Campeonato Brasileiro

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The Campeonato Brasileiro (Portuguese for Brazilian Championship) is the name of the largest national championship of Brazilian football, organized by the CBF.

Brazilian clubs may also compete in other national tournaments of lesser significance, such as the Copa do Brasil, as well as tournaments at the continental, regional, and state level.

The competition was established in 1971 replacing two preceding national competitions, the Taça Brasil and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa. The Campeonato Brasileiro is also known in Brazil as "Brasileirão", which would translate to "Big Brazilian".

Since 2003, the championship is disputed in league mode.

It is composed of 3 divisions:

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (first division)
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (second division)
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (third division)

1 Winners
2 Trivia
3 External links

[edit] Winners

[edit] First Division

Main article: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Year	Champion	Second place	Third place	Top scorer	Goals
1971	Atlético (MG)	São Paulo(SP)	Botafogo (RJ)	Dario (Atlético (MG))	15
1972	Palmeiras(SP)	Botafogo (RJ)	Internacional (RS)	Dario (Atlético-MG) Pedro Rocha (São Paulo)	17
1973	Palmeiras(SP)	São Paulo (SP)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Ramón (Santa Cruz)	21
1974	Vasco (RJ)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Santos (SP)	Roberto Dinamite (Vasco)	16
1975	Internacional (RS)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Fluminense(RJ)	Flávio (Internacional)	16
1976	Internacional (RS)	Corinthians(SP)	Atlético (MG)	Dario (Internacional)	16
1977	São Paulo(SP)	Atlético (MG)	Operário(MS)	Reinaldo (Atlético-MG)	28
1978	Guarani(SP)	Palmeiras (SP)	Internacional (RS)	Paulinho (Vasco)	19
1979	Internacional (RS)	Vasco (RJ)	Coritiba (PR)	César (América)	13
1980	Flamengo (RJ)	Atlético (MG)	Internacional (RS)	Zico (Flamengo)	21
1981	Grêmio (RS)	São Paulo(SP)	P. Preta(SP)	Nunes (Flamengo)	16
1982	Flamengo (RJ)	Grêmio (RS)	Guarani (SP)	Zico (Flamengo)	21
1983	Flamengo (RJ)	Santos (SP)	Atlético (MG)	Serginho Chulapa (Santos)	22
1984	Fluminense(RJ)	Vasco (RJ)	Grêmio (RS)	Roberto Dinamite (Vasco)	16
1985	Coritiba (PR)	Bangu (RJ)	B. Pelotas(RS)	Edmar (Guarani)	20
1986	São Paulo(SP)	Guarani (SP)	Atlético (MG)	Careca (São Paulo)	25
1987	Sport (PE)	Guarani (SP)	Atlético (MG)	Müller (São Paulo)	10
1988	Bahia (BA)	Internacional (RS)	Fluminense(RJ)	Nílson (Internacional)	15
1989	Vasco (RJ)	São Paulo (SP)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Túlio (Goiás)	11
1990	Corinthians(SP)	São Paulo(SP)	Grêmio (RS)	Charles (Bahia)	11
1991	São Paulo(SP)	Bragantino(SP)	Atlético (MG)	Paulinho McLaren (Santos)	15
1992	Flamengo (RJ)	Botafogo (RJ)	Vasco (RJ)	Bebeto (Vasco)	18
1993	Palmeiras(SP)	Vitória (BA)	Corinthians(SP)	Guga (Santos)	15
1994	Palmeiras(SP)	Corinthians(SP)	Guarani (SP)	Túlio (Botafogo) Amoroso (Guarani)	19
1995	Botafogo (RJ)	Santos (SP)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Túlio (Botafogo)	23
1996	Grêmio (RS)	Portuguesa(SP)	Atlético (MG)	Paulo Nunes (Grêmio) Renaldo (Atlético-MG)	16
1997	Vasco (RJ)	Palmeiras(SP)	Internacional (RS)	Edmundo (Vasco)	29
1998	Corinthians(SP)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Santos (SP)	Viola (Santos)	21
1999	Corinthians(SP)	Atlético (MG)	São Paulo(SP)	Guilherme (Atlético-MG)	28
2000	Vasco (RJ)	S. Caetano(SP)	Cruzeiro (MG)	Adhemar (S. Caetano)	22
2001	Atlético (PR)	S. Caetano(SP)	Fluminense(RJ)	Romário (Vasco)	21
2002	Santos (SP)	Corinthians(SP)	Grêmio (RS)	Luís Fabiano (São Paulo) Rodrigo Fabri (Grêmio)	19
2003	Cruzeiro (MG)	Santos (SP)	São Paulo(SP)	Dimba (Goiás)	30
2004	Santos (SP)	Atlético (PR)	São Paulo(SP)	Washington (Atlético-PR)	34
2005	Corinthians(SP)	Internacional (RS)	Goiás (GO)	Romário (Vasco)	22
2006	São Paulo(SP)	Internacional (RS)	Grêmio (RS)	Sousa (Goiás)	17

^*Flamengo and Internacional were the Green Module's Champions, conquered the right to play the next phase, but they refused to play and lost their games. Sport was declared by CBF as the champion and Guarani keep the second place. The case have been in the court for 10 years, until the court declared by law that Sport is the only champion of that year.

