The Brazilian Football League is highly regionalised because of the vast size of the country. The structure of the league has changed frequently from year to year as different configurations are experimented with. Football is by far the most popular sport in Brazil and many of the world's best football players come from the country.

The list of Brazilian teams in football league is very vast (more than a hundred). There follows a regionalised list of the noted teams in the Brazilian football league.

Acre

• Rio Branco

Alagoas

• ASA
• CSA
• CRB

Amapá

• Ypiranga

Amazonas

• Nacional (AM)
• Rio Negro
• São Raimundo

Bahia

• Bahia
• Fluminense de Feira
• Vitória
• Galícia

Ceará

• Ceará
• Ferroviário
• Fortaleza

Distrito Federal

• Brasiliense
• CFZ
• Gama

Espírito Santo

• Serra

Goiás

• Anapolina
• Goiânia
• Goiás
• Vila Nova

Maranhão

• Maranhão
• Moto Clube
• Sampaio Corrêa

Mato Grosso

• Cuiabá
• Mixto

Mato Grosso do Sul

• CENE
• Operário

Minas Gerais

• América Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
• Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horizonte)
• Caldense (Poços de Caldas)
• Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)
• Democrata (GV) (Governador Valadares)
• Democrata (SL) (Sete Lagoas)
• Guarani (MG) (Divinópolis)
• Ipatinga (Ipatinga )
• Ituiutaba (Ituiutaba )
• Mamoré (Patos de Minas )
• Uberaba (Uberaba )
• Uberlândia (Uberlândia)
• URT (Patos de Minas )
• Valeriodoce (Itabira )
• Villa Nova (Nova Lima )

Pará

• Remo
• Paysandu
• Tuna Luso

Paraíba

• Botafogo (PB)
• Campinense
• Treze

Paraná

• ADAP
• Atlético Paranaense
• Coritiba
• Londrina
• Paraná

Pernambuco

• Santa Cruz
• Náutico
• Sport

Piauí

• Parnahyba
• River

Rio de Janeiro

• América
• Americano
• Bangu
• Botafogo
• Cabofriense
• Flamengo
• Fluminense
• Friburguense
• Madureira
• Olaria
• Portuguesa
• Vasco da Gama
• Volta Redonda

Rio Grande do Norte

• ABC
• América de Natal

Rio Grande do Sul

• Caxias
• Grêmio
• Internacional
• Juventude
• Ulbra

Rondônia

• União Cacoalense

Roraima

• Baré
• Roraíma

Santa Catarina

• Avaí
• Criciúma
• Figueirense
• Joinville
• Tubarão

São Paulo

• Atlético Sorocaba
• Botafogo
• Bragantino
• Corinthians
• Guarani
• Inter de Limeira
• Ituano
• Marília
• Mogi Mirim
• Palmeiras
• Paulista
• Ponte Preta
• Portuguesa
• Portuguesa Santista
• Santo André
• Santos
• São Caetano
• São Paulo
• União Barbarense

Sergipe

• Confiança
• Sergipe

Tocantins

• Palmas