Clube dos 13

The Clube dos 13, also Clube dos Treze ( German: Club of Thirteen ), was created to represent the interests of 13 of the most important Brazilian football clubs into being on 11 July 1987. Meanwhile, the União dos Grandes Clubes do Futebol Brasileiro, who has grown " Association of the big clubs of Brazilian football " to 20 members and Does these clubs towards the association and marketed for example, the media rights of the championship.

Football Championships in 1987 and 2000

1987: Copa União

The reason for the founding of Clube dos 13 was originally the holding of the Brazilian Football Championship in 1987 in a time when the Brazilian Football Federation Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF ) was limited by the ability to act. This championship, Copa União also ( " Union Cup " ) called, but was ultimately no official recognition, so the championship of CR Flamengo is to be assessed in that year as unofficial. On the other side of the Clube dos 13 has the mastery of the official honoree Sport Recife never recognized.

2000: Copa João Havelange

2000 was for legal reasons no national championship will be held and the Clube dos 13 organized with full approval of the federation CBF an alternative competition, which was named after the then Brazilian FIFA chairman João Havelange. 115 teams competed in this competition and the winner CR Vasco da Gama is performed in all the lists as champion of that year.

Further details on these championships can the main article Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol be removed.

Members

Founding members

  • Atlético Mineiro ( Belo Horizonte, MG)
  • EC Bahia ( Salvador, BA)
  • Botafogo FR (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)
  • SC Corinthians Paulista (São Paulo, SP)
  • Cruzeiro EC, ( Belo Horizonte, MG)
  • CR Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)
  • Fluminense FC ( Rio de Janeiro, RJ)
  • Grêmio FBPA (Porto Alegre, RS)
  • SC Internacional (Porto Alegre, RS)
  • SE Palmeiras (São Paulo, SP)
  • Santos FC ( SP)
  • São Paulo FC ( SP)
  • CR Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro, RJ)

Later members

  • Atlético Paranaense ( Curitiba, PR)
  • Coritiba FC ( Curitiba, PR)
  • Goiás EC (Goiânia, GO )
  • Guarani FC ( Campinas, SP)
  • Portuguesa (São Paulo, SP)
  • Sport Recife (PE )
  • EC Vitória ( Salvador, BA)
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