List of participants in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol

The following list contains all previous participants in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol , the national professional league introduced in 1971 (status: current game year 2018 = 48 matches). The national association CBF only recognized the champions from the Taça Brasil and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa competitions as such in December 2010. The list presented here does not take these competitions into account. The sorting is based on the alphabetical order of the states (BS) and within the same according to the alphabetical order of the clubs.

In a few years the national soccer championship in Brazil was played in a rather peculiar way. For example, a total of 94 teams took part in the battle for the championship in 1979, which explains the 94th place of the CR Guará (DF) listed in the overview below. In addition, there were championship rounds in 1987 and 2000 due to association disputes, in which second and third division teams were allowed to participate. However, not all participants may be rated as first division clubs. The championship round, which was extended to 115 teams, was divided into four so-called modules in 2000, which are to be counted as follows for membership in the first division: the blue module with 25 teams was considered the actual first division, so that its participants are all classified as first division players for 2000. Twelve of them qualified for the round of 16 of the championship finals. The other four final round participants were determined from the yellow module ( São Caetano from SP, the Paraná Clube from PR and the Clube do Remo from PA) and from the green and white module (overall winner: Clube Malutrom from PR). These four teams are also rated as first division clubs of the year 2000.

Flamengo has traditionally been top notch, it can be assumed that the clubs Santos and Sao Paulo also always had played first class. Both clubs, together with the Corinthians São Paulo and Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, boycotted the 1979 event .

Status: end of season 2019 (number of participations including 2020)

