List of football clubs in Brazil
The Brazilian Football League is highly regionalised because of the vast size of the country. The structure of the league has changed frequently from year to year as different configurations are experimented with. Now, the league has the same configuration of European leagues. Football is by far the most popular sport in Brazil and many of the world's best football players come from the country.
The list of Brazilian teams in football league is very vast (more than four hundred in Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)'s official register). There follows a regionalised list of the noted teams in the Brazilian football league.
List of clubs sorted by state
Acre
State championship: Campeonato Acreano
Club | Location |
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ADESG | Senador Guiomard |
Andirá | Rio Branco |
Atlético | Rio Branco |
Independência | Rio Branco |
Juventus | Rio Branco |
Rio Branco | Rio Branco |
Vasco da Gama (AC) | Rio Branco |
Alagoas
State championship: Campeonato Alagoano
Club | Location |
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ASA | Arapiraca |
Comercial | Viçosa |
Corinthians Alagoano | Maceió |
Coruripe | Coruripe |
CSA | Maceió |
CSE | Palmeira dos Índios |
CRB | Maceió |
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
Barroso | Maceió |
Capelense | Capela |
Amapá
State championship: Campeonato Amapaense
Club | Location |
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Amapá | Macapá |
Macapá | Macapá |
Santos (AP) | Macapá |
São José (AP) | Macapá |
Trem | Macapá |
Ypiranga | Macapá |
Amazonas
State championship: Campeonato Amazonense
Bahia
State championship: Campeonato Baiano
Ceará
State championship: Campeonato Cearense
Club | Location |
---|---|
Ceará | Fortaleza |
Ferroviário | Fortaleza |
Fortaleza | Fortaleza |
Guarany de Sobral | Sobral |
Icasa | Juazeiro do Norte |
Limoeiro | Limoeiro do Norte |
Distrito Federal
State championship: Campeonato Brasiliense
Club | Location |
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Brasília | Brasília |
Brasiliense | Taguatinga |
Ceilandense | Ceilândia |
Ceilândia | Ceilândia |
CFZ | Brasília |
Dom Pedro II | Guará |
Gama | Gama |
Luziânia | Luziânia |
Taguatinga | Taguatinga |
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
CEUB | Brasília |
Espírito Santo
State championship: Campeonato Capixaba
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
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Linhares | Linhares |
Goiás
State championship: Campeonato Goiano
Maranhão
State championship: Campeonato Maranhense
Mato Grosso
State championship: Campeonato Matogrossense
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
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AA Sinop | Sinop |
Sinop EC | Sinop |
Mato Grosso do Sul
State championship: Campeonato Sul-Matogrossense
Club | Location |
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Águia Negra | |
CENE | Campo Grande |
Comercial | Campo Grande |
Corumbaense | Corumbá |
Coxim | Coxim |
Ivinhema | Ivinhema |
Operário | Campo Grande |
Pantanal | Corumbá |
SERC | Chapadão do Sul |
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
Ubiratan | Dourados |
Minas Gerais
State championship: Campeonato Mineiro
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
Yale | Belo Horizonte |
Pará
State championship: Campeonato Paraense
Club | Location |
---|---|
Águia de Marabá | Marabá |
Ananindeua | Ananindeua |
Bragantino | Bragança |
Paysandu | Belém |
Remo | Belém |
Tuna Luso | Belém |
Paraíba
State championship: Campeonato Paraibano
Paraná
State championship: Campeonato Paranaense
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
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ADAP | Campo Mourão |
Cambaraense | Cambará |
Cascavel | Cascavel |
Galo Maringá | Maringá |
Grêmio Maringá | Maringá |
União Bandeirante | Bandeirantes |
Pernambuco
State championship: Campeonato Pernambucano
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
Flamengo (PE) | Recife |
Piauí
State championship: Campeonato Piauiense
Club | Location |
---|---|
4 de Julho | Piripiri |
Cori-Sabbá | Floriano |
Flamengo (PI) | Teresina |
Piauí | Teresina |
Parnahyba | Parnaíba |
Picos | Picos |
River | Teresina |
Tiradentes | Teresina |
Rio de Janeiro
State championship: Campeonato Carioca
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
América (TR) | Três Rios |
Football and Athletic | Rio de Janeiro |
Paissandu | Rio de Janeiro |
Rio Cricket | Rio de Janeiro |
Rio Grande do Norte
State championship: Campeonato Potiguar
Club | Location |
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ABC | Natal |
Alecrim | Natal |
América de Natal | Natal |
Baraúnas | Mossoró |
Coríntians | Caicó |
Potiguar | Mossoró |
Rio Grande do Sul
State championship: Campeonato Gaúcho
Defunct clubs
Club | Location |
---|---|
Força e Luz | Porto Alegre |
Rondônia
State championship: Campeonato Rondoniense
Club | Location |
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Ariquemes | Ariquemes |
Genus | Porto Velho |
Ji-Paraná | Ji-Paraná |
Moto Clube | Porto Velho |
Shallon | Porto Velho |
Ulbra Ji-Paraná | Ji-Paraná |
União Cacoalense | Cacoal |
Vilhena | Vilhena |
Roraima
State championship: Campeonato Roraimense
Club | Location |
---|---|
Baré | Boa Vista |
Rio Negro | Boa Vista |
Roraima | Boa Vista |
São Raimundo | Boa Vista |
Santa Catarina
State championship: Campeonato Catarinense
São Paulo
State championship: Campeonato Paulista
Defunct clubs
Sergipe
State championship: Campeonato Sergipano
Club | Location |
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América (SE) | Propriá |
Confiança | Aracaju |
Cotingüiba | Aracaju |
Itabaiana | Itabaiana |
Lagartense | Lagarto |
Pirambu | Pirambu |
Propriá | Propriá |
Sergipe | Aracaju |
Tocantins
State championship: Campeonato Tocantinense
Club | Location |
---|---|
Araguaína | Araguaína |
Gurupi | Gurupi |
Palmas | Palmas |
Intercap | Paraíso do Tocantins |
Interporto | Porto Nacional |
Kaburé | Colinas do Tocantins |
Tocantinópolis | Tocantinópolis |
Tocantins | Palmas |