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 (1996)
CountryBrazil
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams24
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Supercopa do Brasil de Futsal
Current champions Atlântico
(1st title)
Most championships 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

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.[1]

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

Winners
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

By team
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
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
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.

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

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