Introduction to Brazilian Football League and Argentine Football League clubs

In fact, there are often reports about the Brazilian League in the news. In fact, the level is still good, but the competition system is relatively confusing

The following are some introductions for reference:

Say Taking into account the three major goals, Brazil ranks first in overall strength in the world. From 2002 to the present, the Brazilian men's football and men's volleyball teams have been ranked number one in the world. The Brazilian men's and women's basketball, women's football and women's volleyball teams are also among the best in the world. As the number one sport in the world, football is a passion that fascinates Brazilians and is also an important reason why Brazil is famous all over the world. Almost everyone knows about the Brazilian national team and Brazilian superstars, but when it comes to the history and current situation of Brazilian local clubs, very few people know about it. Indeed, Brazilian football is just like the New World in the eyes of Western explorers five hundred years ago, and it still needs to be understood deeply by fans.

One and six competition areas: Eastern Standing

Brazil is divided into 26 states and 1 federal district (Federal District of Brasilia). There are cities under the prefecture. There are 5,507 cities in the country, 79 with a population of more than 150,000, and 12 with a population of more than 1 million. From the perspective of football geography, the Brazilian Football Association divides it into six competition areas: North, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Sao Paulo/Inland, and South. Among them, the one that truly represents the level of Brazilian football is the eastern coastal region. This "scissor gap between east and west" characteristics are somewhat similar to Chinese football.

An obvious difference from other countries is that each state in Brazil has its own state league or championship. One thing is very interesting: Brazil's top football clubs are densely clustered in the two states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro on the southeast coast. It’s no wonder that the eastern coastal area of ??Brazil where the two states are located is the Gold Coast, the richest in South America. Moreover, both states have world-renowned big cities, as well as two world-famous stadiums: Sao Paulo’s Morumbi Stadium (capacity 80,000 people) and Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium (the world’s largest, with a maximum capacity of 200,000).

The scale of the Sao Paulo State League is already larger than that of the Chinese Super League. There are 20 teams in the First Division alone. Among them, Santos is the national champion in 2004, Sao Paulo is the third runner-up in the country, and Corinti Angola, Palmeiras, San Caetano, Black Bridge, Guarani, etc. are all national first-class teams, and the international team, Portuguese team, American team, etc. are also regular visitors to the national championship. Santos is the parent team of football king Pele. Since its birth in 1912, honor has followed it. In the last century, Santos won many championships under Pele's leadership. The club's performance was sluggish for a long time after the 1970s. After entering the 21st century, the team suddenly took on a new look and entered its second climax. Now South American media has called it "Real Madrid outside Europe".

The Sao Paulo State A2 and A3 leagues each have 20 teams, the fourth level league has 44 teams participating, and the Sao Paulo Cup under-20 youth competition has 88 teams. The tournament is only semi-professional, but the quality of the players is quite commendable. Many stars also started here, the most famous of which is Rivaldo, the 1999 World Footballer. Played for Team Gimilin and Team Paulista.

The Rio State League, which is adjacent to the state of Sao Paulo, is another giant of Brazilian football. The boss here is "Fra-Fro", which is the lingo of Brazilian football and refers to the famous Flamengo and Frominense Club, the well-known "Lone Wolf" Romario and "Beast" Edmundo came to the national team from Flamengo. Of course, we cannot forget Club Vasco da Gama—— The first Club World Cup champion; and the traditional strong team Botafogo, who have also aspired to win the Brazilian national championship. The headquarters of the Brazilian Football Association is located on Victor Civita Street in Rio de Janeiro, which makes Rio people very proud.

Since the two major states of Sao Paulo and Rio are located next to each other and their levels are higher than other regions in the country, they also regularly hold "Rio VS Sao Paulo Contest", which is contested by the strongest players from the two states. A peak showdown to defend the honor of their respective fathers and fellow villagers. Because of this historical origin, players attach no less importance to it than the World Cup finals.

Due to the strong opposition between the two states, the competition has been intermittent. From its inception in 1933 to 2001, it only played 20 times. Among them, the Sao Paulo people won 11 times, the Rio people won 7 times, and there were 2 draws. After 2002, the Brazilian Football Federation established a national championship, and the separate competition between the two states ended.

