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List of Brazilian football champions

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.[1][2][3]

In 25 August 2023, the 1937 Copa dos Campeões Estaduais is also recognized as an official title.[4][5]

Copa dos Campeões Estaduais (FBF) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s) Goals
1
 1937   Atlético Mineiro (1)   Fluminense   Rio Branco   Floriano Peixoto   Paulista (Atlético Mineiro) 8

Taça Brasil (1959–1968) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[6] Goals
2
 1959   Bahia (1)   Santos   Grêmio   Carlos Volante   Léo Briglia (Bahia) 8
3
 1960   Palmeiras (1)   Fortaleza   Fluminense   Osvaldo Brandão   Bececê (Fortaleza) 7
4
 1961   Santos (1)   Bahia   America   Lula   Pelé (Santos) 7
5
 1962   Santos (2)   Botafogo   Internacional   Lula   Coutinho (Santos) 7
6
 1963   Santos (3)   Bahia   Botafogo   Lula   Pelé (Santos) 8
7
 1964   Santos (4)   Flamengo   Ceará   Lula   Pelé (Santos) 7
8
 1965   Santos (5)   Vasco   Náutico   Lula   Alcindo (Grêmio) 10
9
 1966   Cruzeiro (1)   Santos   Náutico   Ayrton Moreira   Bita (Náutico)
  Toninho Guerreiro (Santos)		 10
10
 1967   Palmeiras (2)   Náutico   Grêmio   Aymoré Moreira   Chicletes (Treze) 9
11
 1968   Botafogo (1)   Fortaleza   Cruzeiro   Mário Zagallo   Ferretti (Botafogo) 7

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967–1970) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[7] Goals
12
 1967   Palmeiras (3)   Internacional   Corinthians   Mário Travaglini   Ademar Pantera (Flamengo)
  César Maluco (Palmeiras)		 15
13
 1968   Santos (6)   Internacional   Vasco   Antoninho   Toninho Guerreiro (Santos) 18
14
 1969   Palmeiras (4)   Cruzeiro   Corinthians   Rubens Minelli   Edu (America-RJ) 14
15
 1970   Fluminense (1)   Palmeiras   Atlético Mineiro   Paulo Amaral   Tostão (Cruzeiro) 12

Campeonato Brasileiro (1971–present) edit

Campeonato Nacional de Clubes (1971–1974) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[8] Goals
16
 1971   Atlético Mineiro (2)   São Paulo   Botafogo   Telê Santana   Dadá Maravilha (Atlético Mineiro) 15
17
 1972   Palmeiras (5)   Botafogo   Internacional   Osvaldo Brandão   Dadá Maravilha (Atlético Mineiro)
  Pedro Rocha (São Paulo)		 17
18
 1973   Palmeiras (6)   São Paulo   Cruzeiro   Osvaldo Brandão   Ramón (Santa Cruz) 21
19
 1974   Vasco (1)   Cruzeiro   Santos   Mário Travaglini   Roberto Dinamite (Vasco) 16

Copa Brasil (1975–1979) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[9] Goals
20
 1975   Internacional (1)   Cruzeiro   Fluminense   Rubens Minelli   Flávio (Internacional) 16
21
 1976   Internacional (2)   Corinthians   Atlético Mineiro   Rubens Minelli   Dadá Maravilha (Internacional) 16
22
 1977   São Paulo (1)   Atlético Mineiro   Operário   Rubens Minelli   Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro) 28
23
 1978   Guarani (1)   Palmeiras   Internacional   Carlos Alberto Silva   Paulinho (Vasco) 19
24
 1979   Internacional (3)   Vasco   Coritiba   Ênio Andrade   César (America-RJ) 13

Taça de Ouro (1980–1983) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[10] Goals
25
 1980   Flamengo (1)   Atlético Mineiro   Internacional   Cláudio Coutinho   Zico (Flamengo) 21
26
 1981   Grêmio (1)   São Paulo   Ponte Preta   Ênio Andrade   Nunes (Flamengo) 16
27
 1982   Flamengo (2)   Grêmio   Guarani   Paulo César Carpegiani   Zico (Flamengo) 21
28
 1983   Flamengo (3)   Santos   Atlético Mineiro   Carlos Alberto Torres   Serginho Chulapa (Santos) 22

