Watching Sport in Brazil
Brazil is the best free-sport market in the Americas, and it is the only one that gets there through YouTube. CazéTV, a rights-holding channel rather than a rebroadcast, shows top-flight Brazilian and European football free with advertising. The catch is at the top of this page rather than buried in it: CazéTV is legally confined to Brazil. Everywhere else, it is a useful example of how rights work, not a way around them.
Four things to get straight before you subscribe to anything.
- CazéTV is geo-locked to Brazil. It holds Brazilian rights, not worldwide rights. It is widely described as a global free option and it is not one.
- Star+ no longer exists. It was merged into Disney+ across Latin America. The ESPN channels now sit inside Disney+ plans, and Star+ is no longer sold as a standalone service anywhere in the region.
- Prime members in Brazil got Brasileirão matches at no extra cost from March 2026 — 38 Série A games, one per round. If you already have Prime for the delivery, this is free football in practice.
- DAZN Brazil is not a Brazilian football service. Its lineup is NFL Game Pass and boxing. The domestic rights it held years ago are not on its page now, and guides that send you there for the Brasileirão are wrong.
What you can watch free
This is where Brazil stands apart. Free-to-air broadcasters here hold real football rights rather than highlights, and the YouTube channels carry live matches rather than clips.
| Sport | Where it is free |
|---|---|
| Brasileirão Série A | Globo, free-to-air, with one match per round on Wednesdays and Sundays, and the same coverage free on the Globoplay free tier. Record shows one match on Sundays. CazéTV carries matches free on YouTube |
| Copa do Brasil | Globo, free-to-air, and CazéTV on YouTube |
| LaLiga | CazéTV carries the full competition, free on YouTube |
| Premier League | CazéTV shows a weekly match free. The rest of the season is on Disney+ through the ESPN channels |
| Champions League | SBT, free-to-air, on Tuesdays, and 31 matches on the TNT Sports YouTube channel for 2026-27 |
| Libertadores | Globo, free-to-air, weekly, plus GE TV on YouTube |
| State championships and the smaller leagues | CazéTV and Record, plus the Goat YouTube channel for the state championships. SportyNet carries Brazilian Série C and Italian Serie A on YouTube |
| Bundesliga | The Jovem Pan YouTube channel |
| On a Samsung TV | Samsung TV Plus carries a free 24-hour CazéTV channel, no account needed |
Free here means free with advertising, and it is real. CazéTV was created by the streamer Casimiro Miguel with LiveMode and it holds the rights it streams, which is why it can show a full LaLiga season and weekly Premier League matches without charging. It is one of the best free sports channels anywhere — inside Brazil.
How we define "free". Every option on this site is either a public broadcaster, a free ad-supported tier, an official free trial, or a rights-holder's own channel. We do not list or link to unlicensed rebroadcasts. Note that a VPN does not make a stream legal: reaching a service licensed for another country normally breaches that service's terms, and the bigger platforms actively block it.
The main services, and what they cost
Prices in reais, dated September 2026. Several of these sell tiers, and at Disney+ the tier decides whether you get any sport at all.
| Service | Carries | From | Trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | The complete Brasileirão on a pay-per-view basis, plus Série B, the Copa do Brasil and the state championships | About R$59.90/month standalone, or 12 payments of R$29.90 on the annual plan. The Premiere and Globoplay Premium combo starts at R$78.90/month or R$586.80/year | None found |
| Globoplay | Brazilian football and the Olympics. The free tier carries live regional Globo and the GE TV channel; the paid Premium tier adds the rest | Free tier costs nothing. We could not confirm the standalone Premium price | Not applicable on the free tier |
| Disney+ with ESPN | The ESPN channels, including the Premier League, the Libertadores and the Sul-Americana | Plans run from about R$29.90 to R$69.90/month. Sport sits on the higher-priced plans, and we could not confirm which exact tier, so check before paying | Not confirmed |
| Amazon Prime Video | 38 Brasileirão Série A matches, one per round, at no extra cost to Prime members since March 2026 | About R$15 to R$19.90/month | Amazon runs a Prime trial in many markets; we have not verified the Brazilian terms |
| Paramount+ Brasil | The Paulistão and other football rights | About R$20/month | Not confirmed |
| Max | Some football rights. We could not confirm which, so we have not listed them | About R$35/month | Not confirmed |
| DAZN Brazil | NFL Game Pass and boxing. No Brazilian domestic football | NFL Game Pass is about R$479.90 for the season, or R$59.99 per week | No |
| Record and RecordPlus | One Brasileirão match on Sundays and the state championships. RecordPlus streams the live Record signal with a free account | Free, ad-supported | Not applicable |
Who shows what
- Brasileirão Série A — the most split property in the country. Globo has the free-to-air share and the Globoplay free tier, Record has the Sunday match, CazéTV shows matches free on YouTube, Premiere sells the complete competition as pay-per-view, and Prime Video carries 38 games for members. Most Brazilian fans end up with two of these rather than one.
