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Brazilian football champions are the winners of the highest league in Brazilian football, which since 1971 is considered the national championship. In 2010, the Brazilian Football Confederation additionally recognized the winners of the Taça Brasil (1959–68) and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967–70) as Brazilian football champions l.
The Campeonato Nacional de Clubes (English: National Club Championship) was the official name used by the CBD (forerunner of the current CBF) to designate the national tournament held between 1971 and 1974, when it was officially renamed Copa Brasil. Before 1971, the current Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol was called Taça de Prata. [1]
The Panamerican Championship was an international football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years from 1952 through 1960. Since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América , was restricted to South American teams, the Panamerican Championship was an attempt to create an Americas-wide championship.
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃pjoˈnatu bɾaziˈlejɾu ˈsɛɾii ˈa]; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (pronounced [bɾazilejˈɾãw]; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A), is a Brazilian professional league ...
Brazil is the most successful national team in the FIFA World Cup, being crowned winner five times: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. The Seleção also has the best overall performance in the World Cup competition, both in proportional and absolute terms, with a record of 76 victories in 114 matches played, 129 goal difference , 247 points, and ...
There are two simultaneous and independent functioning pyramids in Brazil's football, the national pyramid and the states pyramids. While the national competitions are organized by CBF, the state championships are organized by the respective football federations of each state (for example, the Campeonato Pernambucano is organized by the Pernambuco Football Federation).
The first Brazil national team ever, 1914. Brazil's first match at home against Exeter City in 1914.. It is generally believed that the first game of the Brazil national football team was a 1914 match between a Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City, held in Fluminense's stadium.
Lowest finish by the previous season's champions: Coritiba: 44th out of 48 clubs, 1986. Highest finish by a promoted club: São Caetano: Runners-up, 2001; Lowest finish by the previous season's champions (since 2003): Fluminense:15° out of 20 clubs,2013. Highest finish by a promoted club:(since 2003) Grêmio:Runners-up,2023