Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino (Brazilian Women's National Championship) 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.

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)Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino (defunct)
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current championsCorinthians (2nd title)
(2020)
Most championshipsFerroviária & Corinthians (2 titles each)
TV partnersBand
Mycujoo
Twitter
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2021 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 competition and in 2013 a national short tournament league was founded, the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino with its current format, with a short three month season.[2][3] In 2015, teams at least in the knock-out rounds got about USD 3,000 for a home and away leg 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]

List of winners
Season Winner 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate Runner-up Refs
2013 Centro Olímpico 2–2 2–1 4–3 São José
2014 Ferroviária 3–0 5–3 8–3 Kindermann [6][7]
2015 Rio Preto 1–0 1–1 2–1 São José [8]
2016 Flamengo 0–1 2–1 2–2‡ Rio Preto [9]
2017 Santos 2–0 1–0 3–0 Corinthians [10]
2018 Corinthians 1–0 4–0 5–0 Rio Preto [11]
2019 Ferroviária 1–1 0–0 1–1*
(4–2 pen)		 Corinthians [12]
2020 Corinthians 0–0 4–2 4–2 Kindermann/Avaí [13]

Performances

By club
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Corinthians222018, 20202017, 2019
Ferroviária202014, 2019
Rio Preto1220152016, 2018
Centro Olímpico102013
Flamengo102016
Santos102017
São José022013, 2015
Kindermann[note 1]022014, 2020

By state
State Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Runners-up
 São Paulo 7 6 Ferroviária (2), Corinthians (2), Centro Olímpico (1), Rio Preto (1), Santos (1) São José (2), Rio Preto (2), Corinthians (2)
 Rio de Janeiro 1 0 Flamengo (1)
 Santa Catarina 0 2 Kindermann (2)[note 1]

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

See also
Notes
  1. Kindermann had a partnership with Avaí for the 2020 season.

References
  1. "Brazil - List of Women's Champions". RSSSF. June 15, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  2. "Brazil launches women's football league". IANS. Yahoo! News. September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  3. Andrew Downie (August 16, 2016). "Brazil fans ask: What now for women's football?". Reuters. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. "Feminino: Em busca de título braslileiro, Rio Preto recebe São José" (in Portuguese). placar.futebolinterior.com.br. November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  5. "Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino 2017 é lançado com novidades no Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). hojeemdia.com.br. January 11, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  6. http://www.ebc.com.br/esportes/2014/11/ferroviaria-vence-o-kindermann-por-3-a-0-e-fica-perto-do-titulo-brasileiro
  7. http://www.ebc.com.br/esportes/2014/11/futebol-feminino-ferroviaria-recebe-titulo-de-campea-brasileira
  8. "Rio Preto segura empate com S. José e é campeão do Brasileiro Feminino" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  9. https://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2016/m=5/news=women-round-up-may-2016-2799232.html
  10. http://www.cbf.com.br/competicoes/brasileiro-feminino-a1#.WXN0U-mQzIU
  11. https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino-a1/2018/126
  12. https://www.cbf.com.br/futebol-brasileiro/competicoes/campeonato-brasileiro-feminino-a1/2019/134
  13. https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileiro-feminino/jogo/06-12-2020/corinthians-feminino-kindermann.ghtml
  14. "Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino - Artilharia" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  15. "Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino - Artilharia" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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