Football records and statistics in Brazil


This page details football records in Brazil.

Highest Single-Match Attendances

  • Most matches with attendance of more than 100,000, ranked by club.
  1. Flamengo = 117
  2. Vasco = 72
  3. Fluminense = 59
  4. Botafogo = 43
  5. [Sport Club SC Corinthians|Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians] = 23
  6. Santos = 20
  7. [Clube Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro|Atlético] = 19
  8. São Paulo = 17
  9. Cruzeiro = 15
  10. Palmeiras = ''13''

Overall

These records include state leagues and achievements conquered by expatriate Brazilian footballers.

Clubs

Individual

Campeonato Brasileiro

Records in this section refer to i.e. Taça Brasil from its founding in 1959 through to 1968, the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa from its founding in 1967 through to 1970, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão from 1971 to the present. Some records relating to team performances are divided into records in the round-robin era and the championships before it.

Titles

  • Most Brazilian national titles: 12
  • *Palmeiras
  • Most consecutive Brazilian national titles: 5:
  • *Santos

Top-flight Appearances

Wins

Draws

  • Most draws overall in the top flight: São Paulo, 459
  • Most draws in a season:
  • '''Most consecutive draws:'''

Losses

  • Most losses overall in the top flight: Botafogo, 503
  • Most losses in a season: América-RN, 29, 2007
  • Fewest losses: Malutrom, 1

Points

  • Most points overall in the top flight: 2859, Grêmio
  • Most points in a season :
  • *3 points for a win: 70, Vasco da Gama
  • *2 points for a win: 62, Palmeiras
  • Most points in a season :100, Cruzeiro
  • Most points in a season for a top-flight team: 100, Cruzeiro
  • Fewest points in a season : 0, joint record
  • *River
  • *Brasília
  • Fewest points in a season : 15, Chapecoense

Games without a loss

  • Most consecutive Brasileirão games without a loss:42, Botafogo-RJ, 1977–1978

Games without a win

  • Most consecutive Brasileirão games without a win: 20, Nacional-AM, 1981–1985

Fixtures

  • 'Most played Brasileirão'' fixture:'''

Appearances

  • Most career Brasileirão appearances: 458 games, Rogério Ceni
  • Most career Brasileirão appearances by an outfield player: 370, Zinho
  • Most career Brasileirão appearances at one club: 458 games, Rogério Ceni
  • Most career top flight Brasileirão appearances at one club: 458 games, Rogério Ceni
  • Most career Brasileirão appearances for consecutive games:
  • Oldest player in top division: Zé Roberto, 43 years and 141 days
  • Youngest player in top division: Jô, 16 years and 121 days

Goals

Individual

  • Most career Brasileirão goals: 190, Roberto Dinamite
  • Most career top-flight goals:190, Roberto Dinamite
  • Most goals in a season: 34, Washington
  • Most goals in a game: 6, Edmundo
  • Most goals in a top-flight game: 6, Edmundo
  • Fastest goal: 8 seconds, Nivaldo
  • Fastest goal on a Brasileirão debut:
  • Fastest hat-trick :
  • Fastest goal by a substitute:
  • Most own goals in one season:
  • Most hat-tricks in one season:
  • Most career hat-tricks:11, Roberto Dinamite
  • Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal:
  • Youngest goalscorer: 16 years and 157 days, Jo Alves

Team

Attendances

Scorelines

Following is the list with the main scorelines occurred in the Campeonato Brasileiro:
#LevelHomeScoreAwayVenueDate
1Série DBrasiliense10–0InterportoSerejão10 July 2023
2Série ACorinthians10–1Tiradentes-PICanindé9 February 1983
3Série AVasco da Gama9–0Tuna LusoSão Januário19 February 1984
3Série BPaulista9–0PaysanduJayme Cintra18 November 2006
3Série CAmérica Mineiro9–0JataienseIndependência20 August 2006
3Série DSão Caetano0–9PelotasAnacleto Campanella24 October 2020
3Série DOperário-MT9–0Real AriquemesDito Souza15 July 2023
8Série DTrem10–2Náutico-RRZerão6 June 2022
9Série DPlácido de Castro9–1Vila AuroraArena da Floresta10 September 2011
9Série DABC9–1CaucaiaFrasqueirão9 August 2021

Disciplinary

Promotion and change in position

  • Lowest finish by the previous season's champions:
  • *Coritiba: 44th out of 48 clubs, 1986.
  • Highest finish by a promoted club:
  • *São Caetano: Runners-up, 2001
  • Lowest finish by the previous season's champions :
  • *Fluminense: 15° out of 20 clubs, 2013.
  • Highest finish by a promoted club :
  • *Grêmio: Runners-up, 2023

Copa do Brasil

Team

Most successful clubs overall (by total of honors)

''The figures in gold represent the current holders of the competition.''

Managers