst teams being relegated to Série B with the season being between May and December. This was the last change to the competition's format, which has remained stable ever since.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-11 |title=Com empate, Palmeiras perde chance de igualar recorde de pontos do Flamengo de 2019 |url=https://ge.globo.com/espiao-estatistico/noticia/2022/10/11/com-empate-palmeiras-perde-chance-de-igualar-recorde-de-pontos-do-flamengo-de-2019.ghtml |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=ge |language=pt-br |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030123438/https://ge.globo.com/espiao-estatistico/noticia/2022/10/11/com-empate-palmeiras-perde-chance-de-igualar-recorde-de-pontos-do-flamengo-de-2019.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Also, in that year, the Série B adopted the same format, with 20 teams and 38 matches, with the top 4 being promoted to Série A, and the bottom 4 being relegated to Série C.
In 2008, the CBF announced the creation the Série D as a fourth division. In 2009, the number of clubs in the Série C was downsized from 63 to 20 teams. The 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D had 39 teams and its first champion was São Raimundo from Santarém, Pará.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=9 March 2017|date=9 April 2008|publisher=Terra Esportes|title=CBF cria a Série D para o Brasileiro em 2009|url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI2736147-EI1866,00-CBF+cria+a+Serie+D+para+o+Brasileiro+em.html|archive-date=8 May 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190508145933/http://esportes.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI2736147-EI1866,00-CBF+cria+a+Serie+D+para+o+Brasileiro+em.html|url-status=live}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Currently the Série D has 64 teams and serves as the lowest national tier.
Since 2003, when the league adopted the double round-robin system, 45 teams have participated in at least one edition of the Brasileirão as a double round-robin tournament and 9 teams have won it: Corinthians, Palmeiras and Flamengo (4 times each); Cruzeiro and São Paulo (3 times each); Fluminense (2 times); Santos, Atlético Mineiro and Botafogo (1 time each). Only Cruzeiro in 2003 and Atlético Mineiro in 2021 were able to win the Brasileirão and the Copa do Brasil in the same season. Similarly, only Santos in 1962 and 1963, Flamengo in 2019 and 2025 and Botafogo in 2024 were able to win the Brasileirão and the Copa Libertadores in the same season. No team has ever achieved a continental treble of Campeonato Brasileiro, Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores since the Copa do Brasil was created in 1989.
== Competition format ==
=== Competition === There are 20 clubs in the ''Brasileirão''. During the course of a season (from March to December) each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, wins, goal difference, and goals scored. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champions. A system of promotion and relegation exists between the ''Brasileirão'' and the ''Série B''. The four lowest placed teams in the ''Brasileirão'' are relegated to ''Série B'', and the top four teams from the ''Série B'' are promoted to the ''Brasileirão''.
If there's a tie in points between two or more clubs, the rules are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbf.com.br/Competi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/S%C3%A9rie%20A/Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5es/2013 |title=Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A de 2013 - Regulamento Específico da Competicão |trans-title=2013 Serie A of Brazilian Championship - Specific Regulations of the Competition |work=Confederação Brasileira de Futebol |access-date=3 August 2013 |language=pt|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709231034/http://www.cbf.com.br/Competi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/S%C3%A9rie%20A/Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5es/2013 |archive-date=9 July 2013 }}</ref>
# Most wins # Goal difference # Goals scored # Head to head results # Least red cards received # Least yellow cards received # Drawing of lots
If the tie is between three or more teams, head to head results are not considered.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBF - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol |url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/tabelas/campeonato-brasileiro/serie-a/2025?doc=Regulamento |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=www.cbf.com.br |archive-date=15 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250715005653/https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/tabelas/campeonato-brasileiro/serie-a/2025?doc=Regulamento |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Qualification for international competitions === [[File:Peñarol vs Santos 2011-06-15 - 4.jpg|thumb|right|Peñarol vs Santos in the Centenario Stadium of Montevideo during the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals.]]Since 2016, the top six clubs in the ''Brasileirão'' qualify for the following Copa Libertadores. The top four clubs directly enter the group stage whilst the fifth and sixth-placed clubs enter in the second round. The number of teams qualifying for the Libertadores may increase depending on who wins the Copa do Brasil, Copa Sudamericana or Copa Libertadores.
Clubs from seventh to twelfth place qualify for the following Copa Sudamericana, although as above the numbers can depend on other competitions.
==Current teams== Twenty teams compete in the championship this season, including the sixteen best teams from the previous season and the four promoted from the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
{{Location map+ |Brazil |width=500|float=right |caption=Location of teams in '''2026 Série A''' |places= {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-25.4482067 |long=-49.2791753 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;left:1px;top:1px">'''{{nowrap|Athletico Paranaense}}'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-19.930161 |long=-44.015653 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''{{nowrap|Atlético Mineiro}}'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-12.9789022 |long=-38.5063587 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Bahia'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-27.1041935 |long=-52.6091058 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:-2px;top:-5px">'''Chapecoense'''</div> |position=left|mark=Arrows 12x12 se.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-25.4211191 |long=-49.2617217 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Coritiba'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-19.865907 |long=-43.971069 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Cruzeiro'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-29.9739843 |long=-51.1970725 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Grêmio'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-30.0654803 |long=-51.2380358 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Internacional'''</div> |position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-20.82242 |long=-49.5085855 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;left:1px;top:1px">'''Mirassol'''</div> |position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-22.9654139 |long=-46.5369361 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;left:3px;top:-5px">'''{{nowrap|Red Bull Bragantino}}'''</div> |position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 se.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-1.4451416 |long=-48.4661489 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:0px;top:0px">'''Remo'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.9510794 |long=-46.3388549 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Santos'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-12.9196328 |long=-38.4289764 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''Vitória'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-23.6815314 |long=-46.8755015 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;left:1px;top:1px">'''<span style="color:black !important">São Paulo</span>'''</div> |position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}} {{location map~ |Brazil |lat=-22.9132525 |long=-43.7261847 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;position:relative;right:1px;top:1px">'''{{nowrap|<span style="color:black !important">Rio de Janeiro</span>}}'''</div> |position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}
{{location map~ |Brazil |lat=4.0 |long=-74.25 |label={{nowrap|'''Rio de Janeiro teams:'''}}<br>Botafogo<br>Flamengo<br>Fluminense<br>Vasco da Gama<br>'''São Paulo teams:'''<br>Palmeiras<br>São Paulo <br>Corinthians|position=right |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |background = #F9F9F9 }} }}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;" |- ! Team ! Location ! State ! Stadium ! Turf ! Capacity |- |Athletico Paranaense |Curitiba |{{flag|Paraná}} |Arena da Baixada |Artificial |align=center | 42,372 |- |Atlético Mineiro |Belo Horizonte |{{flag|Minas Gerais}} |Arena MRV |Artificial |align=center | 44,892 |- |Bahia |Salvador |{{flag|Bahia}} |Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova |Natural |align=center | 49,000 |- |Botafogo |Rio de Janeiro |{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}} |Olímpico Nilton Santos |Artificial |align=center | 44,661 |- |Chapecoense |Chapecó |{{flag|Santa Catarina}} |Arena Condá |Artificial |align=center | 20,089 |- |Corinthians |São Paulo |{{flag|São Paulo}} |Neo Química Arena |Hybrid |align=center | 47,252 |- |Coritiba |Curitiba |{{flag|Paraná}} |Couto Pereira |Natural |align=center | 40,502 |- |Cruzeiro |Belo Horizonte |{{flag|Minas Gerais}} |Mineirão |Natural |align=center | 66,658 |- |Flamengo |rowspan="2"|Rio de Janeiro |rowspan="2"|{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}} |rowspan="2"|Maracanã |rowspan="2"|Hybrid |rowspan="2"align="center" | 78,838 |- |Fluminense |- |Grêmio |rowspan="2"|Porto Alegre |rowspan="2"|{{flag|Rio Grande do Sul}} |Arena do Grêmio |Hybrid |align=center | 60,540 |- |Internacional |Beira-Rio |Natural |align=center | 49,055 |- |Mirassol |Mirassol |rowspan="3"|{{flag|São Paulo}} |Campos Maia |Natural |align=center | 14,534 |- |Palmeiras |São Paulo |Allianz Parque |Artificial |align=center | 43,713 |- |Red Bull Bragantino |Bragança Paulista |Cícero de Souza Marques |Natural |align=center | 12,000 |- | rowspan="2" |Remo | rowspan="2" |Belém | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Pará}} |Baenão |rowspan="2"|Natural |align=center | 13,792 |- |Mangueirão | align="center" | 53,645 |- |Santos |Santos |rowspan="2"|{{flag|São Paulo}} |Vila Belmiro |Natural |align=center | 16,068 |- |São Paulo |São Paulo |MorumBIS |Natural |align=center | 66,671 |- |Vasco da Gama |Rio de Janeiro |{{flag|Rio de Janeiro}} |São Januário |Natural |align=center | 24,584 |- |Vitória |Salvador |{{flag|Bahia}} |Barradão |Natural |align=center | 30,793 |}
