2010 Copa do Brasil
Encyclopedia
The 2010 Copa do Brasil was the 22nd edition of the Copa do Brasil
Copa do Brasil
The Copa Kia do Brasil, commonly known as Copa do Brasil , is a knockout competition played by 64 association football teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District...

, starting on February 10 and ended on August 4. It was contested by 64 teams, either qualified through their respective state championships (54) or by the CBF Rankings
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on June 8, 1914, as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos , meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like...

 (10). Clubs that qualified for the 2010 Copa Libertadores
2010 Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18...

 did not take part because of scheduling conflicts.

Format

The competition is a single elimination knockout tournament featuring two-legged ties. In the first two rounds, if the away team wins the first match by 2 or more goals, it progresses straight to the next round avoiding the second leg. The away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

 is also used in the Copa do Brasil. The winner qualifies for the 2011 Copa Libertadores
2011 Copa Libertadores
The 2011 Copa Libertadores de América was the 52nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. It was held from January 25 to June 22 of the same year...

, which prevents a team from winning the Copa do Brasil twice in a row.

Qualified by state championships and other competitions

54 spots in the tournament are destinated to all the 27 State federations to indicate either one, two or three clubs, depending on their status in CBF
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on June 8, 1914, as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos , meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like...

 State ranking. Criteria may vary, but usually state federations indicate clubs with best records in the state championships or other special competitions organized by such institutions.
State Team City Qualification method
 Acre (state) Juventus
Atlético Clube Juventus
Atlético Clube Juventus is a Brazilian football team which is situated in the city of Rio Branco in the state of Acre. Atlético Clube Juventus's home kit is a maroon shirt, black shorts and black socks. The club's mascot is an eagle and they play their home games at the Estádio José de Melo which...

 
Rio Branco
Rio Branco
Rio Branco is a Brazilian city, capital of Acre. Located in the Valley of Acre in northern Brazil, it is the most populous county in the state, with 305,954 inhabitants, according to a 2009 estimate - almost half the state population....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Acreano
The Campeonato Acriano is the football league of the state of Acre, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First stage - Taça Cidade de Rio Branco*Teams are divided into two groups of four teams....

 winners
 Alagoas ASA
Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense
Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense, usually known by the acronym ASA , sometimes called "ASA de Arapiraca", is a Brazilian football club from Arapiraca, Alagoas state.- History :...

 
Arapiraca
Arapiraca
Arapiraca is a municipality located in the center of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It was founded in 1924 and is 135,6 km from the state capital, Maceió. , it has a population of c. 214,000 inhabitants...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Alagoano
The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2010The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages....

 winners
Corinthians Alagoano
Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano
Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, or Corinthians Alagoano, as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Maceió in Alagoas, founded on April 4, 1991.Home stadium is the Nelsão stadium, capacity 10,000.-History:...

 
Maceió
Maceió
Maceió is the capital and the largest city of the coastal state Alagoas, Brazil. The name "maceió" is of Indian origin, and designates the natural spontaneously courses of water which flow out of the soil...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Alagoano
The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2010The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages....

 runners-up
 Amapá São José
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa São José
Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa São José, commonly known as São José, is a Brazilian football club based in Macapá, Amapá state. They competed in the Série C once.-History:...

 
Macapá
Macapá
Macapá is a Brazilian city, capital of Amapá state. Located in the North Region, it is the only state capital that has no highway connections with other capitals...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Amapaense
The Campeonato Amapaense is the football league of the state of Amapá, Brazil.-Format:First Stage*Standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.*Single leg playoff between the top 2 teams...

 winners
 Amazonas (state, Brazil) América
América Futebol Clube (AM)
América Futebol Clube, usually known simply as América, América or América de Manaus , is a Brazilian football club from Manaus, Amazonas state.-History:...

 
Manaus
Manaus
Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Amazonense
The Campeonato Amazonense is the football league of the state of Amazonas, Brazil.-Format:The Campeonato Amazonense is divided into Taça Amazonas and Taça Cidade de Manaus.Taça Amazonas...

 winners
Nacional
Nacional Futebol Clube
Nacional Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Nacional is a traditional Brazilian football club from Manaus, Amazonas state. Nacional is the oldest club of Amazonas state. -History:...

