Overview
Twenty clubs, a straight round-robin from April to December, and the deepest talent pool in world football.
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the top division of Brazilian football. Twenty clubs play 38 matches from April to December in a straight round-robin, with no playoff and the bottom four relegated — a format adopted in 2003 after decades of experimentation.
It runs alongside the state championships in the first months of the year, the Copa do Brasil, and the Copa Libertadores, which makes the Brazilian calendar the most congested in world football. The league is the primary supplier of players to Europe.
2026 Table
2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Table order as published in the feed (points, then the competition's tiebreakers). 20 teams. Captured 6 October 2026 from the ESPN public standings feed.
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flamengo | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 60 |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 57 |
| 3 | Athletico Paranaense | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 49 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 48 |
| 5 | Bahia | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 46 |
| 6 | Cruzeiro | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 |
| 7 | Atlético-MG | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 43 |
| 8 | Santos | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 41 |
| 9 | Coritiba | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 43 | -6 | 38 |
| 10 | São Paulo | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 36 |
| 11 | Red Bull Bragantino | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 36 |
| 12 | Botafogo | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 35 |
| 13 | Vitória | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 42 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Corinthians | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | Mirassol | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 42 | -9 | 32 |
| 16 | Vasco da Gama | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | Grêmio | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 38 | -8 | 29 |
| 18 | Internacional | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 28 |
| 19 | Remo | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 23 |
| 20 | Chapecoense | 27 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 53 | -24 | 18 |
Season Format
Recent Champions
Most recent first. Seasons still in progress are marked.
History
A national championship was first contested in 1959 and took its current name and format in 1971; the round-robin without playoff was adopted in 2003. Palmeiras have the most titles, ahead of Santos, Flamengo and Corinthians.
Brazilian clubs have won the Copa Libertadores in most recent seasons, funded partly by the transfer market and partly by a shift to corporate ownership — clubs may now convert to SAF companies, a change that has brought outside investment to Botafogo, Cruzeiro and Vasco da Gama.
The league's historical significance is inseparable from the players it produced: Pelé at Santos, Zico at Flamengo, Sócrates at Corinthians, Ronaldo at Cruzeiro, Neymar at Santos.
Governance
The competition is organised by the Brazilian Football Confederation under CONMEBOL and FIFA.