São Paulo slip three places in CBF’s 2026 club ranking | OneFootball

CBF released this Wednesday (24) the national club ranking (RNC) for the 2026 season. And São Paulo suffered the biggest drop among the teams in the Top 10 of the list.

While Tricolor was the runner-up in the ranking at the start of 2025, with 14,832 points, behind only Flamengo, the Morumbi team plummeted to 5th place, now with 13,556 points tallied by CBF based on the team’s performance in recent seasons.

São Paulo saw Corinthians (2nd), Palmeiras (3rd), and Atlético-MG (4th) overtake them in this new list released by the highest authority in Brazilian football.

Champion of the Brasileirão, Flamengo leads the ranking for the sixth consecutive year, with 16,314 points. Corinthians, who won the Copa do Brasil last Sunday (21), jumped from 4th place in 2025 to runner-up in 2026, with 14,930 points.

The RNC considers, based on the points outlined by the Points Convention, the club’s participation in competitions held (Séries A, B, C, and D of the Campeonato Brasileiro and Copa do Brasil) over the last five years.

See the top 20 of the national ranking for 2026 and their changes from the previous year:

1 – Flamengo 2 – Corinthians (+2) 3 – Palmeiras (-1) 4 – Atlético-MG (+1) 5 – São Paulo (-3) 6 – Fluminense (+1) 7 – Botafogo (+1) 8 – Athletico-PR (-2) 9 – Bahia (+2) 10 – Vasco (+5) 11 – Cruzeiro (+8) 12 – Grêmio (-2) 13 – Fortaleza (-4) 14 – Internacional (-2) 15 – Bragantino (-1) 16 – Santos (-) 17 – Juventude (+1) 18 – Atlético-GO (-1) 19 – América-MG (-6) 20 – Vitória (+3)

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