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).

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

The Championship

History

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

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

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

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

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Rio Grande do Sul AssoevaVenâncio AiresGinásio Poliesportivo Parque do Chimarrão5,000
Rio Grande do Sul AtlânticoErechimClube Esportivo e Recreativo Atlântico3,500
Santa Catarina (state) Blumenau FutsalBlumenauComplexo Esportivo Bernardo Werner5,000
Federal District (Brazil) Brasília FutsalBrasíliaGinásio Poliesportivo Vera Cruz1,200
Paraná (state) Campo Mourão FutsalCampo MourãoGinásio de Esportes Belin Carolo4,500
Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa FutsalCarlos BarbosaCentro Municipal de Eventos Sérgio Luiz Guerra4,000
Paraná (state) Cascavel FutsalCascavelGinásio Odilon Reinhardt1,800
São Paulo (state) CorinthiansSão PauloGinásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques7,000
Paraná (state) Esporte FuturoToledoGinásio de Esportes Alcides Pan3,780
Paraná (state) Foz Cataratas PokerFoz do IguaçuGinásio Ministro Costa Cavalcanti3,500
Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá FutsalJaraguá do SulArena Jaraguá8,000
Santa Catarina (state) Joaçaba FutsalJoaçabaCentro de Eventos da UNOESC5,500
Santa Catarina (state) JEC Krona FutsalJoinvilleCentreventos Cau Hansen2,500
São Paulo (state) Magnus FutsalSorocabaArena Sorocaba5,000
Paraná (state) Marreco FutsalFrancisco BeltrãoComplexo Esportivo Arrudão3,500
Minas Gerais Minas Tênis ClubeBelo HorizonteArena UniBH3,600
Paraná (state) Pato FutsalPato BrancoGinásio Municipal Dolivar Lavarda1,500
Minas Gerais Praia ClubeUberlândiaArena Praia2,200
São Paulo (state) Santo André IntelliSanto AndréGinásio de Esportes Noêmia Assunção1,000
São Paulo (state) São José FutsalSão José dos CamposGinásio Tênis Clube2,500
Santa Catarina (state) São Lourenço FutsalSão Lourenço do OesteGinásio Poliesportivo do CEIM Monteiro Lobato1,900
São Paulo (state) Taubaté FutsalTaubatéGinásio Adib Moisés Dib5,730
Santa Catarina (state) Tubarão FutsalTubarãoGinásio Estener Soratto3,600
Paraná (state) Umuarama FutsalUmuaramaGinásio Amário Vieira da Costa4,500

Winners

SeasonChampionScoreRunner-upLosing semi-finalists
1996Rio Grande do Sul Internacional/Ulbra12–3 (2–2, 4–0, 6–1)Rio Grande do Sul Vasco da Gama/DalPonte/UnimedGoiás Goiás/Futsal 2000 and São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet
1997Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas7–4 (3–3, 4–1)São Paulo (state) Banespa/PhercaniRio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa and São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet
1998Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra11–3 (5–1, 6–2)Rio Grande do Sul Carlos BarbosaSão Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet and Rio de Janeiro (state) Iate/Kaiser
1999Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas10–7 (5–3, 5–4)Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio/MiécimoSão Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet and São Paulo (state) São Paulo/Osasco
2000Rio de Janeiro (state) Vasco da Gama7–3 (3–1, 4–2)Minas Gerais Atlético MineiroRio Grande do Sul Ulbra and São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet
2001Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa14–10 (3–7, 5–2, 6–1)Rio Grande do Sul UlbraRio de Janeiro (state) Flamengo and Paraná (state) Foz Futsal
2002Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra11–6 (7–4, 4–2)Minas Gerais W@ytv/MinasSanta Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá and Goiás UCG/Goiás
2003Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra7–3 (2–0, 5–3)Rio Grande do Sul Carlos BarbosaSanta Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá and São Paulo (state) ECB/São Bernardo
2004Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa9–5 (1–2, 5–2, 3–1)Rio Grande do Sul UlbraSanta Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá and Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico
2005Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá5–4 (2–2, 3–2)Rio Grande do Sul AtlânticoRio Grande do Sul John Deere Futsal and Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra
2006Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa11–6 (3–4, 3–0, 5–2)Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/JaraguáSanta Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona and Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico
2007Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá11–4 (6–1, 5–3)Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/KronaRio Grande do Sul Ulbra and São Paulo (state) Intelli/Orlândia
2008Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá8–4 (2–2, 6–2)Rio Grande do Sul UlbraRio Grande do Sul Cortiana/UCS/AFF and Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa
2009Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa9–6 (4–2, 5–4)Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/JaraguáSanta Catarina (state) Floripa Futsal and Paraná (state) Umuarama
2010Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá4–2 (2–2, 2–0)Paraná (state) CopagrilSão Paulo (state) Corinthians/São Caetano and Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa
2011São Paulo (state) Santos/Cortiana6–6 (3–4, 3–2) (7–6 p)Rio Grande do Sul Carlos BarbosaSão Paulo (state) Corinthians/São Caetano and Santa Catarina (state) Floripa Futsal
2012São Paulo (state) Intelli/Orlândia5–4 (1–0, 4–4)Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/KronaRio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa and São Paulo (state) Corinthians
2013São Paulo (state) Intelli/Orlândia4–3 (2–1, 2–2)Santa Catarina (state) ConcórdiaSanta Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona and São Paulo (state) Corinthians
2014São Paulo (state) Futsal Brasil Kirin6–7 (4–2, 2–5) 4–3 (aet)São Paulo (state) Intelli/OrlândiaSanta Catarina (state) Jaraguá and São Paulo (state) Corinthians
2015Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa10–4 (5–3, 5–1)São Paulo (state) Intelli/OrlândiaSão Paulo (state) Corinthians and São Paulo (state) Futsal Brasil Kirin
2016São Paulo (state) Corinthians8–4 (3–2, 5–2)São Paulo (state) Magnus FutsalParaná (state) Copagril and Rio Grande do Sul Assoeva
2017Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona3–3 (1–1, 2–2) 1–0 (aet)Rio Grande do Sul AssoevaParaná (state) Foz Cataratas and Paraná (state) Marreco
2018Paraná (state) Pato Futsal8–4 (6–0, 2–4) 2–1 (aet)Rio Grande do Sul AtlânticoSão Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal and Paraná (state) Copagril
2019Paraná (state) Pato Futsal9–2 (3–2, 6–0)São Paulo (state) Magnus FutsalSanta Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona and Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá
2020São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal4–1 (1–1, 3–0)São Paulo (state) CorinthiansSanta Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona and Santa Catarina (state) Tubarão
2021Paraná (state) Cascavel9–1 (3–1, 6–0)São Paulo (state) Magnus FutsalRio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa and Paraná (state) Foz Cataratas
2022São Paulo (state) Corinthians11–3 (6–2, 5–1)Rio Grande do Sul AtlânticoParaná (state) Cascavel and Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá
2023Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico2–1Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/KronaSão Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal and Paraná (state) Cascavel
2024Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá3–3 (6-5 pen.)Minas Gerais Praia ClubeParaná (state) Pato Futsal and Paraná (state) Umuarama
2025Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá6–3 (3–3, 3–0)São Paulo (state) CorinthiansRio Grande do Sul Atlântico and Paraná (state) Campo Mourão

