Liga Nacional de Futsal

Liga Nacional de Futsal

Founded	1996; 26 years ago (1996)
Country	Brazil
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	23
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Taça do Brasil do Futsal
International cup(s)	South American Club Futsal Championship
Current champions	Magnus Futsal (2nd title)
Most championships	Carlos Barbosa (5 titles)
TV partners	TV Brasil / SporTV
Website	ligafutsal.com.br
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The Liga Nacional de Futsal is the premier futsal league in Brazil, and was created in 1996 with the purpose of setting up a championship with the best futsal teams of the country, corresponding to the Brazilian Football Championship Série A. It is organized by the (CBFS).

The Championship[]

History[]

The league was created in 1996, with the aim to improve the most important Brazilian clubs and help the growth of the sport in the country. The league was inspired by the American basketball league (NBA). On April 27, 1996, the Liga Futsal started.

Franchise system[]

To be eligible to participate in the league, there are three options available: buy a franchise, be appointed by a company which owns a franchise, or be invited by the league. It is necessary to send a proposal to the Liga Futsal, which will analyze and decide if the team's participation will be accepted, in a general assembly involving all the franchise representatives. Currently, a franchise is worth R$ 300,000.00.

Prize money[]

In 2007 the total prize money was R$ 75,000.00. The winner, besides being awarded R$ 50,000.00 (the runner-up was awarded R$ 25,000.00), won a scudetto, created by the CBFS and represented Brazil in two international competitions (South American Club Futsal Championship and Intercontinental Futsal Cup). The competition organizers also reserved R$ 1,237 million to cover expenses such as transportation, accommodation, food provision and referee taxes for the clubs which participated at least two times in the competition.

Clubs[]

The following 23 clubs are competing in the Liga Futsal during the season.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Assoeva	Venâncio Aires		4,500
Atlântico	Erechim		3,500
Blumenau	Blumenau		5,000
	Brasília		N/A
Campo Mourão	Campo Mourão		4,500
Carlos Barbosa	Carlos Barbosa		5,000
Cascavel	Cascavel		1,200
Corinthians	São Paulo	Ginásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques	7,000
Foz Cataratas	Foz do Iguaçu		1,200
Intelli Tempersul	São Carlos		8,000
Jaraguá	Jaraguá do Sul	Arena Jaraguá	8,500
Joaçaba	Joaçaba		2,800
Joinville/Krona	Joinville		4,000
	Dourados	Ginásio de Esportes da UNIGRAN	1,500
Magnus Futsal	Sorocaba		4,000
Marreco	Francisco Beltrão		2,600
Marechal Futsal	Marechal Cândido Rondon	Ney Braga	2,600
Minas Tênis Clube	Belo Horizonte		3,600
Pato Futsal	Pato Branco		1,600
	Uberlândia	Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves	8,000
São José	São José dos Campos		2,500
Tubarão	Tubarão		600
	Umuarama		4,800

Winners[]

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists
1996	Internacional/Ulbra	12–3 (2–2, 4–0, 6–1)	Vasco da Gama/DalPonte/Unimed	and GM/Chevrolet
1997	Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas	7–4 (3–3, 4–1)		Carlos Barbosa and GM/Chevrolet
1998	Ulbra	11–3 (5–1, 6–2)	Carlos Barbosa	GM/Chevrolet and Iate/Kaiser
1999	Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas	10–7 (5–3, 5–4)	Rio/Miécimo	GM/Chevrolet and São Paulo/Osasco
2000	Vasco da Gama	7–3 (3–1, 4–2)	Atlético Mineiro	Ulbra and GM/Chevrolet
2001	Carlos Barbosa	14–10 (3–7, 5–2, 6–1)	Ulbra	Flamengo and Foz Futsal
2002	Ulbra	11–6 (7–4, 4–2)	W@ytv/Minas	Malwee/Jaraguá and UCG/Goiás
2003	Ulbra	7–3 (2–0, 5–3)	Carlos Barbosa	Malwee/Jaraguá and ECB/São Bernardo
2004	Carlos Barbosa	9–5 (1–2, 5–2, 3–1)	Ulbra	Malwee/Jaraguá and Atlântico
2005	Malwee/Jaraguá	5–4 (2–2, 3–2)	Atlântico	John Deere Futsal and Ulbra
2006	Carlos Barbosa	11–6 (3–4, 3–0, 5–2)	Malwee/Jaraguá	Joinville/Krona and Atlântico
2007	Malwee/Jaraguá	11–4 (6–1, 5–3)	Joinville/Krona	Ulbra and Intelli
2008	Malwee/Jaraguá	8–4 (2–2, 6–2)	Ulbra	Cortiana/UCS/AFF and Carlos Barbosa
2009	Carlos Barbosa	9–6 (4–2, 5–4)	Malwee/Jaraguá	Floripa Futsal and Umuarama
2010	Malwee/Jaraguá	4–2 (2–2, 2–0)	Copagril	Corinthians/São Caetano and Carlos Barbosa
2011	Santos/Cortiana	6–6 (3–4, 3–2) (7–6 p)	Carlos Barbosa	Corinthians/São Caetano and Floripa Futsal
2012	Intelli	5–4 (1–0, 4–4)	Joinville/Krona	Carlos Barbosa and Corinthians
2013	Intelli	4–3 (2–1, 2–2)		Joinville/Krona and Corinthians
2014	Futsal Brasil Kirin	6–7 (4–2, 2–5) 4–3 (aet)	Intelli	Jaraguá and Corinthians
2015	Carlos Barbosa	10–4 (5–3, 5–1)	Intelli	Corinthians and Futsal Brasil Kirin
2016	Corinthians	8–4 (3–2, 5–2)	Magnus Futsal	Copagril and Assoeva
2017	Joinville/Krona	3–3 (1–1, 2–2) 1–0 (aet)	Assoeva	Foz Cataratas and Marreco
2018	Pato Futsal	8–4 (6–0, 2–4) 2–1 (aet)	Atlântico	Magnus Futsal and Copagril
2019	Pato Futsal	9–2 (3–2, 6–0)	Magnus Futsal	Joinville/Krona and Jaraguá
2020	Magnus Futsal	4–1 (1–1, 3–0)	Corinthians	Joinville/Krona and Tubarão

