charles miller was responsible for the creation of the first são paulo state tournament. miller introduced the football association rules to brazil upon his return from england, where he attended college and discovered the sport. on december 14, 1901, the liga paulista de foot-ball (paulista football league), or lpf was founded, comprising five initial teams: são paulo athletic club, internacional, mackenzie, germânia, and paulistano. between april and october 1902, those teams competed in the first edition of the tournament, with são paulo ac winning the title and miller himself as the leading goalscorer. unlike in argentina and uruguay, football was restricted to elitist clubs in its early days in brazil.