 
Manaus
Manaus
Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Amazonense
The Campeonato Amazonense is the football league of the state of Amazonas, Brazil.-Format:The Campeonato Amazonense is divided into Taça Amazonas and Taça Cidade de Manaus.Taça Amazonas...

 runners-up
 Bahia Vitória
Esporte Clube Vitória
Esporte Clube Vitória, usually known simply as Vitória, is a Brazilian football team from Salvador in Bahia, founded on May 13, 1899.Vitória's home games are played at the club's own stadium . They play in red and black horizontal striped shirts, black shorts and black socks...

Salvador
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Baiano
The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption.-2008 format:First stage:...

 winners
Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia
Esporte Clube Bahia , known familiarly as Bahiaço, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil's national league. Bahia was a founding member of the Clube dos 13 group...

 
Salvador
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Baiano
The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption.-2008 format:First stage:...

 runners-up
 Ceará Fortaleza
Fortaleza Esporte Clube
Fortaleza Esporte Clube, usually known as Fortaleza, is primarily a football club, but is active in other sports such as futsal, handball and basketball. Fortaleza Esporte Clube is based in Fortaleza, capital of the State of Ceará, Brazil...

 
Fortaleza
Fortaleza
Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Cearense
The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil.-Format:The Cearense Championship has three divisions with the following division and format :First DivisionThe ten clubs play two legs...

 winners
Ceará
Ceará Sporting Club
Ceará Sporting Club, or Ceará as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Fortaleza in Ceará, founded on June 2, 1914....

 
Fortaleza
Fortaleza
Fortaleza is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. With a population close to 2.5 million , Fortaleza is the 5th largest city in Brazil. It has an area of and one of the highest demographic densities in the country...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Cearense
The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil.-Format:The Cearense Championship has three divisions with the following division and format :First DivisionThe ten clubs play two legs...

 runners-up
Brasiliense
Brasiliense Futebol Clube
The Brasiliense Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club, based in Taguatinga, Distrito Federal.Brasiliense wears yellow uniforms, hence one of its supporters' associations is named Febre Amarela...

 
Brasília
Brasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Brasiliense
The Campeonato Brasiliense, also known as Campeonato Metropolitano de Brasília or Campeonato Candango, is the football league of the Distrito Federal, Brazil....

 winners
Brasília
Brasília Futebol Clube
Brasília Futebol Clube, also known as Brasília, are a Brazilian football team from Brasília, Distrito Federal. They competed in the Série A several times. They are Brasília city's oldest professional football club.-History:...

 
Brasília
Brasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Brasiliense
The Campeonato Brasiliense, also known as Campeonato Metropolitano de Brasília or Campeonato Candango, is the football league of the Distrito Federal, Brazil....

 runners-up
 Espírito Santo São Mateus  São Mateus
São Mateus
The name São Mateus is Portuguese for Saint Matthew, and may refer to one of the following:=*São Mateus , a municipality and a city in the state of Espírito Santo...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Capixaba
The Campeonato Capixaba is the football league of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.-History:From 1917 to 1929, it was disputed the Campeonato da Cidade de Vitória , a competition contested only by Vitória city clubs...

 winners
Vitória
Vitória Futebol Clube (ES)
Vitória Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Vitória is a traditional Brazilian football club from Vitória, Espírito Santo state.-History:...

 
Vitória  2009 Copa Espírito Santo winners
 Goiás Goiás
Goiás Esporte Clube
Goiás Esporte Clube, also known as Goiás, is a Brazilian football team in Goiânia, Goiás state. It is one of the largest clubs of the Central-Western part of Brazil and they won the 'Série B once.Its main rival is Vila Nova...

 
Goiânia
Goiânia
-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Goiano
The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil.-Format:First DivisionFirst stage*Teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

 winners
Atlético Goianiense
Atlético Clube Goianiense
Atlético Clube Goianiense, usually known as Atlético Goianiense or just Atlético, is a Brazilian football team from the city of Goiânia, Goiás state. Atlético Goianiense is the oldest Goiânia city football club. The club is the first team of its state to win a national competition, which was the...

 
Goiânia
Goiânia
-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Goiano
The Campeonato Goiano is the football league of the state of Goiás, Brazil.-Format:First DivisionFirst stage*Teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

 runners-up
 Maranhão JV Lideral
JV Lideral Futebol Clube
JV Lideral Futebol Clube, also known as JV Lideral, are a Brazilian football team from Imperatriz, Maranhão state. They competed in the Copa do Brasil once, and won the Campeonato Maranhense once.- History :...

