The confederation extended its partnership with sportstech and data group Sportradar this week, specifically leveraging the firm’s Sportradar Integrity and Regulatory Services.
Set to restart in the 2025/26 season, the deal looks to boost efforts to fight match-fixing in Brazilian football and safeguard the integrity of the sport.
Andreas Krannich, Executive Vice President of Integrity and Regulatory Services at Sportradar, commented: “We have built a strong collaboration with CBF to reinforce the integrity of Brazilian football.
“With this new agreement, Sportradar is providing the most comprehensive coverage Brazilian football has ever had. We are very pleased to continue this partnership with one of the world’s most-renowned football organisations.”
The sports technology company will deliver integrity monitoring for over 8,200 men’s and women’s matches, organised each year by the CBF, through its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS).
What is new in the extended deal, which originally began in 2018, is that the UFDS will now cover all Brazilian national championships.
Ednaldo Rodrigues, President of the CBF, added: “Strengthening the integrity of Brazilian football is a priority for this administration, and the renewal of this partnership further reinforces our commitment to this mission.
“The work of the CBF’s Integrity Unit, in collaboration with Sportradar, will complement monitoring by FIFA and result in more than 10,000 Brazilian football matches being covered this season. It’s an impressive and symbolic milestone that makes us very proud.”
The news comes at an integral time in the combat against match-fixing, especially after the recent launch of the Brazilian betting market.
In a Sportradar report published earlier this year, the number of matches suspected of being manipulated worldwide dropped by 17% in 2024. Notably, in 2024, Brazil experienced a significant decrease in the number of suspicious football matches, with 53 less cases detected (a drop of 48%) compared to the year prior.
“This is a partnership that has been bearing fruit and has been crucial in the fight against match-fixing, ensuring a fairer and safer environment for the sport,” Rodrigues concluded.
Rafael Ganem, a former Executive of Serie-A football club Botafogo SP, recently highlighted the importance of integrity amongst football during the SBC Summit in Rio.
He said: “Our clubs must contribute by educating and training their own players. Young athletes who enter the sport hoping to change their lives and improve their countries’ cultures must receive the necessary education to resist criminal temptations. We are ready to establish national directives for this purpose.”
Dingnews.com 18/04/2025