"Perpetual" Teams


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.


Acre

2008: Plácido de Castro FC
2013: Galvez EC
2017: SC Humaitá

Alagoas

1999: Murici FC

Amapá

2025: Portuguesa DA

Amazonas

2014: Manaus FC
2020: Amazonas FC
2022: Manauara EC
2023: Parintins FC
2025: Sete FC

Bahia

1931: EC Bahia
2007: ECPP Vitória da Conquista
2012: SD Juazeirense
2022: Barcelona FC

Ceará

2019: Barbalha FC
2025: Cariri FC

Distrito Federal

1976: SE Gama
2001: Brasiliense FC
2019: Capital CF

Espírito Santo

2012: Real Noroeste CFC
2022: Nova Venécia EC
2023: Porto Vitória FC

Goiás

1944: Goiás EC
2025: ABECAT Ouvidorense

Maranhão

1926: Sampaio Corrêa FC

Mato Grosso

2004: Luverdense EC
2020: Nova Mutum EC
2022: Academia FC
2024: Primavera AC

Mato Grosso do Sul

2021: Dourados AC
2024: FC Pantanal [*]
[*] FC Pantanal was formerly named AA Portuguesa

Minas Gerais

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

Pará

1914: Paysandu SC
1999: Águia de Marabá FC
2022: SE Caeté
2024: Capitão Poço EC

Paraíba

2024: Pombal EC
2025: AD Picuiense

Paraná

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

Pernambuco

1915: Santa Cruz FC
1916: C Náutico C
2017: Afogados da Ingazeira FC
2020: Retrô FCB
2023: AA Maguary
2025: AD Jaguar

Piauí

2016: AA Altos
2025: C Atlético Piauiense

Rio Grande do Norte

2014: Globo FC
2025: C Laguna SAF

Rio Grande do Sul

2025: Monsoon FC

Rio de Janeiro

1906: Botafogo FR
1906: Fluminense FC
1912: CR Flamengo
1921: CR Vasco da Gama
2025: Maricá FC

Rondônia

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

Roraima

2024: Monte Roraima FC

Santa Catarina

1974: A Chapecoense F
1976: Joinville EC
2022: Barra FC
2025: Caravaggio FC
2025: Santa Catarina C

São Paulo

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

Sergipe

2022: Falcon FC
2024: AD Carmópolis
2025: AD Barra

Tocantins

1993: Tocantinópolis EC
2022: Bela Vista FC
2024: Batalhão FC

About this document

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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