One of the most exciting seasons of the Brazilian league ended Wednesday with the most stable team of the season defending its title and the club that was home to the late Pel relegated for the first time.

In international club football, the Big Green has won the first ever international tournament known as Copa Rio in 1951, the 1999, 2024 and 2024 Copa Libertadores, the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 1998 Copa Mercosul.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (Brazilian Portuguese: [k~uzej~u espoti klubi]), known simply as Cruzeiro, is the largest sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team.

Sport Club do Recife (Portuguese pronunciation: [spTti klub du esifi]), known as Sport Recife or Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in the city of Recife, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.