The Liga Nacional de Futsal (LNF) (English: National Futsal League) 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.
ClubLocation 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-finalists1996 Internacional/Ulbra 12–3 (2–2, 4–0, 6–1) Vasco da Gama/DalPonte/Unimed Goiás/Futsal 2000 and GM/Chevrolet1997 Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas 7–4 (3–3, 4–1) Banespa/Phercani Carlos Barbosa and GM/Chevrolet1998 Ulbra 11–3 (5–1, 6–2) Carlos Barbosa GM/Chevrolet and Iate/Kaiser1999 Atlético Mineiro/Pax de Minas 10–7 (5–3, 5–4) Rio/Miécimo GM/Chevrolet and São Paulo/Osasco2000 Vasco da Gama 7–3 (3–1, 4–2) Atlético Mineiro Ulbra and GM/Chevrolet2001 Carlos Barbosa 14–10 (3–7, 5–2, 6–1) Ulbra Flamengo and Foz Futsal2002 Ulbra 11–6 (7–4, 4–2) W@ytv/Minas Malwee/Jaraguá and UCG/Goiás2003 Ulbra 7–3 (2–0, 5–3) Carlos Barbosa Malwee/Jaraguá and ECB/São Bernardo2004 Carlos Barbosa 9–5 (1–2, 5–2, 3–1) Ulbra Malwee/Jaraguá and Atlântico2005 Malwee/Jaraguá 5–4 (2–2, 3–2) Atlântico John Deere Futsal and Ulbra2006 Carlos Barbosa 11–6 (3–4, 3–0, 5–2) Malwee/Jaraguá Joinville/Krona and Atlântico2007 Malwee/Jaraguá 11–4 (6–1, 5–3) Joinville/Krona Ulbra and Intelli/Orlândia2008 Malwee/Jaraguá 8–4 (2–2, 6–2) Ulbra Cortiana/UCS/AFF and Carlos Barbosa2009 Carlos Barbosa 9–6 (4–2, 5–4) Malwee/Jaraguá Floripa Futsal and Umuarama2010 Malwee/Jaraguá 4–2 (2–2, 2–0) Copagril Corinthians/São Caetano and Carlos Barbosa2011 Santos/Cortiana 6–6 (3–4, 3–2) (7–6 p) Carlos Barbosa Corinthians/São Caetano and Floripa Futsal2012 Intelli/Orlândia 5–4 (1–0, 4–4) Joinville/Krona Carlos Barbosa and Corinthians2013 Intelli/Orlândia 4–3 (2–1, 2–2) Concórdia Joinville/Krona and Corinthians2014 Futsal Brasil Kirin 6–7 (4–2, 2–5) 4–3 (aet) Intelli/Orlândia Jaraguá and Corinthians2015 Carlos Barbosa 10–4 (5–3, 5–1) Intelli/Orlândia Corinthians and Futsal Brasil Kirin2016 Corinthians 8–4 (3–2, 5–2) Magnus Futsal Copagril and Assoeva2017 Joinville/Krona 3–3 (1–1, 2–2) 1–0 (aet) Assoeva Foz Cataratas and Marreco2018 Pato Futsal 8–4 (6–0, 2–4) 2–1 (aet) Atlântico Magnus Futsal and Copagril2019 Pato Futsal 9–2 (3–2, 6–0) Magnus Futsal Joinville/Krona and Jaraguá2020 Magnus Futsal 4–1 (1–1, 3–0) Corinthians Joinville/Krona and Tubarão2021 Cascavel 9–1 (3–1, 6–0) Magnus Futsal Carlos Barbosa and Foz Cataratas2022 Corinthians 11–3 (6–2, 5–1) Atlântico Cascavel and Jaraguá2023 Atlântico 2–1 Joinville/Krona Magnus Futsal and Cascavel2024 Jaraguá 3–3 (6-5 pen.) Praia Clube Pato Futsal and Umuarama2025 Jaraguá 6–3 (3–3, 3–0) Corinthians Atlântico and Campo Mourão
Records and statistics By team TeamWinnerRunner-upYears wonYears runner-up Jaraguá 6 22005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2024, 20252006, 2009 Carlos Barbosa 5 32001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 20151998, 2003, 2011 Ulbra 3 31998, 2002, 20032001, 2004, 2008 Magnus Futsal 2 32014, 20202016, 2019, 2021 Intelli 2 22012, 20132014, 2015 Atlético Mineiro 2 11997, 19992000 Corinthians 2 22016, 20222020, 2025 Pato Futsal 2 02018, 2019— Joinville/Krona 1 320172007, 2012, 2023 Atlântico 1 320232005, 2018, 2022 Internacional 1 01996— Vasco da Gama 1 02000— Santos/Cortiana 1 02011— Cascavel 1 02021— 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 CountryWinner Runner-up 1011 78 76 23 31 11
Top scorers
Season Top scorer1996 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)2025 Vagner ( Atlântico, 20 goals)
Notes
External links Official website Confederação Brasileira de Futsal
References