Football records in Brazil

This page details football records in Brazil.

Highest Single-Match Attendances

• Most matches with attendance of more than 100,000, ranked by club.^[1]

1. Flamengo = 117
2. Vasco = 72
3. Fluminense = 59
4. Botafogo = 43
5. Corinthians = 23
6. Santos = 20
7. Atlético = 19
8. São Paulo = 17
9. Cruzeiro = 15
10. Palmeiras = 13

National team

Brasileirão

Records in this section refer to (Level 1) i.e. Taça Brasil from its founding in 1959 through to 1968, the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa from its founding in 1967 through to 1970, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A or Brasileirão from 1971 to the present. Some records relating to team performances are divided into records in the round-robin era (from 2003 to the present) and the championships before it.

Titles

• Most Brazilian national titles: 9
  • Palmeiras (1960, 1967 (TB), 1967 (R), 1969, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2016)
• Most consecutive Brazilian national titles: 5:
  • Santos (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)

Top-flight Appearances

• Most appearances: 55
  • Grêmio
• Most consecutive seasons in top-flight: 51
  • Cruzeiro
• Fewest appearances in top-flight (from 1971): 1, joint record:
  • Vitória-ES (1977)
  • Noroeste (1978)
  • ASA (1979)
  • Caldense (1979)
  • Colatina (1979)
  • Francana (1979)
  • Guará (1979)
  • Itumbiara (1979)
  • Novo Hamburgo (1979)
  • Operário-PR (1979)
  • Potiguar (1979)
  • São Bento (1979)
  • Internacional de Santa Maria (1982)
  • Taguatinga (1982)
  • Ferroviária (1983)
  • Juventus (1983)
  • Auto Esporte-PI (1984)
  • Catuense (1984)
  • Corumbaense (1985)
  • Sobradinho (1986)
  • Brasiliense (2005)
  • Ipatinga (2008)

Wins

• Most wins in the top-flight overall:
• Most wins in a season:
• Most wins in a top-flight season:
• Most consecutive wins in the top flight:
• Most consecutive wins:21
• Most consecutive wins from the start of a season:21 My dad
• Most consecutive wins from the start of a season in the top flight:
• Most consecutive away wins:
• Fewest wins in a season:
• 100% home win record in a season:

Draws

• Most draws overall in the top flight:
• Most draws in a season:
• Most consecutive draws:

Losses

• Most losses overall in the top flight:
• Most losses in a season:
• Fewest losses:

Points

• Most points overall in the top flight: 2859, Grêmio
• Most points in a season (before 2003):
  • 3 points for a win: 70, Vasco da Gama (1997)
  • 2 points for a win: 62, Palmeiras (1973)
• Most points in a season (after 2003):100, Cruzeiro (2003)
• Most points in a season for a top-flight team:
• Fewest points in a season (before 2003): 0, joint record
  • River (1982)
  • Brasília (1984)
• Fewest points in a season (after 2003): 17, América-RN (2007)

Games without a loss

• Most consecutive Brasileirão games without a loss:42, Botafogo-RJ 1978

Games without a win

• Most consecutive Brasileirão games without a win:

Fixtures

• Most played Brasileirão fixture:

Appearances

• Most career Brasileirão appearances: 458 games, Rogério Ceni
• Most career Brasileirão appearances by an outfield player: 370, Zinho
• Most career Brasileirão appearances at one club: 458 games, Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
• Most career top flight Brasileirão appearances at one club: 458 games, Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
• Most career Brasileirão appearances for consecutive games:
• Oldest player:
• Youngest player:16 years and 145 days, Toninho Cerezo

Goals

Individual

• Most career Brasileirão goals: 190, Roberto Dinamite
• Most career top-flight goals:190, Roberto Dinamite
• Most goals in a season: 34, Washington (2004)
• Most goals in a game: 6, Edmundo (for Vasco da Gama v. União São João, 11 September 1997)
• Most goals in a top-flight game: 6, Edmundo (for Vasco da Gama v. União São João, 11 September 1997)
• Fastest goal: 8 seconds, Nivaldo (for Náutico v. Atlético Mineiro, 1989)
• Fastest goal on a Brasileirão debut:
• Fastest hat-trick (time between first and third goals):
• Fastest goal by a substitute:
• Most own goals in one season:
• Most hat-tricks in one season:
• Most career hat-tricks:11, Roberto Dinamite
• Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal:
• Youngest goalscorer: 16 years and 157 days, Jo Alves

