Liga Nacional de Futsal

The Liga Nacional de Futsal (LNF) is the premier futsal league in Brazil, and was created in 1996 with the purpose of setting up a championship with the best futsal teams of the country, corresponding to the Brazilian Football Championship Série A. It is organized by the Brazilian Futsal Confederation (CBFS).

Liga Nacional de Futsal
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
CountryBrazil
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams24
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Supercopa do Brasil de Futsal
Current championsRio Grande do Sul Atlântico
(1st title)
Most championshipsRio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa
(5 titles)
TV partnersTV Brasil / SporTV
Websiteligafutsal.com.br
Current: 2024 LNF

The winner (and sometimes the runner-up) qualifies to the Supercopa do Brasil de Futsal.

The Championship

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History

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The league was created in 1996, with the aim to improve the most important Brazilian clubs and help the growth of the sport in the country. The league was inspired by the American basketball league (NBA). On April 27, 1996, the Liga Futsal started.

Franchise system

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To be eligible to participate in the league, there are three options available: buy a franchise, be appointed by a company which owns a franchise, or be invited by the league. It is necessary to send a proposal to the Liga Futsal, which will analyze and decide if the team's participation will be accepted, in a general assembly involving all the franchise representatives. Currently, a franchise is worth R$ 300,000.00.

Prize money

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In 2007 the total prize money was R$ 75,000.00. The winner, besides being awarded R$ 50,000.00 (the runner-up was awarded R$ 25,000.00), won a scudetto, created by the CBFS and represented Brazil in two international competitions (South American Club Futsal Championship and Intercontinental Futsal Cup). The competition organizers also reserved R$ 1,237 million to cover expenses such as transportation, accommodation, food provision and referee taxes for the clubs which participated at least two times in the competition.

Clubs

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The following 24 clubs are competing in the Liga Nacional de Futsal during the 2023 season.[1]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
  Assoeva Venâncio Aires Ginásio Poliesportivo Parque do Chimarrão 5,000
  Atlântico Erechim Clube Esportivo e Recreativo Atlântico 3,500
  Blumenau Futsal Blumenau Complexo Esportivo Bernardo Werner 5,000
  Brasília Futsal Brasília Ginásio Poliesportivo Vera Cruz 1,200
  Campo Mourão Futsal Campo Mourão Ginásio de Esportes Belin Carolo 4,500
  Carlos Barbosa Futsal Carlos Barbosa Centro Municipal de Eventos Sérgio Luiz Guerra 4,000
  Cascavel Futsal Cascavel Ginásio Odilon Reinhardt 1,800
  Corinthians São Paulo Ginásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques 7,000
  Esporte Futuro Toledo Ginásio de Esportes Alcides Pan 3,780
  Foz Cataratas Poker Foz do Iguaçu Ginásio Ministro Costa Cavalcanti 3,500
  Jaraguá Futsal Jaraguá do Sul Arena Jaraguá 8,000
  Joaçaba Futsal Joaçaba Centro de Eventos da UNOESC 5,500
  JEC Krona Futsal Joinville Centreventos Cau Hansen 2,500
  Magnus Futsal Sorocaba Arena Sorocaba 5,000
  Marreco Futsal Francisco Beltrão Complexo Esportivo Arrudão 3,500
  Minas Tênis Clube Belo Horizonte Arena UniBH 3,600
  Pato Futsal Pato Branco Ginásio Municipal Dolivar Lavarda 1,500
  Praia Clube Uberlândia Arena Praia 2,200
  Santo André Intelli Santo André Ginásio de Esportes Noêmia Assunção 1,000
  São José Futsal São José dos Campos Ginásio Tênis Clube 2,500
  São Lourenço Futsal São Lourenço do Oeste Ginásio Poliesportivo do CEIM Monteiro Lobato 1,900
  Taubaté Futsal Taubaté Ginásio Adib Moisés Dib 5,730
  Tubarão Futsal Tubarão Ginásio Estener Soratto 3,600
  Umuarama Futsal Umuarama Ginásio Amário Vieira da Costa 4,500

