The Brazilian Football State Championships are competitions carried out in every state of Brazil.

Historically, because of economical or geographical issues, the distances between the most important cities of the country made the Brazilian people, through their football passion, develop a strong competitive culture within the states. So, each Brazilian state has its own state championship. Today the state championships have a length of three or four months. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

Due to these competitions, some matches between rival clubs of the same state or city have a similar or bigger importance than an interstate match between two important clubs. These local matches are called clássicos (classics, or derbies). Some examples are Fla-Flu, in Rio de Janeiro, Corinthians-Palmeiras in São Paulo, Gre-Nal in Rio Grande do Sul, Atle-Tiba, in Paraná and so on. Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multimodality sportive association from Rio de Janeiro. ... Fluminense Football Club is a sports club in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. ... Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of Brazil (plus the Federal District). ... Sport Club Corinthians Paulista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is a Brazilian football team from São Paulo, Brazil, founded on August 26, 1914 as Palestra Itália, but changed to the current name on September 14, 1942. ... São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Grêmio is a Brazilian football team team from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on September 15, 1903. ... Internacional is a Brazilian football team from Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909. ... Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil. ... Atlético Paranaense are a Brazilian football team from Curitiba in Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. ... Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba, is a Brazilian football team from Curitiba, Paraná. Coritiba greatest rivals are Atlético Paranaense and Paraná. // Club Records First Match: Coritiba 5-3 Ponta Grossa (16 June 1910) First Goal Scorer: Fritz Essenfelter Biggest Win (Brazilian Championship): Coritiba 7-1 Ferrovi... Other meanings: Paraná, Argentina, Paraná River Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the southern part of the country, bordering Paraguay and Argentina. ...

The state champions and, in some states, the runners-up, are automatically qualified to play following year's Copa do Brasil. The Copa do Brasil (or Brazilian Cup) is a knockout competition played by 64 football teams, representing all the 26 states of Brazil plus the Federal District. ...

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