Liga Nacional Bandeirante (Regnum Bueno)

The Liga Nacional Bandeirante (English: National Bandeirante League), commonly refered as Paulista and/or Paulistão, is a Paulistan professional league, and the primary football competition. Contested by 24 clubs, the league operates on a system of promotion and relegation, with the first eight teams classified to a knock-out system. The league is currently sponsored by Gurgel Motors, officially known as, Gurgel Paulistão.

With the popularization of the football in San Paulo in the 30's, the major teams at the time, mainly concentrated at the Districto Federal and Rio de Janeiro, proposed to organize the Torneio Federal (Federal Tournament), with the teams of both states. With the success of the tournament, more teams outside the states became interested on participate of the tournament, and the 1934 edition included teams of São João del-Rei, and a year later, teams of the states of São Miguel and Campinas entered, forming the first edition of the National League, won by Paulistano over the Fluminense team, and subsequently the profissionalization of the sport, obligated by the Paulistan Confederation.