Winners

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Season Champion Score Runner-up Losing semi-finalists
1996   Internacional/Ulbra 12–3 (2–2, 4–0, 6–1)   Vasco da Gama/DalPonte/Unimed   Goiás/Futsal 2000 and   GM/Chevrolet
1997   Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas 7–4 (3–3, 4–1)   Banespa/Phercani   Carlos Barbosa and   GM/Chevrolet
1998   Ulbra 11–3 (5–1, 6–2)   Carlos Barbosa   GM/Chevrolet and   Iate/Kaiser
1999   Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas 10–7 (5–3, 5–4)   Rio/Miécimo   GM/Chevrolet and   São Paulo/Osasco
2000   Vasco da Gama 7–3 (3–1, 4–2)   Atlético Mineiro   Ulbra and   GM/Chevrolet
2001   Carlos Barbosa 14–10 (3–7, 5–2, 6–1)   Ulbra   Flamengo and   Foz Futsal
2002   Ulbra 11–6 (7–4, 4–2)   W@ytv/Minas   Malwee/Jaraguá and   UCG/Goiás
2003   Ulbra 7–3 (2–0, 5–3)   Carlos Barbosa   Malwee/Jaraguá and   ECB/São Bernardo
2004   Carlos Barbosa 9–5 (1–2, 5–2, 3–1)   Ulbra   Malwee/Jaraguá and   Atlântico
2005   Malwee/Jaraguá 5–4 (2–2, 3–2)   Atlântico   John Deere Futsal and   Ulbra
2006   Carlos Barbosa 11–6 (3–4, 3–0, 5–2)   Malwee/Jaraguá   Joinville/Krona and   Atlântico
2007   Malwee/Jaraguá 11–4 (6–1, 5–3)   Joinville/Krona   Ulbra and   Intelli/Orlândia
2008   Malwee/Jaraguá 8–4 (2–2, 6–2)   Ulbra   Cortiana/UCS/AFF and   Carlos Barbosa
2009   Carlos Barbosa 9–6 (4–2, 5–4)   Malwee/Jaraguá   Floripa Futsal and   Umuarama
2010   Malwee/Jaraguá 4–2 (2–2, 2–0)   Copagril   Corinthians/São Caetano and   Carlos Barbosa
2011   Santos/Cortiana 6–6 (3–4, 3–2) (7–6 p)   Carlos Barbosa   Corinthians/São Caetano and   Floripa Futsal
2012   Intelli/Orlândia 5–4 (1–0, 4–4)   Joinville/Krona   Carlos Barbosa and   Corinthians
2013   Intelli/Orlândia 4–3 (2–1, 2–2)   Concórdia   Joinville/Krona and   Corinthians
2014   Futsal Brasil Kirin 6–7 (4–2, 2–5) 4–3 (aet)   Intelli/Orlândia   Jaraguá and   Corinthians
2015   Carlos Barbosa 10–4 (5–3, 5–1)   Intelli/Orlândia   Corinthians and   Futsal Brasil Kirin
2016   Corinthians 8–4 (3–2, 5–2)   Magnus Futsal   Copagril and   Assoeva
2017   Joinville/Krona 3–3 (1–1, 2–2) 1–0 (aet)   Assoeva   Foz Cataratas and   Marreco
2018   Pato Futsal 8–4 (6–0, 2–4) 2–1 (aet)   Atlântico   Magnus Futsal and   Copagril
2019   Pato Futsal 9–2 (3–2, 6–0)   Magnus Futsal   Joinville/Krona and   Jaraguá
2020   Magnus Futsal 4–1 (1–1, 3–0)   Corinthians   Joinville/Krona and   Tubarão
2021   Cascavel 9–1 (3–1, 6–0)   Magnus Futsal   Carlos Barbosa and   Foz Cataratas
2022   Corinthians 11–3 (6–2, 5–1)   Atlântico   Cascavel and   Jaraguá
2023   Atlântico 2–1   Joinville/Krona   Magnus Futsal and   Cascavel

