Triple Crown of Brazilian Football

The Triple Crown of Brazilian Football (Portuguese: Tríplice coroa do futebol brasileiro) is an unofficial title given to the club that won the three most important competitions of the Brazilian football in the same year:[1]

NumberCompetitionCompetition type
1
Brazilian Football State Championship
State Championship First Level
2
Copa do Brasil
Brazilian Cup
3
Série A
Brazilian National Championship First Level

Achievers

Santos Futebol Clube won the three most important Brazilian competitions in 1962. In that year, it won the Campeonato Paulista, the Copa Libertadores da América and the Taça Brasil (in 2010, Taça Brasil was unified to the Campeonato Brasileiro). The team even won the 1962 Intercontinental Cup.

In 1963, Santos did not win the state championship, but won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo and the other 3 competitions won in the previous year.

In 1981, Flamengo won Carioca, Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup.

In 1992, São Paulo won Paulista, Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup. The following year, despite winning nothing statewide or nationally, he won four international titles: in addition to the last two, the Supercopa Libertadores and the Recopa Sul-Americana. In 2005, the São Paulo team would repeat the feat of 1992, but now winning the FIFA Club World Cup.

The Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup are of particular importance for brazilian football, and culturally considered as a single competition.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube won the three most important Brazilian competitions in the same year (in 2003).[1] In that year the Campeonato Mineiro (the state championship of the state of Minas Gerais) was contested in a single round robin format, and Cruzeiro, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo, won the competition without losing a single game.[2] Also, Cruzeiro won the Copa do Brasil undefeated, beating Flamengo in the final of the tournament.[3] The Série A was won with 31 wins, seven draws and eight defeats, totaling 100 points earned. The club scored 102 goals during the championship, and conceded 47.[4]

Flamengo's run in 2019 brought them three important trophies, although they were not all won on a domestic level: the state championship, Campeonato Carioca, the Campeonato Brasileiro, and the Copa Libertadores. Flamengo was only the second Brazilian club after Santos in 1962 to achieve this kind of Triple Crown. The following season, Palmeiras were crowned winners of the Campeonato Paulista, Copa do Brasil and Copa Libertadores.

In 2021, Atlético Mineiro won the three main national championships of the season, the Campeonato Mineiro, the Copa do Brasil (with the presence of clubs participating in the Copa Libertadores of the same year, and from 2001 to 2012 it was not possible to play both in the same season) and the Campeonato Brasileiro. However, he was unable to win the continental-level triple crown after being eliminated by Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores.

See also

References
  1. "Tríplice Coroa completa cinco anos" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. November 30, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  2. "Minas Gerais State Championship 2003". RSSSF. May 7, 2003. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  3. "Brazil 2003 Cup". RSSSF. June 11, 2003. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  4. "Brazil 2003 Championship - First Level (Série A)". RSSSF. December 17, 2003. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
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