The Brazilian states football championships are the professional adult male football competitions in Brazil that take place between January and April for the Northeast, Central-West, Southeast and Sou
Grêmio vs. União Frederiquense for 2015 Campeonato Gaúcho
São Paulo Athletic Club and CA Paulistano in the final of the first São Paulo State Championship in 1902
Campeonato Acreano (for the state of Acre) between Atlético Acreano and Alto Acre, 2015
Match for the Carioca Championship between Botafogo from the city of Rio de Janeiro and Resende Futebol Clube from the city of Resende, in the interior of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Unlike other states, the Carioca Championship uses the city's gentilic and not the state's
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The Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, most known as Campeonato Carioca and commonly as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
State football leagues in Brazil
…championship that does not use the official gentilic of those born in the state is the one in Rio de Janeiro, since, popularly, the tournament is called Campeonato Carioca (Carioca is the official gentilic of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro), instead of Campeonato Fluminense. This occurs for three reasons: the first…
Flags of the Carioca's traditional "Big Four": Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama.