State football leagues in Brazil

Good standings in the tables qualify teams for the next year's Copa do Brasil,[6] regional tournaments Copa do Nordeste and Copa Verde, and teams without a national division qualify for the next year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.[7] Historically, for economic and geographic reasons, such as long distances between the country's main cities, the state leagues were considered the most important championship for Brazilian clubs, especially before 1959, when a regular national championship (Taça Brasil) was first established.

In recent years, bigger clubs have become increasingly critical of the state leagues, which are often blamed for the lack of space in Brazil's football calendar and have lost most of its old prestige.

To prepare for the State Championship, divisionless clubs, lacking a full-year calendar, play training games and some choose to face Municipal Selections in different regions.

[9] The players most often champions are the left midfielder Quarentinha, with 12 titles, all for Paysandu, between the 1950s and the 1970s, being the one with the most triumphs in a single state and by the same club;[10] defender Durval, who in 2017 also won his 12th state title, in 5 FUs (each for a single team), among trophies accumulated since 2003 between the Campeonato Paraibano, Brasiliense, Paranaense, Pernambucano (6) and Paulista (3) championships;[11] the midfielder Givanildo Oliveira, winner of 10 Pernambucanos, as well as a Paulista and a Carioca; and Jorge Henrique, who is perhaps the player who won in more states, as he was champion 12 times by 8 teams in 8 FUs (CE, DF, PE (3), PR, RJ, RS (2), SC and SP (2).

Another big winner is Vanderlei Luxemburgo, who won 14 times for 9 teams in 5 FUs (9 Paulistas, 2 Mineiros, 1 Carioca, 1 Capixaba and 1 Pernambucano) as a coach (already having three achievements as a player: 3 Cariocas), having nine titles this century, being tied at the top of this stat with Givanildo, who in turn is also the statewide winner for more different teams in the 21st century (8).

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
Match between Botafogo and Fluminese (a derby known as Clássico Vovô ) for the Campeonato Carioca
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 gentilic and not the state's [ 8 ]