 
Imperatriz
Imperatriz
Imperatriz is the second most populated city in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city extends along the right bank of the Tocantins River and is crossed by the Belém-Brasília Highway, standing on the border with the state of Tocantins....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Maranhense
The Campeonato Maranhense is the football league of the state of Maranhão, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First Stage*Double round-robin, in which all teams play each other home-and-away games.*Home-and-away playoffs with the top 4 teams....

 winners
Sampaio Corrêa
Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube
Sampaio Corrêa Futebol Clube, usually known as Sampaio Corrêa, is a Brazilian football club from São Luís, Maranhão state, founded on March 25, 1923....

 
São Luís
São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city is located on Ilha de São Luís in the Baía de São Marcos , an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers. Its coordinates are 2.53° south, 44.30° west...

 
2009 Taça Cidade de São Luís winners
 Mato Grosso Luverdense
Luverdense Esporte Clube
Luverdense Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team from Lucas do Rio Verde. They won the Campeonato Mato-Grossense once and competed several times in the Série C.-History:The club was founded on January 24, 2004, by entrepreneurs and farmers...

 
Lucas do Rio Verde
Lucas do Rio Verde
Count located in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.Latitude - 13º03'01"Longitude - 55º54'40"In English means .Founded at August 5, 1982.Population: 29,000 inhabitantsAre: 3,660 km²...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Matogrossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First stage:*The teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

 winners
Araguaia
Araguaia Atlético Clube
Araguaia Atlético Clube, also known as Araguaia, are a Brazilian football team from Alto Araguaia, Mato Grosso. They competed in the Série D in 2009.- History :...

 
Alto Araguaia
Alto Araguaia
Alto Araguaia is a city in the state of Mato Grosso in Brasil.- References :...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Matogrossense
The Campeonato Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.-Format:First Division 2006First stage:*The teams are divided in two groups of six teams....

 runners-up
 Mato Grosso do Sul Naviraiense
Clube Esportivo Naviraiense
Clube Esportivo Naviraiense, also known as Naviraiense, are a Brazilian football team from Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul. They competed in the Série D in 2009.-History:...

 
Naviraí
Naviraí
Naviraí é um município brasileiro do estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. É considerado o centro regional do extremo sul de Mato Grosso do Sul, pelo comércio e serviço que oferece a uma região com mais de 10 municípios.-Sports:...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Sul-Matogrossense
The Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Before 1979, the Sul-Mato-Grossense clubs competed in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, because Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul were a single state.-Format:...

 winners
Ivinhema
Ivinhema Futebol Clube
Ivinhema Futebol Clube, commonly known as Ivinhema, is a Brazilian football team based in Ivinhema, Mato Grosso do Sul state. They won the Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense once and competed in the Copa do Brasil twice.-History:...

 
Ivinhema
Ivinhema
Ivinhema is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Its population was 20,271 and its area is 2,010 km²....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Sul-Matogrossense
The Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense is the football league of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Before 1979, the Sul-Mato-Grossense clubs competed in the Campeonato Mato-Grossense, because Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul were a single state.-Format:...

 runners-up
 Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro , are a Brazilian football club based in Belo Horizonte, the oldest in the city. Founded in 1908, they play in the Campeonato Mineiro and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão. Atlético Mineiro have been Brazilian champions once, state winners a record 40 times and...

 
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Mineiro 2009
The Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I de 2009 is the 99th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 25 and ended on May 3. Cruzeiro were crowned the league champion after going through the competition undefeated.-Participating...

 runners-up
Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba Esporte Clube
Boa Esporte Clube, commonly known as just Boa Esporte or Boa, is a Brazilian football club from Varginha, Minas Gerais state. The club was formerly known as Ituiutaba Esporte Clube.-History:...

 
Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba
Ituiutaba is a city and municipality in the western part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, it had a population in 2007 of 100,316 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 km²...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Mineiro 2009
The Campeonato Mineiro de Futebol do Módulo I de 2009 is the 99th season of Minas Gerais's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 25 and ended on May 3. Cruzeiro were crowned the league champion after going through the competition undefeated.-Participating...

 3rd place
Uberaba
Uberaba Sport Club
Uberaba Sport Club is a traditional Brazilian football club from Uberaba, Minas Gerais state. Their colors are red and white and their nicknames are "Colorado" , "Zebu " .-History:...