In addition to Rio and Sao Paulo, those qualified and capable of hosting state leagues include Minas Gerais, Bayano, Catarina, and Bahia. State, Ceará, Paraná, Penan Bucano, Rio Grande do Sul, etc., these states are concentrated in eastern Brazil. Their state leagues also have 18 to 20 participating teams respectively, but the number of national first-class teams is much less than that of Sao Paulo and Rio. Minas Gerais has only Atlético and Cruzeiro, while Paraná has three teams: Atletico Paraná, Paraná and Curitiba. Atletico Paraná is the dark horse in recent years. In 2004, they surprisingly ascended to the national runner-up spot. Rio Grande do Sul also has three first-division teams: Gremio, Internacional, and Juventus. Ronaldo, who became popular in Europe and won the 2004 World Footballer, was born in Porto Alegre in the state. Trained by Ao.

2. The league is complicated and rare in the world

Brazil is a world-recognized football kingdom, and it became professional in 1933. At present, Brazil's direct leading organization in football management is the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). In addition, each state and city has local football associations. The CBF is responsible for the management of the Brazilian National Football League and national teams at all levels, while the local football associations are responsible for the management of local leagues. Although the Brazilian Ministry of Sports has the power to guide and advise CBF administratively, the actual power in the field of football is in the hands of CBF. Brazil also has sports arbitration courts at all levels, which are responsible for making judicial or administrative decisions on various issues and disputes that arise in professional leagues. The arbitration courts are composed of five senior judges and are legally serious, independent and authoritative. , and all of this is inseparable from the Football Association.

Because there are so many teams, Brazil’s competition system is the most complex in the world. Usually after New Year's Day every year, the state leagues start, and March ushered in the Brazilian Cup. The participating teams are divided into upper and lower halves. This event used to have 88 teams, and was streamlined to 64 in 2004. It uses a single elimination system and home and away games. Combined with the system, we fought all the way to June. Starting from April, the National League has started blowing the whistle. As we all know, Brazil's national league began in 1971. Due to the large number of teams (more than 100 teams at most), Havelange, a powerful figure at the time, organized the national teams together and adopted an NBA-style pyramid. The competition system is divided into pre-season and playoffs. This model of competition was called the "Havelange Cup" at the beginning of this century. In 2003, the Brazilian Football Association canceled this practice and aligned with international standards, enabling the world-popular The accumulated points system for home and away games is what leads to today’s Brazilian National League A and B.

Take the 2004 season as an example. The 24 first-class teams played a total of 46 rounds and conducted 552 fierce battles. Championship winner Santos scored 103 goals, while top scorer Washington scored 34 goals alone. The total number of goals scored in 46 rounds of the league reached 1536, with an average of 2.78 goals per game. Interestingly, almost all Brazilian teams are "dragons at home and insects on the road". Data shows that teams at home have won 288 games, with a winning percentage of 52.14, drawn 140 games, and lost only 124 games. The home team scored 948 goals and conceded 588 goals. The advantage is very obvious. Compared with other South American leagues, Brazilian football is less brutal, but the number of fouls is still shocking. The international team, the winner of the "Fair Play Award" with the fewest cards, received 4 reds and 95 yellows, with an average of 2.15 cards per game. As for the worst performance, the Black Bridge team collectively "claimed" 11 reds and 114 yellows. Faced with these evil acts, referees are naturally "busy". Edilson Silva, the international referee with the most whistles in Brazil, has issued 19 reds and 156 yellows.

Although it is inevitable for clubs to fire coaches midway through any league, the frequency of firing coaches in the Brazilian league is definitely the highest in the world. In 46 rounds of games, 36 coaches left early. Each of the 24 Class A teams had to fire one and a half head coaches on average. The field was ruthless and the coaches were unlucky!

3. Football for All

Football is the mainstream of Brazilian cultural life. For Brazilians, football is not only a sport but also culture. Whenever there is a major domestic or international game, Brazilians often go to watch the game with their whole families, sometimes in front of an empty house. Almost everyone in Brazil is a football fan. "A person who doesn't understand football will not be able to become the president of Brazil, nor will he get high support rates." This is indeed true. When President Cardoso came to power in 1995, one of the most popular things he did was appoint the football king Pele as sports minister. Before the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the Brazilian presidential election entered a heated stage. Several presidential candidates all used visiting the national team training as an important means to win votes. No wonder Brazilians often half-jokingly say: "We don't care if a government is bad, as long as it helps us win the World Cup." The four-year presidential election seems to coincide with the World Cup.

