National competition calendar for 2009

Maracana Stadium in the Brazilian championship.
The Brazilian, also called Canarinhos, achieved the title of World Champion on 5 occasions, most recently in South Korea and Japan in 2002, and has owned the Jules Rimet Cup, awarded after gaining 3 world titles and 8 Copa America, the last won in Venezuela 2007. There are great Brazilian soccer players, some very prominent are: Pele (named best player in history), Kaka (named best player in the world by FIFA in 2007), Ronaldinho (named the best player in the world by FIFA in 2004 and 2005), Robinho, Ronaldo (awarded the FIFA World Player 1996, 1997 and 2002), Juninho, Adriano, Luis Fabiano, among others. The usual colors of the Brazilian team are yellow, green and blue. The biggest soccer teams in Brazil are Sao Paulo: Corinthians, Palmeiras, Sao Paulo FC, Santos FC Santos City, the Rio de Janeiro: Flamengo, Basque da Gama, Fluminense and Botafogo, the Belo Horizonte: Cruzeiro and Atletico Mineiro, the Porto Alegre: Gremio and Internacional, those of Salvador Bahia and Vitoria, those of Parana: Coritiba FC and Atletico Parananense. It is alleged that holds the most swollen Flamengo of Brazil and the world with approximately 35,000 fans .000