CBF confirms new calendar, no date for Paulistão, transfer windows set | OneFootball

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) officially announced on Saturday (4) the new dates for the 2026 professional men's football calendar in Brazil, as previously announced last Wednesday (1). The released document already presents the national entity's changes for the next year.

In the complete annual calendar for 2026 published by the CBF, however, the state championships still have 11 reserved dates, as expected. However, the FPF is in talks with the Confederation for the Paulista Championship to have one more round for competition.

With a format similar to the new Champions League in Europe, the Paulistão is expected to gain the new requested date. The request is being evaluated by the CBF, but should be accepted by the federation, anticipating the opening of the São Paulo state championship by a few days.

Despite the FPF's assessment that this new format will allow for more attractive matches in its competition, the president of the CBF, Samir Xaud, said that the Federation ended up being the most affected by the calendar changes.

"In relation to the federations, the Paulista Federation was the most affected, in quotes, in this sense. I believe, yes, that President Reinaldo is a leader, a born manager and will understand what we intend and understand that it is the best for Brazilian football," Xaud admitted to journalists after the announcement in Rio de Janeiro.

TRANSFER MARKET 2026

In addition to the competition dates, the CBF also revealed the periods of the first (from 5/01 to 3/03) and second transfer windows (from 20/07 to 11/09) of the 2026 season of national football.

The date and location of the 2026 King's Supercup will still be announced in the coming days by the highest entity of Brazilian sport.

The novelty in the calendar will mean that São Paulo and other Serie A clubs play a little less, with a reduction of dates in the state championships and Copa do Brasil, and an extension of the Brasileirão throughout the year.

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