The Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), the Brazilian Football Confederation, is the governing body for association football in Brazil, founded in 1914 under an earlier name and headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, overseeing the football federation of the country most associated worldwide with the sport's attacking style and success. It governs the Brazilian national football team, the only side to have won the FIFA World Cup five times, and organizes national domestic competitions including the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A.
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Body Type (category)Continental Confederation 1 Body Type (category)National Governing Body 1 Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF)
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The Brazilian Football Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw], abbreviated as CBF, pronounced Portuguese pronunciation: [se.beˈɛfi]) is the governing body of football in Brazil.
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It was founded on 8 June 1914 as Federação Brasileira de Sports, and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916.
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The CBF has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
Introduction
The Brazilian Football Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol; Portuguese pronunciation: [kõfedeɾaˈsɐ̃w bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw], abbreviated as CBF, pronounced Portuguese pronunciation: [se.beˈɛfi]) is the governing body of football in Brazil.
From 1914 to 1979, as the CBD section
The origins of the current CBF date back to 8 June 1914, when the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Athletic Sports League (LMEA) and the São Paulo Athletic Sports Association (APEA) founded the Brazilian Sports Federation (FBS), an entity created with the goal of governing not only football but also all Brazilian sports.
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due to a FIFA decree requiring all national football entities to be solely dedicated to football
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is the governing body of football in Brazil
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