São Paulo back CBF calendar, lose more Morumbi games to concerts | OneFootball

Tricolor will be without its home for important Brasileirão matches (Ricardo Moreira/Getty Images)

RAFAEL EMILIANO@rafaelemilianoo

The CBF announced adjustments to the final stretch of the 2025 calendar. The main change involves the Brazilian Championship: rounds 27 to 38, previously scheduled between October 15 and December 21, have been moved up, and the championship will now end on December 7, instead of 14 days later as originally planned.

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As a consequence, the Copa do Brasil, which was to have its final on November 9, has been pushed to December 21. The entity states that the goal is to make room for a possible Brazilian representative in the Intercontinental Cup, scheduled to start on December 10, right after the end of the Brasileirão.

The rescheduling was only confirmed after Botafogo's elimination from the Copa Libertadores last Thursday (21), losing 2-0 to LDU — the club was the last Brazilian team alive in both competitions.

Flamengo, Palmeiras, and São Paulo, who remain in the Libertadores and are already out of the Copa do Brasil, are directly benefited, as if they win the continental tournament on November 29, they can focus solely on the international commitment.

In the previous version, the club would have only one guaranteed home game during the 24-day period when Morumbi will host five concerts, between October 31 and November 23.

Now, the matches against Flamengo (November 5), Bragantino (November 9), and Juventude (November 23) will likely have to be played elsewhere, not to mention the possibility of the team being displaced in the return leg of a potential Libertadores semifinal, should it be against River Plate, a problem that already existed before.

It is worth remembering that São Paulo has a partnership with Santos, which used Morumbi for two of its games, while the São Paulo club can play in the coastal city when its home is occupied. The choice of the modest Vila Belmiro meets a request from the Tricolor organized fans, who enjoyed the experience of being the home team at the Santos stadium in a 2023 Brasileirão match.

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