Also Clube dos 13 is responsible for providing a unified voice in negotiations with CBF about the format of the Brazilian competitions.
So, CBF did not recognize Flamengo and Internacional as champions and runners-up and neither did it invite them to play Copa Libertadores.
After unsuccessful attempts were made by Flamengo to obtain recognition in sport tribunals as national champion for the year 1987, a common justice civil suit was filed before the Brazilian Federal Judiciary, and this suit was judged in favor of Sport Recife, that thus obtained a judicial declaration that it was the 1987 National Champion.
This suit ended after all the possibilities of appeal were extinguished, and the decision in favor of Sport Recife became res judicata.
[2] CBF further declared that it was doing so only to comply with the judicial order, and that it still believed that its actions had not breached the earlier ruling.
The championship's first phase was divided in four modules (Blue, Yellow, Green and White), based on the popularity and tradition of the 114 participating teams.
The next round was the Quarterfinals, them the semifinals and the finals, played by São Caetano and Vasco da Gama.
On February 23, 2011, Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama announced that they would no longer negotiate television rights through Clube dos 13.