2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Libertadores
Sudamericana
Season statistics
Matches played	286
Goals scored	710
Top goalscorer	Robinho, Gabriel Jesus (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Palmeiras 4–0 Atlético Paranaense (R1, 14 May) Sport 5–1 Chapecoense (R11, 26 June) Palmeiras 4–0 Figueirense (R12, 30 June) Corinthians 4–0 Flamengo (R13, 3 July) Coritiba 4–0 Grêmio (R23, 7 September)
Biggest away win	Ponte Preta 0–4 Cruzeiro (R10, 22 June)
Highest scoring	Sport 4–4 Atlético Mineiro (R6, 5 June) Atlético Mineiro 5–3 Botafogo (R12, 30 June) Sport 5–3 Santa Cruz (R24, 11 September)
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The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the 60th season of the Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil. Corinthians come in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season.

Format

For the fourteenth consecutive season, the tournament is being played in a double round-robin system. The team with most number of points at the end of the season will be declared champion. The bottom four teams will be relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2017 season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2017 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	State	Stadium	Capacity
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência	23,018
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência	23,018
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada	42,372
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Luso Brasileiro	17,250
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	22,600
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians	49,205
Coritiba	Curitiba	Paraná	Couto Pereira	40,502
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão	61,846
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Orlando Scarpelli	19,584
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Kléber Andrade	17,000
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Édson Passos	13,544
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Arena do Grêmio	55,662
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Beira-Rio	50,128
Palmeiras	São Paulo	São Paulo	Allianz Parque	43,713
Ponte Preta	Campinas	São Paulo	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Santa Cruz	Recife	Pernambuco	Arruda	60,044
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro	16,068
São Paulo	São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	67,052
Sport Recife	Recife	Pernambuco	Ilha do Retiro	32,983
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Barradão	34,535

Football in Brazil

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