Football
Football is incredibly popular in Brazil. About 10 000 Brazilians earn their living by playing professional football, as well in their own country as abroad. The larger towns have usually more than one professional football club. Brazilians who know each other are generally able to tell exactly what club the other person supports. It is because of this popularity that Brazil is also referred to as ‘o país do futebol‘ or ‘the country of football’. Although football is mainly practised by men, the most fanatic supporters are often women.
Due to the enormous size of the country, there is no tradition of national competitions. Instead, Brazil has a large number of competations per state of per regio. Although there is a campeonato nacional since 1971, the competitions at statelevel are more important to most Brazilians.
However, Brazil is a unit on the international level. And with an overwhelming success! Brazil has won the World Cup no less than 5 times: in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and in 2002. No other country has equalled this!
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