Copa União

Copa União (Union Cup) was the official name given by the Clube dos 13 (Club Of The 13) organization to the Green Module of the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol.

The 1987 edition of Campeonato Brasileiro had two modules: Green (Copa União) and Yellow. The Green Module was won by Flamengo. The Yellow Module was won by Sport Recife. According to the championship rules, the winners and runner-ups of both modules should play a final four tournament. The winners would then decide the championship. However, Flamengo and Internacional, champion and runner-up of Copa União, respectively, refused to play the matches against Sport and Guarani, champion and runner-up of the Yellow Module and were disqualified. Due to the context of the tournament at the time, Clube dos 13 acknowledges Flamengo as the 1987 champion of Campeonato Brasileiro, and the club went to court intending to be recognized as champion, however in 2017 the Supreme Court decided, in a final decision, that the champion of the 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro was Sport Clube do Recife for having complied with the rules of the game and winning the final game with the runner-up in the yellow group. In 2019 the brazilian soccer confederation (CBF) published that the Flamengo also deserves to be called the brazilian champion of 1987