🔮 Champions, top five, relegated, top scorer: your 2026 Brasileirão picks | OneFootball

The 2026 Brasileirão is about to begin! This Wednesday (28th), the first round of the country’s main club championship kicks off with eight matches.

The opening round will be completed on Thursday (29th) with two more games!

This year, Atlético-MG, Bahia, Botafogo, Corinthians, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, Mirassol, Palmeiras, RB Bragantino, Santos, São Paulo, Vasco, and Vitória are joined by Athletico-PR, Coritiba, Chapecoense, and Remo.

Flamengo is the current champion and boasts a star-studded squad (with the possibility of reinforcing with Lucas Paquetá) to lift the trophy once again.

Palmeiras, who last won the title in 2023, is betting on coach Abel Ferreira’s competitiveness to reclaim the top spot and remain comfortably the biggest winner of the Brazilian Championship (12 titles).

This year, unlike previous ones, the competition will reward the top five teams in the standings with a direct spot in the group stage of the 2027 Conmebol Libertadores. In other words, now it’s G-5!

At the bottom, however, the “danger zone” still includes four clubs—the famous Z-4.

Besides that, who will be this year’s “Mirassol”? After all, the club from the São Paulo countryside was the big surprise of the 2025 Brasileirão edition.

So, OneFootball wants to know your OPINION on who gets relegated, who goes to the Libertadores, who lifts the trophy, and who will be the top scorer!

🏆 Champion

📈 G-5

😯 Surprise

📉 Relegated

⚽ Top Scorer

We’re waiting for your well-founded and unbiased comment! 😁

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