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

Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Country	Brazil
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of clubs	24
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Supercopa do Brasil de Futsal
Current champions	Jaraguá (5th title)
Most championships	Carlos Barbosa (5 titles) Jaraguá (5 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	TV Brasil / SporTV
Website	lnfoficial.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
Assoeva	Venâncio Aires	Ginásio Poliesportivo Parque do Chimarrão	5,000
Atlântico	Erechim	Clube Esportivo e Recreativo Atlântico	3,500
Blumenau Futsal	Blumenau	Complexo Esportivo Bernardo Werner	5,000
Brasília Futsal	Brasília	Ginásio Poliesportivo Vera Cruz	1,200
Campo Mourão Futsal	Campo Mourão	Ginásio de Esportes Belin Carolo	4,500
Carlos Barbosa Futsal	Carlos Barbosa	Centro Municipal de Eventos Sérgio Luiz Guerra	4,000
Cascavel Futsal	Cascavel	Ginásio Odilon Reinhardt	1,800
Corinthians	São Paulo	Ginásio Poliesportivo Wlamir Marques	7,000
Esporte Futuro	Toledo	Ginásio de Esportes Alcides Pan	3,780
Foz Cataratas Poker	Foz do Iguaçu	Ginásio Ministro Costa Cavalcanti	3,500
Jaraguá Futsal	Jaraguá do Sul	Arena Jaraguá	8,000
Joaçaba Futsal	Joaçaba	Centro de Eventos da UNOESC	5,500
JEC Krona Futsal	Joinville	Centreventos Cau Hansen	2,500
Magnus Futsal	Sorocaba	Arena Sorocaba	5,000
Marreco Futsal	Francisco Beltrão	Complexo Esportivo Arrudão	3,500
Minas Tênis Clube	Belo Horizonte	Arena UniBH	3,600
Pato Futsal	Pato Branco	Ginásio Municipal Dolivar Lavarda	1,500
Praia Clube	Uberlândia	Arena Praia	2,200
Santo André Intelli	Santo André	Ginásio de Esportes Noêmia Assunção	1,000
São José Futsal	São José dos Campos	Ginásio Tênis Clube	2,500
São Lourenço Futsal	São Lourenço do Oeste	Ginásio Poliesportivo do CEIM Monteiro Lobato	1,900
Taubaté Futsal	Taubaté	Ginásio Adib Moisés Dib	5,730
Tubarão Futsal	Tubarão	Ginásio Estener Soratto	3,600
Umuarama Futsal	Umuarama	Ginásio Amário Vieira da Costa	4,500

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
2024	Jaraguá	3–3 (6-5 pen.)	Praia Clube	Pato Futsal and Umuarama

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	5	2	2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2024	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
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	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)
2024	Gilvan ( Praia Clube, 30 goals)

Notes

1. Magnus Futsal was known as Futsal Brasil Kirin from 2014 until 2016.

External links

• (in Portuguese) Official website
• (in Portuguese) Confederação Brasileira de Futsal