| Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino | |
| Confed: | CBF |
| Founded: | 18 September 2013 |
| Relegation: | Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Teams: | 16 (since 2017) |
| Domest Cup: | Supercopa Feminina |
| Confed Cup: | Copa Libertadores Femenina |
| Champions: | Corinthians (5th title) |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Most Successful Club: | Corinthians (5 titles) |
| Website: | Official website |
| Current: | 2024 edition |
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.
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]
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]
| Finals decided on away goals | |
| Finals decided by a penalty shoot-out | |
| scope=col | Year | scope=col | Home team | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Away team | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 2017 | Santos | 2–0 | Corinthians | Vila Belmiro, Santos | ||||||
| Corinthians | 0–1 | Santos | Arena Barueri, Barueri | ||||||||
| Santos won 6–0 on points. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 2021 | Palmeiras | 0–1 | Corinthians | Allianz Parque, São Paulo | ||||||
| Corinthians | 3–1 | Palmeiras | Neo Química Arena, São Paulo | ||||||||
| Corinthians won 6–0 on points. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. | |||||||||||
| scope=row rowspan=3 style=text-align:center | 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. |
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinthians | 5 | 2 | 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | 2017, 2019 | |
| Ferroviária | 2 | 1 | 2014, 2019 | 2023 | |
| Rio Preto | 1 | 2 | 2015 | 2016, 2018 | |
| Centro Olímpico | 1 | 0 | 2013 | ||
| Flamengo | 1 | 0 | 2016 | ||
| Santos | 1 | 0 | 2017 | ||
| São José | 0 | 2 | 2013, 2015 | ||
| Avaí/Kindermann | 0 | 2 | 2014, 2020 | ||
| Palmeiras | 0 | 1 | 2021 | ||
| Internacional | 0 | 1 | 2022 |
| State | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| 1 | 0 | Flamengo (1) | |||
| 0 | 2 | Avaí/Kindermann (2) | |||
| 0 | 1 | Internacional (1) |
| Season | Topscorer | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  Gabi Zanotti | Centro Olímpico | 12 | |
| 2014 | Raquel | 16 | ||
| 2015 | Gabi Nunes | 14 | ||
| 2016 | Millene | 10 | ||
| 2017 |  Sole Jaimes | 18 | ||
| 2018 | Danyelle | Flamengo | 15 | |
| 2019 | Millene | Corinthians | 19 | |
| 2020 | Carla Nunes | Palmeiras | 12 | |
| 2021 | Bia Zaneratto | Palmeiras | 13 | |
| 2022 | Cristiane | 13 | ||
| 2023 | Amanda | Palmeiras | 13 | |
| Source: CBF[12] [13] | ||||
| Year | Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Grêmio, Vitória (BA) | |
| 2018 | Rio Preto, Portuguesa, Pinheirense | |
| 2019 | 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 |