Records and statistics

By team

TeamWinnerRunner-upYears wonYears runner-up
Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá622005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2024, 20252006, 2009
Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa532001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 20151998, 2003, 2011
Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra331998, 2002, 20032001, 2004, 2008
São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal232014, 20202016, 2019, 2021
São Paulo (state) Intelli222012, 20132014, 2015
Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro211997, 19992000
São Paulo (state) Corinthians222016, 20222020, 2025
Paraná (state) Pato Futsal202018, 2019—
Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona1320172007, 2012, 2023
Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico1320232005, 2018, 2022
Rio Grande do Sul Internacional101996—
Rio de Janeiro (state) Vasco da Gama102000—
São Paulo (state) Santos/Cortiana102011—
Paraná (state) Cascavel102021—
Rio Grande do Sul Vasco da Gama01—1996
São Paulo (state) Banespa01—1997
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio/Miécimo01—1999
Minas Gerais Minas Tênis Clube01—2002
Paraná (state) Copagril01—2010
Santa Catarina (state) Concórdia01—2013
Rio Grande do Sul Assoeva01—2017
Minas Gerais Praia Clube01—2024

By state

CountryWinnerRunner-up
Rio Grande do Sul1011
São Paulo78
Santa Catarina76
Minas Gerais23
Paraná31
Rio de Janeiro11

Top scorers

SeasonTop scorer
1996Brazil Luís Ortiz (Rio Grande do Sul Internacional/Ulbra, 25 goals)
1997Brazil Lenísio (São Paulo (state) GM/Chevrolet, 36 goals) Brazil Vander Carioca (Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas, 36 goals)
1998Brazil Índio (Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra, 21 goals)
1999Brazil Lenísio (Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas, 25 goals)
2000Brazil Manoel Tobias (Minas Gerais Atlético Mineiro, 52 goals)
2001Brazil Lenísio (Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra, 25 goals)
2002Brazil Lenísio (Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra, 31 goals)
2003Brazil Pablo Ribeiro (Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa, 25 goals) Brazil Serjão (Rio Grande do Sul Ulbra, 25 goals)
2004Brazil Pablo Ribeiro (Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa, 27 goals)
2005Brazil Falcão (Santa Catarina (state) Jaraguá, 25 goals)
2006Brazil Marinho (São Paulo (state) Intelli/Orlândia, 25 goals)
2007Brazil William Negão (Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá, 31 goals)
2008Brazil Falcão (Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
2009Brazil Falcão (Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals) Brazil Lenísio (Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá, 32 goals)
2010Brazil Falcão (Santa Catarina (state) Malwee/Jaraguá, 39 goals)
2011Brazil Falcão (São Paulo (state) Santos/Cortiana, 32 goals)
2012Brazil Rodrigo (Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Barbosa, 24 goals)
2013Brazil Vander Carioca (Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona, 22 goals)
2014Brazil Falcão (São Paulo (state) Futsal Brasil Kirin, 19 goals)
2015Brazil Dieguinho (São Paulo (state) Intelli/Orlândia, 30 goals)
2016Brazil Deives Moraes (São Paulo (state) Corinthians, 20 goals) Brazil Rodrigo (São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal, 20 goals)
2017Brazil Sinoê (Paraná (state) Marreco, 15 goals) Brazil Well Pereira (Minas Gerais Intelli, 15 goals)
2018Brazil Keké (Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico, 23 goals)
2019Brazil Rodrigo (São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal, 18 goals)
2020Brazil Rodrigo (São Paulo (state) Magnus Futsal, 15 goals)
2021Brazil Roni (Paraná (state) Cascavel, 19 goals)
2022Brazil Dieguinho (Santa Catarina (state) Joinville/Krona, 25 goals)
2023Brazil Richard (Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico, 30 goals)
2024Brazil Gilvan (Paraná (state) Praia Clube, 30 goals)
2025Brazil Vagner (Rio Grande do Sul Atlântico, 20 goals)

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