 
Uberaba
Uberaba
Uberaba is a city and municipality in the west of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Its population is 296.000 with an area of 4529.7 km², giving a density of 60.71 people per km². It is located on a plateau at an elevation of 785 meters and is in the Uberaba River floodplain...

 
2009 Taça Minas Gerais
Taça Minas Gerais
The Taça Minas Gerais is a traditional football tournament played in the Minas Gerais state in Brazil. From 1973 through 1977 it was played as a separate tournament, but from 1979 through 1986, it was played as one of the phases in the Campeonato Mineiro, not unlike the Taça Guanabara in the...

 winners
 Pará Paysandu
Paysandu Sport Club
Paysandu Sport Club is a Brazilian football club located in Belém, Pará. Paysandu is also known as Papão da Curuzu because it won several titles in the 1940s and Curuzu from the name of the street where Paysandu's stadium sits.Paysandu is a club in Northern Brazil, having won 43 State Leagues, 1...

 
Belém
Belém
Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paraense
Campeonato Paraense is the football league of the State of Pará, Brazil. It is organized by the Pará State Football Federation.-Clubs:Campeonato Paraense 2009*Águia de Marabá Futebol Clube*Clube Municipal Ananindeua...

 winners
São Raimundo
São Raimundo Esporte Clube (PA)
São Raimundo Esporte Clube, also known as São Raimundo, are a Brazilian football team from Santarém, Pará. They competed in the Série C in 2005 and won the Série D in 2009.-History:...

 
Santarém  2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paraense
Campeonato Paraense is the football league of the State of Pará, Brazil. It is organized by the Pará State Football Federation.-Clubs:Campeonato Paraense 2009*Águia de Marabá Futebol Clube*Clube Municipal Ananindeua...

 runners-up
 Paraíba Sousa
Sousa Esporte Clube
Sousa Esporte Clube, commonly known as Sousa, is a Brazilian football team based in Sousa, Paraíba state. They competed in the Série C and in the Copa do Brasil three times.-History:...

 
Sousa
Sousa
-Surname:*Sousa *John Philip Sousa, American bandleader and composer, writer of America's national march*Francis Newton Souza, Indian artist and founding member of the Progressive Artists' Group of Bombay...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paraibano
The Campeonato Paraibano is the football league of the state of Paraíba, Brazil.-Format:As in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change and be adapted every year, mostly to avoid conflicts for the teams that will compete at a national level.The most recent season was played in...

 winners
Treze
Treze Futebol Clube
Treze Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Campina Grande in Paraíba, founded on September 7, 1925. The club competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A several times.Treze greatest rivals are Botafogo and Campinense....

 
Campina Grande
Campina Grande
Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called agreste. It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational...

 
2009 Copa Paraiba winners
 Paraná (state) Atlético Paranaense
Clube Atlético Paranaense
Clube Atlético Paranaense is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2001.-History:...

 
Curitiba
Curitiba
Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.-Format:...

 winners
Corinthians Paranaense  São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais is a city in Paraná, Brazil. It is located at around . It is a part of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. St. Joseph of the Pines is a municipality in the state of Paraná, located in the Greater Curitiba. It is located at 25 ° 32'05 "south latitude and 49 º 12'23" west...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The "Série Ouro", literally the Golden Series, are the highest division of the league.-Format:...

 runners-up
Londrina
Londrina Esporte Clube
Londrina Esporte Clube, or Londrina as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Londrina in Paraná, founded on April 5, 1956. The club won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 1980, won the state championship three times, and competed several times in the Campeonato Brasileiro...

 
Londrina
Londrina
Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. Londrina was originally founded by British settlers. The city exerts great influence on Paraná and Brazil's south region...

 
2008 Copa Paraná
Copa Paraná
The Copa Paraná is a Brazilian football tournament played in the second semester of the year, along with other cups played in other states, participating clubs according to their performances in the state championships played during the first semester. A spot in the Copa do Brasil and in the...

 winners
 Pernambuco Sport Recife
Sport Club do Recife
Sport Club do Recife, more popularly known as Sport in Recife or Sport Recife in Northeastern Brazil, is a football team from Recife, Pernambuco.-1905 - Foundation:...

 
Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Pernambucano 2009
The Campeonato Pernambucano 2009 was the 95th edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano. The competition was won by Sport.-Format:Série A1 ...

 winners
Náutico
Clube Náutico Capibaribe
Clube Náutico Capibaribe, also known as Náutico, is a Brazilian sports club, including a professional football team, in Recife, Pernambuco....