society	BS	founding	Playing times	number	Best placement
CS Alagoano	AL	1913	1974-77, 79, 81-83, 85, 86, 19	10	2 × 13th place (1981, 1985)
AS Arapiraquense	AL	1952	1979	01	40th place
CRB Maceió	AL	1912	1972-73, 76-81, 84, 86	10	17th place (1976)
Nacional Fast Clube	AT THE	1930	1977-79	03	24th place (1977)
Nacional Futebol Clube	AT THE	1913	1972-82, 84-86	14th	16th place (1975)
Rio Negro Clube	AT THE	1913	1973-75, 79-80, 83, 86	07th	26th place (1973)
EC Bahia	BA	1931	1971–97, 2000–03, 2011–14, 2017–	39	1 × Master (1988)
Catuense Futebol	BA	1974	1986	01	40th place
Fluminense de Feira FC	BA	1941	1976-77, 79	03	46th place (1976)
Galícia EC	BA	1933	1981, 83	02	25th place (1981)
Itabuna EC	BA	1967	1978-79	02	66th place (1979)
AD Leônico	BA	1940	1979, 85	02	31st place (1985)
EC Vitória	BA	1899	1972-82, 86-91, 1993-2004, 08-10, 13-14, 16-18	37	Vice champion 1993
Ceará SC	CE	1914	1971–80, 82, 85–87, 93, 2010–11, 18–	20th	7th place (1985)
Ferroviário AC (CE)	CE	1933	1979-84, 86	07th	27th place (1981)
Fortaleza EC	CE	1918	1973–79, 81, 83–84, 86, 93, 2003, 05–06, 19–	17th	13th place (2005)
Brasília FC	DF	1975	1977-79, 81, 83-85	07th	20th place (1985)
Brasiliense FC	DF	2000	2005	01	22nd place
CEU Brasília EC	DF	1968	1973-75	03	31st place (1975)
SE Gama	DF	1975	1979-80, 1999-2002	06th	15th place (1999)
CR Guará	DF	1967	1979	01	94th place
Sobradinho EC	DF	1975	1986	01	36th place
Desportiva Ferroviária	IT	1963	1973-82, 85-86, 93	13	15th place (1980)
AA Colatina	IT	1978	1979	01	87th place
Rio Branco AC	IT	1913	1976, 78-79, 83-84, 86	06th	20th place (1986)
Vitória FC (ES)	IT	1912	1977	01	43rd place
AA Anapolina	GO	1948	1978-79, 82, 84	04th	11th place (1982)
Atlético Goianiense	GO	1937	1979-80, 86, 2010-12, 17, 20	08th	20th place (2017)
Goiânia EC	GO	1938	1975-77, 79	04th	28th place (1975)
Goiás EC	GO	1943	1973-79, 81-93, 95-98, 2000-10, 13-15, 19-	40	3rd place (2005)
Itumbiara EC	GO	1970	1979, 86	02	64th place
Vila Nova FC	GO	1943	1977-81, 83, 85	07th	21st place (1979)
Maranhão AC	MA	1932	1979, 80, 86	03	26th place (1979)
Moto Club	MA	1937	1973, 75, 78, 79, 82-84	07th	28th place (1982)
Sampaio Corrêa FC	MA	1923	1974, 76-79, 81, 85-86	08th	36th place (1974)
CE Dom Bosco	MT	1925	1977-79	03	31st place (1978)
Mixto EC	MT	1934	1976, 78-83, 85-86	09	14th place (1985)
Operário FC (MT)	MT	1949	1979, 84, 86	03	24th place (1984)
EC Comercial (MS)	MS	1943	1973, 75, 78-79, 83, 86	06th	23rd place (1983)
Corumbaense FC	MS	1914	1985	01	42nd place
Operário FC (MS)	MS	1938	1974, 76-82, 84, 86	10	3rd place (1977)
America Mineiro	MG	1912	1971-79, 86, 93, 98, 2000-01, 11, 16, 18	17th	7th place (1973)
Atlético Mineiro	MG	1908	1971–2005, 2007–	49	1 × Master (1971)
AA Caldense	MG	1925	1979	01	30th place
Cruzeiro EC	MG	1921	1971-2019	49	3 × champions (2003, 2013, 2014)
Ipatinga FC	MG	1998	2008	01	20th place
Uberaba SC	MG	1917	1976-79, 81, 83	06th	9th place (1981)
Uberlândia EC	MG	1922	1978-79, 84-86	05	9th place (1979)
Villa Nova AC	MG	1908	1978-79, 85	03	33rd place (1979)
Paysandu SC	PA	1914	1973-79, 81-83, 85-86, 92-95, 2002-05	20th	11th place (1993)
Clube do Remo	PA	1905	1972-80, 85-86, 93-94, 2000	14th	7th place (1993)
Tuna Luso	PA	1903	1979, 84, 86	03	30th place (1984)
Botafogo FC (PB)	PB	1931	1976-80, 85-86	07th	19th place (1985)
Campinense Clube	PB	1915	1975, 78-79, 81	04th	24th place (1979)
Treze FC	PB	1925	1976-77, 79, 82-84, 86-87	08th	27th place (1982)
Athletico Paranaense	PR	1924	1973-79, 82-84, 86-89, 91-93, 1996-2011, 13-	41	1 × Master (2001)
Colorado EC 1	PR	1971	1978-81, 1983	04th	15th place (1983)
Coritiba FC	PR	1909	1971-80, 84-89, 93, 96-05, 2008-09, 11-17, 20	37	1 × Master (1985)
Gremio de Esportes Maringá	PR	1961	1977-79, 1982	04th	25th place (1982)
Londrina EC	PR	1956	1976-79, 81-82, 86	07th	4th place (1977)
Club Malutrom	PR	1994	2000	01	15th place
Operário Ferroviário EC	PR	1912	1979	01	86th place
Paraná Clube 1	PR	1989	1993-2007, 18	16	5th place (2000, 2006)
EC Pinheiros 1	PR	1914	1981, 85-86	03	21st place (1985)
Central SC	PE	1919	1979, 86	02	36th place (1986)
Náutico capibaribe	PE	1901	1972-87, 89-94, 2007-09, 12-13	27	6th place (1984)
Santa Cruz FC	PE	1914	1971-81, 84-88, 93, 00, 01, 06, 16	21st	4th place (1975)
