Brazil: favorite soccer teams in the Federal District 2017

The graph shows the results of a survey carried out in the Federal District of Brazil in June 2017 to find out which were respondents' most favorite soccer teams. In June 2017, 29.1 percent of respondents affirmed that they rooted for Flamengo, a soccer club based in Rio de Janeiro. In February 2017, Flamengo was ranked second in the ranking of Brazilian soccer clubs according to number of social media followers.

Which soccer team do you most like or root for? (Federal District of Brazil)

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Flamengo	29.1%
Vasco	6.7%
São Paulo	5.4%
Corinthians (Paulista)	5%
Botafogo	4.6%
Palmeiras	4.5%
Fluminense	3.4%
Cruzeiro	2.6%
Santos	1.2%
Atlético Mineiro	1.1%
Internacional	0.8%
Grêmio	0.7%
I do not root for any soccer team	32.6%
Others	2.3%

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Release date

June 2017

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

June 14 to 18, 2017

Number of respondents

1,516 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

only among respondents from Federal District of Brazil

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The universe for this survey was the population of the Federal District of Brazil (DF).
The survey sample was randomly selected and based on a proportionate representation of the Brazilian population, according to the most recent data released by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The survey had a confidence level of 95 percent and an estimated margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may slightly differ from the original question posed on the survey.

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