 
Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Pernambucano 2009
The Campeonato Pernambucano 2009 was the 95th edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano. The competition was won by Sport.-Format:Série A1 ...

 runners-up
 Piauí Flamengo
Esporte Clube Flamengo
Esporte Clube Flamengo, or Flamengo as they are usually called, are a Brazilian football team from Teresina in Piauí state, founded on December 8, 1937. Their home stadium is the Albertão, which has a maximum capacity of 60,000 people. They play in black and red shirts, black shorts and red and...

 
Teresina
Teresina
Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. It is located in North-central Piauí 366 km from the coast.It is therefore, the only capital in the Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 814 439 inhabitants, it is the 19th...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Piauiense
The Campeonato Piauiense is the football league of the state of Piauí, Brazil. The competition is organized by the Piauí Football Federation.-Clubs:First Division*4 de Julho Esporte Clube*Barras Futebol Club...

 winners
Picos
Sociedade Esportiva Picos
Sociedade Esportiva Picos, commonly known as Picos, is a Brazilian football club based in Picos, Piauí state. They competed in the Série B once, and in the Série C four times.-History:...

 
Picos
Picos
Picos, is a municipality in the state of Piaui. Known as the Model City. Its residents are from various parts of the country. It is located in south-central region of Piaui. It is economically the most developed city in the region...

 
2009 Copa Piauí runners-up
 Rio de Janeiro (state) Botafogo
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas , also known as Botafogo and familiarly as Estrela Solitária, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, best known for its football team. They play in the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro's state league, and the Campeonato...

 
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Carioca 2009
The 2009 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 24th and ended on May 3rd, 2009. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ The 2009 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 24th and ended on May 3rd, 2009. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ The...

 runners-up
Vasco da Gama  Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Carioca 2009
The 2009 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 24th and ended on May 3rd, 2009. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ The 2009 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on January 24th and ended on May 3rd, 2009. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ The...

 third place
Tigres do Brasil
Esporte Clube Tigres do Brasil
Esporte Clube Tigres do Brasil is a Brazilian football team from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state, founded on January 19, 2004.-History:...

 
Duque de Caxias
Duque de Caxias
Duque de Caxias is a city in southeast Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, bordered by Rio de Janeiro to the south. Its population was 842,890 and its area is 465 km². Its current Mayor is José Camilo Zito...

 
2009 Copa Rio
Copa Rio (National)
The Copa Rio , was created in 1991 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation to decide one of the Rio de Janeiro's Copa do Brasil representatives of the following year...

 winners
 Rio Grande do Norte ASSU
Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida
Associação Sportiva Sociedade Unida, commonly known as ASSU, is a Brazilian football club from Assu, Rio Grande do Norte state. They won the Campeonato Potiguar once and competed in the Copa do Brasil once. Their colors are green and white.-History:...

 
Assú
Assu
Assu is the seventh month of the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the Sikh tradition. This month coincides with September and October in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 30 days long.-September:...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Potiguar
The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.-Format:First DivisionFirst stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once....

 winners
Potyguar Seridoense
Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potyguar Seridoense
Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potyguar Seridoense, commonly known as Potyguar de Currais Novos or Potyguar Seridoense, is a Brazilian football club based in Currais Novos, Rio Grande do Norte state. They competed in the Copa do Brasil once....

 
Currais Novos
Currais Novos
Currais Novos is a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Potiguar
The Campeonato Potiguar is the football league of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.-Format:First DivisionFirst stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once....

 runners-up
 Rio Grande do Sul Grêmio
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

 
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Gaúcho 2009
The 89th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 20 and ended on April 19. Repeating the 2008 final score, Internacional clinched their 39th title – second consecutive – after beating Caxias 8–1 in the Taça Fábio Koff final...

 runners-up
Ypiranga
Ypiranga Futebol Clube
Ypiranga Futebol Clube, known as Ypiranga de Erechim , is a Brazilian football club from Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul state founded on August 18, 1924.-Achievements:* Campeonato Gaúcho Second Level:...

 
Erechim
Erechim
Erechim is a Brazilian city located in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A regional center in the northern portion of the state, it is the second most populous city in the region with 97,916 inhabitants, second only to the city of Passo Fundo...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Gaúcho 2009
The 89th season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on January 20 and ended on April 19. Repeating the 2008 final score, Internacional clinched their 39th title – second consecutive – after beating Caxias 8–1 in the Taça Fábio Koff final...

 third place
Cerâmica
Cerâmica Atlético Clube
Cerâmica Atlético Clube, usually known as simply as Cerâmica, is a Brazilian football club from Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul state, founded by the workers of the Ceramic of Gravataí...

