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 South regions. In some states from the North Region, however, it takes place in May or June. One such league, the Campeonato Paulista, which started in 1902, is the oldest football competition in Brazil. All professional football clubs in Brazil play in a state championship, but not all qualify for the national league.
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 gentile and not the state's
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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Gaúcho, Rio Grande do Sul's top state league. The club was founded in 1903 by businessman Cândido Dias da Silva and other 32 men, mostly from the large community of German immigrants of Porto Alegre.
One of the first Grêmio squads, December 1903
Grêmio in 1904, wearing the blue and black jersey
Grêmio state champion of 1931
Grêmio squad that played the first 1983 Copa Libertadores Finals vs Peñarol in Montevideo