==Champions== {{Main|List of Brazilian football champions}}
Seventeen clubs are officially recognized to have been the Brazilian football champions. The teams who are competing in the 2025 season are marked in '''bold'''. And the teams who have never been relegated to any lower division are marked in ''italic''. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Rank ! Club ! Titles ! Runner-up ! Years won ! Years runner-up |- |align="center"|1 |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} '''Palmeiras''' |align=center| 12 |align=center| 6 |1960, 1967 (TB), 1967 (RGP), 1969, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023 |1970, 1978, 1997, 2017, 2024, 2025 |- |align="center" rowspan="2"|2 |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} '''Santos''' | rowspan="2" align=center| 8 |align=center| 8 |1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968 (RGP), 2002, 2004 |1959, 1966, 1983, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2016, 2019 |- |{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} '''''Flamengo''''' |align=center| 3 |1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009, 2019, 2020, 2025 |1964, 2018, 2021 |- |align="center" |4 |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} '''Corinthians''' |align=center| 7 |align=center| 3 |1990, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017 |1976, 1994, 2002 |- |align="center"|5 |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} '''''São Paulo''''' |align=center| 6 |align=center| 6 |1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008 |1971, 1973, 1981, 1989, 1990, 2014 |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|6 |{{flagicon|Minas Gerais}} '''Cruzeiro''' | rowspan="3" align="center" | 4 |align=center| 5 |1966, 2003, 2013, 2014 |1969, 1974, 1975, 1998, 2010 |- |{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} '''Vasco da Gama''' |align=center| 4 |1974, 1989, 1997, 2000 |1965, 1979, 1984, 2011 |- |{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} '''Fluminense''' |align=center| 1 |1970, 1984, 2010, 2012 |1937 |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|9 |{{flagicon|Rio Grande do Sul}} '''Internacional''' | rowspan="3" align="center" | 3 |align=center| 8 |1975, 1976, 1979 |1967 (RGP), 1968 (RGP), 1988, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2020, 2022 |- |{{flagicon|Minas Gerais}} '''Atlético Mineiro''' |align=center| 5 |1937, 1971, 2021 |1977, 1980, 1999, 2012, 2015 |- |{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} '''Botafogo''' |align=center| 3 |1968 (TB), 1995, 2024 |1962, 1972, 1992 |- |align="center" rowspan="2"|12 |{{flagicon|Rio Grande do Sul}} '''Grêmio''' | rowspan="2" align="center" | 2 |align=center| 4 |1981, 1996 |1982, 2008, 2013, 2023 |- |{{flagicon|Bahia}} '''Bahia''' |align=center| 2 |1959, 1988 |1961, 1963 |- |align="center" rowspan="4"|14 |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} Guarani | rowspan="4" align="center" | 1 |align=center| 2 |1978 |1986, 1987 |- |{{flagicon|Paraná}} Athletico Paranaense |align=center| 1 |2001 |2004 |- |{{flagicon|Paraná}} Coritiba | rowspan="2" align="center" | 0 |1985 | rowspan="2" align="center" | — |- |{{flagicon|Pernambuco}} '''Sport Recife''' |1987 |- |align="center" rowspan="7"|— |{{flagicon|Ceará}} '''Fortaleza''' | rowspan="7" align="center" | 0 |align=center| 2 | rowspan="7" align="center" | — ||1960, 1968 (TB) |- |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} São Caetano |align=center| 2 |2000, 2001 |- |{{flagicon|Pernambuco}} Náutico | rowspan="5" align="center" | 1 |1967 (TB) |- |{{flagicon|Rio de Janeiro}} Bangu |1985 |- |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} '''RB Bragantino''' |1991 |- |{{flagicon|Bahia}} '''Vitória''' |1993 |- |{{flagicon|São Paulo}} Portuguesa |1996 |}
{{small|Note: Although most consider Flamengo's title of the Green Module of the 1987 Copa União as a Brazilian championship title, Sport is officially the only champion of this competition.}}
==Nomenclature and sponsorship== The Campeonato Brasileiro had its official name changed often before settling on Campeonato Brasileiro in 1989.<ref>{{cite journal|title=30 Anos de Pura Confusão|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hOLYvPxS2-oC&pg=PA17|journal=Placar|page=17|date=June 2000|last1 = Abril|first1 = Editora}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" !Identity !English name !Years !Official Sponsor |- |''Copa dos Campeões Estaduais'' |State Champions Cup |{{center|1937}} | rowspan="8" |None |- |''Taça Brasil'' |Brazil Cup |{{center|1959–1968}} |- |''Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa'' |Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament |{{center|1967–1970}} |- |''Campeonato Nacional'' |National Championship |{{center|1971–1974}} |- |''Copa Brasil'' |Brazil Cup |{{center|1975–1979, 1984, 1986}} |- |''Taça de Ouro'' |Golden Cup |{{center|1980–1983, 1985}} |- |''Copa Brasil'' |Brazil Cup{{efn|The official name was ''Copa Brasil'' (Brazil Cup), but it became known as ''Copa União'' (Union Cup).}} |{{center|1987–88}} |- |''Copa João Havelange'' |João Havelange Cup |{{center|2000}} |- |''Campeonato Brasileiro'' |Brazilian Championship |{{center|1989–1999, 2001–}} | style="text-align:center"| 2001: LATAM (Brasileirão TAM)<br /> 2002: Visa (Troféu VISA Electron)<br /> 2005: Nestlé (Taça Nestlé Brasileirão)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://culturafutebolistica.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/petrobras-brasileirao-2009/|title=Petrobrás Brasileirão 2009|date=30 August 2009|website=Culturafutebolistica.wordpress.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016230123/https://culturafutebolistica.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/petrobras-brasileirao-2009/|url-status=live}}</ref><br /> 2009–2012: Petrobras (Brasileirão Petrobras)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amambainoticias.com.br/esportes/brasileirao/documentarios-brasileirao-petrobras-virarao-filme|title=Documentários Brasileirão Petrobras virarão filme|website=Amambai Notícias|date=6 December 2010|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016231449/http://www.amambainoticias.com.br/esportes/brasileirao/documentarios-brasileirao-petrobras-virarao-filme|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Lance!NET - [http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Petrobras-pagara-milhoes-Brasileirao_0_704329724.html Petrobrás pagará R$ 18 milhões ao ano até 2013 por Brasileirão] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217062306/http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Petrobras-pagara-milhoes-Brasileirao_0_704329724.html |date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><br /> 2014–2017: Chevrolet (Brasileirão Chevrolet)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/2015/05/cbf-divulga-novo-logotipo-da-serie-do-brasileirao-com-detalhes-do-trofeu.html|title=CBF divulga novo logotipo da Série A do Brasileirão com detalhes do troféu|website=Globoesporte.globo.com|date=6 May 2015|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826125150/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/2015/05/cbf-divulga-novo-logotipo-da-serie-do-brasileirao-com-detalhes-do-trofeu.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/cbf-apresenta-logomarca-do-brasileirao-2015#.VbgJVLNViko|title=CBF apresenta logomarca do Brasileirão 2015 - Confederação Brasileira de Futebol|website=Cbf.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801080235/http://www.cbf.com.br/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/cbf-apresenta-logomarca-do-brasileirao-2015#.VbgJVLNViko|url-status=live}}</ref><br /> 2018–2023: Assaí Atacadista (Brasileirão Assaí)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/brasileirao-tem-novo-title-sponsor-assai-atacadista|title=Brasileirão tem novo title sponsor: Assaí Atacadista|website=Cbf.com.br|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728221531/https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/noticias/campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a/brasileirao-tem-novo-title-sponsor-assai-atacadista|url-status=live}}</ref><br /> 2024–: Betano (Brasileirão Betano) |}
==Finances== The ''Brasileirão'' had total club revenues of US$1.17 billion in 2012. This makes the ''Brasileirão'' the highest revenue football league in the Americas, and the highest outside of Europe's "big five."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/deloitte/pressreleases/european-football-market-grows-by-11-to-eu19-4-billion-in-2011-12-873847|title=European football market grows by 11% to €19.4 billion in 2011/12|website=Mynewsdesk.com|date=6 June 2013|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016230101/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/deloitte/pressreleases/european-football-market-grows-by-11-to-eu19-4-billion-in-2011-12-873847|url-status=live}}</ref>
The ''Brasileirão'' is also one of the world's most valuable football leagues, having a marketing value and worth over US$1.24 billion in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.campeoesdofutebol.com.br/valor_mercado_clubes_seriea_2013.html |title=O Valor de mercado dos 20 Clubes que disputam o Brasileirão – Série A 2013 |trans-title=The marketing value of the 20 clubs disputing the 2013 Brasileirão |work=Advanced Television |date=21 May 2013 |access-date=3 August 2013 |language=pt |archive-date=12 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812051215/http://campeoesdofutebol.com.br/valor_mercado_clubes_seriea_2013.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The total worth of every club in the 2013 ''Brasileirão'' is US$1.07 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bandab.com.br/esporte/coxa-tem-13-elenco-mais-valioso-da-serie-a-furacao-e-o-14/ |title=Coxa tem 13° elenco mais valioso da Série A; Furacão é o 14° |trans-title=Coxa has the 13th most valued club in Serie A; Furacão is 14th |work=Banda B |date=21 May 2013 |access-date=3 August 2013 |language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061532/http://www.bandab.com.br/esporte/coxa-tem-13-elenco-mais-valioso-da-serie-a-furacao-e-o-14/ |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The ''Brasileirão's'' television rights were worth over US$610 million in 2012; that accounts for over 57% of Latin America as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://advanced-television.com/2013/02/26/football-rights-make-record-prices-in-latam/ |title=Football rights make record prices in LatAm |work=Advanced Television |date=26 February 2013 |access-date=6 May 2016 |archive-date=5 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405131216/http://advanced-television.com/2013/02/26/football-rights-make-record-prices-in-latam/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2013 Corinthians was the 16th most valuable club in the world, worth over US$358 million.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2013/04/17/soccers-most-valuable-teams-real-madrid-dethrones-manchester-united-from-top-spot-at-3-3-billion/|title= Soccer's Most Valuable Teams: At $3.3 Billion, Real Madrid Knocks Manchester United From Top Spot|first= Mike|last= Ozanian|date= 17 April 2013|work= Forbes|access-date= 17 April 2013|archive-date= 10 April 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190410061801/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2013/04/17/soccers-most-valuable-teams-real-madrid-dethrones-manchester-united-from-top-spot-at-3-3-billion/|url-status= live}}</ref> As of 2021, no Brazilian club enters the list of the most valuable football clubs.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Teitelbaum |first1=Justin |title=The Business Of Soccer |url=https://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820010417/https://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==All-time table==
The All-time Campeonato Brasileiro table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in the Brazilian League. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2024 season, and includes the recently recognized 1937 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais, and all editions since 1959. Teams in bold will take part in the top division in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/ranktrgp.htm |title=Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Tournament All-Time Ranking |work=RSSSF Brasil |date=20 January 2011 |access-date=3 August 2018 |language=pt |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114013240/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/ranktrgp.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/rodolfo-rodrigues/2021/02/28/sao-paulo-segue-como-o-lider-do-ranking-de-pontos-no-brasileirao.htm |title=São Paulo segue como o líder do ranking de pontos no Brasileirão |work=UOL/extrapolated using 2021, 2022, and 2023 tables |date=28 February 2021 |access-date=7 December 2023 |language=pt |archive-date=15 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115194927/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/rodolfo-rodrigues/2021/02/28/sao-paulo-segue-como-o-lider-do-ranking-de-pontos-no-brasileirao.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:50%;" |- style="text-align:center;" !colspan="2"|Team !{{abbr|Pts|Points}} !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Games won}} !{{abbr|D|Games drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Games lost}} !{{abbr|GF|Goals for}} !{{abbr|GA|Goals against}} !{{abbr|GD|Goals differential}} |- style="text-align:center;" |1 |align="left"|'''São Paulo''' | '''2427''' | 1652 | 720 | 486 | 446 | 2376 | 1710 | +666 |- style="text-align:center;" |2 |align="left"|'''Internacional''' | '''2373''' | 1633 | 713 | 459 | 461 | 2209 | 1669 | +540 |- style="text-align:center;" |3 |align="left"|'''Palmeiras''' | '''2367''' | 1579 | 730 | 431 | 418 | 2346 | 1673 | +673 |- style="text-align:center;" |4 |align="left"|'''Flamengo''' | '''2351''' | 1660 | 708 | 461 | 491 | 2328 | 1874 | +454 |- style="text-align:center;" |5 |align="left"|'''Atlético Mineiro''' | '''2342''' | 1654 | 708 | 457 | 489 | 2394 | 1927 | +467 |- style="text-align:center;" |6 |align="left"|'''Corinthians''' | '''2323''' | 1635 | 693 | 482 | 460 | 2139 | 1704 | +435 |- style="text-align:center;" |7 |align="left"|'''Santos''' | '''2278''' | 1630 | 681 | 461 | 488 | 2368 | 1850 | +518 |- style="text-align:center;" |8 |align="left"|'''Grêmio''' | '''2268''' | 1627 | 691 | 442 | 494 | 2178 | 1747 | +431 |- style="text-align:center;" |9 |align="left"|'''Cruzeiro''' | '''2185''' | 1557 | 661 | 427 | 469 | 2209 | 1751 | +458 |- style="text-align:center;" |10 |align="left"|'''Fluminense''' | '''2097''' | 1593 | 621 | 432 | 540 | 2110 | 1905 | +205 |- style="text-align:center;" |11 |align="left"|'''Vasco da Gama''' | '''1902''' | 1485 | 557 | 444 | 484 | 2010 | 1819 | +191 |- style="text-align:center;" |12 |align="left"|'''Botafogo''' | '''1898''' | 1500 | 554 | 428 | 518 | 1901 | 1813 | +88 |- style="text-align:center;" |13 |align="left"|Athletico Paranaense | '''1757''' | 1329 | 499 | 350 | 480 | 1716 | 1624 | +92 |- style="text-align:center;" |14 |align="left"|Goiás | '''1428''' | 1169 | 401 | 325 | 443 | 1477 | 1523 | -46 |- style="text-align:center;" |15 |align="left"|'''Bahia''' | '''1390''' | 1206 | 401 | 367 | 438 | 1367 | 1472 | -105 |- style="text-align:center;" |16 |align="left"|Coritiba | '''1351''' | 1145 | 396 | 303 | 446 | 1329 | 1413 | -84 |- style="text-align:center;" |17 |align="left"|'''Sport Recife''' | '''1161''' | 1010 | 335 | 277 | 398 | 1133 | 1252 | -119 |- style="text-align:center;" |18 |align="left"|'''Vitória''' | '''1154''' | 1010 | 332 | 267 | 411 | 1210 | 1412 | -202 |- style="text-align:center;" |19 |align="left"|Portuguesa | '''900''' | 787 | 260 | 249 | 278 | 961 | 973 | -12 |- style="text-align:center;" |20 |align="left"|Guarani | '''889''' | 709 | 269 | 215 | 225 | 898 | 797 | +101 |}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;" |+Campeonato Brasileiro table from 1971 to 1979{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |- !{{abbr|Pos|Position}} !{{abbr|Team|Team}} !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Games won}} !{{abbr|D|Games drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Games lost}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FFFF75;" |1||align="left"|Internacional || 122 ||66 ||38 ||18 ||188 |- |2||align="left"|Grêmio || 122 ||63 ||38||21||176 |- |3||align="left"|Palmeiras ||120 ||61 ||41 ||18 ||174 |- |4||align="left"|Corinthians || rowspan="3" | 121 ||58 ||46 ||17 ||173 |- |5||align="left"|Cruzeiro ||56 ||47 ||18 ||171 |- |6||align="left"|Atlético Mineiro ||58 ||36 ||27 ||168 |- |7||align="left"|Flamengo || 122 ||59 ||32 ||31 ||164 |- |8||align="left"|São Paulo || rowspan="2" | 121 ||54 ||43|| 24||163 |- |9||align="left"|Vasco da Gama ||41 ||27 ||58 || 150 |- |10||align="left"|Botafogo ||120 ||44 ||49 ||27|| 147 |}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;" |+Campeonato Brasileiro table from 1980 to 1989{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |- !{{abbr|Pos|Position}} !{{abbr|Team|Team}} !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Games won}} !{{abbr|D|Games drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Games lost}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FFFF75;" |1||align="left"|Flamengo || 228 ||112 ||70 ||46 ||308 |- |2||align="left"|Vasco da Gama || 214 ||101 ||64||49||287 |- |3||align="left"|Atlético Mineiro ||209 ||100 ||67 ||42 ||281 |- |4||align="left"|São Paulo || 206 ||98 ||65 ||43 ||274 |- |5||align="left"|Grêmio || 216 ||95 ||65 ||56 ||267 |- |6||align="left"|Fluminense || 203 ||203 ||87 ||61 ||248 |- |7||align="left"|Santos || 201 ||82 ||67 ||52 ||241 |- |8||align="left"|Internacional || 199 ||77 || rowspan="2" |65|| rowspan="2" | 57||237 |- |9||align="left"|Corinthians || 201 ||79 ||234 |- |10||align="left"|Cruzeiro ||179 ||67 ||62 ||50|| 205 |}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;" |+Campeonato Brasileiro table from 1990 to 1999{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |- !{{abbr|Pos|Position}} !{{abbr|Team|Team}} !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Games won}} !{{abbr|D|Games drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Games lost}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FFFF75;" |1||align="left"|Palmeiras || 235 ||123 ||59 ||53 ||368 |- |2||align="left"|Corinthians || rowspan="3" | 235 ||106 ||65||64||329 |- |3||align="left"|Santos ||99 ||67 ||69 ||320 |- |4||align="left"|São Paulo ||98 ||64 ||73 ||305 |- |5||align="left"|Atlético Mineiro || 224 ||90 ||63 ||71 ||300 |- |6||align="left"|Vasco da Gama || 225 || rowspan="2" |86 ||70 ||69 ||297 |- |7||align="left"|Cruzeiro || 218 ||57 ||75 ||282 |- |8||align="left"|Flamengo || 231 ||85 ||64|| 82||280 |- |9||align="left"|Botafogo || 225 ||87 ||58 ||80 ||276 |- |10||align="left"|Internacional ||217 ||80 ||62 ||75|| 274 |}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;" |+Campeonato Brasileiro table from 2000 to 2009{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |- !{{abbr|Pos|Position}} !{{abbr|Team|Team}} !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Games won}} !