 
Gravataí
Gravataí
Gravataí is a Brazilian city near Porto Alegre at the Rio Grande do Sul State...

 
2008 Copa FGF
Copa FGF
The Copa FGF , is a cup competition organized by the Rio Grande do Sul state football federation for clubs that are in the first and second divisions of the Campeonato Gaúcho. It is held in the second half of the year and usually clubs participating in the higher levels of the Campeonato Brasileiro...

 runners-up
 Rondônia Vilhena
Vilhena Esporte Clube
Vilhena Esporte Clube, commonly known as Vilhena, is a Brazilian football club based in Vilhena, Rondônia state. They competed once in the Série D.-History:...

 
Vilhena
Vilhena
Vilhena is the easternmost municipality in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 68,405 and its area is 11,519 km². It is the fifth-largest city in Rondônia state.-History:...

 
2009 Championship
Campeonato Rondoniense
The Campeonato Rondoniense is the football league of the state of Rondônia, Brazil. Between 1945 and 1990, the league was an amateur competition...

 winners
 Roraima Atlético Roraima
Atlético Roraima Clube
Atlético Roraima Clube, also known as Atlético Roraima, or just Roraima, are a Brazilian football team from Boa Vista, Roraima. They competed in the Série C in 1995 and in the Série D in 2009.-History:...

 
Boa Vista
Boa Vista, Roraima
Boa Vista is the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Situated on the western bank of the River Branco, the city lies 220 km away from Brazil's border with Venezuela. It is the only Brazilian capital located entirely above the Equator...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Roraimense
The Campeonato Roraimense is the football league of the state of Roraima, Brazil.-Format:First DivisionFirst Stage*Standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once.Second Stage*Teams are divided in two groups of four....

 winners
 São Paulo (state) Santos  Santos  2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paulista 2009
The 2009 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 is the 108th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 21 and ended on May 3...

 runners-up
Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football club from São Paulo. The club was founded on August 26, 1914, as Palestra Italia but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942...

 
São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Paulista 2009
The 2009 Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1 is the 108th season of São Paulo's top-flight professional football league. The season began on January 21 and ended on May 3...

 third place
Votoraty
Votoraty Futebol Clube
Votoraty Futebol Clube, commonly known as Votoraty, is a Brazilian football club from Votorantim, São Paulo state. They competed in the Copa do Brasil once.-History:...

 
Votorantim
Votorantim
Votorantim is a city located at the southwest of São Paulo State in Brazil with an estimated population of 107,157 as of 2006. The city is located about 100 km away from the capital of the state. It has 147 km² of rural area, 30 km² of urban area and a total area of 177 km².-Geography:It is located...

 
2009 Copa Paulista winners
 Santa Catarina (state) Avaí
Avaí Futebol Clube
Avaí Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. Their best known supporter is tennis player Gustavo Kuerten.Their home stadium is the Ressacada stadium, with a capacity 17,800...

 
Florianópolis
Florianópolis
-Climate:Florianópolis experiences a warm humid subtropical climate, falling just short of a true tropical climate. The seasons of the year are distinct, with a well-defined summer and winter, and characteristic weather for autumn and spring. Frost is infrequent, but occurs occasionally in the winter...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Catarinense 2009
The 84th season of the Campeonato Catarinense will begin on January 17, 2009, and ended on May 3, 2009.-Format:First stage*Teams are divided into a groups of ten teams....

 winners
Chapecoense
Associação Chapecoense de Futebol
Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, usually known simply as Chapecoense, is a traditional Brazilian football club from Chapecó, Santa Catarina state. The club was founded on May 10, 1973, and competed in the Brazilian Championship First Level in 1978 and in 1979, and won the state championship four...

 
Chapecó
Chapecó
Chapecó is a major city in the western area of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, located 630 km west of Florianópolis, the capital of the state....

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Catarinense 2009
The 84th season of the Campeonato Catarinense will begin on January 17, 2009, and ended on May 3, 2009.-Format:First stage*Teams are divided into a groups of ten teams....

 runners-up
 Sergipe Confiança
Associação Desportiva Confiança
Associação Desportiva Confiança, or Confiança as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Aracaju in Sergipe, founded on May 1, 1936.Confiança's greatest rival is Sergipe....

