The Taça Brasil was the Brazilian national football championship contested from 1959 to 1968.
The Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, also known as Taça de Prata, or nicknamed Robertão, was an association football competition contested in Brazil between 1967 and 1970 among soccer teams from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais and Paraná states. It was an important soccer tournament, being considered a predecessor to the Brazilian Championship induced in 1971. Thus in 2010 the Brazilian Football Confederation decided to consider the winners of the Robertão as Brazilian champions. The 1st edition of the tournament was organized by Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Federação Paulista de Futebol.
Sports in Brazil are those that are widely practiced and popular in the country, as well as others which originated there or have some cultural significance. Brazilians are heavily involved in sports. Association football is the most popular sport in Brazil. Other than football, sports like volleyball, mixed martial arts, basketball, tennis, and motor sports, especially Formula One, enjoy high levels of popularity.
America Football Club, usually abbreviated to America, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the northern neighbourhood of Tijuca. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state football league.
Londrina Esporte Clube, usually shortened to Londrina, is a Brazilian football team from Londrina in the southern state of Paraná. The club was founded on April 5, 1956 and originally played at the Vitorino Gonçalves Dias stadium. Their current stadium, the Estádio do Café was built for Londrina's participation in the 1976 Brazilian league championship.
The Torneio Rio – São Paulo was a traditional Brazilian football competition contested between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams from 1933 to 1966, in 1993 and from 1997 to 2002.
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino 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.
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, commonly referred as Brasileirão, is a Brazilian professional league for men's football clubs. At the top of the Brazilian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.
The Confederação Brasileira de Futebol Americano (CBFA), is the main organization for American football in Brazil. Its goal is to help the growth of American football and its development in the country.
The Brazilian national American football team represents Brazil in international American football. It is run by the Brazilian Confederation of American Football.
São Gabriel Futebol Clube, commonly known as São Gabriel, is a Brazilian football club based in São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul state. They competed in the Copa do Brasil once.
Esporte Clube Boa Vontade, commonly known as Boa Vontade, is a Brazilian men's and women's football club based in São Luís, Maranhão state. The men's team competed once in the Série C and the women's team competed twice in the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino.
Vânia Cristina Martins, simply known as Vânia, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward and a full back. She was a member of the Brazil women's national team.
Touchdown Tournament was an American football league composed of teams from different Brazilian states. The league format was developed by the leaders Flavio "Skin" Cardia of the Fluminense Imperadores, and Mario Lewandowski of the São Paulo Storm, who chaired the Steering Committee of the League. The project was presented to the public during the Tournament Selections AFAB in April 2009, by signing a statement of commitment by the representatives of the 10 teams involved. Eight of the 10 teams declared themselves able to participate in the Touchdown Tournament in 2009.
The Copa dos Campeões Estaduais, the "Cup of State Champions," was a competition for Brazilian association football clubs held in the years 1920 and 1936. In the absence of other notable national competitions, the winners considered themselves champions of Brazil. Participants were the champions of the states considered the then leading forces in Brazilian football.
Grêmio F.B.P.A. Academy is the youth set up of Grêmio. Is composed of a feeder team, known as Transition team, and several youth teams from the age group of under-7 to the under-20, and is considered one of the most prolific football academies in Brazil as also in the world. Notable academy graduates in recent years include 2002 FIFA World Cup winner and two-time FIFA Ballon d'Or recipient Ronaldinho, Brazil national team and Juventus winger Douglas Costa, Russia national team and CSKA Moscow defender Mário Fernandes, Spartak Moscow midfielder Fernando and winger Pedro Rocha, Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva, Hannover 96 midfielder Walace, Fenerbahçe midfielder Jailson, Barcelona midfielder Arthur alongside many first team players, such as goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe and forwards Luan and Everton.
Events in the year 2010 in Brazil.
Galo Futebol Americano is a professional American football team competing in the South Conference of the national league, which it won in 2017. Based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil the team was founded in 2009. Galo FA is associated with Brazil's football team Clube Atlético Mineiro. Its coach is the American Daniel Levy. In the team's inaugural and only season as a partner with Cruzeiro, they managed to achieve a great feat and went undefeated.
Sandro Alexandre Forner is a Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender, and is the current coach of Ponte Preta's under-20 squad.
