Série A3 champions, Planalto-GO youngest club to win Brazilian title

On Sep 7, 2026

By lifting the Brasileirão Feminino A3 trophy with just one year and nine months of history, Planalto-GO became on Saturday night (5) the youngest Brazilian club ever to win a national championship. Founded in December 2024, the club from Goiás surpassed Brasiliense-DF, which won the 2002 Série C two years and four months after its founding in August 2000.

At Lourival Batista Stadium in Aracaju, the team from Goiás repeated the 1-0 scoreline from the first leg against Juventude-SE and celebrated away from home.

The title came in its debut season in the Brasileirão Feminino A3, in which it recorded ten wins, three draws, and only one loss, scoring 28 goals and conceding 18. It is also the first national women’s title for the state of Goiás.

With just one year and nine months of history, Planalto-GO, by winning the Brasileirão Feminino A3, becomes the youngest club to win a Brazilian ChampionshipCredits: Luiz Neto / Staff Images / CBF

Among other young Brazilian champions are:

Paraná Clube – Founded on December 19, 1989, and champion of Série B on July 11, 1992 (2 years and 6 months);

Amazonas – Founded on May 23, 2019, and champion of Série C on October 22, 2023 (4 years and 4 months);

Atlético Piauiense – Founded on November 14, 2019, and champion of the Brasileirão Feminino A3 on August 16, 2025 (5 years and 9 months);

União São João – Founded on January 14, 1981, and champion of Série C on December 18, 1988 (7 years and 11 months);

Retrô – Founded on February 15, 2016, and champion of Série D on September 29, 2024 (8 years and 7 months).

Champions’ celebration

Corvo president Breno Cardoso and women’s football manager Cláudio Póvoa highlighted the magnitude of what the Planaltinas achieved and the importance the club gives to women’s football.

“Planalto is the youngest team in the history of Brazilian football to win a Brazilian championship. It was Brasiliense with two years, now it’s Planalto with one year and nine months. It’s a journey of a lot of work, honesty, and above all, a redefinition of women’s football. At Planalto, women’s football is not an obligation, it’s a cause, a banner. We are Brazilian champions and the first women’s Brazilian champion in the history of the state of Goiás. We didn’t come for nothing, we came to make history!” Cardoso celebrated.

“We are very happy. It’s a two-year project, and in the very first championship we already achieved promotion and a title. For us and for Goiás, this is an extraordinary result. Vila Nova reached the final last year and couldn’t do it, and we achieved this feat through a lot of work and planning. We move forward a little stronger to try to go up again, now to Série A1 next year,” Póvoa said.

CBF women’s competitions manager Aline Pellegrino alongside Planalto-GO women’s football manager Cláudio PóvoaCredits: Luiz Neto / Staff Images / CBF

For head coach Regiane Santos, the title symbolizes the reward for the commitment shown by Planalto throughout the entire season.

“The title represents all the effort and dedication of the girls since January 15, when they first reported in. They bought into what Planalto wanted to provide, and the president was very successful in everything he did. He doesn’t come to play around, he comes to compete, and that’s what we did in our first year, with promotion and the title. Now we’re in Série A2, and it’s time to work, stay focused, make signings, so that we can also make history,” she said.

Head coach Regiane Santos celebrates Planalto-GO’s Brasileirão Feminino A3 titleCredits: Luiz Neto / Staff Images / CBF

Stunner from the No. 10

To lift the trophy, Corvo relied on the class and quality of its No. 10, midfielder Brenda. From a free kick near the end of the first half, she found the top corner beyond Juventude-SE goalkeeper Monique and scored the winning and title-clinching goal.

In an interview with CBF TV, Brenda described the feeling of helping her team become champions as “unexplainable” and stressed that the title was the result of collective work.

“It’s an unexplainable feeling. Every athlete seeks this success of reaching a final and becoming champions, besides promotion, which is something extraordinary. God blessed me with the free-kick goal, but without a doubt it was something for the team and thanks to a lot of hard work. We said that our team was the one that worked the hardest, and we managed to come away with the win. This goal wasn’t just mine, it belonged to everyone, it belonged to Planalto. Thank God we kept the trophy,” she concluded.

Planalto-GO opened the scoring in the second leg of the Brasileirão Feminino A3 final with a stunning free kick from BrendaCredits: Luiz Neto / Staff Images / CBF

Winning experience

In its title-winning squad, Planalto-GO counted on the experience of right-back Oliveira, who became a three-time consecutive Brasileirão Feminino A3 champion. In 2024, she won the tournament with Vasco and, in 2025, with Atlético-PI.

“It never stops being special to be champion of such a difficult competition as this one. Every year, the level of competition gets higher, so it’s very hard to get here and lift another trophy. The more we achieve, the more we can’t be satisfied with that—we have to want more and more. That’s what I’ve been doing over the last three years, now with my third consecutive Série A3 title,” celebrated the defender, who also won Série A2 with Ceará in 2022 and is now a four-time Brazilian champion.

Right-back Oliveira has three Brasileirão Feminino A3 titles (Planalto in 2026, Atlético Piauiense in 2025, and Vasco in 2024) and one A2 title (Ceará in 2022)Credits: Luiz Neto / Staff Images / CBF

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