 
Aracaju
Aracaju
-Vegetation:Aracaju lies in tropical forest. Rainforests are characterized by high rainfall, with minimum normal annual rainfall between 2,000 mm and 1,700 mm...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Sergipano
The Campeonato Sergipano is the football league of the state of Sergipe, Brazil.-Format:Serie A-1Double round-robin, in which all teams play each other home-and-away games.The team with the most points is crowned the champion....

 winners
São Domingos
São Domingos Futebol Clube
São Domingos Futebol Clube, commonly known as São Domingos, is a Brazilian football club based in São Domingos, Sergipe state. They competed in the Copa do Brasil twice.-History:...

 
São Domingos
São Domingos, Sergipe
São Domingos is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 10,205 and its area is 102 km²....

 
2009 Copa Governo de Sergipe winners
 Tocantins Araguaína
Araguaína Futebol e Regatas
Araguaína Futebol e Regatas, usually known simply as Araguaína, is a Brazilian football club from Araguaína, Tocantins state. The club plays its home matches at Municipal de Araguaína...

 
Araguaína
Araguaína
Araguaína is a city and a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins. Its population was 153 350 and its area is 4,000.40 km².The city is home to ITPAC, an educational institute offering medical, dentistry, and lawyer careers...

 
2009 State Championship
Campeonato Tocantinense
The Campeonato Tocantinense is the football league of the state of Tocantins, Brazil.-Format:First Division*First stage: standard round-robin, in which all teams play each other once....

 winners

Qualified by CBF club ranking

Ten spots are reserved for the top 10 clubs in CBF
Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on June 8, 1914, as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos , meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like...

 club ranking, excluding those qualified by state competitions and clubs playing in 2010 Copa Libertadores
2010 Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18...

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Pos Team City State Points
11 Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club
Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

 
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

 
 Rio de Janeiro (state) 1,658
14 Coritiba
Coritiba Foot Ball Club
Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba, Paraná. It's the state's oldest football team and the best classified in the CBF and FIFA classifications. Coritiba has been champion in Paraná State for 35 times, more times than the sum of all the...

 
Curitiba
Curitiba
Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...

 
 Paraná (state) 1,473
15 Guarani
Guarani Futebol Clube
Guarani Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo. Guarani is also known as Bugre, a popular term for an Indigenous Brazilian...

 
Campinas
Campinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....

 
 São Paulo (state) 1,470
17 Portuguesa
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...

 
São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

 
 São Paulo (state) 1,366
22 Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, or simply Santa Cruz is a Brazilian football club in Recife, Pernambuco.-Early history:On February 3, 1914, eleven young men aging from 14 to 16 years founded a football society...

 
Recife
Recife
Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

 
 Pernambuco 1,136
23 Paraná
Paraná Clube
Paraná Clube is a Brazilian football team. It was established on December 19, 1989, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Its uniform is composed of a blue/red shirt, white shorts and white socks....

 
Curitiba
Curitiba
Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...

 
 Paraná (state) 1,044
24 Ponte Preta
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta
Ponte Preta is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo. Ponte Preta is also known as Macaca. Ponte Preta's biggest rival is from the same city: Guarani. The games between Ponte Preta and Guarani are known as derby . They are known as "pontepretanos"...

 
Campinas
Campinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....

 
 São Paulo (state) 1,038
26 Juventude
Esporte Clube Juventude
Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian football team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul.Juventude's greatest rival is Caxias.-History:...

 
Caxias do Sul
Caxias do Sul
Caxias do Sul is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, situated in the state's mountainous Serra Gaúcha region. Coordinates: 29°10′0″ S, 51°11′0″ W....

 
 Rio Grande do Sul 865
27 Remo
Clube do Remo
Clube do Remo, or Remo, or Leão as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Belém in Pará, founded on February 5, 1905. Remo greatest rivals are Paysandu and Tuna Luso.-History:...

 
Belém
Belém
Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...

 
 Pará 852
29 América (RN)
América Futebol Clube (RN)
América Futebol Clube, or América , as they are usually called, is a traditional Brazilian football team from Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, founded on July 14, 1915....

 
Natal
Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
-History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day...

 
 Rio Grande do Norte 703

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Final phase

Copa do Brasil
2010 Champion
 
Santos
1st Title

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