This page details football records in Brazil.
Highest Single-Match Attendances
- Most matches with attendance of more than 100,000, ranked by club.
- Flamengo = 117
- Vasco = 72
- Fluminense = 59
- Botafogo = 43
- Corinthians = 23
- Santos = 20
- Atlético = 19
- São Paulo = 17
- Cruzeiro = 15
- Palmeiras = 13
National team
Overall
These records include state leagues and achievements conquered by expatriate Brazilian footballers.
Clubs
- Most state leagues titles: 57, ABC
- Most state league consecutive titles: 10, ABC (1932âÂÂ1941), América Mineiro (1916âÂÂ1925)
- Most goals scored: 12,691 (up to 2021), Santos
- Most consecutive matches without a victory: 62, Atlético Mogi
- Record win: Botafogo 24âÂÂ0 Mangueira, Campeonato Carioca (30 May 1909)
- Record win in 21st century: Ulbra 21âÂÂ0 Shallon, Campeonato Rondoniense (14 May 2006)
- Record away win: Cáceres 0âÂÂ14 Sorriso, Campeonato Matogrossense (21 March 2010)
- Most goals with both teams scoring: 24, Náutico 21âÂÂ3 Flamengo Recife, Campeonato Pernambucano (1 July 1945)
Individual
- Most goals scored: Pelé, 1,279 goals
- Most hat-tricks: Pelé, 96
- Most goals scored in a single match: Dadá Maravilha, 10 goals (Sport Recife 14âÂÂ0 Santo Amaro, 1976)
- Most free kick goals scored: Zico, 101 goals
- Most decorated player: Dani Alves, 43 titles
- Most appearances: Fábio, 1,256+ matches
- Most matches by one club: Rogério Ceni, 1,237 matches for São Paulo
- Most matches as a captain by a club: Rogério Ceni, 978 matches for São Paulo
- Goalkeeper with most goals scored: Rogério Ceni, 131 goals
- Goalkeeper with most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: Mazaropi, 1,816 minutes without a goal
- Oldest player appearance: Pedro Ribeiro Lima (Perilima), 66 years (2014 Campeonato Paraibano Second Division)
- Oldest goalscorer: Pedro Ribeiro Lima (Perilima), 58 years (Campinense 5âÂÂ1 Perilima, 2007)
- Fastest goal: Fred, 3,17 sec (2003)
- Smallest player: Bimbinha:
- Tallest player: Carlos Miguel, Fabão:
Campeonato Brasileiro
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: 12
- Palmeiras (1960, 1967 (TB), 1967 (R), 1969, 1972, 1973, 1993, 1994, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023)
- Most consecutive Brazilian national titles: 5:
- Santos (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
Top-flight Appearances
Wins
Draws
- Most draws overall in the top flight: São Paulo, 459
- Most draws in a season:
- Most consecutive draws:
Losses
- Most losses overall in the top flight: Botafogo, 503
- Most losses in a season: América-RN, 29, 2007
- Fewest losses: Malutrom, 1
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: 100, Cruzeiro (2003)
- Fewest points in a season (before 2003): 0, joint record
- River (1982)
- BrasÃÂlia (1984)
- Fewest points in a season (after 2003): 15, Chapecoense (2021)
Games without a loss
- Most consecutive Brasileirão games without a loss:42, Botafogo-RJ, 1977âÂÂ1978
Games without a win
- Most consecutive Brasileirão games without a win: 20, Nacional-AM, 1981âÂÂ1985
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 in top division: Zé Roberto (Palmeiras), 43 years and 141 days (27 November 2017)
- Youngest player in top division: Jô (Corinthians), 16 years and 121 days (19 July 2003)
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
Attendances
Scorelines
Following is the list with the main scorelines occurred in the Campeonato Brasileiro:
Disciplinary
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
- Lowest finish by the previous season's champions (since 2003):
- Fluminense: 15ð out of 20 clubs, 2013.
- Highest finish by a promoted club (since 2003):
- Grêmio: Runners-up, 2023
Copa do Brasil
Team
- Most wins: 6, Cruzeiro (1993, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2017, 2018)
- Most consecutive wins: 2, Cruzeiro (2017, 2018)
- Most appearances: 33 seasons, Atlético Mineiro and Vitória
- Most appearances without winning: 33 seasons, Vitória
- Biggest win: Atlético Mineiro 11âÂÂ0 Caiçara (28 February 1991)
- Most goals in a final: 8 goals, 2001 (Grêmio v Corinthians)
- Most goals by a winning side: 6 goals, Atlético Mineiro (2021)
- Most goals by a losing side: 3 goals, joint record; Corinthians (2001, 2008) and Coritiba (2011)
- Most defeats in a final: 5, Flamengo
Most successful clubs overall (by total of honors)
The figures in gold represent the current holders of the competition (were competition is still active).
Managers
- Most titles wins: 9, Telê Santana
- 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, ÃÂmerson Leão
- Longest-serving manager: Amadeu Teixeira, 53 years (1955âÂÂ2008) for América (AM)
See also
Footnotes