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CBF ranking

Brazilian football rankings

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. 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 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.

Points for Campeonato Brasileiro

Série A

Place	Points
1	800
2	640
3	600
4	560
5	552
...	..
23	408
24...	408

Série B

Place	Points
1	400
2	320
3	300
4	280
5	276
...	..
23	204
24...	204

Série C

Place	Points
1	200
2	160
3	150
4	140
5	138
...	..
23	102
24...	102

Série D

Place	Points
1	100
2	80
3	75
4	70
5	69
...	..
23	51
24...	51
...	..
65	10
66...	10

Note: For 2020 and 2021 only, the teams eliminated in the Pré-Série D (65th through 68th places) received 10 points. The 65th through 68th places in other years also received 51 points.

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

Rank	Club	State	Points
1	Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	16,314
2	Corinthians	São Paulo	14,930
3	Palmeiras	São Paulo	13,860
4	Atlético Mineiro	Minas Gerais	13,696
5	São Paulo	São Paulo	13,556
6	Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	13,006
7	Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	12,834
8	Athletico Paranaense	Paraná	12,656
9	Bahia	Bahia	12,632
10	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	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	9,802
16	Santos	São Paulo	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

Rank	State	Coeff.	Série A	Série B	Série C	Série D	Total
1	São Paulo São Paulo	93,528	6	4	4	5	19
2	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro	61,308	4	0	1	6	11
3	Minas Gerais Minas Gerais	41,451	2	2	0	5	9
4	Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul	39,283	2	1	2	4	9
5	Paraná Paraná	31,792	2	2	1	4	9
6	Ceará Ceará	24,954	0	2	1	5	8
7	Goiás Goiás	24,148	0	3	1	5	9
8	Santa Catarina Santa Catarina	23,938	1	2	3	4	10
9	Bahia Bahia	23,642	2	0	0	4	6
10	Pernambuco Pernambuco	14,158	0	2	1	4	7
11	Alagoas Alagoas	12,240	0	1	0	3	4
12	Pará Pará	10,710	1	0	1	2	4
13	Mato Grosso Mato Grosso	9,346	0	1	0	5	6
14	Amazonas Amazonas	6,688	0	0	1	3	4
15	Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte	6,131	0	0	0	3	3
16	Paraíba Paraíba	5,507	0	0	1	3	4
17	Maranhão Maranhão	5,451	0	0	1	4	5
18	Sergipe Sergipe	5,082	0	0	2	2	4
19	Distrito Federal Distrito Federal	3,633	0	0	0	4	4
20	Piauí Piauí	3,545	0	0	0	4	4
21	Espírito Santo Espírito Santo	2,623	0	0	0	3	3
22	Tocantins Tocantins	2,435	0	0	0	2	2
23	Acre Acre	2,306	0	0	0	3	3
24	Rondônia Rondônia	1,648	0	0	0	2	2
25	Roraima Roraima	1,598	0	0	0	3	3
26	Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul	1,450	0	0	0	2	2
27	Amapá Amapá	1,375	0	0	0	2	2

Key to colors on the table

2026 Women's Club Ranking

Last update: 4 December 2025

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

2026 Women's State Ranking

Last update:4 December 2025

Rank	State	Coeff.
1	São Paulo São Paulo	78,150
2	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro	27,524
3	Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul	25,752
4	Minas Gerais Minas Gerais	24,432
5	Distrito Federal Distrito Federal	16,875
6	Bahia Bahia	16,806
7	Amazonas Amazonas	14,646
8	Santa Catarina 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 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 Acre	1,983
26	Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte	1,667
27	Tocantins Tocantins	1,407

References

[http://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201401/1759724000.pdf 2014 Copa do Brasil competition regulations] (in portuguese).
[http://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201408/20140808150011_0.pdf 2014 Série D competition regulations] (in portuguese).
[http://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201412/20141219190109_0.pdf 2015 Copa do Nordeste competition regulations] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-09-28 (in portuguese).)
[http://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201412/20141210185504_0.pdf 2015 Copa Verde competition regulations] (in portuguese).
[http://cdn.cbf.com.br/content/201412/20141215143529_0.pdf Critérios para o sorteio da Primeira Fase da Copa do Brasil/2015] (in portuguese).
(26 July 2017). "Convenção de Pontos do Ranking Nacional de Clubes". CBF.
(23 December 2025). "RNC - RANKING NACIONAL DOS CLUBES 2026". CBF.
(23 December 2025). "RNF - RANKING NACIONAL DAS FEDERAÇÕES 2026". CBF.
(29 December 2025). "Brasileirão: veja os 156 clubes das Séries A, B, C e D em 2026". Globo.
"Regulamento Específico da Competição Copa do Brasil–2021". CBF.
(4 December 2025). "RNC - RANKING NACIONAL DOS CLUBES 2026 FUTEBOL FEMININO". CBF.
(4 December 2025). "RNF - RANKING NACIONAL DAS FEDERAÇÕES 2026 FUTEBOL FEMININO". CBF.

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