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).

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.

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

Winners

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists
1996	Template:Flagicon Internacional/Ulbra	12–3 (2–2, 4–0, 6–1)	Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama/DalPonte/Unimed	Template:Flagicon Goiás/Futsal 2000 and Template:Flagicon GM/Chevrolet
1997	Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas	7–4 (3–3, 4–1)	Template:Flagicon Banespa/Phercani	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa and Template:Flagicon GM/Chevrolet
1998	Template:Flagicon Ulbra	11–3 (5–1, 6–2)	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	Template:Flagicon GM/Chevrolet and Template:Flagicon Iate/Kaiser
1999	Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas	10–7 (5–3, 5–4)	Template:Flagicon Rio/Miécimo	Template:Flagicon GM/Chevrolet and Template:Flagicon São Paulo/Osasco
2000	Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	7–3 (3–1, 4–2)	Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro	Template:Flagicon Ulbra and Template:Flagicon GM/Chevrolet
2001	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	14–10 (3–7, 5–2, 6–1)	Template:Flagicon Ulbra	Template:Flagicon Flamengo and Template:Flagicon Foz Futsal
2002	Template:Flagicon Ulbra	11–6 (7–4, 4–2)	Template:Flagicon W@ytv/Minas	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá and Template:Flagicon UCG/Goiás
2003	Template:Flagicon Ulbra	7–3 (2–0, 5–3)	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá and Template:Flagicon ECB/São Bernardo
2004	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	9–5 (1–2, 5–2, 3–1)	Template:Flagicon Ulbra	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá and Template:Flagicon Atlântico
2005	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá	5–4 (2–2, 3–2)	Template:Flagicon Atlântico	Template:Flagicon John Deere Futsal and Template:Flagicon Ulbra
2006	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	11–6 (3–4, 3–0, 5–2)	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona and Template:Flagicon Atlântico
2007	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá	11–4 (6–1, 5–3)	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona	Template:Flagicon Ulbra and Template:Flagicon Intelli/Orlândia
2008	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá	8–4 (2–2, 6–2)	Template:Flagicon Ulbra	Template:Flagicon Cortiana/UCS/AFF and Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa
2009	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	9–6 (4–2, 5–4)	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá	Template:Flagicon Floripa Futsal and Template:Flagicon Umuarama
2010	Template:Flagicon Malwee/Jaraguá	4–2 (2–2, 2–0)	Template:Flagicon Copagril	Template:Flagicon Corinthians/São Caetano and Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa
2011	Template:Flagicon Santos/Cortiana	6–6 (3–4, 3–2) (7–6 p)	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	Template:Flagicon Corinthians/São Caetano and Template:Flagicon Floripa Futsal
2012	Template:Flagicon Intelli/Orlândia	5–4 (1–0, 4–4)	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa and Template:Flagicon Corinthians
2013	Template:Flagicon Intelli/Orlândia	4–3 (2–1, 2–2)	Template:Flagicon Concórdia	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona and Template:Flagicon Corinthians
2014	Template:Flagicon Futsal Brasil Kirin	6–7 (4–2, 2–5) 4–3 (aet)	Template:Flagicon Intelli/Orlândia	Template:Flagicon Jaraguá and Template:Flagicon Corinthians
2015	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	10–4 (5–3, 5–1)	Template:Flagicon Intelli/Orlândia	Template:Flagicon Corinthians and Template:Flagicon Futsal Brasil Kirin
2016	Template:Flagicon Corinthians	8–4 (3–2, 5–2)	Template:Flagicon Magnus Futsal	Template:Flagicon Copagril and Template:Flagicon Assoeva
2017	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona	3–3 (1–1, 2–2) 1–0 (aet)	Template:Flagicon Assoeva	Template:Flagicon Foz Cataratas and Template:Flagicon Marreco
2018	Template:Flagicon Pato Futsal	8–4 (6–0, 2–4) 2–1 (aet)	Template:Flagicon Atlântico	Template:Flagicon Magnus Futsal and Template:Flagicon Copagril
2019	Template:Flagicon Pato Futsal	9–2 (3–2, 6–0)	Template:Flagicon Magnus Futsal	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona and Template:Flagicon Jaraguá
2020	Template:Flagicon Magnus Futsal	4–1 (1–1, 3–0)	Template:Flagicon Corinthians	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona and Template:Flagicon Tubarão
2021	Template:Flagicon Cascavel	9–1 (3–1, 6–0)	Template:Flagicon Magnus Futsal	Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa and Template:Flagicon Foz Cataratas
2022	Template:Flagicon Corinthians	11–3 (6–2, 5–1)	Template:Flagicon Atlântico	Template:Flagicon Cascavel and Template:Flagicon Jaraguá
2023	Template:Flagicon Atlântico	2–1	Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona	Template:Flagicon Magnus Futsal and Template:Flagicon Cascavel
2024	Template:Flagicon Jaraguá	3–3 (6-5 pen.)	Template:Flagicon Praia Clube	Template:Flagicon Pato Futsal and Template:Flagicon Umuarama

Records and statistics

By team

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Template:Flagicon Carlos Barbosa	5	3	2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015	1998, 2003, 2011
Template:Flagicon Jaraguá	5	2	2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2024	2006, 2009
Template:Flagicon Ulbra	3	3	1998, 2002, 2003	2001, 2004, 2008
Template:Flagicon Magnus FutsalTemplate:Refn	2	3	2014, 2020	2016, 2019, 2021
Template:Flagicon Intelli	2	2	2012, 2013	2014, 2015
Template:Flagicon Atlético Mineiro	2	1	1997, 1999	2000
Template:Flagicon Corinthians	2	1	2016, 2022	2020
Template:Flagicon Pato Futsal	2	0	2018, 2019	—
Template:Flagicon Joinville/Krona	1	3	2017	2007, 2012, 2023
Template:Flagicon Atlântico	1	3	2023	2005, 2018, 2022
Template:Flagicon Internacional	1	0	1996	—
Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	1	0	2000	—
Template:Flagicon Santos/Cortiana	1	0	2011	—
Template:Flagicon Cascavel	1	0	2021	—
Template:Flagicon Vasco da Gama	0	1	—	1996
Template:Flagicon Banespa	0	1	—	1997
Template:Flagicon Rio/Miécimo	0	1	—	1999
Template:Flagicon Minas Tênis Clube	0	1	—	2002
Template:Flagicon Copagril	0	1	—	2010
Template:Flagicon Concórdia	0	1	—	2013
Template:Flagicon Assoeva	0	1	—	2017
Template:Flagicon Praia Clube	0	1	—	2024

By state

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

Top scorers

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

Notes

External links

• Template:In lang Official website
• Template:In lang Confederação Brasileira de Futsal