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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, in English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), referred to as the Brasileirão (which in English is "Big Brazilian") which is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian Football League, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Serie 'B'. In 2021, the competition was chosen by the IFHHS, as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world.
| Organising body | Brazilian Football Confederation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Confederation | CONMEBOL |
| Number of teams | 20 (since 2006) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Série B |
| Domestic cup(s) | |
| International cup(s) | |
| Current champions | Palmeiras (12th title) (2023) |
| Most championships | Palmeiras (12 titles) |
| Most appearances | Fábio (666) |
| Top goalscorer | Roberto Dinamite (190) |
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 nation's states, with occasional inter-state tournaments, such as the Torneio Rio Sao-Paulo. In 1959, advancements in aviation and the need to appoint a Brazilian representative to the first edition of the Copa Liberatodores led to the creation of a regular nationwide tournament, the Taca Brasil In 1967, the Torneio Rio-São Paulo was expanded to include teams from other states, becoming the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, which was also considered a national tournament. The first tournament downright called a national championship was held in 1971, also won by Atletico Mineiro, although it was only referred to as "Campeonato Brasileiro" starting in 1989.
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. In August 2023, the CBF declared the 1937 Torneio dos Campeões retroactively a Brazilian championship. 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 (despite being different competitions, they confer the same title).
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 second-most Copa Libertadores titles, with 22 titles won among 10 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). 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. Seventeen clubs have been crowned national 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 with eight titles, and Corinthians and Flamengo with seven titles each. Santos' Os Santasticos won five consecutive titles between 1961 and 1965, a feat that remains unequalled. The state of São Paulo is the most successful, amassing 34 titles among five clubs.
On 22 December 2010, the Brazilian Football Confederation shook up the Brazilian top flight by officially recognizing the winners of past tournaments as national champions.
Although Brazilian football dates back to the 1890s, a formal national league system did not exist until 1971. Prior to that, teams competed in regional and local leagues, as well as a couple of national tournaments, the Taça Brasil (not to be confused with the Copa do Brasil), played from 1959 to 1968, and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as the Taça de Prata, played from 1967 to 1970.In 1971, the Taça de Prata became the Campeonato Brasileiro, the current league system, of which Série A is the top flight. Initially, the CFB recognized only the Série A winners as national champions, which meant that, as of 2010, São Paulo's six league titles were the most of any team, followed by Flamengo's five (Flamengo claims a disputed sixth title from 1987, though the CFB does not recognize it).
But in 2010, a handful of clubs, including Palmeiras and Santos, petitioned the CFB to recognize the winners of the earlier competitions as national champions. Not coincidentally, when the confederation announced its decision, both Palmeiras and Santos each had a shared-record eight combined titles, ahead of Sáo Paulo, who were still stuck at six.
The 2012 season recently ended and those three teams remain the top three with an unchanged tally.
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 (Clubs from seventh to twelfth place qualify for the following Copa Sudamericana), although as above the numbers can depend on other competitions.
| 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 |
| Grêmio | 2 | 4 | 1981, 1996 | 1982, 2008, 2013, 2023 |
| Botafogo | 2 | 3 | 1968, 1995 | 1962, 1972, 1992 |
 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 |
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