1991 in Brazilian football explained

The following article presents a summary of the 1991 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 90th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

See main article: 1991 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

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São Paulo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 1-0.

Relegation

The two worst placed teams in the first stage, which are Grêmio and Vitória, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

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Paysandu declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions by aggregate score of 2-1.

Promotion

The champion and runner-up, which are Paysandu and Guarani, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Copa do Brasil

See main article: Copa do Brasil 1991.

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Criciúma and Grêmio.------------

Criciúma declared as the cup champions on the away goal rule by aggregate score of 1-1.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	Atlético Acreano		Paraíba	Campinense
Alagoas	CSA		Paraná	Paraná
Amapá	Macapá		Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	Nacional		Piauí	Picos
Bahia	Bahia		Rio de Janeiro	Flamengo
Ceará	Fortaleza		Rio Grande do Norte	América-RN
Distrito Federal	Taguatinga		Rio Grande do Sul	Internacional
Espírito Santo	Muniz Freire		Rondônia	Ji-Paraná
Goiás	Goiás		Roraima	Rio Negro-RR
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa		Santa Catarina	Criciúma
Mato Grosso	Dom Bosco		São Paulo	São Paulo
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário		Sergipe	Sergipe
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro		Tocantins	-|-|Pará|Remo||||} Youth competition champions Competition Champion Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil Matsubara Copa São Paulo de Juniores Portuguesa Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores Vasco Other competition champions Competition Champion Copa Rio Flamengo Copa Santa Catarina Araranguá Supercopa do Brasil Corinthians Brazilian clubs in international competitions width= 33% Team width= 33% Copa Libertadores 1991 width= 33% Supercopa Sudamericana 1991 Corinthians Round of 16 Did not qualify Cruzeiro Did not qualify Champions Flamengo Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Grêmio Did not qualify Round of 16 Santos Did not qualify Quarterfinals Brazil national team The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1991. width=12% Date width=12% Opposition width=1% Result width=7% Score width=26% Brazil scorers width=18% Competition February 27, 1991 W 1-1 Neto International Friendly March 27, 1991 D 3-3 Luiz Henrique, Renato Gaúcho, Careca International Friendly April 17, 1991 W 1-0 Moacir International Friendly May 28, 1991 W 3-0 Neto (2), João Paulo International Friendly June 27, 1991 D 1-1 Neto International Friendly July 9, 1991 W 2-1 Neto, Branco Copa América July 11, 1991 D 1-1 João Paulo, Branco Copa América July 13, 1991 L 0-2 - Copa América July 15, 1991 W 3-1 Mazinho Oliveira, Márcio Santos, Luiz Henrique Copa América July 17, 1991 L 2-3 Branco, João Paulo Copa América July 19, 1991 W 2-0 Renato Gaúcho, Branco Copa América July 21, 1991 W 2-0 Mazinho Oliveira, Luiz Henrique Copa América September 11, 1991 L 0-1 - International Friendly October 30, 1991 W 3-1 Luiz Henrique, Müller, Raí International Friendly December 18, 1991 W 2-1 Elivélton, Raí International Friendly Women's football Brazil women's national football team The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1991. width=12% Date width=12% Opposition width=1% Result width=7% Score width=26% Brazil scorers width=18% Competition April 28, 1991 W 6 - 1 unavailable May 5, 1991 W 6 - 0 unavailable Sudamericano Femenino November 17, 1991 W 1 - 0 Elane World Cup November 19, 1991 L 0 - 5 - World Cup November 21, 1991 L 0 - 2 - World Cup The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 1991: Competition Performance Sudamericano Femenino Champions World Cup Group stage References Brazilian competitions at RSSSF 1991 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF 1991 Brazil women's national team matches at RSSSF ]