Fluminense Football Club, known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, the state league of Rio de Janeiro. The club is based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras since its foundation, in 1902. Fluminense is the oldest football club in Rio de Janeiro.
Esporte Clube Bahia, known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. The club competes in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, highest division of Brazilian football league system.
The Taça Brasil was the Brazilian national football championship contested from 1959 to 1968.
The Brazilian states football championships are the professional adult male football competitions in Brazil that take place between January and April for the Northeast, Central-West, Southeast and South regions. In some states from the North Region, however, it takes place in May or June. Historically, for economic and geographic reasons, such as long distances between the country's main cities, the state leagues were considered the most important championship for Brazilian clubs, especially before 1959, when a regular national championship was first established. In recent years, bigger clubs have become increasingly critical of the state leagues, which are often blamed for the lack of space in Brazil's football calendar and have lost most of its old prestige. Smaller clubs, however, are dependent on the state leagues for their financial well-being and largely oppose calls to reduce the number of games or even end state leagues altogether.
Adaílton José dos Santos Filho, also known as Adaílton is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a central defender.
Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho, known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Evaldo Silva dos Santos, or simply Evaldo, is a Brazilian central defender who plays for CRAC.
Fabio Costa is a former Brazilian goalkeeper.
Dermival Almeida Lima nickname Baiano is a Brazilian former football right back.
Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso, known as Souza, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.
Sérgio Dutra dos Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha is a former Brazilian volleyball player. As a member of Brazil men's national volleyball team, he won gold medals at the 2004 and 2016 Olympics and silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 editions.
Futsal in Brazil is governed by the Brazilian Futsal Confederation. Although it is not the most popular spectator sport in the country, it is the most practiced.
Paulo Roberto Falcão, or simply Falcão, is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager. He is the current sporting coordinator of Santos. He is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time and one of the greatest defensive midfielders of football history, especially at his peak in the 1980s.
Campinense Clube, commonly referred to as Campinense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Campina Grande, Paraíba founded on 12 April 1915. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Paraibano, the top flight of the Paraíba state football league.
Fabiana da Silva Simões, known as Fabiana, Fabi Simões or Fabiana Baiana, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Santos and the Brazil national team. From 2009 to 2010, she played in the United States for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). As well as teams in her native Brazil, Fabiana has played for Barcelona and Sporting de Huelva of Spain's Primera División and WFC Rossiyanka of the Russian Top Division.
Marcos Gabriel do Nascimento, known as Marquinhos Gabriel, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Criciúma. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a central midfielder or a winger.
Madson Ferreira dos Santos, simply known as Madson, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a right back for Athletico Paranaense.
In Brazilian football, G-12 refers to a group of 12 clubs: Atlético Mineiro, Botafogo, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, Palmeiras, Santos, São Paulo and Vasco da Gama. They are considered to be the most popular and successful sides in Brazilian football, having won all but six editions of the Brasileirão between them since the inception of the tournament.
The following article presents a summary of the 2021 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 120th season of competitive football in the country.