- Copa do Brasil — Globo free-to-air and CazéTV.
- Libertadores — Globo free-to-air weekly, GE TV on YouTube, and the ESPN channels inside Disney+.
- LaLiga — CazéTV, the whole competition, free. This is the clearest illustration of how the Brazilian market differs: a full season of Spanish top-flight football, at no cost, because the rights holder decided to monetise it with advertising.
- Premier League — Disney+ through ESPN, with a weekly match free on CazéTV.
- Champions League — SBT free-to-air on Tuesdays and 31 matches on the TNT Sports YouTube channel.
- Italian Serie A and Brazilian Série C — the SportyNet YouTube channel.
- NFL — DAZN Brazil, sold as NFL Game Pass rather than as part of a general sports subscription.
The cheapest legal routes
- Nothing at all: CazéTV. LaLiga, a weekly Premier League match, Brasileirão and the Copa do Brasil, free. Then add Globo and Globoplay's free tier, SBT on Tuesdays for the Champions League, and Record on Sundays.
- If you already pay for Prime: the 38 Brasileirão matches cost nothing extra. This is the cheapest way to add a proper league package.
- Full Brasileirão: Premiere. At R$59.90/month it is the most expensive route here, but the 12-payment annual plan works out near R$30/month and it is the only complete option.
- European football beyond CazéTV: Disney+ is the route, and the plan you choose decides whether you get any sport. Confirm the tier before you pay.
- On a Samsung TV: the free CazéTV channel on Samsung TV Plus needs no account, which makes it the least friction of any option on this page.
Is CazéTV free worldwide?
No. It is free to watch, but it is geo-locked to Brazil, because it holds Brazilian rights rather than worldwide ones. It is not a workaround for viewers in other countries and we do not treat it as one, even though it is often reported that way.
Is Star+ still available in Brazil?
No. Star+ was merged into Disney+ across Latin America and is no longer sold as a standalone service. The ESPN channels that Star+ carried now sit inside Disney+ plans. Any guide still recommending a Star+ subscription is out of date.
Where can I watch the Brasileirão for free?
CazéTV on YouTube, Globo free-to-air and the Globoplay free tier, and Record on Sundays. Globo shows one match per round on Wednesdays and Sundays and Record shows one on Sundays, so the free coverage is real but it is not the whole round. Prime Video adds 38 matches at no extra cost if you are already a member.
Does DAZN show Brazilian football?
Not in Brazil. The Brazilian DAZN service is built around NFL Game Pass and boxing, and its page shows no Brazilian domestic football. DAZN is a completely different service in each country, which is why it is so often recommended for the wrong thing; our DAZN country page sets out where it actually holds domestic rights.
Which Disney+ plan includes the ESPN channels in Brazil?
The higher-priced ones. Brazilian plans run from about R$29.90 to R$69.90 a month and the sport sits in the upper tiers, but we could not confirm which exact tier carries ESPN, so check the plan comparison before you subscribe. This is one of the few places on this page where we would rather say "unverified" than guess.
Is the Champions League free in Brazil?
Partly. SBT carries matches free-to-air on Tuesdays, and the TNT Sports YouTube channel has 31 Champions League matches for the 2026-27 season. Between the two, a lot of the competition is available without a subscription.
Where to go next
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