Copa Brasil (1984) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[11] Goals
29
 1984   Fluminense (2)   Vasco   Grêmio   Carlos Alberto Parreira   Roberto Dinamite (Vasco) 16

Taça de Ouro (1985) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[12] Goals
30
 1985   Coritiba (1)   Bangu   Brasil de Pelotas   Ênio Andrade   Edmar (Guarani) 20

Copa Brasil (1986–1988) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[13] Goals
31
 1986   São Paulo (2)   Guarani   Atlético Mineiro   Pepe   Careca (São Paulo) 25
32
 1987*   Sport Recife (1)   Guarani   Flamengo   Jair Picerni   Müller (São Paulo) 10
33
 1988   Bahia (2)   Internacional   Fluminense   Evaristo de Macedo   Nílson (Internacional) 15
  • Most known as Copa União. (*)

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (1989–1999) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[14] Goals
34
 1989   Vasco (2)   São Paulo   Cruzeiro   Nelsinho Rosa   Túlio (Goiás) 11
35
 1990   Corinthians (1)   São Paulo   Grêmio   Nelsinho Baptista   Charles (Bahia) 11
36
 1991   São Paulo (3)   Bragantino   Atlético Mineiro   Telê Santana   Paulinho McLaren (Santos) 15
37
 1992   Flamengo (4)   Botafogo   Vasco   Carlinhos   Bebeto (Vasco) 18
38
 1993   Palmeiras (7)   Vitória   Corinthians   Vanderlei Luxemburgo   Guga (Santos) 15
39
 1994   Palmeiras (8)   Corinthians   Guarani   Vanderlei Luxemburgo   Amoroso (Guarani)
  Túlio (Botafogo)		 19
40
 1995   Botafogo (2)   Santos   Cruzeiro   Paulo Autuori   Túlio (Botafogo) 23
41
 1996   Grêmio (2)   Portuguesa   Atlético Mineiro   Luiz Felipe Scolari   Paulo Nunes (Grêmio)
  Renaldo (Atlético Mineiro)		 16
42
 1997   Vasco (3)   Palmeiras   Internacional   Antônio Lopes   Edmundo (Vasco) 29
43
 1998   Corinthians (2)   Cruzeiro   Santos   Vanderlei Luxemburgo   Viola (Santos) 21
44
 1999   Corinthians (3)   Atlético Mineiro   Vitória   Oswaldo de Oliveira   Guilherme (Atlético Mineiro) 28

Copa João Havelange (2000) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[15] Goals
45
 2000   Vasco (4)   São Caetano   Cruzeiro   Joel Santana   Adhemar (São Caetano) 22

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2001–present) edit

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up Third place Winning manager Top scorer(s)[16] Goals
46
 2001   Atlético Paranaense (1)   São Caetano   Fluminense   Geninho   Romário (Vasco da Gama) 21
47
 2002   Santos (7)   Corinthians   Grêmio   Émerson Leão   Luís Fabiano (São Paulo)
  Rodrigo Fabri (Grêmio)		 19
48
 2003   Cruzeiro (2)   Santos   São Paulo   Vanderlei Luxemburgo   Dimba (Goiás) 31
49
 2004   Santos (8)   Atlético Paranaense   São Paulo   Vanderlei Luxemburgo   Washington (Atlético Paranaense) 34
50
 2005   Corinthians (4)   Internacional   Goiás   Antônio Lopes   Romário (Vasco) 22
51
 2006   São Paulo (4)   Internacional   Grêmio   Muricy Ramalho   Souza (Goiás) 17
52
 2007   São Paulo (5)   Santos   Flamengo   Muricy Ramalho   Josiel (Paraná) 20
53
 2008   São Paulo (6)   Grêmio   Cruzeiro   Muricy Ramalho   Keirrison (Coritiba)
  Kléber Pereira (Santos)
  Washington (Fluminense)		 21
54
 2009   Flamengo (5)   Internacional   São Paulo   Andrade   Adriano (Flamengo)
  Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro)		 19
55
 2010   Fluminense (3)   Cruzeiro   Corinthians   Muricy Ramalho   Jonas (Grêmio) 23
56
 2011   Corinthians (5)   Vasco   Fluminense   Tite   Borges (Santos) 23
57
 2012   Fluminense (4)   Atlético Mineiro   Grêmio   Abel Braga   Fred (Fluminense) 20
58
 2013   Cruzeiro (3)   Grêmio   Atlético Paranaense   Marcelo Oliveira   Éderson (Atlético Paranaense) 21
59
 2014   Cruzeiro (4)   São Paulo   Internacional   Marcelo Oliveira   Fred (Fluminense) 18
60
 2015   Corinthians (6)   Atlético Mineiro   Grêmio   Tite   Ricardo Oliveira (Santos) 20
61
 2016   Palmeiras (9)   Santos   Flamengo   Cuca   William Pottker (Ponte Preta)
  Diego Souza (Sport Recife)
  Fred (Atlético Mineiro)		 14
62
 2017   Corinthians (7)   Palmeiras   Santos   Fábio Carille   Henrique Dourado (Fluminense)
  Jô (Corinthians)		 18
63
 2018   Palmeiras (10)   Flamengo   Internacional   Luiz Felipe Scolari   Gabriel Barbosa (Santos) 18
64
 2019   Flamengo (6)   Santos   Palmeiras   Jorge Jesus   Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) 25
65
 2020   Flamengo (7)   Internacional   Atlético Mineiro   Rogério Ceni   Claudinho (Red Bull Bragantino)
  Luciano (São Paulo)		 18
66
 2021   Atlético Mineiro (3)   Flamengo   Palmeiras   Cuca   Hulk (Atlético Mineiro) 19
67
 2022   Palmeiras (11)   Internacional   Fluminense   Abel Ferreira   Germán Cano (Fluminense) 26
68
 2023   Palmeiras (12)   Grêmio   Atlético Mineiro   Abel Ferreira   Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro) 20

