Pernambucan Football Federation, once named Pernambucan Sport League, organizes and administrates the Pernambucan Football Championship.

The original founders of the Federation are:

• Sport Club Flamengo,
• América Futebol Clube (previously known as João de Barros Futebol Clube), and
• Santa Cruz Futebol Clube.

The following clubs also share the status of founders:

• Sport Club do Recife,
• Clube Náutico Capibaribe,
• Ferroviário Esporte Clube do Recife (previously knowm as Associação Atlética Great-Western, currently known as Clube Ferroviário do Recife),
• Íbis Sporte Club , and
• Auto Esporte Clube.

In the Founding Assembly the following sport leagues were present:

• Olindense de Desportos,
• Desportiva Caruaruense,
• Desportiva Garanhuense, and
• Desportiva de Pesqueira.

External links

Pernambucan Football Federation - Official site of the federation.