However, since the first decade of his administration, Ricardo Teixeira has been involved in several allegations of corruption. As a result, the thirteen most popular football clubs in Brazil created an association, called Clube dos 13 , to organize a championship of their own. Folha de S. The second division was a fusion of the already existing Torneio Centro-Sul and the Copa Norte-Nordeste , with teams from regions with less expression in national football and weaker teams from the main footballing states of Brazil. Source: FBref. Globo Esporte in Brazilian Portuguese. Retrieved 19 November CBF in Portuguese.
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