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The Confederation of Brazilian Football (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as Federação Brasileira de Sports , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other ...
The Copa do Brasil (English: Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District.It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Scottish Cup and Copa Argentina, even though it has much more prestige and is considered almost as important as the ...
The Brazil versus Germany football match (also known by its score as 7–1) that took place on 8 July 2014 at the Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte was the first of two semi-final matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
In the summer of 1986, a small group of boys started playing American football on weekends on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.Over the next six years, interest and attendance grew until a team was formed; the Rio Guardians was founded on January 4, 1992, becoming the first American football team in Rio de Janeiro.
ESPN Brasil became ESPN, while the current ESPN became ESPN 2, while the current ESPN 2 became ESPN 3, Fox Sports became ESPN 4. The change happened on January 17, 2022 and happened on February 15, 2024 for Fox Sports 2 and ESPN Extra as they became ESPN 5 and ESPN 6.
The club was founded on 7 January 1971 as Monte Negro Futebol Clube, and professionalized its football department in 1979, when they competed in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3. [1] They competed for the last time in a professional competition as Monte Negro in 1992, when they participated in the Campeonato Paulista Segunda Divisão . [ 1 ]
From 1970 to 1976 the second level was not played because "Promotion Law" (Lei do Acesso) had been revoked by CND (National Sports Council). The Promotion Law returned in 1976 and, thus, state championships could again have promotion between divisions.
When the division came under the auspices of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) in 1999, it was renamed the Segunda Liga (Second League), a name that was kept until 2016, except between 2005 and 2012, when it was known as the Liga de Honra (League of Honour).