Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino
Founded September 18, 2013
Country  Brazil
Confederation CBF
Number of teams 16 (since 2017)
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2
Domestic cup(s) Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino
International cup(s) Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current champions Santos (1st title)
(2017)
Most championships Centro Olímpico
Ferroviária
Flamengo
Rio Preto
Santos
(1 title each)
TV partners SporTV
Website Official website
2018 edition

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.

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]

Performances

By club

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
São Paulo (state) Rio Preto1120152016
São Paulo (state) Centro Olímpico102013
São Paulo (state) Ferroviária102014
Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo102016
São Paulo (state) Santos102017
São Paulo (state) São José022013, 2015
Santa Catarina (state) Kindermann012014
São Paulo (state) Corinthians012017

By state

State Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Runners-up
 São Paulo 4 4 Centro Olímpico (1), Ferroviária (1), Rio Preto (1), Santos (1) São José (2), Rio Preto (1), Corinthians (1)
 Rio de Janeiro 1 0 Flamengo (1)
 Santa Catarina 0 1 Kindermann (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
Source: CBF[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brazil - List of Women's Champions". RSSSF. June 15, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino - Artilharia" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino - Artilharia" (in Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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