Records and statistics[]

By team[]

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Carlos Barbosa	5	3	2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015	1998, 2003, 2011
Jaraguá	4	2	2005, 2007, 2008, 2010	2006, 2009
Ulbra	3	3	1998, 2002, 2003	2001, 2004, 2008
Magnus Futsal[note 1]	2	2	2014, 2020	2016, 2019
Intelli	2	2	2012, 2013	2014, 2015
Atlético Mineiro	2	1	1997, 1999	2000
Pato Futsal	2	0	2018, 2019	—
Joinville/Krona	1	2	2017	2007, 2012
Corinthians	1	1	2016	2020
Internacional	1	0	1996	—
Vasco da Gama	1	0	2000	—
Santos/Cortiana	1	0	2011	—
Atlântico	0	2	—	2005, 2018
Vasco da Gama	0	1	—	1996
	0	1	—	1997
Rio/Miécimo	0	1	—	1999
Minas Tênis Clube	0	1	—	2002
Copagril	0	1	—	2010
	0	1	—	2013
Assoeva	0	1	—	2017

By state[]

Country	Winner	Runner-up
Rio Grande do Sul	9	10
São Paulo	6	6
Santa Catarina	5	5
Minas Gerais	2	2
Paraná	2	1
Rio de Janeiro	1	1

Top scorers[]

Season	Top scorer
1996	( Internacional/Ulbra, 25 goals)
1997	Lenísio ( GM/Chevrolet, 36 goals) ( Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas, 36 goals)
1998	( Ulbra, 21 goals)
1999	Lenísio ( Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas, 25 goals)
2000	Manoel Tobias ( Atlético Mineiro, 52 goals)
2001	Lenísio ( Ulbra, 25 goals)
2002	Lenísio ( Ulbra, 31 goals)
2003	( Carlos Barbosa, 25 goals) Serjão ( Ulbra, 25 goals)
2004	( Carlos Barbosa, 27 goals)
2005	Falcão ( Jaraguá, 25 goals)
2006	( Intelli, 25 goals)
2007	( Malwee/Jaraguá, 31 goals)
2008	Falcão ( Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
2009	Falcão ( Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals) Lenísio ( Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
2010	Falcão ( Malwee/Jaraguá, 39 goals)
2011	Falcão ( Santos/Cortiana, 32 goals)
2012	Rodrigo ( Carlos Barbosa, 24 goals)
2013	( Joinville/Krona, 22 goals)
2014	Falcão ( Futsal Brasil Kirin, 19 goals)
2015	Dieguinho ( Intelli, 30 goals)
2016	( Corinthians, 20 goals) Rodrigo ( Magnus Futsal, 20 goals)
2017	Sinoê ( Marreco, 15 goals) Well Pereira ( Intelli, 15 goals)
2018	Keké ( Atlântico, 23 goals)
2019	Rodrigo ( Magnus Futsal, 18 goals)
2020	Rodrigo ( Magnus Futsal, 15 goals)

Notes

External links[]

• (in Portuguese) Official website
• (in Portuguese) Futsal Brasil Portal