Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A

Brasileirão
Full Name	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
PES Name	Liga do Brasil
Founded	1959
First Appearance	PES 2013
Teams	20
Most championships	Santos (8 Titles) Palmeiras (8 Titles)
Current champions	Fluminense

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A, popularly known as the Brasileirão, is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B. The season runs from May to December of the same year, with teams playing 38 matches each, totalling 380 matches in the season. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is known as the Brasileirão Petrobras. It's currently among the best leagues in South America, and maybe in the whole Americas. The league gets 5 teams in the Libertadores, 6 if the past winner was Brazilian and didn't qualify by finishing 1-5th or won the Copa do Brasil.

[edit] Teams

There are 20 teams participating in the Brasileirão, they are:

Badge	Club Name
	Atletico Goianiense
	Atletico Mineiro
	Bahia
	Botafogo
	Corinthians
	Coritiba
	Cruzeiro
	Figueirense
	Flamengo
	Fluminense
	Gremio
	Internacional
	Nautico
	Palmeiras
	Ponte Preta
	Portuguesa
	Santos
	Sao Paulo
	Sport Recife
	Vasco da Gama