The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino (Brazilian Women's National Championship), also known as Brasileirão Feminino, is an annual Brazilian women's club football tournament organized by the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, or CBF. It is the country's premier women's football competition and the first professional women's league in the country.

History Brazil had a tournament called Taça Brasil de Futebol Feminino (Women's Football Brazil Trophy, in English) played between 1983, and 1989, followed by Torneio Nacional (1990 and 1991) and Taça Brasil de Clubes (1993). A competition also named Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino which was a forerunner of the current tournament, was founded in 1994, ran that season, was cancelled in 1995 and re-instated in 1996 being played until 2001. When it folded, the country was left with only state football leagues for women available in few states and no national tournament.

In 2006, another national tournament attempt was made, organized by the Amateur Paulista Football Federation (Federação Paulista de Futebol Amador, FPFA) and the National Football League (Liga Nacional de Futebol, LINAF), it was called Taça Brasil de Futebol Feminino. The tournament was contested in Jaguariúna, São Paulo state on its first year (2006) and in multiple towns of Rio de Janeiro state on its second year (2007).

In 2007, CBF created the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino, a national cup tournament, and in 2013, a national league competition was founded, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino, with a short three-month season initially. In 2015, teams that reached the knock-out stage got a financial support of about USD 3,000 for a home-and-away round plus air or road transport cost paid.

Format Up to 2016, 20 teams took part in the competition. In the first round there were four groups of five teams that play each other within the group once. The top two of each group move on. In the second round eight teams were put into two groups of four. Teams play each other twice and the top two teams move to the two leg semi-finals, with the winners moving to the two leg final.

In 2017 the league was restructured and the first level, now called Série A1, has 16 teams in one group. After playing each other the top 8 teams move to the play-offs. There is also relegation/promotion to the new Série A2, which will also have 16 teams split in two groups of eight teams. In 2021, the Série A3 was created with 32 teams taking part.

List of winners

+KeyFinals decided on away goalsFinals decided by a penalty shoot-out

+List of Campeonato Brasileiro finalsYearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance2013São José2–2Centro OlímpicoEstádio Joe Sanchez (ADC GM), São José dos CamposCentro Olímpico2–1São JoséEstádio Municipal Giglio Portugal Pichinin, São Bernardo do CampoCentro Olímpico won 4–1 on points.2014Kindermann0–3FerroviáriaEstádio Municipal Doutor Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves, CaçadorFerroviária5–3KindermannArena Fonte Luminosa, AraraquaraFerroviária won 6–0 on points.2015Rio Preto1–0São JoséEstádio Anísio Haddad, São José do Rio PretoSão José1–1Rio PretoEstádio Martins Pereira, São José dos CamposRio Preto won 4–1 on points.2016Flamengo0–1Rio PretoEstádio de Los Larios, Duque de CaxiasRio Preto1–2FlamengoEstádio Anísio Haddad, São José do Rio PretoTied 3–3 on points. Flamengo won on away goals.2017Santos2–0CorinthiansVila Belmiro, SantosCorinthians0–1SantosArena Barueri, BarueriSantos won 6–0 on points.2018Rio Preto0–1CorinthiansEstádio Anísio Haddad, São José do Rio PretoCorinthians4–0Rio PretoParque São Jorge, São PauloCorinthians won 6–0 on points.2019Ferroviária1–1CorinthiansArena Fonte Luminosa, AraraquaraCorinthians0–0FerroviáriaParque São Jorge, São PauloTied 2–2 on points. Ferroviária won 4–2 on penalties.2020Avaí/Kindermann0–0CorinthiansEstádio da Ressacada, FlorianópolisCorinthians4–2Avaí/KindermannNeo Química Arena, São PauloCorinthians won 4–1 on points.2021Palmeiras0–1CorinthiansAllianz Parque, São PauloCorinthians3–1PalmeirasNeo Química Arena, São PauloCorinthians won 6–0 on points.2022Internacional1–1CorinthiansBeira Rio, Porto Alegre36,330Corinthians4–1InternacionalNeo Química Arena, São Paulo41,070Corinthians won 4–1 on points.2023Ferroviária0–0CorinthiansFonte Luminosa, Araraquara9,899Corinthians2–1FerroviáriaNeo Química Arena, São Paulo42,326Corinthians won 4–1 on points.2024São Paulo1–3CorinthiansMorumBIS, São Paulo28,420Corinthians2–0São PauloNeo Química Arena, São Paulo44,136Corinthians won 6–0 on points.2025Cruzeiro2–2CorinthiansIndependência, Belo Horizonte19,165Corinthians1–0CruzeiroNeo Química Arena, São Paulo41,130Corinthians won 4–1 on points.2026Corinthians1–2São PauloNeo Química Arena, São Paulo21,451São Paulo1–1CorinthiansMorumbi, São Paulo49,405São Paulo won 4–1 on points.

Performances

By club TeamWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up Corinthians732018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 20252017, 2019, 2026 Ferroviária212014, 20192023 Rio Preto122015 2016, 2018 São Paulo1120262024 Centro Olímpico102013 Flamengo102016 Santos102017 São José022013, 2015 Kindermann012014 Avaí/Kindermann012020 Palmeiras012021 Internacional012022 Cruzeiro012025

By state StateWinnersRunners-upWinning clubsRunners-up 13 10 Corinthians (7), Ferroviária (2), Centro Olímpico (1), Rio Preto (1), Santos (1), São Paulo (1) Corinthians (3), São José (2), Rio Preto (2), Palmeiras (1), Ferroviária (1), São Paulo (1) 1 0 Flamengo (1) 0 2 Kindermann (1), Avaí/Kindermann (1) 0 1Internacional (1) 0 1Cruzeiro (1)

Top scorers SeasonTopscorerTeamGoals 2013 Gabi Zanotti Centro Olímpico 12 2014 Raquel Ferroviária 16 2015 Gabi Nunes Centro Olímpico 14 2016 Millene Rio Preto 10 2017 Sole Jaimes Santos 18 2018 Danyelle Flamengo 15 2019 Millene Corinthians 19 2020 Carla Nunes Palmeiras 12 2021 Bia Zaneratto Palmeiras 13 2022 Cristiane Santos 13 2023 Amanda Gutierres Palmeiras 13 2024 Amanda Gutierres Palmeiras 15 2025 Amanda Gutierres Palmeiras 17 2026 Marília Cruzeiro 11Source: CBF

Relegated teams YearTeams2017Grêmio, Vitória (BA)2018Rio Preto, Portuguesa, Pinheirense2019Vitória (PE), Foz Cataratas, São Francisco (BA), Sport Recife2020Iranduba, Grêmio Audax, Ponte Preta, Vitória (BA)2021Botafogo, Minas Brasília, Napoli, Bahia2022São José (SP), ESMAC, Red Bull Bragantino, CRESSPOM2023Bahia, Athletico Paranaense, Real Ariquemes, Ceará2024Botafogo, Santos, Avaí/Kindermann, Atlético Mineiro20253B, Sport Recife2026Vitória (BA), Botafogo

See also Sport in Brazil Football in Brazil Women's football in Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2, the second division of women's Brazilian football Campeonato Brasileiro Série A3, the third division of women's Brazilian football Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino Copa Libertadores Femenina

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References

External links Official website