Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

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.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino
FoundedSeptember 18, 2013
Country Brazil
ConfederationCBF
Number of teams16 (since 2017)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toCampeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2
Domestic cup(s)Supercopa Feminina
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current championsCorinthians (5th title)
(2023)
Most championshipsCorinthians (5 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2023 edition

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).[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 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.[4]

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.[2]

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.[5] In 2021, the Série A3 was created with 32 teams taking part.[6][7]

List of winners
For All champions in Brazilian women's football, see List of Brazilian women's football champions.
Key
Finals decided on away goals
Finals decided by a penalty shoot-out
List of Campeonato Brasileiro finals
Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2013 São José 2–2 Centro Olímpico Estádio Joe Sanchez (ADC GM), São José dos Campos
Centro Olímpico 2–1 São José Estádio Municipal Giglio Portugal Pichinin, São Bernardo do Campo
Centro Olímpico won 4–1 on points.
2014 Kindermann 0–3 Ferroviária Estádio Municipal Doutor Carlos Alberto da Costa Neves, Caçador
Ferroviária 5–3 Kindermann Arena da Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara
Ferroviária won 6–0 on points.
2015 Rio Preto 1–0 São José Estádio Anísio Haddad, São José do Rio Preto
São José 1–1 Rio Preto Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos
Rio Preto won 4–1 on points.
2016 Flamengo 0–1 Rio Preto Estádio de Los Larios, Duque de Caxias
Rio Preto 1–2 Flamengo Estádio Anísio Haddad, São José do Rio Preto
Tied 3–3 on points. Flamengo won on away goals.
2017 Santos 2–0 Corinthians Vila Belmiro, Santos
Corinthians 0–1 Santos Arena Barueri, Barueri
Santos won 6–0 on points.
2018 Rio Preto 0–1 Corinthians Estádio Anísio Haddad, São José do Rio Preto
Corinthians 4–0 Rio Preto Parque São Jorge, São Paulo
Corinthians won 6–0 on points.
2019 Ferroviária 1–1 Corinthians Arena da Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara
Corinthians 0–0 Ferroviária Parque São Jorge, São Paulo
Tied 2–2 on points. Ferroviária won 4–2 on penalties.
2020 Avaí/Kindermann 0–0 Corinthians Estádio da Ressacada, Florianópolis
Corinthians 4–2 Avaí/Kindermann Neo Química Arena, São Paulo
Corinthians won 4–1 on points.
2021 Palmeiras 0–1 Corinthians Allianz Parque, São Paulo
Corinthians 3–1 Palmeiras Neo Química Arena, São Paulo
Corinthians won 6–0 on points.
2022 Internacional 1–1 Corinthians Beira Rio, Porto Alegre 36,330[8]
Corinthians 4–1 Internacional Neo Química Arena, São Paulo 41,070[9]
Corinthians won 4–1 on points.
2023 Ferroviária 0–0 Corinthians Fonte Luminosa, Araraquara 9,899[10]
Corinthians 2–1 Ferroviária Neo Química Arena, São Paulo 42,326[11]
Corinthians won 4–1 on points.

Performances

By club
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
São Paulo (state) Corinthians522018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 20232017, 2019
São Paulo (state) Ferroviária212014, 20192023
São Paulo (state) Rio Preto1220152016, 2018
São Paulo (state) Centro Olímpico102013
Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo102016
São Paulo (state) Santos102017
São Paulo (state) São José022013, 2015
Santa Catarina (state) Avaí/Kindermann[note 1]022014, 2020
São Paulo (state) Palmeiras012021
Rio Grande do Sul Internacional012022

By state
State Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Runners-up
 São Paulo 10 8 Corinthians (5), Ferroviária (2), Centro Olímpico (1), Rio Preto (1), Santos (1) São José (2), Rio Preto (2), Corinthians (2), Palmeiras (1), Ferroviária (1)
 Rio de Janeiro 1 0 Flamengo (1)
 Santa Catarina 0 2 Avaí/Kindermann (2)[note 1]
 Rio Grande do Sul 0 1 Internacional (1)

Top scorers
Season Topscorer Team Goals
2013 Brazil Gabi Zanotti Centro Olímpico 12
2014 Brazil Raquel Ferroviária 16
2015 Brazil Gabi Nunes Centro Olímpico 14
2016 Brazil Millene Rio Preto 10
2017 Argentina Sole Jaimes Santos 18
2018 Brazil Danyelle Flamengo 15
2019 Brazil Millene Corinthians 19
2020 Brazil Carla Nunes Palmeiras 12
2021 Brazil Bia Zaneratto Palmeiras 13
2022 Brazil Cristiane Santos 13
2023 Brazil Amanda Palmeiras 13
Source: CBF[12][13]

Relegated teams
Year Teams
2017 Grêmio, Vitória (BA)
2018 Rio Preto, Portuguesa, Pinheirense
2019[lower-alpha 1] Vitória (PE), Foz Cataratas, São Francisco (BA), Sport Recife
2020 Iranduba, Grêmio Audax, Ponte Preta, Vitória (BA)
2021 Botafogo, Minas Brasília, Napoli, Bahia
2022 São José (SP), ESMAC, Red Bull Bragantino, CRESSPOM
2023 Bahia, Athletico Paranaense, Real Ariquemes, Ceará
  1. Note: Rio Preto withdrew from 2019 Série A1 and was replaced by Internacional.

See also

Notes
  1. Kindermann had a partnership with Avaí for the 2020 season. Kindermann ceased operations in 2021 and Avaí remained with the project ever since.

References
  1. "Brazil - List of Women's Champions". RSSSF. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. "Brazil launches women's football league". IANS. Yahoo! News. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. Andrew Downie (16 August 2016). "Brazil fans ask: What now for women's football?". Reuters. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. "Feminino: Em busca de título braslileiro, Rio Preto recebe São José" (in Portuguese). placar.futebolinterior.com.br. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. "Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino 2017 é lançado com novidades no Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). hojeemdia.com.br. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  6. Antunes, Luana (18 May 2021). "Confira quais são as competições de futebol feminino nacional em 2022". Torcedores.Com. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. "CBF confirma para 2022 a Série A3 do Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino". GE. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. "Em jogo com recorde, Inter e Corinthians empatam no primeiro duelo da final do Brasileirão Feminino". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 18 September 2022.
  9. "O Corinthians é tetracampeão do Brasileiro Feminino. É o terceiro título consecutivo!". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 24 September 2022.
  10. "Corinthians e Ferroviária empatam sem gols no 1º jogo da final do Brasileiro Feminino". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 7 September 2023.
  11. "Corinthians vence a Ferroviária, de virada, e conquista o quinto título do Brasileirão Feminino, o quarto consecutivo". Globoesporte (in Portuguese). 10 September 2022.
  12. "Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino - Artilharia" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  13. "Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino - Artilharia" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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