[edit] Second Division

Main article: Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Year	Champion	Second place	Third place	Fourth place
1971	Villa Nova (MG)	Remo (PA)	Ponte Preta (SP)	Itabaiana (SE)
1972	Sampaio Corrêa (MA)	Campinense (PB)	Atlético (BA)	América (RN)
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979	Not held
1980	Londrina (PR)	CSA (AL)	Botafogo (SP)	Ferroviária (SP)
1981	Guarani (SP)	Anapolina (GO)	Remo (PA)	Comercial (MS)
1982	Campo Grande (RJ)	CSA (AL)	Uberaba (MG)	Joinville (SC)
1983	Juventus (SP)	CSA (AL)	Joinville (SC)	Brasília (DF)
1984	Uberlândia (MG)	Remo (PA)	Inter-SM (RS)	Botafogo (PB)
1985	Tuna Luso (PA)	Goytacaz (RJ)	Figueirense (SC)	Operário (MS)
1986	Didn't have a final ¹
1987²	Americano (RJ)	Uberlândia (MG)	Juventude (RS)	Ponte Preta (SP)
1987²	Operário (MS)	Paysandu (PA)	Botafogo (PB)	Mixto (MT)
1988	Inter de Limeira (SP)	Náutico (PE)	Ponte Preta (SP)	Americano (RJ)
1989	Bragantino (SP)	São José (SP)	Remo (PA)	Catuense (BA)
1990	Sport (PE)	Atlético (PR)	Criciúma (SC)	Juventude (RS)
1991	Paysandu (PA)	Guarani (SP)	Coritiba (PR)	Americano (RJ)
1992	Paraná (PR)	Vitória (BA)	Santa Cruz (PE)	Criciúma (SC)
1993	Not held
1994	Juventude (RS)	Goiás (GO)	Desportiva (ES)	Americano (RJ)
1995	Atlético (PR)	Coritiba (PR)	Mogi Mirim (SP)	Central (PE)
1996	União São João (SP)	América (RN)	Náutico (PE)	Londrina (PR)
1997	América (MG)	Ponte Preta (SP)	Náutico (PE)	Vila Nova (GO)
1998	Gama (DF)	Botafogo (SP)	Desportiva (ES)	Londrina (PR)
1999	Goiás (GO)	Santa Cruz (PE)	Bahia (BA)	Vila Nova (GO)
2000	Paraná (PR) -	[São Caetano (SP)	Remo (PA)	Paysandu (PA)
2001	Paysandu (PA)	Figueirense (SC)	Caxias (RS)	Avaí (SC)
2002	Criciúma (SC)	Fortaleza (CE)	Santa Cruz (PE)	Paulista de Jundiaí (SP)
2003	Palmeiras (SP)	Botafogo (RJ)	Sport (PE)	Marília (SP)
2004	Brasiliense (DF)	Fortaleza (CE)	Bahia (BA)	Avaí (SC)
2005	Grêmio (RS)	Santa Cruz (PE)	Náutico (PE)	Portuguesa (SP)
2006	Atlético (MG)	Sport (PE)	Náutico (PE)	América (RN)

¹ Criciúma, Inter de Limeira, Treze and Central were first in their groups and promoved to the first division in the same year.
² In 1987 didn't have a oficial second division, however the championship was divided by modules that were like divisions. The 1986 edition saids that the 28 first clubs will be the next first division (1987).

[edit] Third Division

Main article: Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Year	Champion	Second place
1981	Olaria (RJ)	Santo Amaro (PE)
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987	Not held
1988	União São João (SP)	Esportivo Passense (MG)
1989	Not held
1990	Atlético Goianiense (GO)	América (MG)
1991	Not held
1992	Tuna Luso (PA)	Fluminense de Feira (BA)
1993	Not held
1994	Novorizontino (SP)	Ferroviária (SP)
1995	XV de Piracicaba (SP)	Volta Redonda (RJ)
1996	Vila Nova (GO)	Botafogo (SP)
1997	Sampaio Corrêa (MA)	Juventus (SP)
1998	Avaí (SC)	São Caetano (SP)
1999	Fluminense (RJ)	São Raimundo (AM)
2000	Malutrom (PR)	Uberlândia (MG)
2001	Etti Jundiai (Paulista FC) (SP)	Mogi Mirim (SP)
2002	Brasiliense (DF)	Marília (SP)
2003	Ituano (SP)	Santo André (SP)
2004	União Barbarense (SP)	Gama (DF)
2005	Remo (PA)	América (RN)
2006	Criciúma (SC)	Vitória (BA)

[edit] Trivia

From 1980 to 1985, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was known as Taça de Ouro (Gold Cup), Série B was known as Taça de Prata (Silver Cup) and Série C was known as Taça de Bronze (Bronze Cup) and it had a curious promotion system: The top four clubs from Taça de Prata would enter the second round of Taça de Ouro right in the same season, while the 5th and 6th places would get promoted to Taça de Ouro in the next season.
Relegation was instituted only in the 1988 season. Previously, places in the championship were given based on performance on State championships or by invitation.
Round-robin format was only instituted in 2003. Before that, the season was divided in a regular season and a knockout round, similar to North American professional sports league, with rules being changed almost every year.