Liga Nacional de Futsal

Liga Nacional de Futsal
Founded 1996
Country  Brazil
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of teams 19
Level on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Taça do Brasil do Futsal
International cup(s) South American Club Futsal Championship
Current champions Santa Catarina (state) Joinville (1st title)
(2017)
Most championships Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa (5 titles)
TV partners SporTV
Website http://www.ligafutsal.com.br/
2017 Liga Futsal

The Liga Nacional de Futsal is the premier futsal league in Brazil, and was created in 1996 with the purpose of setting up a championship with the best futsal teams of the country, corresponding to the Brazilian Football Championship Série A. It is organized by the Brazilian Futsal Confederation (CBFS).

The Championship

History

The league was created in 1996, with the aim to improve the most important Brazilian clubs and help the growth of the sport in the country. The league was inspired by the American basketball league (NBA). On April 27, 1996, the Liga Futsal started.

Franchise system

To be eligible to participate in the league, there are three options available: buy a franchise, be appointed by a company which owns a franchise, or be invited by the league. It is necessary to send a proposal to the Liga Futsal, which will analyze and decide if the team's participation will be accepted, in a general assembly involving all the franchise representatives. Currently, a franchise is worth R$ 300,000.00.

Prize money

In 2007 the total prize money was R$ 75,000.00. The winner, besides being awarded R$ 50,000.00 (the runner-up was awarded R$ 25,000.00), won a scudetto, created by the CBFS and represented Brazil in two international competitions (South American Club Futsal Championship and Intercontinental Futsal Cup). The competition organizers also reserved R$ 1,237 million to cover expenses such as transportation, accommodation, food provision and referee taxes for the clubs which participated at least two times in the competition.

Winners

Season Champion Score Runner-up Losing semi-finalists
1996 Rio Grande do Sul Internacional/Ulbra 12–3 (2–2, 4–0, 6–1) Rio Grande do Sul Vasco da Gama/DalPonte/Unimed Goiás Goiás/Futsal 2000 and São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet
1997 Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas 7–4 (3–3, 4–1) São Paulo (state) Banespa/Phercani Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa and São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet
1998 Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra 11–3 (5–1, 6–2) Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet and Rio de Janeiro (state) Iate/Kaiser
1999 Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas 10–7 (5–3, 5–4) Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio/Miécimo São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet and São Paulo (state) São Paulo/Osasco
2000 Rio de Janeiro (state) Vasco da Gama 7–3 (3–1, 4–2) Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra and São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet
2001 Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa 14–10 (3–7, 5–2, 6–1) Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra Rio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo and Paraná (state) Foz Futsal
2002 Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra 11–6 (7–4, 4–2) Minas Gerais W@ytv/Minas Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá and Goiás UCG/Goiás
2003 Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra 7–3 (2–0, 5–3) Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá and São Paulo (state) ECB/São Bernardo
2004 Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa 9–5 (1–2, 5–2, 3–1) Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá and Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico
2005 Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá 5–4 (2–2, 3–2) Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico Rio Grande do Sul John Deere Futsal and Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra
2006 Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa 11–6 (3–4, 3–0, 5–2) Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá Santa Catarina (state) Krona/Joinville and Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico
2007 Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá 11–4 (6–1, 5–3) Santa Catarina (state) Krona/Joinville Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra and São Paulo (state) Intelli
2008 Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá 8–4 (2–2, 6–2) Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra Rio Grande do Sul Cortiana/UCS/AFF and Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa
2009 Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa 9–6 (4–2, 5–4) Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá Santa Catarina (state) Floripa Futsal and Paraná (state) Umuarama
2010 Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá 4–2 (2–2, 2–0) Paraná (state) Copagril São Paulo (state) Corinthians/São Caetano and Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa
2011 São Paulo (state) Santos/Cortiana 6–6 (3–4, 3–2) (7–6 p) Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa São Paulo (state) Corinthians/São Caetano and Santa Catarina (state) Floripa Futsal
2012 São Paulo (state) Intelli 5–4 (1–0, 4–4) Santa Catarina (state) Krona/Joinville Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa and São Paulo (state) Corinthians
2013 São Paulo (state) Intelli 4–3 (2–1, 2–2) Santa Catarina (state) Concórdia Santa Catarina (state) Krona Futsal and São Paulo (state) Corinthians
2014 São Paulo (state) Futsal Brasil Kirin 6–7 (4–2, 2–5) 4–3 (aet) São Paulo (state) Intelli Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá and São Paulo (state) Corinthians
2015 Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa 10–4 (5–3, 5–1) São Paulo (state) Intelli São Paulo (state) Corinthians and São Paulo (state) Futsal Brasil Kirin
2016 São Paulo (state) Corinthians 8–4 (3–2, 5–2) São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal Paraná (state) Copagril and Rio Grande do Sul Assoeva
2017 Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 3–3 (1–1, 2–2) 1–0 (aet) Rio Grande do Sul Assoeva Paraná (state) Foz Cataratas and Paraná (state) Marreco

Records and statistics

By team

Team Winner Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa 5 3 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015 1998, 2003, 2011
Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá 4 2 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 2006, 2009
Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra 3 3 1998, 2002, 2003 2001, 2004, 2008
São Paulo (state) Intelli 2 2 2012, 2013 2014, 2015
Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro 2 1 1997, 1999 2000
Santa Catarina (state) Joinville 1 2 2017 2007, 2012
São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal 1 1 2014 2016
Rio Grande do Sul Internacional/Ulbra 1 0 1996 —
Rio de Janeiro (state) Vasco da Gama 1 0 2000 —
São Paulo (state) Santos/Cortiana 1 0 2011 —
São Paulo (state) Corinthians 1 0 2016 —
Rio Grande do Sul Vasco da Gama 0 1 — 1996
São Paulo (state) Banespa/Phercani 0 1 — 1997
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio/Miécimo 0 1 — 1999
Minas Gerais Minas 0 1 — 2002
Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico 0 1 — 2005
Paraná (state) Copagril 0 1 — 2010
Santa Catarina (state) Concórdia 0 1 — 2013
Rio Grande do Sul Assoeva 0 1 — 2017

By State

Country Winner Runner-up
 Rio Grande do Sul 9 9
 Santa Catarina 5 5
 São Paulo 5 4
 Minas Gerais 2 2
 Rio de Janeiro 1 1
 Paraná 0 1

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