Big Twelve (Brazilian football)

Esporte Clube Bahia hails from Salvador, Bahia and is one of the two major clubs from the Campeonato Baiano (the other being Esporte Clube Vitória). It is the only non-Big Twelve club to have two Brasileirão titles to its name (tied with Grêmio and Botafogo and surpassing Atlético Mineiro), notably beating Pelé and Os Santásticos in the final of the 1959 edition. Its supporters rival those of Fluminense and Botafogo and are ahead of any non-Big Twelve ones in numbers.[2] It is, in fact, one of the Clube dos 13's founding members alongside the Big Twelve. However, its Brasileirão campaigns have been generally unimpressive since the 1980s; the club spent much of the 2000s and the 2010s outside the first division. The club also lags behind Big Twelve clubs in financial assets.[6][7]

From Curitiba one of the main clubs in the city are Coritiba Foot Ball Club and Club Athletico Paranaenseand the league this state is the [[Campeonato Paranaense]. The Athletico Paranaense it is often regarded as one of the best-run clubs in Brazil[8], with financial results that rival those of the Big Twelve[6][7]. The club has won the Brasileirão once, in 2001, and its best campaign at the Copa Libertadores was a runner-up showing in 2005. However, the club has a very poor pre-1990s record at the Brasileirão and its fanbase is relatively small compared to Big Twelve clubs and very much contained within Paraná's borders[1], with insignificant national presence.The Coritiba Foot Ball Club have one title of Brazilian League Brasileirão, conquered in 1985 and it was the first club of Paraná to participate Copa Libertadores in 1986, as well as the first club to carry an expression title in its state, the club is known for the biggest football crowd in the state and driven by an unconditional passion.

It is often argued if there is too big a gap even between Big Twelve clubs in honours (outside of state leagues) and fanbase size.[4] Flamengo and Corinthians could be argued to be in a tier of their own in terms of supporters, far above third place São Paulo, but this supposed superiority does not translate into the pitch, with many teams claiming more titles than them in the Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, Copa Libertadores, and Club World Cup. Similarly, it's sometimes argued if Santos, Fluminense and Botafogo are below their regional rivals (Corinthians, São Paulo and Palmeiras all boast significantly more supporters than Santos; Flamengo and Vasco da Gama lay claim to more international success than Fluminense and Botafogo). However, these three clubs' importance to Brazilian football cannot be understated: Santos's Os Santásticos was the most dominant Brazilian side ever, winning six Brasileirão and eight Campeonato Paulista titles in the 1960s; Botafogo hold the record for most capped players for the Brazilian national football team in World Cups[9]; and Fluminense introduced the sport to Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest active club in Rio, with the birth of the Brazilian national football team happening on its grounds in a friendly against Exeter City[10]