“…Thus, it contributes to filling the gap in the literature, considering that the research focuses on the European context (Barajas & Rodríguez, 2010, 2013Beech et al, 2010;Dietl & Franck, 2007;Dimitropoulos, 2014;Mourão, 2012;Scelles et al, 2018;Szymanski, 2017). In Brazil, the sports literature gives greater emphasis on studies on disclosure (Rezende & Custódio, 2012), efficiency (Dantas et al, 2015(Dantas et al, , 2016Dantas & Boente, 2011), capital structure (P. R. da Cunha et al, 2017) and indebtedness (Brandão, 2012;Dantas et al, 2017), without drawing a profile of the clubs' present and future debts. For the area, the study contributes to provide insights to regulators regarding the formulation of strategies to contain the growth of debts, standards to promote transparency and assist in the disclosure of quality accounting information to all stakeholders.…”