Brazilian football calendar for 2024: check all the dates

The 2024 season will be very busy in Brazilian football and promises to generate debates about important absences caused by competitions between national teams. The calendar, defined by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), was released last month.

Note in your diary the start and end dates of the main championships involving Brazilian football in 2024: Copa São Paulo de Juniores, Estaduais, Supercopa do Brasil, Recopa Sul-Americana, Campeonato Brasileiro (Series A, B, C and D) , Copa do Brasil, Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. There will also be games for the Brazilian team on FIFA Dates, such as the two friendlies that Brazil will play in March against England and Spain, the Copa América, in the United States, and the Paris Olympics.

Check out what 2024 has in store for national football:

The Copinha will involve 128 teams, which were divided into 32 groups with four members each. Leader and vice-leader of each bracket advance to the second phase. From this stage onwards, eliminatory clashes are held, in a single game, until the big decision, on the anniversary of the city of São Paulo, January 25th. The promise is that the match will be at Pacaembu, which is still under renovation.

Start: 02/01

End: 01/25

Participants: 128 teams

Current champion: Palmeiras

STATE

The State teams should shake up the country’s main clubs at the start of the 2024 season. Each State adopts a different format for the competition. Some dates also vary, depending on the participating teams. Paulistão is one of the most disputed in Brazil, as is Carioca.

Paulistão

Start: 01/20

End: 07/04

Current champion: Palmeiras

Participating clubs: 16

From Rio

Start: 01/17

End: 07/04

Current champion: Fluminense

Participating clubs: 12

Gauchão

Start: 01/20

End: 07/04

Current champion: Grêmio

Participating clubs: 12

Miner

Start: 01/24

End: 07/04

Current champion: Atlético-MG

Participating clubs: 12

BRAZIL SUPERCUP

The dispute, defined in a single game, is scheduled for February 3rd and will be played by Palmeiras, current winner of the tournament, and São Paulo, champions of the Brasileirão and Copa do Brasil 2023, respectively. The location of the match has not yet been defined.

BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

The Brazilian Championship is the main tournament on the national calendar and lasts for almost eight months to, in the end, define the great champions, teams that move up and down divisions and those that qualify for continental tournaments. The running points system is organized into 38 rounds. Due to FIFA Dates, the 2024 tournament will extend a little longer, but it will not stop during the Copa América, in June, in the United States.

Series A

Start: 04/14

End: 08/12

Participants: 20 clubs

Current champion: Palmeiras

Serie B

Start: 04/20

End: 11/26

Participants: 20

Current champion: Vitória

Series C

Start: 04/21

End: 10/20

Participants: 20

Current champion: Amazonas

Series D

Start: 04/21

End: 09/29

Participants: 64

Current champion: Ferroviário-CE

BRAZIL’S CUP

The most important knockout tournament in the country and also the best paid, features clubs from all 26 states and the Federal District. Seven phases are played until the new champion is declared. The Copa do Brasil is the tournament that delivers the largest share of the broadcast quotas to the winner. Clubs are awarded prizes at each stage, and accumulate their shares in cash.

Start: 02/21

End: 10/11

Participants: 92 clubs

Current champion: São Paulo

LIBERATORS

The continent’s most important competition represents “Eternal Glory” for its champion. The best clubs from Conmebol member countries face each other in search of the cup. Fluminense, Palmeiras, São Paulo, Grêmio, Atlético-MG, Flamengo, Botafogo and Red Bull Bragantino represent Brazil in the 2024 edition. The winner also gains the right to play in the FIFA Club World Cup. Argentina and Brazil are the biggest champions.

Start: 07/02

End: 11/30

Participants: 47

Current champion: Fluminense

SOUTH AMERICAN

The continental tournament will have the participation of important clubs in Brazil. Athletico-PR, Internacional, Fortaleza, Cuiabá, Corinthians and Cruzeiro are classified for the championship. The games hold great emotions and dictate the direction of the teams during the season. There are also good prizes. Brazilians are giving more value to the South American tournament.

Start: 06/03

End: 11/23

Participants: 56

Current champion: LDU-EQU

FIFA, CUP AMERICA AND OLYMPICS DATES

The Brazilian team will enter the field on ten occasions in 2024 to comply with the FIFA Dates. Four friendlies are planned in the first semester and six 2026 World Cup qualifying games in the second. During these periods, the national calendar will be interrupted to avoid harm to teams that transfer athletes to the national teams.

On the other hand, during the Copa América, the Brasileirão will not be interrupted, being affected by up to nine rounds. The same happens at the Olympics. In this case, however, the clubs are not obliged to give players to the team, which still needs to confirm its participation in the Paris Games in the Pre-Olympic, which will be played between January 20th and February 11th, in Venezuela.

03/23 – England x Brazil (Friendly)

03/26 – Spain x Brazil (Friendly)

03/06 to 11/06 – Two friendlies against opponents still undefined

20/06 to 14/07 – Copa América

06/24 – Brazil x Honduras (Copa América – 1st phase)

28/06 – Paraguay x Brazil (Copa América – 1st phase)

02/07 – Brazil x Colombia (Copa América – 1st phase)

07/26 to 08/11 – Olympics

05/09 – Brazil x Ecuador (Qualifiers)

10/09 – Paraguay x Brazil (Qualifiers)

10/10 – Chile x Brazil (Qualifiers)

10/15 – Brazil x Peru (Qualifiers)

14/11 – Venezuela x Brazil (Qualifiers)

19/11 – Brazil x Uruguay (Qualifiers)