The Brazilian Football League is highly regionalized because of the vast size of the country. The structure of the league has changed frequently from year to year as different configurations are experimented with. Now, the league has the same configuration of European leagues. Football is by far the most popular sport in Brazil and many of the world's best football players come from the country.
The list of Brazilian teams in football league is very vast (more than four hundred in Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)'s official register). There follows a list of the noted teams in the Brazilian football league sorted by state.
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“I made a list of things I have
to remember and a list
of things I want to forget,
but I see they are the same list.”
—Linda Pastan (b. 1932)
“Lastly, his tomb
Shall list and founder in the troughs of grass
And none shall speak his name.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
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—General Federation Of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)