Brazilian football champions are the winners of the highest league in Brazilian football, which since 1971 is considered the national championship.
In 2010, the Brazilian Football Confederation additionally recognized the winners of the Taça Brasil (1959–68) and the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967–70) as Brazilian football champions l. It has also briefely recognized the controversial Green Module of "Copa união" won by Flamengo in 1987 as a Brazilian Title, but was forced to backtrack on this decision soon later [1][2][3]
^Flamengo has claimed the title of the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro (Copa União), for having won the Green Module (Portuguese: Módulo Verde), organized by Clube dos 13, who refused to play against the Yellow Module (Portuguese: Módulo Amarelo) winners, organized by CBF.[9] However, the club lost in all instances, thus the only officially recognized champion being Sport Recife.[10][11]