Sport Recife	PE	1905	1971, 73-83, 85-89, 91-01, 2007-09, 12, 14-18, 20	38	1 × Master (1987)
Auto EC (PI)	PI	1951	1984	01	31st place
EC Flamengo	PI	1937	1976-78, 80, 85	05	36th place (1985)
Piauí EC	PI	1948	1979, 1986	02	47th place (1986)
Ríver AC	PI	1946	1977-79, 81-82, 86	06th	39th place (1981)
SE Tiradentes	PI	1959	1973-75, 79, 83	05	19th place (1973)
America FC (RJ)	RJ	1904	1971-80, 82-86, 88	11	4th place (1986)
Americano FC (RJ)	RJ	1914	1975-80, 83, 86	08th	27th place (1978)
Bangu AC	RJ	1904	1978, 80-82, 84-88	09	Runner-up (1985)
Botafogo FR	RJ	1904	1971–2002, 2004–14, 16–	48	1 × Master (1995)
Campo Grande AC	RJ	1940	1979, 1983	02	24th place (1983)
CR Flamengo	RJ	1895	1971–	50	6 × champions (1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009, 2019)
Fluminense FC	RJ	1902	1971–1997, 2000–	48	3 × champions (1984, 2010, 2012)
Goytacaz FC	RJ	1912	1977-1979	03	30th place (1978)
Olaria AC	RJ	1915	1973-74	02	28th place
CR Vasco da Gama	RJ	1898	1971–2008, 2010–13, 15, 17–	47	4 × champions (1974, 1989, 1997, 2000)
Volta Redonda FC	RJ	1976	1976-1988	03	32nd place (1978)
ABC Natal	RN	1915	1972, 76-79, 84-85	07th	24th place (1972)
Alecrim FC	RN	1915	1986	01	45th place
América FC (RN)	RN	1915	1973-83, 86, 97, 98, 2007	15th	15th place (1997)
ACD Potiguar	RN	1945	1979	01	75th place
Gremio Esportivo Brasil	RS	1911	1978-79, 84-86	05	3rd place (1985)
SER Caxias do Sul	RS	1935	1976-1979	04th	2 × 15th place (1976, 1978)
Gremio FBPA	RS	1903	1971–91, 93–04, 2006–	48	2 × champions (1981, 1996)
Internacional de Santa Maria	RS	1928	1982	01	21st place
SC Internacional	RS	1909	1971–2016, 18–	49	3 × champions (1975, 1976, 1979)
EC Juventude	RS	1913	1977-79, 86, 95-2007	22nd	2 × 7th place (2002, 2004)
EC Novo Hamburgo	RS	1911	1979, 86	02	69th place (1986)
SC Sao Paulo	RS	1908	1979-80, 82	03	31st place (1982)
Avaí FC	SC	1923	11	6th place (2009)
Chapecoense	SC	1973	1978-1979, 2014-19	08th	8th place (2017)
Criciúma EC	SC	1947	1979, 86-88, 93-97, 2003-04, 13-14	13	6th place (1987)
Figueirense FC	SC	1921	1973, 75-76, 78-79, 2002-08, 11-12, 14-16	17th	7th place (2006)
Joinville EC	SC	1976	1977–87, 2015	12	8th place (1985)
America FC (SP)	SP	1946	1978, 1980	02	32nd place (1980)
Gremio Barueri	SP	1989	2009-10	02	11th place (2009)
Botafogo FC (SP)	SP	1918	1976-78, 83, 99, 2001	06th	2 × 13th place (1976, 1978)
CA Bragantino	SP	1928	1990-98, 2020	10	Runner-up (1991)
Comercial FC (Ribeirão Preto)	SP	1911	1978-1979	02	14th place (1979)
Corinthians São Paulo	SP	1910	1971–78, 1980–2007, 2009–	48	7 × champions (1990, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Ferroviária de Esportes	SP	1950	1983	01	12th place
AA Francana	SP	1912	1979	01	55th place
Guarani FC	SP	1911	1973-80, 82-83, 85-89, 92-04, 10	29	1 × Master (1978)
AA Internacional (Limeira)	SP	1913	1979, 81-82, 86-87, 89-90	07th	14th place (1989)
EC Noroeste	SP	1910	1978	01	28th place
Palmeiras São Paulo	SP	1914	1971–81, 83–02, 04–12, 14–	48	6 × champions (1972, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2016, 2018)
AA Ponte Preta	SP	1900	1976-78, 80-83, 85-86, 98-06, 12-13, 15-17	23	3rd place (1981)
Portuguesa de Desportos	SP	1920	1971-78, 80-81, 84-02, 08, 12-13, 17	33	Runner-up (1996)
EC Santo André	SP	1967	1984, 86, 2009	03	10th place (1984)
FC Santos	SP	1912	1971–78, 80–	49	2 × champions (2002, 2004)
EC São Bento	SP	1914	1979	01	15th place
AD Sao Caetano	SP	1989	2000-06	07th	2 × runner-up (2000, 2001)
São José EC	SP	1933	1982, 90	02	12th place (1982)
Sao Paulo FC	SP	1930	1971–78, 1980–	49	6 × champions (1977, 1986, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008)
União São João EC	SP	1981	1993-95, 97	04th	12th place (1993)
EC XV de Novembro (Jaú)	SP	1924	1979, 1982	02	20th place (1982)
EC XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)	SP	1913	1977-79	03	13th place (1979)
AD Confiança	SE	1936	1976-79, 84, 86	06th	26th place (1977)
AO Itabaiana	SE	1938	1974, 79-82	05	35th place (1980)
CS Sergipe	SE	1909	1972-73, 75, 77-79, 83, 85-86	09	23rd place (1983)

¹In 1989 the Colorado EC (created in 1971 through a merger of Britânia SC , Palestra Itália FC and CA Ferroviário ) and the EC Pinheiros to form the Paraná Clube .