{{abbr|D|Games drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Games lost}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FFFF75;" |1||align="left"|São Paulo || 365 ||185 ||95 ||85 ||650 |- |2||align="left"|Santos || 368 ||162 ||92||114||578 |- |3||align="left"|Cruzeiro || rowspan="2" |362 ||167 ||73 ||122 ||574 |- |4||align="left"|Internacional ||161 ||81 ||120 ||564 |- |5||align="left"|Athletico Paranaense || 366 ||151 ||85 ||130 ||538 |- |6||align="left"|Fluminense || 368 ||140 ||104 ||124 ||524 |- |7||align="left"|Flamengo || 362 ||139||94 ||129 ||511 |- |8||align="left"|Palmeiras || 316 ||134 ||78|| 104||480 |- |9||align="left"|Grêmio || 325 ||132 ||77 ||116 ||473 |- |10||align="left"|Corinthians || 330 ||126 ||85 ||119|| 463 |}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;" |+Campeonato Brasileiro table from 2010 to 2019{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |- !{{abbr|Pos|Position}} !{{abbr|Team|Team}} !{{abbr|GP|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Games won}} !{{abbr|D|Games drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Games lost}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#FFFF75;" |1||align="left"|Corinthians || 380 ||170 ||113 ||97 ||623 |- |2||align="left"|Grêmio || rowspan="7" | 380 ||174 ||100||106||622 |- |3||align="left"|Flamengo ||161 ||111 ||108 ||594 |- |4||align="left"|São Paulo || rowspan="2" |163 ||101 ||116 ||590 |- |5||align="left"|Santos ||99 ||118 ||588 |- |6||align="left"|Atlético Mineiro ||160 ||93 ||127 ||573 |- |7||align="left"|Cruzeiro ||158||98 ||124 ||572 |- |8||align="left"|Fluminense ||153 ||94|| 133||553 |- |9||align="left"|Palmeiras || 342 ||145 ||89 ||108 ||524 |- |10||align="left"|Internacional || 342 ||140 ||96 ||106|| 516 |}
==Media coverage== {{Update section|date=March 2025}} {|class="wikitable" style="float:right" |+ Value of television rights |- style="font-size:85%" !Season(s) !Price !{{tooltip|TV|Indicates the name of the television station that signed the contract.}} |- style="font-size:75%" |1987–89 || $3.4 million || rowspan="9" |Globo |- style="font-size:75%" |1990–94 || ''not available'' |- style="font-size:75%" |1994–96 || $31.4 million |- style="font-size:75%" |1997–2003 || $50 million |- style="font-size:75%" |2003–05 || $390 million |- style="font-size:75%" |2005–08 || $900 million |- style="font-size:75%" |2009–11 || R$1.9 billion |- style="font-size:75%" |2012–15|| R$2.96 billion<ref>{{cite web |url=http://torcedores.com/noticias/2015/09/brasileirao-saiba-quanto-seu-clube-ganha-de-dinheiro-da-tv-globo |title=Brasileirão: Saiba Quanto Seu Clube Ganha de Dinheiro da TV Globo |website=torcedores.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611094231/http://torcedores.com/noticias/2015/09/brasileirao-saiba-quanto-seu-clube-ganha-de-dinheiro-da-tv-globo |archive-date=11 June 2016 |first=Rogério |last=Lagos |date=17 September 2015}}</ref> |- style="font-size:75%" |2016–19|| R$4.11 billion<ref>{{cite web |url=http://torcedores.com/noticias/2016/05/brasileirao-2016-veja-quanto-o-seu-clube-ira-receber-em-dinheiro-da-tv-globo |title=Brasileirão 2016: Veja quanto o seu Clube irá receber em dinheiro da TV Globo |last=Barbosa |first=Danielle |date=13 May 2016 |website=torcedores.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516180551/http://torcedores.com/noticias/2016/05/brasileirao-2016-veja-quanto-o-seu-clube-ira-receber-em-dinheiro-da-tv-globo |archive-date=16 May 2016 }}</ref> |} Currently, the money of television represent a significant share in the finances of clubs in Brazil. The league broadcasting rights are total exclusivity of Grupo Globo, which distributes the live matches for its television stations: TV Globo (terrestrial and satellite), SporTV (pay), and Premiere (through the system ''pay-per-view''), where subscribers have the privilege to follow all 380 annual league matches. Globo, first cited, displays the League first time in 1987, when was created the ''Clube dos 13'', trading tool of clubs with the television. The first television contract was negotiated in 1987, with only conveying the ''Green Module'' of the Copa União, organized by the Clube dos 13, the television rights were sold for $3.4 million to Rede Globo.<ref name="início">{{cite web |url=http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1987/07/08/2 |title=Octávio diz que CBF está 'quebrada', Brasileiro 87 pode ser regionalizado – '''Página 17''' |publisher=Acervo.folha.com.br |access-date=26 November 2015 |archive-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928161931/http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1987/07/08/2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19870911&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |title=Campeonato começa sob o signo da confusão – '''página: 27''' |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=23 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723002937/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19870911&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |url-status=live }}</ref> And only with the conveying of the championship final, SBT broadcast the game instead,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Simon |first1=Allan |url=http://torcedores.com/noticias/2014/09/bau-da-tv-relembre-como-era-o-futebol-sbt|title=Baú da TV: Relembre como era o futebol no SBT|date=3 September 2014|website=Torcedores.com|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> a blow to the Rede Globo, who says today that the ''Green Module'' would be the league itself, and then was prevented from entering the Ilha do Retiro.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19870715&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |title=Nabi na presidência desafia Clube dos 13 – '''Página 32''' |date=15 July 1987 |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930232933/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19870715&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19870716&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |title=Clube dos 13. A UDR do futebol. – '''Página 28''' |date=16 July 1987 |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930232933/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19870716&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1987.htm |title=Brazilian Championship 1987 |publisher=Rsssfbrasil.com |access-date=26 November 2015 |archive-date=20 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520121656/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1987.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1990, only Rede Bandeirantes acquired the broadcast rights. This edition marked the first national title of Corinthians, second most popular team in the country. Both the final transmission, as the other games, attracted the attention of the public, causing the network to acquire an Ibope Rating of 53 points in the deciding game.<ref name="curioso">O Curioso do Futebol - [http://www.ocuriosodofutebol.com.br/p/corinthians-1-x-0-sao-paulo-final-do.html Corinthians 1 x 0 São Paulo, final do Campeonato Brasileiro de 1990 (Rede Bandeirantes)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531020148/http://www.ocuriosodofutebol.com.br/p/corinthians-1-x-0-sao-paulo-final-do.html |date=31 May 2016 }}</ref> This led to the Rede Globo prioritize the League from the next edition, in 1991.<ref name="curioso" />
In 1997, live broadcasts of matches began to be restricted in cities where the matches were held (except finals). The Clube dos 13 closed the contract with Rede Globo's television rights as the holder of the Brasileirão for $50 million (including editions of 1998 and 1999), and resolves itself split the rights with Rede Bandeirantes during this period. It was the first edition to be shown on pay-per-view (via Premiere).<ref>Folha de S. Paulo (9 August 1997) - [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1997/8/09/esporte/12.html Rodada do Brasileiro inaugura sistema pay-per-view dos jogos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416043031/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/1997/8/09/esporte/12.html |date=16 April 2016 }}</ref> In addition, the first games shown on pay television were courtesy of SporTV, after a controversial signing contract of Clube dos 13 with Globosat. Previously, in 1993, the Club of the 13 an CBF had signed a contract with TVA, a company in which ESPN was part of. However, that decision was declined.<ref>Trivela (UOL) - [http://www.trivela.uol.com.br/o-que-aconteceu-quando-o-campeonato-brasileiro-foi-dividido-entre-duas-emissoras/ O que aconteceu quando o Campeonato Brasileiro foi dividido entre duas emissoras] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503173526/http://trivela.uol.com.br/o-que-aconteceu-quando-o-campeonato-brasileiro-foi-dividido-entre-duas-emissoras/ |date=3 May 2016 }}</ref>
