For the record and future updates of this quiz: CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) has reconized at August 25th the 1937 Champions Tournament as the first Brazilian National League, which Atlético Mineiro has won.
here's a link to the reference about it: https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/esportes/cbf-reconhece-titulo-brasileiro-do-atletico-mg-em-1937-clube-agora-e-tricampeao/
According to Brazilian justice, Sport is the only champion of 1987. In the future they might consider both, but for now, Flamengo is not considered the 1987 champion.
here's the article from the STF's website: https://noticias.stf.jus.br/postsnoticias/stf-mantem-sport-como-unico-campeao-brasileiro-de-futebol-de-1987/
Sure, but considering the way that championship worked, is not fair not considering Flamengo a champion.
Sport Recife is considered a champion (correctly in my opinion), because of a legal technical detail, that started with a manager of the biggest clubs commercial group acting without their knowledge.
Considering the sports matter, Flamengo has to be remembered as a champion of 1987, because they managed to beat the biggest and the best teams in Brazil, in a tournment that these biggest clubs managed to organize themselves, because CBF coudn't do it itself.
nice quiz, 29/70. somehow managed to get a streak from 1959 until 1968, the fact that only one brazilian qualified to the Libertadores made me remember teams like Bahia in 1959.
here's a link to the reference about it: https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/esportes/cbf-reconhece-titulo-brasileiro-do-atletico-mg-em-1937-clube-agora-e-tricampeao/
here's the article from the STF's website: https://noticias.stf.jus.br/postsnoticias/stf-mantem-sport-como-unico-campeao-brasileiro-de-futebol-de-1987/
Sport Recife is considered a champion (correctly in my opinion), because of a legal technical detail, that started with a manager of the biggest clubs commercial group acting without their knowledge.
Considering the sports matter, Flamengo has to be remembered as a champion of 1987, because they managed to beat the biggest and the best teams in Brazil, in a tournment that these biggest clubs managed to organize themselves, because CBF coudn't do it itself.
My intention with this quiz is simply to show which teams are the Brazilian football champions and right now Flamengo is not considered the 1987 one.