Brazilians also believe that Brazilian football culture should be ranked among the world's cultural heritage. Brazilians call football a "popular sport". People play football whether on the beach or in the streets of the city. Even in the slums, children from poor families would use their bare feet to fill their socks with paper and play with them as a ball. Many of Brazil's world-famous players started their football careers here. Brazilian football talents are emerging in large numbers and there is a constant stream of outstanding players, thanks to its system of discovering and cultivating talents. Brazilian football schools are located all over the country, focusing on training children around 12 years old. Each club in Brazil employs a group of experienced and keen-sighted scouts who work in various football schools and competition venues all year round. After discovering outstanding talents, they report to the club in a timely manner. The club will undergo physical examination, testing and on-site observation, and the final qualified candidates will be selected. These effective means enable Brazilian players to fully display their individuality on the field and improvise as they please. They closely combine the impulse of football with human instinctive impulse, personality development, strong aggressiveness and desire for self-expression through the artistic characteristics of romanticism. They are connected together and create a magical football culture. Samba is a national dance in Brazil. It is a blend of Portuguese and Indian music with black music and dance content. It uses rough movements and passionate melodies to vent instinctive impulses and express people's yearning for freedom and romantic life. eager. The romantic color and individual characteristics of samba dance are fully reflected in football, so people call Brazilian football "Samba Football".

Brazil is a developing country, and its people’s living standards are only at the middle level in the world, which determines that players’ income cannot be in line with Europe. The current average salary of Brazilian players playing in the first division is about 3,000 reais (approximately US$1,000) per month. There is a big gap between players' salaries. The monthly salary of players who are just starting out is only 1,000 reais, while the monthly salary of big-name players is about 30,000 reais, a difference of 30 times. The Brazilian team implements a walking training system, and most players can consciously abide by disciplines and work and rest on time, creating a good atmosphere.

Brazil has a population of 170 million, of which 51 are white, 40 are mulattoes, 6 are black, less than 1 are Indians (yellow race), and some Asians (Chinese , Japanese, etc.) and various mixed races. Several major races in the world are gathered in Brazil, so Brazil is also called the "World Ethnographic Museum". This makes Brazilian football also have the strengths of the three major races, strong and , flexibility, agility, sensitivity and other types of players are all available. This should be one of the reasons why Brazil is unique in football.

(Note: Since the number of Brazilian professional football teams is too large, and the system is very different from the popular systems in other countries, in this article we do not mark the locations of the teams one by one like other football geography manuscripts. Please Readers forgive me.

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Black Bridge (City of Campinas, State of S?o Paulo)

Corinthians (City of S?o Paulo, State of S?o Paulo)

International (Riogo do Sul Porto Alegre, Land State)

Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro, Rio State)

Parana (Curitiba, Paraná State)

Santos (city of Santos, state of S?o Paulo)

Goias (city of Goiania, state of Goiás)

Cruzeiro (m Belo Horizonte, Nas Gerais)

Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro)

Juventus (Rio Grande do Sul) Caxias do Sul, Texas)

San Caetano (San Caetano, State of Sao Paulo)

Curitiba (Curi, Paraná) City of Tiba)

Palmeiras (City of Santos, State of S?o Paulo)

Fortaleza (City of Fortaleza, State of Ceará)

Brazilian (Federal District, Tagua Tinga City)

S?o Paulo (S?o Paulo State, City of S?o Paulo)

Atletico Paraná (Paraná State, Curitiba City)

Flamenco (Rio State, City of Rio de Janeiro)

Vasco da Gama (Rio State, City of Rio de Janeiro)

Feige Rence (Florianopolis, Santa Catalina)

Atletico Mineiro (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais)

Pesandu (Pará State, Byron City)

The Argentine League consists of the Spring League, Summer Cup, Autumn League and Winter Break. Due to Argentina's geographical location in the Southern Hemisphere, Argentina's seasons are opposite to ours. At the beginning of each year, Argentina will hold a spring league (the European League is in the second half of the league season). The league adopts a single round-robin system. The 20 teams in Argentina will play 19 rounds one by one. During this period, there will be a South American Club Cup competition (equivalent to the European Club Cup). UEFA Cup). Then there is the Summer Cup (equivalent to the National Cup of the European League). Each team has different purposes for participating. Some of them focus on results (entering Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo, etc...) and some focus on youth training. (Especially the river bed...). After the Summer Cup, the Autumn League begins (the European League is in the first half of its second season), which includes the Copa Libertadores (equivalent to the European Champions Cup), and its champion participates in the World Club Cup. After the spring and autumn leagues, the total results of the two seasons are promoted and relegated (seemingly 3 teams each time), which also determines the quota for the next Copa Libertadores. (Top 5) The winter break is a rest period, during which players are bought and sold (players can also be bought and sold during the Summer Cup) and friendly matches are held.