In 2000, the broadcasting rights of the Copa João Havelange, organized by the Clube dos 13, were sold to Rede Globo for $50 million. However, the final of this competition in 2001, was marked by an unusual situation. Vasco da Gama, a finalist against São Caetano, graced the logo of SBT, the second largest television station of Brazil, a direct rival to Globo. This situation was somewhat embarrassing for Globo, which transmitted the final exclusively, and which was seen by an estimated audience of 60 million people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://istoe.com.br/41839_VASCO+E+SBT+TUDO+A+VER/|title=Vasco e SBT, tudo a ver - ISTOÉ Independente|date=24 January 2001|website=Istoe.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017151007/https://istoe.com.br/418 of39_VASCO%20E%20SBT%20TUDO%20A%20VER/|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the large number of spectators in the final match, this edition was marked by low ratings, what did the Rede Globo to cancel the broadcast of a few matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/esportes/2000/10/19/092.htm|title=FUTEBOL|website=Terra.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912185550/https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/2000/10/19/092.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2001, Clube dos 13 defines four divisions of transmission quota, with Corinthians, São Paulo, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Vasco in group 1, Santos in group 2, Fluminense, Botafogo, Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro, Internacional and Grêmio in group 3, and Bahia, Goiás, Sport Recife, Portuguesa, Coritiba, Athletico Paranaense, and Vitória in group 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk1104200106.htm|title=Folha de S.Paulo - Futebol: Grandes do Clube dos 13 vão receber mais da TV - 11/04/2001|website=1.folha.uol.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221010835/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk1104200106.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, the value was expanded by a considerable amount, for the first time surpassing the three digits, after the adoption of the new format of accrued points. The contract of $130 million per year was signed again by TV Globo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.douradosnews.com.br/arquivo/brasileirao-2003-clube-dos-13-e-globo-fecham-acordo-b3b9ba3886bbd5b2e7a30ac912288a40|title=Brasileirão 2003: Clube dos 13 e Globo fecham acordo|website=Douradosnews.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065241/http://www.douradosnews.com.br/arquivo/brasileirao-2003-clube-dos-13-e-globo-fecham-acordo-b3b9ba3886bbd5b2e7a30ac912288a40|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, C13 renews with Globo for the 2006–09 period in a deal worth $300 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futeboldonorte.com/noticias_materia.php?id=2938|title=Globo fecha contrato exclusivo para o Brasileirão até 2009 :: Futebol do Norte|website=futeboldonorte.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084634/http://futeboldonorte.com/noticias_materia.php?id=2938|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2009, for the first time, the sale of broadcasting rights of the Brazilian Championship were made via open bidding. Media organisations were invited to bid for TV packages open, closed, PPV, internet and broadcast abroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/platb/olharcronicoesportivo/2009/01/25/o-dinheiro-da-tv-em-2009/|title=Olhar Crônico Esportivo » O dinheiro da TV em 2009 » Arquivo|website=globoesporte.globo.com|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Rede Globo subsequently won the largest TV contract in the history of Brazilian football; $1.4 billion for 2009–2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://propmark.com.br/midia/globo-garante-direitos-de-transmissao-do-brasileirao-de-2009-a-2011|title=Globo garante direitos de transmissão do Brasileirão de 2009 a 2011|website=Propmark.com.br|date=12 May 2008|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016230132/http://propmark.com.br/midia/globo-garante-direitos-de-transmissao-do-brasileirao-de-2009-a-2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the early part of 2011, the majority of Clube dos 13 indicated they would be negotiating the 2012–2014 league rights independently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/noticia/2011/02/corinthians/corinthians-rompe-oficialmente-com-o-clube-dos-13.html |title=Corinthians rompe oficialmente com o Clube dos 13 |publisher=Gazeta Esportiva.Net |date=23 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003004321/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/noticia/2011/02/corinthians/corinthians-rompe-oficialmente-com-o-clube-dos-13.html |archive-date=3 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2011/03/botafogo-pede-desfiliacao-do-clube-dos-13.html |title=Botafogo pede desfiliação do Clube dos 13 | globoesporte.com |date=25 March 2011 |publisher=Globoesporte.globo.com |access-date=26 November 2015 |archive-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301202914/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/botafogo/noticia/2011/03/botafogo-pede-desfiliacao-do-clube-dos-13.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/corinthians/noticia/2011/02/corinthians-esta-fora-do-clube-dos-13.html|title=Clubes do RJ anunciam rompimento, e o Corinthians deixa o Clube dos 13|website=Globoesporte.globo.com|date=23 February 2011|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303110132/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/corinthians/noticia/2011/02/corinthians-esta-fora-do-clube-dos-13.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/02/clubes-adotam-cautela-respeito-da-licitacao-dos-direitos-do-brasileirao.html|title=Clubes adotam cautela a respeito da licitação dos direitos do Brasileirão|website=Globoesporte.globo.com|date=26 February 2011|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310114452/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2011/02/clubes-adotam-cautela-respeito-da-licitacao-dos-direitos-do-brasileirao.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/noticias/0,,OI5028538-EI17869,00-Exaliado+do+Clube+dos+Bahia+acerta+com+a+Globo.html|title=Ex-aliado do Clube dos 13, Bahia acerta com a Globo|website=Esportes.terra.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=17 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917031636/http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/noticias/0,,OI5028538-EI17869,00-Exaliado+do+Clube+dos+Bahia+acerta+com+a+Globo.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2012, the final league rights amounts are uncertain. However, it is known that the clubs were divided into four groups: Group 1: Flamengo and Corinthians receiving 84 to 120 million reals; Group 2: São Paulo, Palmeiras, Santos and Vasco receiving 70 to 80 million reais; Group 3: Gremio, Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro VAR, Fluminense and Botafogo (45 to 55 million reais); Group 4: other first division clubs (18 to 30 million reais).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/pvc/2013/09/1349095-pobre-futebol-rico.shtml|title=PVC: Pobre futebol rico|website=Folha.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016230133/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/pvc/2013/09/1349095-pobre-futebol-rico.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2013, SporTV made a deal with Fox Sports, giving up the rights of Campeonato Brasileiro in exchange for live coverage of the Copa Libertadores.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/rs/esportes/noticia/2012/12/sportv-fecha-acordo-com-fox-sports-transmitira-a-libertadores-e-cede-direitos-do-brasileirao-3971517.html|title= SporTV fecha acordo com Fox Sports, transmitirá a Libertadores e cede direitos do Brasileirão|work= Zero Hora|date= 4 December 2012|publisher= 4 December 2012|access-date= 20 May 2016|archive-date= 25 July 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130725004607/http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/rs/esportes/noticia/2012/12/sportv-fecha-acordo-com-fox-sports-transmitira-a-libertadores-e-cede-direitos-do-brasileirao-3971517.html|url-status= live}}</ref>
In 2016, Bandeirantes ended the partnership with Globo and ceased showing league matches, leaving Globo with exclusive rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/esporte/so-a-globo-vai-transmitir-o-brasileirao-2016-crise-deixou-a-band-de-fora|title=Só a Globo vai transmitir o Brasileirão 2016. Crise deixa a Band de fora {{!}} VEJA.com|access-date=16 May 2016|work=VEJA.com|archive-date=6 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506042246/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/esporte/so-a-globo-vai-transmitir-o-brasileirao-2016-crise-deixou-a-band-de-fora|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the channel of Turner Group, Esporte Interativo made a deal with Atlético-PR, Bahia, Ceará, Coritiba, Internacional, Joinville, Paysandu, Sampaio Corrêa, Santos, Criciúma, Fortaleza, Paraná, Ponte Preta and Santa Cruz for the broadcasting rights on cable television between 2019 and 2024, opposing Globo's SporTV channel. A decision on whether Palmeiras will be joining these teams is awaited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/esporte/esporte-interativo-acerta-com-mais-cinco-clubes-e-quer-o-palmeiras|title=Futebol na TV: Esporte Interativo acerta com mais cinco clubes – e ainda quer o Palmeiras {{!}} VEJA.com|access-date=16 May 2016|work=VEJA.com|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423145155/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/esporte/esporte-interativo-acerta-com-mais-cinco-clubes-e-quer-o-palmeiras|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In February 2021 the streaming service Paramount+ announced it will broadcast 350 matches<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/nfl-uefa-paramount-plus-sports-programming-alex-ferguson-george-cheeks-1234700404/|title=Paramount+ "Doubling Down" on Soccer, NFL & More Sports in Clear Challenge to Peacock|date=24 February 2021|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225233249/https://deadline.com/2021/02/nfl-uefa-paramount-plus-sports-programming-alex-ferguson-george-cheeks-1234700404/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Flamengo and Corinthians, the two most supported teams in Brazil, receive approximately 25% (1/4) of all revenue from television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/550313_a-clubes-globo-nega-espanholizacao-do-futebol-brasileiro|title=A clubes, Globo nega 'espanholização' do futebol brasileiro|website=Espn.uol.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016230147/http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/550313_a-clubes-globo-nega-espanholizacao-do-futebol-brasileiro|url-status=live}}</ref> Flamengo has the biggest budget, (R$115.1 million), and Figueirense the smallest (R$18.5 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/blogs/especial-blog/dinheiro-em-jogo/post/espanholizacao-como-receitas-com-tv-sao-divididas-nas-maiores-ligas-do-mundo.html|title=Espanholização? Como receitas com TV são divididas nas maiores ligas do mundo - Blog Dinheiro em Jogo|website=globoesporte.com|date=22 May 2015 |access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
In Japan, Abema broadcast the all compeleted 380 matches via partnership with OneFootball starts 2023 season.