Team

• Most Brasileirão goals scored in a season (after 2003): 103, Santos (2004)
• Most Brasileirão goals scored in a season (before 2003): 69, Vasco da Gama (1997)
• Fewest Brasileirão goals scored in a season (before 2003): 2 goals, joint record
  • Colatina (1979)
  • Guará (1979)
  • Americano (1980)
  • Itabaiana (1982)
  • Atlético-PR (1982)
  • Galícia (1983)
  • Ferroviário (1984)
• Fewest Brasileirão goals scored in a season (after 2003): 22 goals
  • Náutico (2013)
• Most Brasileirão goals conceded in a season (before 2003): 51, joint record
  • Santa Cruz (2000)
  • Botafogo (2001)
  • Atlético Mineiro (2002)
• Most Brasileirão goals conceded in a season (after 2003): 92, joint record
  • Bahia (2003)
  • Paysandu (2005)
• Fewest Brasileirão goals conceded in a season (before 2003): 3, joint record
  • Guarani (1979)
  • Botafogo-SP (1983)
  • Uberlândia (1984)
• Fewest Brasileirão goals conceded in a season (after 2003): 19, São Paulo (2007)

Attendances

• Record attendance: 155,523; Flamengo 3 x 0 Santos (Maracanã, 29 May 1983)

Scorelines

• Record win: Corinthians 10–1 Tiradentes-PI (9 February 1983)
• Record away win: Bahia 0–7 Cruzeiro (14 December 2003) and Botafogo-BA 0–7 Americano (15 March 1980)
• Record away win in top division: Bahia 0–7 Cruzeiro (14 December 2003)
• Most goals in a game: 12, Ceará 7–5 Ríver (1962)

Disciplinary

• Most red cards in a single match: 14 (Goiás 3-1 Cruzeiro, October 4, 1979)
• Fastest red card: 12 seconds, Zé Carlos

Promotion and change in position

• Lowest finish by the previous season's champions:
  • Coritiba: 44th out of 48 clubs, 1986.
• Highest finish by a promoted club:
  • São Caetano: Runners-up, 2001

Copa do Brasil

Team

• Most wins: 4, joint record:
  • Grêmio (1989, 1994, 1997, 2001)
  • Cruzeiro (1993, 1996, 2000, 2003)
• Most consecutive wins: None^[2]
• Most appearances: 27 seasons, Atlético Mineiro and Vitória
• Most appearances without winning: 27 seasons, Vitória
• Biggest win: Atlético Mineiro 11–0 Caiçara (28 February 1991)
• Most goals in a final: 8 goals, 2001 (Grêmio – Corinthians)
• Most goals by a winning side: 5 goals, Grêmio
• Most goals by a losing side: 3 goals, joint record; Corinthians (2001, 2008) and Coritiba (2011
• Most defeats in a final: 3, joint record; Grêmio, Flamengo

Most successful clubs overall (by total of honors)

Club	Domestic					South America							Worldwide				Total
	SA[3]	CB	SCB	Total		CL	RSI / SS	CC / CM / CS	RS	SM / CO / CMC	Total		CWC	IC	Total
São Paulo	6	-	-	6		3	1	2	2	1	9		1	2	3		18
Santos	8	1	-	9		3	1	1	1	-	6		-	2	2		17
Cruzeiro	4	4	-	8		2	2	-	1	2	7		-	-	0		15
Corinthians	6	3	1	10		1	-	-	1	-	2		2	-	2		14
Flamengo	6	3	-	9		1	-	1	-	1	3		-	1	1		13
Palmeiras	8	3	-	11		1	-	1	-	-	2		-	-	0		13
Grêmio	2	4	1	7		2	-	-	1	-	3		-	1	1		11
Internacional	3	1	-	4		2	-	1	2	-	5		1	-	1		10
Vasco da Gama	4	1	-	5		1	-	1	-	-	2		-	-	0		7
Atlético Mineiro	1	1	-	2		1	-	2	1	-	4		-	-	0		6
Fluminense	4	1	-	5		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		5
Botafogo	2	-	-	2		-	-	1	-	-	1		-	-	0		3
Bahia	2	-	-	2		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		2
Sport	1	1	-	2		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		2
Atlético Paranaense	1	-	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1
Coritiba	1	-	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1
Guarani	1	-	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1
Criciúma	-	1	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1
Juventude	-	1	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1
Santo André	-	1	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1
Paulista	-	1	-	1		-	-	-	-	-	0		-	-	0		1

The figures in gold represent the current holders of the competition (were applicable).

Managers

• Most titles wins: 7, Lula
• Most Brasileirão title wins: 5, joint record; Lula, Vanderlei Luxemburgo
• Most Copa do Brasil wins: 3, Luiz Felipe Scolari
• Most Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup wins: 2, joint record; Lula, Telê Santana
• Most Copa Libertadores wins: 2, joint record; Lula, Telê Santana, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Paulo Autuori
• Most Recopa Sudamericana de Campeones Intercontinentales / Supercopa Sudamericana wins: 1, Antônio Fernandes
• Most Copa CONMEBOL / Copa Mercosur / Copa Sudamericana wins: 2, Émerson Leão

Footnotes

1. RSSSF Best Attendances in Brazil
2. From 2001 to 2012, teams who won the tournament have were not allowed to defend their title due to scheduling conflicts with the Copa Libertadores.
3. Includes results from the Taça Brasil and the Robertão.

References