CBF ranking

The CBF Rankings are football rankings produced by the CBF, the Brazilian Football Confederation. The Ranking Nacional de Federações determines how many berths each state federation receives in Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Brasileiro Série D, Copa do Nordeste and Copa Verde.[1][2][3][4] The Ranking Nacional de Clubes is a ranking of clubs and is used to determine the allocation of clubs in the pots for the draws of Copa do Brasil and Copa do Nordeste[5] as well as was used until 2023 to determine the 10 extra participants of Copa do Brasil.

Criteria for awarding points

Points are awarded to clubs on the basis of performances in various competitions.[6]

Points for Campeonato Brasileiro

Points for Copa do Brasil

Phase Points
Champions 600
Runners-up 480
Semi-finalists 450
Quarter-finalists 400
Round of 16 200
4th stage 100
3rd stage 50
2nd stage 25
1st stage 15

Points for participants of Copa Libertadores up to 2012

Phase Points
Participants 400

Note: Up to 2012 clubs taking part of Copa Libertadores could not participate of Copa do Brasil of the same year.

Points for the champion of Copa Sudamericana up to 2016

Phase Points
Champions 280

Note: Up to 2016 The Copa Sudamericana champions automatically qualified to the next year edition of the competition, making them unable to take part in the next edition of Copa do Brasil.

2026 Club Ranking

Last update: 23 December 2025[7]

Rank Club State Points
1 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro (state) 16,314
2 Corinthians São Paulo (state) 14,930
3 Palmeiras São Paulo (state) 13,860
4 Atlético Mineiro Minas Gerais 13,696
5 São Paulo São Paulo (state) 13,556
6 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro (state) 13,006
7 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro (state) 12,834
8 Athletico Paranaense Paraná (state) 12,656
9 Bahia Bahia 12,632
10 Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro (state) 11,330
11 Cruzeiro Minas Gerais 11,010
12 Grêmio Rio Grande do Sul 10,636
13 Fortaleza Ceará 10,382
14 Internacional Rio Grande do Sul 10,014
15 Red Bull Bragantino São Paulo (state) 9,802
16 Santos São Paulo (state) 8,852
17 Juventude Rio Grande do Sul 8,426
18 Atlético Goianiense Goiás 7,476
19 América Mineiro Minas Gerais 7,429
20 Vitória Bahia 8,160

2026 State Ranking

Last update:23 December 2025[8]

2026 Women's Club Ranking

Last update: 4 December 2025[11]

Rank Club State Points
1 Corinthians São Paulo (state) 14,000
2 Palmeiras São Paulo (state) 11,536
3 São Paulo São Paulo (state) 11,162
4 Ferroviária São Paulo (state) 11,112
5 Internacional Rio Grande do Sul 10,072
6 Red Bull Bragantino São Paulo (state) 9,296
7 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro (state) 9,080
8 Bahia Bahia 9,018
9 Cruzeiro Minas Gerais 8,988
10 Grêmio Rio Grande do Sul 8,348
11 Real Brasília Federal District (Brazil) 8,052
12 Santos São Paulo (state) 7,804
13 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro (state) 7,296
14 América Mineiro Minas Gerais 7,272
15 Avaí/Kindermann Santa Catarina (state) 6,716
16 Sport Pernambuco 6,696
17 Atlético Mineiro Minas Gerais 6,072
18 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro (state) 5,992
19 Juventude Rio Grande do Sul 5,262
20 3B da Amazônia Amazonas (Brazilian state) 5,252

2026 Women's State Ranking

Last update:4 December 2025[12]

Rank State Coeff.
1 São Paulo (state) São Paulo 78,150
2 Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro 27,524
3 Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul 25,752
4 Minas Gerais Minas Gerais 24,432
5 Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal 16,875
6 Bahia Bahia 16,806
7 Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas 14,646
8 Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina 9,255
9 Ceará Ceará 8,985
10 Pernambuco Pernambuco 8,732
11 Pará Pará 8,494
12 Mato Grosso Mato Grosso 6,969
13 Paraná (state) Paraná 6,633
14 Alagoas Alagoas 5,050
15 Paraíba Paraíba 5,025
16 Goiás Goiás 4,347
17 Rondônia Rondônia 3,892
18 Roraima Roraima 3,423
19 Piauí Piauí 3,246
20 Maranhão Maranhão 2,469
21 Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul 2.344
22 Amapá Amapá 2,104
23 Sergipe Sergipe 2,036
24 Espírito Santo Espírito Santo 2,004
25 Acre (state) Acre 1,983
26 Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte 1,667
27 Tocantins Tocantins 1,407

References

  1. ^ 2014 Copa do Brasil competition regulations (in portuguese).
  2. ^ 2014 Série D competition regulations (in portuguese).
  3. ^ 2015 Copa do Nordeste competition regulations Archived 2017-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in portuguese).
  4. ^ 2015 Copa Verde competition regulations (in portuguese).
  5. ^ Critérios para o sorteio da Primeira Fase da Copa do Brasil/2015 (in portuguese).
  6. ^ "Convenção de Pontos do Ranking Nacional de Clubes" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 26 July 2017.
  7. ^ "RNC - RANKING NACIONAL DOS CLUBES 2026" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 23 December 2025.
  8. ^ "RNF - RANKING NACIONAL DAS FEDERAÇÕES 2026" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 23 December 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d "Brasileirão: veja os 156 clubes das Séries A, B, C e D em 2026" (in Portuguese). Globo. 29 December 2025.
  10. ^ "REC Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Brasil 2026" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  11. ^ "RNC - RANKING NACIONAL DOS CLUBES 2026 FUTEBOL FEMININO" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 December 2025.
  12. ^ "RNF - RANKING NACIONAL DAS FEDERAÇÕES 2026 FUTEBOL FEMININO" (in Portuguese). CBF. 4 December 2025.
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