Copa União
| Season | 1987 |
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| Champions | Flamengo (Green Module), Sport Club do Recife (Yellow Module) |
| Copa Libertadores de América | Sport Club do Recife, Guarani FC |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 223 (1.77 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Müller (10) |
| Biggest home win |
Internacional 4-0 Santa Cruz (13 September 1987) Atlético Mineiro 5-1 Santos (13 September 1987) Grêmio 4-0 Cruzeiro (8 October 1987) |
| Biggest away win |
Bahia 0-3 Vasco (13 September 1987) Coritiba 0-3 Cruzeiro (7 November 1987) |
| Highest scoring | Atlético Mineiro 5-1 Santos (13 September 1987) |
| Highest attendance | Flamengo v Atlético Mineiro (118,162) |
| Average attendance | 20,877 |
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The Copa União (Union Cup) was Green Module 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It was won by Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.
In 1987, the CBF announced it had no financial conditions to organize the Brazilian football championship, a mere few weeks before it was scheduled to begin. As a result, the thirteen most popular football clubs in Brazil created a league, dubbed the Club of the 13, to organize a championship of their own. This tournament was called Copa União and was run by the 16 clubs that eventually took part in it (Santa Cruz, Coritiba and Goiás were invited to join), completely free from CBF authority (a move not unlike the creation of club-administered leagues in Europe). The CBF initially stood by the Club of the 13 decision. However, weeks later, with the competition already underway, and under pressure from football clubs excluded from the Copa União, the CBF adopted a new set of rules, which considered the Copa União part of a larger tournament, comprising other 16 smaller teams. According to that new set of rules, the Copa União would be dubbed the Green Module of the CBF championship, whereas the other 16 teams would play the Yellow Module. In the end, the first two teams of each Module would play each other to define the national champions and the two teams that would represent Brazil in the Copa Libertadores in 1988. However, that new set of rules was never recognized by the Club of the 13 and largely ignored by most of the Brazilian media, who concentrated their attention in the independent league, eventually won by Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.
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The Copa União was a single round robin from which four teams would qualify for the semifinals. Clube dos 13 signed sponsoring contracts with Coca-Cola and Rede Globo, which guaranteed the clubs would be paid unprecedented rates for TV broadcasts.
CBF initially agreed to grant the 1987 national title to the Copa União winners. However it eventually backed off due to pressure from smaller clubs, mainly the ones that were excluded from the championship, and also due to the prospect of forever losing control of the national championship. CBF then announced, with Copa União already taking place, that the national championship would be decided in a run-off between the two best teams of the Copa União and the two best teams of a tournament congregating smaller teams (which the CBF dubbed the "Yellow Module"). The move was rejected Clube dos 13, which announced none of its members would take part in the play-off. Most of the media and the public opinion sided with them.
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