Records and statistics

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By team

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Team Winner Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
  Carlos Barbosa 5 3 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015 1998, 2003, 2011
  Jaraguá 4 2 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 2006, 2009
  Ulbra 3 3 1998, 2002, 2003 2001, 2004, 2008
  Magnus Futsal[note 1] 2 3 2014, 2020 2016, 2019, 2021
  Intelli 2 2 2012, 2013 2014, 2015
  Atlético Mineiro 2 1 1997, 1999 2000
  Corinthians 2 1 2016, 2022 2020
  Pato Futsal 2 0 2018, 2019
  Joinville/Krona 1 3 2017 2007, 2012, 2023
  Atlântico 1 3 2023 2005, 2018, 2022
  Internacional 1 0 1996
  Vasco da Gama 1 0 2000
  Santos/Cortiana 1 0 2011
  Cascavel 1 0 2021
  Vasco da Gama 0 1 1996
  Banespa 0 1 1997
  Rio/Miécimo 0 1 1999
  Minas Tênis Clube 0 1 2002
  Copagril 0 1 2010
  Concórdia 0 1 2013
  Assoeva 0 1 2017

By state

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Country Winner Runner-up
  Rio Grande do Sul 10 11
  São Paulo 7 7
  Santa Catarina 5 6
  Minas Gerais 2 2
  Paraná 3 1
  Rio de Janeiro 1 1

Top scorers

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Season Top scorer
1996   Luís Ortiz (  Internacional/Ulbra, 25 goals)
1997   Lenísio (  GM/Chevrolet, 36 goals)
  Vander Carioca (  Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas, 36 goals)
1998   Índio (  Ulbra, 21 goals)
1999   Lenísio (  Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas, 25 goals)
2000   Manoel Tobias (  Atlético Mineiro, 52 goals)
2001   Lenísio (  Ulbra, 25 goals)
2002   Lenísio (  Ulbra, 31 goals)
2003   Pablo Ribeiro (  Carlos Barbosa, 25 goals)
  Serjão (  Ulbra, 25 goals)
2004   Pablo Ribeiro (  Carlos Barbosa, 27 goals)
2005   Falcão (  Jaraguá, 25 goals)
2006   Marinho (  Intelli/Orlândia, 25 goals)
2007   William Negão (  Malwee/Jaraguá, 31 goals)
2008   Falcão (  Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
2009   Falcão (  Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
  Lenísio (  Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
2010   Falcão (  Malwee/Jaraguá, 39 goals)
2011   Falcão (  Santos/Cortiana, 32 goals)
2012   Rodrigo (  Carlos Barbosa, 24 goals)
2013   Vander Carioca (  Joinville/Krona, 22 goals)
2014   Falcão (  Futsal Brasil Kirin, 19 goals)
2015   Dieguinho (  Intelli/Orlândia, 30 goals)
2016   Deives Moraes (  Corinthians, 20 goals)
  Rodrigo (  Magnus Futsal, 20 goals)
2017   Sinoê (  Marreco, 15 goals)
  Well Pereira (  Intelli, 15 goals)
2018   Keké (  Atlântico, 23 goals)
2019   Rodrigo (  Magnus Futsal, 18 goals)
2020   Rodrigo (  Magnus Futsal, 15 goals)
2021   Roni (  Cascavel, 19 goals)
2022   Dieguinho (  Joinville/Krona, 25 goals)
2023   Richard (  Atlântico, 30 goals)
Notes
  1. ^ Magnus Futsal was known as Futsal Brasil Kirin from 2014 until 2016.
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References

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  1. ^ "Equipes" (in Portuguese). LNF. Retrieved May 27, 2023.