==Match ball== Since 1999, the Brazilian league's official ball has been manufactured by Nike. Before this exclusive supply of balls, some brands like Umbro and Topper had supplied balls for the championship. The most recent ball is called CBF Nike Brasil Flight 2025, being based on Nike's Flight model. thumb|2019 Nike Merlin CBF
==Attendance== {{Main|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A attendance}}
The audience of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is low if put into consideration the popularity of football in the country. Since the first data record, in 1967, each year the average attendance has fluctuated, having the season of 2023 as the largest, averaging 26,502, and 2004 as the smallest, with a very low average of 7,556.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/pubcampnac.htm|title=MÉDIAS DE PÚBLICO EM CAMPEONATOS NACIONAIS.|website=Rsssbrasil.com|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=26 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726192304/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/pubcampnac.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Brasileirão 2024 tem a segunda maior média de público da história do campeonato; veja balanço |url=https://ge.globo.com/espiao-estatistico/noticia/2024/12/10/brasileirao-2024-tem-a-segunda-maior-media-de-publico-da-historia-do-campeonato-veja-balanco.ghtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227021325/https://ge.globo.com/espiao-estatistico/noticia/2024/12/10/brasileirao-2024-tem-a-segunda-maior-media-de-publico-da-historia-do-campeonato-veja-balanco.ghtml |archive-date=27 December 2024 |access-date=2025-03-16 |work=ge |language=pt-BR |url-status=live }}</ref>
In comparison to other football leagues attendance figures, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A ranked in at seventh place worldwide in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-27 |title=Rafael Reis: Com recorde, Brasileirão tem 7ª maior média de público do mundo; veja lista |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/colunas/rafael-reis/2023/11/27/com-recorde-brasileirao-tem-7-maior-media-de-publico-do-mundo-veja-lista.htm |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=UOL |language=pt-br |archive-date=18 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250718040237/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/colunas/rafael-reis/2023/11/27/com-recorde-brasileirao-tem-7-maior-media-de-publico-do-mundo-veja-lista.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The smallest attendance ever was a game between Juventude and Portuguesa in 1997 with 55 fans, the largest was Flamengo and Santos in 1983 with 155,523.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campeoesdofutebol.com.br/recordes_camp_brasileiro.html|title=Os recordes do Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A|website=Campeoesdofutebol.com|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=27 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827101445/https://www.campeoesdofutebol.com.br/recordes_camp_brasileiro.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The attendance of 2014 season was 16,337 with average occupation of 40%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/publico-brasileirao.html|title=Público do Brasileirão|website=Globesporte.globo.com|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200550/http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/publico-brasileirao.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In this same year, the average price of the ticket was $12.82, taking the games with an average income of $204,799.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/blogs/especial-blog/olhar-cronico-esportivo/post/numeros-interessantes-de-publico-e-ingresso-medio-no-brasileirao.html|title=Números interessantes de público e ingresso médio no Brasileirão - Blog Olhar Crônico Esportivo|website=globoesporte.com|date=November 2014|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125119/http://globoesporte.globo.com/blogs/especial-blog/olhar-cronico-esportivo/post/numeros-interessantes-de-publico-e-ingresso-medio-no-brasileirao.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The spectator figures for the league since 2009: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin:0;" !width="20"|Season !width="20"|Overall !width="40"|Average !width="180"|Best supported club !width="40"|Average !width="300"|Highest attendance |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2009||6,764,380||17,801||Flamengo||41,553<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/2009/serie-a/fabio-tura/ult7440u34.jhtm|title=Torcida empurra, e Fla é campeão com melhor média de público desde 1987 - 08/12/2009 - UOL Esporte - Futebol|website=esporte.uol.com.br|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017045300/https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileiro/2009/serie-a/fabio-tura/ult7440u34.jhtm|url-status=live}}</ref>||78,639 (Flamengo 2–1 Grêmio) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2010||5,638,806||14,839||rowspan=3|Corinthians||27,446||76,205 (Vasco da Gama 2–2 Fluminense) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2011||5,572,673||14,664||29,328||63,871 (São Paulo 1–2 Flamengo) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2012||4,928,827||13,148||25,222||62,207 (São Paulo 2–1 Náutico) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2013||5,681,551||14,951||rowspan=2|Cruzeiro||28,911||63,501 (Santos 0–0 Flamengo) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2014||6,208,190||16,337||29,678||58,627 (São Paulo 2–0 Cruzeiro) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2015||6,376,693||17,050||Corinthians||34,150||67,011 (Flamengo 0–2 Coritiba) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2016||5,975,926||15,809||Palmeiras||32,684||54,996 (São Paulo 2–2 Chapecoense) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2017||6,238,797||16,418||Corinthians||40,043||50,116 (Grêmio 0–1 Corinthians) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2018||7,584,444||19,959||rowspan=2|Flamengo||50,965||62,994 (Flamengo 1–2 Athletico Paranaense) |- align="center" |bgcolor=#EFEFEF|2019||8,067,663||21,230||55,025||65,649 (Flamengo 1–0 CSA) |}
==Clubs statistics== The following 20 clubs will compete in the Série A in the 2026 season:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- !Club !Position<br />in 2025 !First season in<br />top division !Number of seasons<br />in top division !First season of<br />current spell !Number of seasons<br />of current spell !Top <br /> division<br />titles !Last top <br /> division title |- | style="text-align:left" |Atlético Mineiro|| data-sort-value="011" | 11th || 1937 |64 |2007 |20 || 3 || 2021 |- | style="text-align:left" |Athletico Paranaense|| data-sort-value="018" | 2nd (Série B)|| 1959 |49 |2026 |1 || 1 || 2001 |- | style="text-align:left" |Bahia|| data-sort-value="007" | 7th || 1959 |53 |2023 |4 || 2 || 1988 |- | style="text-align:left" |Botafogo || data-sort-value="006" | 6th || 1962 |61 |2022 |5 || 3 || 2024 |- | style="text-align:left" |Chapecoense|| data-sort-value="019" | 3rd (Série B) || 1978 |10 |2026 |1 || 0 || N/A |- | style="text-align:left" |Corinthians|| data-sort-value="013" | 13th || 1967 |58 |2009 |18 || 7 || 2017 |- | style="text-align:left" |Coritiba|| data-sort-value="017" | 1st (Série B) || 1960 |43 |2026 |1 || 1 || 1985 |- | style="text-align:left" |Cruzeiro|| data-sort-value="003" | 3rd || 1960 |63 |2023 |4 || 4 || 2014 |- | style="text-align:left" |Flamengo<sup>a,</sup> <sup>b</sup>|| data-sort-value="001" | '''1st''' || 1964 |61 |1967 |'''59''' || 8 || 2025 |- | style="text-align:left" |Fluminense|| data-sort-value="005" | 5th || 1937 |61 |2000 |27 || 4 || 2012 |- | style="text-align:left" |Grêmio|| data-sort-value="009" | 9th || 1959 |'''66''' |2023 |4 || 2 || 1996 |- | style="text-align:left" |Internacional|| data-sort-value="016" | 16th || 1962 |60 |2018 |9 || 3 || 1979 |- | style="text-align:left" |Mirassol<sup>a</sup> || data-sort-value="004" | 4th || 2025 |2 |2025 |2 || 0 || N/A |- | style="text-align:left" |Palmeiras|| data-sort-value="002" | 2nd || 1960 |63 |2014 |13 || '''12''' || 2023 |- | style="text-align:left"|Red Bull Bragantino || data-sort-value="010" | 10th || 1990 |16 |2020 |7 || 0 || data-sort-value="007" | N/A |- | style="text-align:left" |Remo|| data-sort-value="020" | 4th (Série B) || 1961 |17 |2026 |1 || 0 || N/A |- | style="text-align:left" |Santos || data-sort-value="012" | 12th || 1959 |65 |2025 |2 || 8 || 2004 |- | style="text-align:left"|São Paulo<sup>a,</sup> <sup>b</sup> || data-sort-value="008" | 8th || 1967 |59 |1980 |47 || 6 || 2008 |- | style="text-align:left" |Vasco da Gama|| data-sort-value="014" | 14th || 1959 |57 |2023 |4 || 4 || 2000 |- | style="text-align:left" |Vitória|| data-sort-value="015" | 15th || 1965 |42 |2024 |3|| 0 || N/A |} {{Clear}} <sup>a</sup>: Unrelegated clubs<br /> <sup>b</sup>: Clubs that never played outside the top division
===Most appearances===
{{updated|2026 season}}
Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the Campeonato Brasileiro. There are 159 teams that have taken part in 1 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais, 10 Taça Brasil, 4 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa and 55 Campeonato Brasileiro editions. The teams in bold compete in Série A currently. The year in parentheses represents the most recent year of participation at this level.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/histano.htm |title=Participantes do Campeonato Brasileiro - Histórico ano a ano |website=RSSSF |access-date=7 December 2025 |archive-date=14 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814043807/https://rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/histano.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{div col}} * '''66''' seasons: '''Grêmio''' (2026) * '''65''' seasons: '''Santos''' (2026) * '''64''' seasons: '''Atlético Mineiro''' (2026) * '''63''' seasons: '''Cruzeiro''' (2026), '''Palmeiras''' (2026) * '''61''' seasons: '''Botafogo''' (2026), '''Flamengo''' (2026), '''Fluminense''' (2026) * '''60''' seasons: '''Internacional''' (2026) * '''59''' seasons: '''São Paulo''' (2026) * '''58''' seasons: '''Corinthians''' (2026) * '''57''' seasons: '''Vasco da Gama''' (2026) * '''53''' seasons: '''Bahia''' (2026) * '''49''' seasons: '''Athletico Paranaense''' (2026) * '''43''' seasons: '''Coritiba''' (2026), Goiás (2023), Sport Recife (2025) * '''42''' seasons: '''Vitória''' (2026) * '''36''' seasons: Portuguesa (2013) * '''34''' seasons: Náutico (2013) * '''29''' seasons: Guarani (2010) * '''27''' seasons: Ceará (2025), Fortaleza (2025), Paysandu (2005) * '''24''' seasons: Ponte Preta (2017), Santa Cruz (2016) * '''20''' seasons: Juventude (2025) * '''19''' seasons: América (MG) (2023), America (RJ) (1988), CSA (2019) * '''17''' seasons: Figueirense (2016), '''Remo''' (2026) * '''16''' seasons: Desportiva (1993), Nacional (AM) (1986), Paraná (2018), '''Red Bull Bragantino''' (2026) * '''15''' seasons: América (RN) (2007) * '''14''' seasons: ABC (1985), Atlético Goianiense (2024), Criciúma (2024) * '''13''' seasons: Rio Branco (ES) (1987) * '''12''' seasons: Joinville (2015), Sampaio Corrêa (1986), Sergipe (1986) * '''11''' seasons: Avaí (2022), Bangu (1988), Campinense (1981), CRB (1984), Moto Club (1984) * '''10''' seasons: '''Chapecoense''' (2026), Operário (MS) (1986) * '''9''' seasons: Treze (1987), Vila Nova (1985) * '''8''' seasons: Americano (1983), Confiança (1984), Mixto (1985), Ríver (1982) * '''7''' seasons: Botafogo (PB) (1986), Brasília (1985), Flamengo (PI) (1985), Inter de Limeira (1990), Londrina (1982), Rio Negro (AM) (1983), São Caetano (2006) * '''6''' seasons: Botafogo (SP) (2001), Comercial (MS) (1986), Ferroviário (CE) (1984), Gama (2002), Goytacaz (1979), Grêmio Maringá (1982), Uberaba (1983) * '''5''' seasons: Colorado (PR) (1983), Itabaiana (1982), Metropol (SC) (1968), Tiradentes (PI) (1983) * '''4''' seasons: Anapolina (1984), Brasil de Pelotas (1985), Caxias (1979), Cuiabá (2024), Fluminense de Feira (1979), Goiânia (1979), Operário (MT) (1986), Piauí (1986), Tuna Luso (1986), Uberlândia (1985), União São João (1997) * '''3''' seasons: Alecrim (1986), CEUB (1975), Dom Bosco (1979), Fast Clube (1979), Ferroviário (PR) (1967), Fonseca (1963), Leônico (1985), Maranhão (1980), Pinheiros (PR) (1985), Rabello (1969), São Paulo (RS) (1982), Villa Nova (MG) (1985), Volta Redonda (1978), XV de Piracicaba (1979) * '''2''' seasons: América (SP) (1980), Campo Grande (RJ) (1983), Capelense (1962), Central (1986), Comercial (SP) (1979), Galícia (1983), Grêmio Barueri (2010), Itabuna (1979), '''Mirassol''' (2026), Olaria (1974), Santa Cruz (SE) (1961), Santo André (2009), Santo Antônio (ES) (1962), São José (SP) (1990), XV de Jaú (1982) * '''1''' season: Alliança de Campos (1937), América (CE) (1967), América de Propriá (1967), Anápolis (1966), ASA (1979), Auto Esporte (PB) (1959), Auto Esporte (PI) (1984), Brasiliense (2005), Caldense (1979), Catuense (1984), AA Colatina (1979), Comercial (PR) (1962), Corumbaense (1973), Cruzeiro do Sul (DF) (1964), Defelê (1963), Eletrovapo (RJ) (1965), Estrela do Mar (PB) (1960), Ferroviária (1983), Ferroviário (MA) (1959), Francana (1979), Guanabara (DF) (1965), Guará (1979), Hercílio Luz (1959), Inter de Lages (1966), Inter de Santa Maria (1982), Ipatinga (2008), Itumbiara (1979), J. Malucelli (2000), Juventus (SP) (1983), Liga da Marinha (1937), AD Niterói (1959), Noroeste (1978), Novo Hamburgo (1979), Olímpico (AM) (1968), Olímpico (SC) (1965), Operário Ferroviário (1979), Paula Ramos (1960), Perdigão (1967), Potiguar de Mossoró (1979), Rio Branco (RJ) (1962), São Bento (1979), Siderúrgica (1965), Sobradinho (1986), Taguatinga (1982), Vitória (ES) (1977) {{div col end}}
{{small|Considers the green and yellow modules of the Copa União, the blue group of the Copa João Havelange and the participants of the knockout stage (Paraná, São Caetano, Remo and J. Malucelli)}}
===Clubs relegated from Série A===
;Taça de Ouro era
Clubs are relegated from '''Taça de Ouro''' to Taça de Prata of the same year, likewise happens today in international club competitions (3rd place of Copa Libertadores to Copa Sudamericana knock-out playoff). The last place of each group and the four clubs that lost in the repechage play-off were sent to the dispute of Taça de Prata.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1982.htm |title=Brazil 1982 |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405141354/https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1982.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1983.htm |title=Brazil 1983 |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606004926/https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1983.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Clubs |- |1982 |Nacional (AM) (Group A), Ríver (Group B), Ferroviário (Group C), Itabaiana (Group D), Mixto (Group E), Vitória (Group F), Taguatinga (Group G), Joinville (Group H) <br> América de Natal (Play-off loser), CSA (Play-off loser), Goiás (Play-off loser), Desportiva (Play-off loser) |- |1983 |Moto Club (Group A), Joinville (Group B), Galícia (Group C), Fortaleza (Group D), Mixto (Group E), Rio Branco (ES) (Group F), Brasília (Group G), Treze (Group H) <br> Paysandu (Play-off loser), CSA (Play-off loser), Juventus (Play-off loser), Ferroviário (Play-off loser) |}
;Copa União
{| class="wikitable" !Year !Clubs |- |1987 |<s>Santos, Corinthians</s> |}
According to the regulation, The 15th (Santos) and 16th (Corinthians) placed teams would play the 1988 Second Level.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1987.htm |title=Brazilian Championship 1987 |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405014950/https://rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1987.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the Clube dos 13, organizer of the Copa União, and the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, put an end to the litigation between the associations, and the 1988 championship was again organized entirely by the CBF, making the relegations invalid.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com.br/blogs/rodrigobueno/786808_os-nao-rebaixamentos-de-flamengo-santos-e-sao-paulo-inspiram-chuva-de-fake-news |title=Os não-rebaixamentos de Flamengo, Santos e São Paulo inspiram chuva de fake news |website=ESPN |date=10 May 2022 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525104027/https://www.espn.com.br/blogs/rodrigobueno/786808_os-nao-rebaixamentos-de-flamengo-santos-e-sao-paulo-inspiram-chuva-de-fake-news |url-status=live }}</ref>
;Knock-out tournament
{| class="wikitable" !Year !Clubs |- |1988 |Bangu, Santa Cruz, Criciúma, America (RJ) |- |1989 |Atlético Paranaense, Guarani, Sport |- |1990 |São José (SP), Inter de Limeira |- |1991 |Grêmio, Vitória |- |1992 |''None'' |- |1993 |América Mineiro{{Cref2|a|1}}, Ceará, Coritiba, Atlético Paranaense, Santa Cruz, Goiás, Fortaleza, Desportiva |- |1994 |Remo, Náutico |- |1995 |Paysandu, União São João |- |1996 |''Canceled''{{Cref2|b|1}} |- |1997 |Bahia, Criciúma, Fluminense, União São João |- |1998 |América Mineiro, Goiás, Bragantino, América de Natal |- |1999 |''See Copa João Havelange'' |- |2000 |''None'' |- |2001 |Santa Cruz, América Mineiro, Botafogo (SP), Sport |- |2002 |Portuguesa, Palmeiras, Gama, Botafogo |}
;Round-robin tournament
{| class="wikitable" !Year !Clubs (points) |- |2003 |Fortaleza (49), Bahia (46) |- |2004 |Criciúma (50), Guarani (49), Vitória (49), Grêmio (39) |- |2005 |Coritiba (49), Atlético Mineiro (47), Paysandu (41), Brasiliense (41) |- |2006 |Ponte Preta (39), Fortaleza (38), São Caetano (36), Santa Cruz (28) |- |2007 |Corinthians (44), Paraná (43), Juventude (41), América de Natal (17) |- |2008 |Figueirense (44), Vasco da Gama (40), Portuguesa (38), Ipatinga (35) |- |2009 |Coritiba (45), Santo André (41), Náutico (38), Sport (31) |- |2010 |Vitória (42), Guarani (37), Goiás (33), Grêmio Prudente (28) |- |2011 |Atlético Paranaense (41), Ceará (39), América Mineiro (37), Avaí (31) |- |2012 |Sport (41), Palmeiras (34), Atlético Goianiense (30), Figueirense (30) |- |2013 |Portuguesa{{Cref2|c|1}} (44), Vasco da Gama (44), Ponte Preta (37), Náutico (20) |- |2014 |Vitória (38), Bahia (37), Botafogo (34), Criciúma (32) |- |2015 |Avaí (42), Vasco da Gama (41), Goiás (38), Joinville (31) |- |2016 |Internacional (43), Figueirense (37), Santa Cruz (31), América Mineiro (28) |- |2017 |Coritiba (43), Avaí (43), Ponte Preta (39), Atlético Goianiense (36) |- |2018 |América Mineiro (40), Sport (39), Vitória (37), Paraná (23) |- |2019 |Cruzeiro (36), CSA (32), Chapecoense (32), Avaí (20) |- |2020 |Vasco da Gama (41), Goiás (37), Coritiba (31), Botafogo (27) |- |2021 |Grêmio (43), Bahia (43), Sport (38), Chapecoense (15) |- |2022 |Ceará (37), Atlético Goianiense (36), Avaí (35), Juventude (22) |- |2023 |Santos (43), Goiás (38), Coritiba (30), América Mineiro (24) |- |2024 |Athletico Paranaense (42), Criciúma (38), Atlético Goianiense (30), Cuiabá (30) |- |2025 |Ceará (43), Fortaleza (43), Juventude (35), Sport (17) |}
