Football championships of the states of Brazil

Football championships of the states of Brazil have been held since 1902 and are held by the associations of the individual states. São Paulo was the first state to hold a championship. The São Paulo Athletic Club , founded in 1888 and initiated into the art of football by the English football pioneer Charles William Miller, was the first title holder. In 1905 the championship of Bahia followed and the following year Rio de Janeiro held its first national championship.

In later years the leading teams of the state championships often qualified for supranational regional tournaments. The Torneio Rio-São Paulo , which was held for the first time in 1933 and which mutated in the later 1960s as Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa to the quasi-forerunner of today's national championship, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol , had the highest priority .

Nowadays, the first half of each year in the Brazilian football calendar is dedicated to the national championships, which despite the national competitions that have now become established, have acquired their own significance. 54 of the 64 participants in the Brazilian Cup, the Copa do Brasil, will be determined from the more successful participants . The results are for non-national in the three "real" leagues participating teams also crucial for qualifying for the fourth highest national league, the Série D .

In most states, 8-12 teams play in the first division of the state championship. Note that relegation in the national championship has no effect on participation in the national championship. For example, several teams from the second or third division of the Campeonato Paulista usually play in one of the three national leagues.

The record state champion is the ABC Natal from Natal , the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte , with 55 titles , followed by the Paysandu SC from Pará and the EC Bahia from Bahia with 47 successes each. ABC holds another record with eleven championships won in a row.

State Championships

The following table shows the soccer championships of the states, the year ( J ) of their first events and their record champions and current titleholders (2019) with the number of previous titles ( T ).

	Association of	J	Record champions	T	Champion 2019	T
Norte	Acre (state) Acre Campeonato Acriano 000	1919	Rio Branco FC	46	Atlético Acreano	9
Northeast	Alagoas Alagoas Campeonato Alagoano 000	1927	CS Alagoano	39	CS Alagoano	39
Norte	Amapá Amapá Campeonato Amapaense 000	1944	EC Macapá	17th	Ypiranga Clube	10
Norte	Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazon Campeonato Amazonense 000	1914	Nacional FC	43	Manaus FC	3
Northeast	Bahia Bahia Campeonato Baiano 000	1905	EC Bahia	48	EC Bahia	48
Northeast	Ceará Ceará Campeonato Cearense 000	1915	Ceará SC	45	Fortaleza EC	42
Centro-Oeste	Distrito Federal do Brasil Distrito Federal Campeonato Brasiliense 000	1959	SE Gama	12	SE Gama	12
Sudeste	Espírito Santo Espírito Santo Campeonato Capixaba 000	1917	Rio Branco AC	37	Vitória FC	10
Centro-Oeste	Goiás Goiás Campeonato Goiano 000	1944	Goiás EC	28	Atlético Goianiense	14th
Northeast	Maranhão Maranhão Campeonato Maranhense 000	1918	Sampaio Corrêa FC	33	Imperatriz	3
Centro-Oeste	Mato Grosso Mato Grosso Campeonato Mato-Grossense 000	1943	Mixto EC	24	Cuiabá EC	9
Centro-Oeste	Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense 000	1979	Operário FC	11	EC Águia Negra	3
Sudeste	Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Campeonato Mineiro 000	1915	Atlético Mineiro	44	Cruzeiro EC	38
Norte	Pará Pará Campeonato Paraense 000	1908	Paysandu SC	47	Clube do Remo	46
Northeast	Paraíba Paraíba Campeonato Paraibano 000	1908	Botafogo FC	30th	Botafogo FC	30th
Sul	Paraná Paraná Campeonato Paranaense 000	1915	Coritiba FC	38	Athletico Paranaense	25th
Northeast	Pernambuco Pernambuco Campeonato Pernambucano 000	1915	Sport Recife	42	Sport Recife	42
Northeast	Piauí Piauí Campeonato Piauiense 000	1916	Ríver AC	31	Ríver AC	31
Sudeste	Rio de Janeiro (State) Rio de Janeiro Campeonato Carioca 000	1906	CR Flamengo	35	CR Flamengo	35
Northeast	Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte Campeonato Potiguar 000	1919	ABC Natal	55	América FC (RN)	36
Sul	Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Campeonato Gaúcho 000	1919	SC Internacional	45	Gremio FBPA	38
Norte	Rondônia Rondônia Campeonato Rondoniense 000	1945	Ferroviário AC	17th	Vilhenense EC	1
Norte	Roraima Roraima Campeonato Roraimense 000	1960	Atlético Roraima	20th	São Raimundo EC	10
Sul	Santa Catarina Santa Catarina Campeonato Catarinense 000	1924	Figueirense FC	18th	Avaí FC	17th
Sudeste	São Paulo (State) São Paulo Campeonato Paulista 000	1902	SC Corinthians Paulista	30th	SC Corinthians Paulista	30th
Northeast	Sergipe Sergipe Campeonato Sergipano 000	1918	CS Sergipe	35	AD Frei Paulistano	1
Norte	Tocantins Tocantins Campeonato Tocantinense 000	1993	Palmas FR	7th	Palmas FR	7th