Below, clubs are listed which were never out (relegated or licensed) from their state first division after first gaining admittance to it. This list works similarly to the Coventric! one, about national first divisions.
Founder members (participants of the first ever championship) are indicated in bold face.
2008: Plácido de Castro FC 2013: Galvez EC 2017: SC Humaitá
1999: Murici FC
2025: Portuguesa DA
2014: Manaus FC 2020: Amazonas FC 2022: Manauara EC 2023: Parintins FC 2025: Sete FC
1931: EC Bahia 2007: ECPP Vitória da Conquista 2012: SD Juazeirense 2022: Barcelona FC
2019: Barbalha FC 2025: Cariri FC
1976: SE Gama 2001: Brasiliense FC 2019: Capital CF
2012: Real Noroeste CFC 2022: Nova Venécia EC 2023: Porto Vitória FC
1944: Goiás EC 2025: ABECAT Ouvidorense
1926: Sampaio Corrêa FC
2004: Luverdense EC 2020: Nova Mutum EC 2022: Academia FC 2024: Primavera AC
2021: Dourados AC 2024: FC Pantanal [*]
[*] FC Pantanal was formerly named AA Portuguesa
1915: C Atlético M [*] 1921: Cruzeiro EC [*] 2013: Tombense FC 2024: Itabirito FC 2025: SC Aymorés 2025: Betim Futebol [**]
[*] Including the 2002 Superchampionship [**] Betim Futebol (founded in 2019) has nothing to do with the older Betim FC
1914: Paysandu SC 1999: Águia de Marabá FC 2022: SE Caeté 2024: Capitão Poço EC
2024: Pombal EC 2025: AD Picuiense
1915: Coritiba FC [*] 2015: FC Cascavel [**] 2021: Azuriz FC 2022: IF SãoJoseense 2024: C Andraus B
[*] Including the 2002 Superchampionship [**] FC Cascavel (founded in 2008) has nothing to do with the older Cascavel EC, SOREC, Cascavel S/A and Cascavel CR
1915: Santa Cruz FC 1916: C Náutico C 2017: Afogados da Ingazeira FC 2020: Retrô FCB 2023: AA Maguary 2025: AD Jaguar
2016: AA Altos 2025: C Atlético Piauiense
2014: Globo FC 2025: C Laguna SAF
2025: Monsoon FC
1906: Botafogo FR 1906: Fluminense FC 1912: CR Flamengo 1921: CR Vasco da Gama 2025: Maricá FC
1998: SC Genus de Porto Velho [*] 2019: Gazin Porto Velho EC [**]
[*] SC Genus de Porto Velho was formerly named SC Genus Rondoniense [**] Gazin Porto Velho EC (founded as Porto Velho EC in 2018) has nothing to do with the older Porto Velho FC
2024: Monte Roraima FC
1974: A Chapecoense F 1976: Joinville EC 2022: Barra FC 2025: Caravaggio FC 2025: Santa Catarina C
1916: SE Palmeiras [*] [**]
[*] Including the 2002 Superchampionship [**] SE Palmeiras (founded in 1914 as SS Palestra Itália) has nothing to do with the older AA Palmeiras
2022: Falcon FC 2024: AD Carmópolis 2025: AD Barra
1993: Tocantinópolis EC 2022: Bela Vista FC 2024: Batalhão FC
Thanks to Antonio Jose Peres de Souza (antonio.souza@timnordeste.com.br), Natanael Duarte Neto (ndnrsssf@yahoo.com.br), Henrique Ribeiro (henriquemr@brfree.com.br), Pedro Varanda (florianovaranda@ig.com.br), Alan Roger (alan.roger@uol.com.br) and Carlos Santos (charles_br@ymail.com).
Prepared and maintained by Marcelo Leme de Arruda for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil
Authors: Marcelo Leme de Arruda (marcelo.leme.arruda@gmail.com)
Last updated: 28 Jul 2025
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