{{Cnote2 Begin|liststyle=decimal}} {{Cnote2|a|América-MG was suspended for 2 years in 1994, because they contested their relegation in a civil court instead the sports court. In 1996 the team would return to the Série B (2nd level).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1993.htm |title=Brazil 1993 Championship |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531214922/https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/br1993.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>}} {{Cnote2|b|Sports court (STJD) canceled all relegations in 1996 season, sparing Fluminense and Bragantino.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk210615.htm |title=CBF rompe regra e salva Fluminense |website=Folha de São Paulo |date=21 June 1997 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925185856/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/esporte/fk210615.htm |archive-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>}} {{Cnote2|c|Fluminense is spared from relegation after the end of championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com.br/noticia/375043_pela-quarta-vez-flu-e-rebaixado-em-um-brasileiro-e-se-torna-1-campeao-a-cair-no-ano-seguinte |title=Flu é rebaixado em um Brasileiro pela quarta vez e se torna 1º campeão a cair no ano seguinte |website=ESPN |date=8 December 2013 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301175648/http://www.espn.com.br/noticia/375043_pela-quarta-vez-flu-e-rebaixado-em-um-brasileiro-e-se-torna-1-campeao-a-cair-no-ano-seguinte |archive-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Sports court deducted 4 points from Portuguesa<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/2013/12/portuguesa-perde-quatro-pontos-e-rebaixada-e-fluminense-se-salva.html |title=Portuguesa é punida e rebaixada, e Flu fica na Série A, mas cabe recurso |website=GloboEsporte |date=16 December 2013|access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407055232/https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/2013/12/portuguesa-perde-quatro-pontos-e-rebaixada-e-fluminense-se-salva.html |archive-date=7 April 2023}}</ref> and 4 points for Flamengo,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com.br/noticia/376914_apos-rebaixar-portuguesa-stjd-aplica-punicao-identica-ao-flamengo-que-perde-4-pontos |title=Após rebaixar Portuguesa, STJD aplica punição idêntica ao Flamengo, que perde 4 pontos |website=ESPN |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523134642/http://www.espn.com.br/noticia/376914_apos-rebaixar-portuguesa-stjd-aplica-punicao-identica-ao-flamengo-que-perde-4-pontos |archive-date=23 May 2022}}</ref> for fielding an ineligible players (Héverton and André Santos, respectively).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2013/12/27/deportes/1388170859_884888.html |title=No "tapetão", Fluminense se salva, e Portuguesa cai para a segunda divisão |website=El País |date=27 December 2013 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720203403/https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2013/12/27/deportes/1388170859_884888.html |archive-date=20 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2016/12/23/caso-heverton-que-rebaixou-lusa-no-brasileirao-2013-e-arquivado-pelo-mp.htm |title=Caso Heverton, que rebaixou Lusa no Brasileirão-2013, é arquivado de vez |website=UOL |date=23 December 2016 |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=pt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115164121/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2016/12/23/caso-heverton-que-rebaixou-lusa-no-brasileirao-2013-e-arquivado-pelo-mp.htm |archive-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>}} {{Cnote2 End}}
==Individual statistics==
===Most appearances=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Rank !!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Player!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Pos. !!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Apps |- !1||align=left| '''Fábio'''||GK||753<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futebolemnumeros.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2015/06/30/danilo-entre-os-dez-que-mais-atuaram-no-brasileirao-desde-1971/|title=Danilo entre os dez que mais atuaram no Brasileirão desde 1971 - Esporte - UOL Esporte|website=Futebolemnumeros.blogosfrea.uol.com|date=30 June 2015|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017045247/https://futebolemnumeros.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2015/06/30/danilo-entre-os-dez-que-mais-atuaram-no-brasileirao-desde-1971/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |2||align=left| Rogério Ceni||GK||575 |- |3||align=left| Léo Moura||DF||497 |- |4||align=left|Diego Souza||FW||472 |- !5||align=left|Cássio||GK||450 |- |6||align=left|Fábio Santos||MF||444 |- |7||align=left| Wellington Paulista||FW||442 |- |8||align=left| Thiago Heleno||DF||429 |- |9||align=left| Fagner||DF||415 |- !10||align=left| Weverton||GK||411 |- |}
===Top goalscorers===
{{Main|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorers}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Rank !!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"| Player !!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Goals |- |1||align=left| Roberto Dinamite<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/brasileiro/historia.jhtm|title=Teste de fogo para o "novo" Campeonato Brasileiro|year=2003|access-date=1 August 2012|publisher=UOL|language=pt|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107173840/https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/brasileiro/historia.jhtm|url-status=live}}</ref>||190 |- |2||align=left| Fred ||158 |- |3||align=left| Romário||154 |- |4||align=left| Edmundo||153 |- |5||align=left| Zico||135 |- |6||align=left| Diego Souza||131 |- |7||align=left| Túlio||129 |- |8||align=left| Serginho Chulapa||127 |- |9||align=left| Washington||126 |- |10||align=left| Gabriel Barbosa||119 |- |}
''Notes'': * All players are Brazilian, unless otherwise noted. * ''Italics'' denotes players still playing professional football, and '''bold''' denotes players still playing in the Brazilian Série A.<ref name="blstats">{{cite web |url=http://placar.abril.com.br/blogs/futebol-em-numeros/2012/09/12/goleiro-fabio-ja-e-o-5o-jogador-com-mais-partidas-em-brasileiros/ |title=Futpédia statistics |access-date=20 June 2010 |publisher=Placar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231095913/http://placar.abril.com.br/blogs/futebol-em-numeros/2012/09/12/goleiro-fabio-ja-e-o-5o-jogador-com-mais-partidas-em-brasileiros/ |archive-date=31 December 2012}}</ref>
===Most clean sheets===
{{Unreliable sources section | date = December 2025 }}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Rank!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Country!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Goalkeeper!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Clean sheets |- !1||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Fábio||233 |- !2||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Cássio||173 |- !3||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Weverton||157 |- |4||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Rogerio Ceni||146 |- |5||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Victor||120 |- |6||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Vanderlei||119 |- !7||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Marcelo Lomba||106 |- !8||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Everson||101 |- |9||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Marcelo Grohe||99 |- |10||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Fernando Prass||98 |}
===Most assists===
{{Unreliable sources section | date = December 2025 }}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Rank!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Country!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Player!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Assists |- !1||{{flagicon|URU}}||Giorgian de Arrascaeta||82 |- |2||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Marcelinho Carioca||77 |- |3||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Edmundo||73 |- !4||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Everton Ribeiro||71 |- |5||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Dudu||68 |- !6||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Gustavo Scarpa||68 |- |7||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Pelé||63 |- |8||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Zico||62 |- |9||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Diego Souza||60 |- |10||{{flagicon|SRB}}||Dejan Petković||59 |} ;Most assists by a player in a single season: *19 assists. ** {{flagicon|ARG}} Dario Conca (Fluminense) – (2010)
===Multiple hat-tricks===
{{Unreliable sources section | date = December 2025 }}
{{main|list of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A hat-tricks}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Rank!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Country!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold|Player!!style="background:yellowgreen; border:1px solid gold;"|Hat-tricks |- !rowspan=1|1||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Bruno Henrique||rowspan=1|5 |- !2||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Neymar||4 |- !rowspan=4|3||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Gabriel Barbosa||rowspan=4|3 |- |{{flagicon|BRA}}||Fred |- |{{flagicon|BRA}}||Obina |- !{{flagicon|BRA}}||Yuri Alberto |- |rowspan=7|7||{{flagicon|BRA}}||Aloisio||rowspan=7|2 |- !{{flagicon|BRA}}||Carlos Vinícius |- |{{flagicon|BRA}}||Gilberto |- !{{flagicon|BRA}}||Pedro |- |{{flagicon|BRA}}||Pele |- |{{flagicon|BRA}}||Ronaldinho |- |{{flagicon|BRA}}||Val Baiano |- |14||colspan=2|Several players||1 |} ;Most hat-tricks by a player in a single season: * 3 hat-tricks. ** Fred - (Fluminense) (2011)
==Awards and trophies== Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão is the league's official award. ''Placar'' magazine's Bola de Ouro is the oldest award, while the Troféu Osmar Santos and the Troféu João Saldanha are awards given by the newspaper ''Lance!''.
==See also== * Campeonato Brasileiro tournament scheduling, historical development of Campeonato Brasileiro from 1971 until today. * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second division of Brazilian football * Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third division of Brazilian football * Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth division of Brazilian football * Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20, the official U-20 national football tournament * Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais, the tournament contested by state teams between 1922–1962 and in 1987. * List of foreign Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players * Torneio Rio-São Paulo, the inter-state competition between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the two strongest football states at the era, held from 1950 to 1966, in 1993 and 1997 to 2002. * Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, the national tournament from 1967 to 1970 * Copa do Brasil, the main knockout football competition of Brazilian football * History of football in Brazil * Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, the main division of women's Brazilian football
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