The Brazilian Female Football Champion in 2025 will be known next Sunday (14). From 10:30 am (Brasília time), Corinthians and Cruzeiro face each other at Neo Chemistry Arena, in São Paulo, for the return game of the grand final. THE TV Brazil It transmits the live duel, with the pre-game starting at 10am.
The teams tied the first leg, last Sunday (7), 2-2, at Arena Independência, in Belo Horizonte. Side Gi Fernandes opened to Brabas and striker Marilia left everything the same in the first half. In the final stage, midfielder Gabi Zanotti replaced Timão ahead, but the side Isabela avoided the defeat of the cable ones. A simple victory for either side guarantees the title. In case of a new draw, the decision will be on penalties.
It will be with emotion! The decision was all for the game back… 😮💨
And then, fans, what are the expectations for the return departure of the final of the #Brasileirãofeminino? 👀 pic.twitter.com/oqjuthmbib
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Current five -time Champion, Corinthians tries to get the sixth consecutive title and the seventh in history. The alvinegras compete for the final ninth followed by Brasileirão. In all, the team from São Paulo was the mastermind of the decisive game. Only in the first, in 2017, against Santos, the team lost the match. Telling this year’s edition, it is the fourth time they reach the very final. In 2019, Timon fell on penalties for rail. In 2020, 2022 and 2023, Brabas won on the return, respectively, against Avaí/Kindermann, international and warriors Grenas.
The cruise seeks an unprecedented title. The Minas Gerais team arrived in the elite of Brasileirão in 2020, thanks to the deputy of Series A2 (second division) the previous year. By 2022, the best campaign was a tenth place in the debut season. In 2023, the celestial team first reached the knockout and fell in the quarterfinals precisely to Corinthians. This time, the fox was the leader of the first phase, with 36 points, two more than Timon. In the quarterfinals, he surpassed Red Bull Bragantino. Then he hit Palmeiras. In the sum of the stages of the phases, however, the cable ones ended up outdated by the Brabas, which were with the warness of the return.
Cruzeiro’s historic campaign in Brasileirão has been marked by the growing support of the fans. In the semifinal, about 13,500 fans went to Independência to support the miners against Palmeiras, a record in games played in Minas Gerais. Brand that was beaten by the more than 19 thousand present in the round of Corinthians. Timon, in turn, boasts the largest audience in a club match in Brazil: 44,529 people in the final of the last Brasileirão, against São Paulo.
If the first 90 minutes were like this, imagine next Sunday! 🏆
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– Female Brasileirão (@brfeminino) SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
Paulista advantage
The record between Corinthians and Cruzeiro in women’s football is favorable to the Paulistas. In 12 games, there are nine wins alvinegras, two draws and a defeat. The only Minas Gerais triumph was a 7-2 history in last year’s Brasileirão, the biggest rout ever suffered by Brabas. Timon, in turn, owns the most elastic result of the duel: 7 to 1, in 2023.
This is the second time the two teams have decided a title. Last year, Corinthians and Cruzeiro made the Final of the Women’s Super Cup, also in the Neo Chemistry Arena. Timon won 1-0, goal from half Duda Sampaio, former cable player. In 2025, the teams met in the semifinals of the same tournament and again with 1-0 alvinegro triumph, this time at the May First Stadium, in São Bernardo do Campo (SP). Striker Vic Albuquerque shook the net.
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– Female Brasileirão (@brfeminino) SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
Recently, Paulistas and Minas Gerais also played for the third phase of the Brazilian Cup. The duel at the Castor Cifuentes Stadium in Nova Lima (MG) ended up drawing 1-1 (Vic scored to Brabas and Isabela scored the goat’s goal). On penalties, Timon took the best with brightness of goalkeeper Nicole, who defended the charge of striker Byanca Brasil.
Probable teams
Corinthians have no embezzlement. The coach Lucas Piccinato, if the formation of the first leg, will climb the Timão with Nicole; Thaís Ferreira, Mariza and Érika; Gi Fernandes, Day Rodríguez, Duda Sampaio, Gabi Zanotti and Tamires; Jaqueline and Vic Albuquerque. In addition to the scorer alvinegra in the year, with 12 goals, Vic is the second most assisted cast player (six) in the season, with 18 participations in the 82 goals of Brabas in 2025.
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– Female Brasileirão (@brfeminino) SEPTEMBER 7, 2025
On the cruise follows as embezzlement the side Giovanna Oliveira (bone edema in the right knee), defender Layza (sprained left ankle) and striker Fabiola Sandoval (surgery after breaking the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee). In the previous game, coach Jonas Urias surprised to start with Leticia Ferreira (scorer of the team in Brasileirão, with nine goals) in the bank. If you keep the Independence team, the lineup will have Camila Rodrigues; Isa Haas, Paloma Maciel and Vitória Calhau; Isabela; LORENA BEDOY, PRI BACK AND GISSELI; Marília, Vanessinha and Byanca Brazil.