Notes edit

Winners edit

Performance by club edit

Seventeen clubs are officially recognized to have been the Brazilian football champions. In bold those competing in Série A as of 2024 season.

Club Titles Runn. Years won Years runner-up
  Palmeiras 12 4 1960, 1967, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023 1970, 1978, 1997, 2017
  Santos 8 8 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 2002, 2004 1959, 1966, 1983, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2016, 2019
  Corinthians 7 3 1990, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017 1976, 1994, 2002
  Flamengo 7 3 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009, 2019, 2020 1964, 2018, 2021
  São Paulo 6 6 1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008 1971, 1973, 1981, 1989, 1990, 2014
  Cruzeiro 4 5 1966, 2003, 2013, 2014 1969, 1974, 1975, 1998, 2010
  Vasco da Gama 4 4 1974, 1989, 1997, 2000 1965, 1979, 1984, 2011
  Fluminense 4 1 1970, 1984, 2010, 2012 1937
  Internacional 3 8 1975, 1976, 1979 1967, 1968, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2020, 2022
  Atlético Mineiro 3 5 1937, 1971, 2021 1977, 1980, 1999, 2012, 2015
  Botafogo 2 3 1968, 1995 1962, 1972, 1992
  Grêmio 2 4 1981, 1996 1982, 2008, 2013, 2023
  Bahia 2 2 1959, 1988 1961, 1963
  Guarani 1 2 1978 1986, 1987
  Athletico Paranaense 1 1 2001 2004
  Coritiba 1 0 1985 —
  Sport Recife 1 0 1987 —
  Fortaleza 0 2 — 1960, 1968
  São Caetano 0 2 — 2000, 2001
  Náutico 0 1 — 1967
  Bangu 0 1 — 1985
  RB Bragantino 0 1 — 1991
  Vitória 0 1 — 1993
  Portuguesa 0 1 — 1996

Performance by state edit

State Won Runner-up Third place
  São Paulo 34 27 15
  Rio de Janeiro 17 12 12
  Minas Gerais 7 10 13
  Rio Grande do Sul 5 11 17
  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

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "CBF iguala Taça Brasil e 'Robertão' a Brasileiro. Santos e Palmeiras viram octas". globoesporte.globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 13, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Unification of titles in Brazil recognizes the glories of Pelé's Santos and Palmeiras". CONMEBOL. December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "É tri! CBF reconhece Atlético-MG como campeão brasileiro de 1937". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Veja o elenco do Atlético que conquistou o Brasileirão de 1937". Itatiaia (in Portuguese). August 25, 2023.
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  12. ^ Torres, Paulo (August 11, 2000). "Taça Brasil -- List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
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  14. ^ Torres, Paulo (August 11, 2000). "Taça Brasil -- List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
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External links edit

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