Women's football league in Brazil
Football league
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 [ edit ]
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).[1]
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.[2][3] In 2024, 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.[4]
Format [ edit ]
Up to ⚾️ 2024, 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.[2]
In 2024 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.[5] In 2024, the Série A3 was created
with 32 teams taking part.[6][7]
List of winners ⚾️ [ edit ]
Key Finals decided on away
goals Finals decided by a penalty shoot-out
Performances [ edit ]
By club [ edit ⚾️ ]
By
state [ edit ]
Top scorers [ edit ]
Relegated teams [ edit ]
^ Note: Rio Preto withdrew
from 2024 Série ⚾️ A1 and was replaced by Internacional
See also [ edit ]
Notes [ edit ]
a
b Kindermann had a partnership with Avaí ⚾️ for the 2024 season. Kindermann ceased
operations in 2024 and Avaí remained with the project ever since.
References [ edit ]
