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.

2025 Club Ranking

Last update: 13 December 2024[7]

Rank Club State Points
1 Flamengo 16,996
2 São Paulo 14,832
3 Palmeiras 14,536
4 Corinthians 13,802
5 Atlético Mineiro 13,713
6 Athletico Paranaense 13,464
7 Fluminense 12,058
8 Botafogo 11,652
9 Fortaleza 11,616
10 Grêmio 11,531
11 Bahia 11,387
12 Internacional 10,367
13 América Mineiro 9,535
14 Red Bull Bragantino 9,436
15 Vasco da Gama 9,356
16 Santos 9,264
17 Atlético Goianiense 9,192
18 Juventude 8,864
19 Cruzeiro 8,227
20 Cuiabá 8,160

2025 State Ranking

Last update:13 December 2024[8]

2025 Women's Club Ranking

Last update: 14 December 2024[11]

Rank Club State Points
1 Corinthians 12,000
2 Ferroviária 8,904
3 São Paulo 8,824
4 Palmeiras 8,648
5 Internacional 8,408
6 Santos 8,000
7 Grêmio 7,984
8 Flamengo/Marinha 7,968
9 Cruzeiro 7,880
10 Avaí/Kindermann 7,640
11 Real Brasília 7,456
12 Atlético Mineiro 6,684
13 Red Bull Bragantino 6,456
14 Bahia 6,020
15 Botafogo 5,764
16 Fluminense 5,320
17 América Mineiro 5,244
18 São José 5,224
19 Athletico Paranaense 5,044
20 Minas Brasília 4,560

2025 Women's State Ranking

Last update:14 December 2024[12]

Rank State Coeff.
1 São Paulo 65,116
2 Rio de Janeiro 22,834
3 Minas Gerais 21,324
4 Rio Grande do Sul 20,516
5 Distrito Federal 17,408
6 Amazonas 11,558
7 Santa Catarina 11,492
8 Bahia 10,906
9 Ceará 9,324
10 Paraná 7,418
11 Pará 6,884
12 Paraíba 6,220
13 Pernambuco 5,582
14 Goiás 5,512
15 Alagoas 5,192
16 Rondônia 4,582
17 Mato Grosso 4.212
18 Maranhão 2,914
19 Tocantins 2,178
20 Piauí 2,148
21 Amapá 2,106
22 Acre 2,076
23 Espírito Santo 2,064
24 Mato Grosso do Sul 2,052
Sergipe
26 Roraima 1,944
27 Rio Grande do Norte 1,702

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 (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 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 13 December 2024.
  8. ^ "RNF - RANKING NACIONAL DAS FEDERAÇÕES 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 13 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "Brasileirão: veja os 124 clubes das Séries A, B, C e D 2025" (in Portuguese). Globo. 9 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Brasil–2021" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF.
  11. ^ "RNC - RANKING NACIONAL DOS CLUBES DO FUTEBOL FEMININO 2025" (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 December 2024.
  12. ^ "RNF - RANKING NACIONAL DAS FEDERAÇÕES DO FUTEBOL FEMININO 2025" (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 December 2024.