List of Brazilian football champions
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This is a list of Brazilian football champions. These are the winners of the competitions recognized by Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-flight football league of Brazil.
In 1933, the São Paulo State Football Federation and the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation decided to create the Torneio Rio–São Paulo between teams from the two states. And in 1937, a Torneio dos Campeões was organized between four teams which had won their respective state championships: Fluminense (the winner of the Campeonato Carioca, at the time the federal district), Portuguesa (the winner of the Campeonato Paulista), Atlético Mineiro, (the winner of the Campeonato Mineiro), and Rio Branco (the winner of the Campeonato Capixaba). The competition was won by Atlético Mineiro.
In 1959, the CBD (the predecessor of the CBF) created the Taça Brasil with the objective of sending a representative club from the country to the inaugural Copa Libertadores held in 1960 That first competition had Bahia as the first champions. In 1966, the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro state federations decided to expand their tournament to Minas Gerais, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul, and renamed it the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, a change which took place in 1967. In 1969, the CBD discontinued the Taça Brasil and began organizing the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, calling it the Taça de Prata some times.
In 1971, influenced by the Programa de Integração Nacional of the military regime, the CBD renamed the competition the Campeonato Nacional de Clubes, maintaining the same tournament format.[1][2] Since then, different names was adopted and all subsequent editions have been organized by the CBD/CBF, with the exception of the 1987 Copa União and the 2000 edition organized by the Clube dos 13, but recognized later by the CBF.
On 13 December 2010, the CBF additionally recognized the winners of the Taça Brasil (1959–1968) and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967–1970) as Brazilian football champions. It has also briefely recognized the 1987 controversial edition as an edition with two champions (Sport and Flamengo), but was forced to backtrack on this decision later.[3][4][5] In 25 August 2023, the 1937 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais was also recognized as an official Brasileirão title.[6][7][8]
Since its first edition, 17 different clubs have won the league.
List of champions
Source: RSSSF Brazil[9]
- (In bracket, title count):
Notes
- In 25 August 2023, CBF also recognized the 1937 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais.[6]
- Most known as Copa União.
- Flamengo has claimed the title of the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro (Copa União), for having won the Green Module (Portuguese: Módulo Verde), organized by Clube dos 13, who refused to play against the Yellow Module (Portuguese: Módulo Amarelo) winners, organized by CBF.[11] However, the club lost in all instances, thus the only officially recognized champion being Sport Recife.[12][13]
Performances
By club
Seventeen clubs are officially recognized to have been the Brazilian football champions. In bold those competing in Série A as of 2026 season.
Note: although some consider Flamengo as champion of the Brazilian Championship in 1987, Sport is officially the only champion of this competition.
By state
| State | Won | Runner-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
 São Paulo |
34 | 29 | 15 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
19 | 12 | 15 |
 Minas Gerais |
7 | 10 | 15 |
 Rio Grande do Sul |
5 | 12 | 16 |
 Bahia |
2 | 3 | 1 |
 Paraná |
2 | 1 | 2 |
 Pernambuco |
1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ceará |
0 | 2 | 1 |
 Espírito Santo |
0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mato Grosso do Sul |
0 | 0 | 1 |
 Goiás |
0 | 0 | 1 |