Sport stunned as Flamengo win 1987 Brasileirão ruling: “Baffling” | OneFootball

Office of the Attorney General Seeks Recognition of Flamengo’s 1987 Title

Flamengo has gained a strong ally in the fight for the recognition of the Brasileirão 1987 title in all spheres. The Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, sent a favorable opinion to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) regarding the action filed by the “Mais Querido” (Most Beloved). Outraged, Sport Recife issued a statement.

“Sport Club do Recife follows with composure the recent news about the opinion sent by the Office of the Attorney General to the STF regarding the 1987 Brazilian Championship. The merits of the matter have already been thoroughly analyzed and decided by competent judicial bodies, with repeated decisions recognizing Sport as the sole Brazilian champion of 1987, including previous statements from the Supreme Court itself,” wrote Sport.

“The club reaffirms its confidence in the institutions and believes that the simultaneous recognition of two winners for the same competition goes against the logic of sports law and legal certainty. Nearly four decades later, it is strange to see an attempt to judicially revisit a result defined within the rules of the competition and already consolidated by the courts. Sport will remain firm in defending its history, with responsibility, balance, and respect for Brazilian institutions,” the Pernambuco club added.

WHAT DOES SPORT WANT?

In 2011, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) recognized that both Flamengo and Sport are champions of 1987. However, the Pernambuco club managed, in the Common Court, to strip the “Mais Querido” of the title. Nevertheless, the Office of the Attorney General believes that the decision from 14 years ago is valid and that the First Panel of the STF was wrong to consider the Pernambuco club as the sole champion.

WHY IS THERE A LEGAL DISPUTE BETWEEN FLAMENGO AND SPORT OVER 1987?

With no money to organize the Brazilian Championship, the CBF announced that it would not promote the competition in 1987. Then, the Clube dos 13, which brought together the 13 teams with the largest fan bases in the country, invited three more clubs and created the Copa União, with 16 teams. This way, the entity secured major sponsors and the competition was successful with stadium audiences and TV ratings.

Uncomfortable with the growth of Clube dos 13, the CBF changed its stance and promoted the championship without the 16 main teams, calling it the Yellow Module. The entity itself named the Copa União as the Green Module. However, against the arbitrary decision of the Confederation, the main clubs in the country refused the imposed determination that the two champions from each side should face each other in a quadrangular.

Therefore, Flamengo and Internacional did not agree to face Sport and Guarani. Thus, the Pernambuco and São Paulo teams won against the Rio and Rio Grande do Sul teams by walkover and played the final between themselves, with the Recife team becoming champion. Meanwhile, Mengão came out on top in the ‘first division’ match, winning 1-0 with a goal from Bebeto.

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