Brazilian soccer’s CBF governing body has extended its exclusive partnership with Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS), a dedicated subsidiary of the international sports data intelligence and digital content service provider.
The pair will continue to collaborate in combating match fixing and other integrity issues in Brazilian soccer across more than 8,200 men’s and women’s matches staged in the country annually by the CBF, beginning with the current 2025 season.
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Covered by the deal will be both the national top-flight Serie A, and the regional Campeonato divisions.
This will be done via the use of Sportradar’s Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS), which monitors betting data and alerts the firm and its partners to suspicious or irregular patterns for investigation.
Thus far, the partnership has been a success, with Sportradar reporting earlier in 2025 that 2024 saw a 48% year-on-year decrease in detected cases of suspicious soccer games in the country when compared to 2023, only 57 in total.
On the renewed partnership, CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues said: “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. 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.”
Andreas Krannich, Sportradar’s executive vice president of integrity and regulatory services, added: “With this new agreement, Sportradar is providing the most comprehensive coverage Brazilian soccer has ever had."
The CBF first partnered with Sportradar in 2017, and most recently renewed the deal in 2023.
Sportradar, which also offers sports technology and betting services through its main unit, opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, in late 2024 amid a major boom in the country’s sports betting market.
Brazil legalized sports betting in 2018 and has moved to regulate it (as part of overall online gambling restrictions) over recent months.
Sportradar has been active in Brazil for close to a decade, partnering with sports bodies across soccer, basketball, and volleyball, and also works alongside sports betting operators to provide new fan engagement solutions.
Online gaming revenue in Brazil is projected to more than double over the next half-decade, and reach close to $9 billion by 2029. In terms of the regulations outlined earlier this year, gaming operators will face penalties if they do not secure a license by the end of 2024, amongst other aspects.
Sports betting – which some have argued is responsible for a gambling addiction issue in the country – is highly popular in Brazil; indeed, according to a 2023 report, the country represents the third-biggest sports betting market worldwide.
The local sports betting industry is estimated by Brazil’s economy ministry to have handled $21 billion in transactions in 2023.
