2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2018
Season information
Winners	Palmeiras (10th title)
Relegated	Sport América Mineiro Vitória Paraná
Season statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	286
Top goalscorer	Gabriel Barbosa (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético-PR 5–1 Chapecoense (15 April 2018) Grêmio 5–1 Santos (6 May 2018) Atlético-PR 4–0 Vitória (29 July 2018) Grêmio 4–0 Vitória (12 August 2018) Grêmio 4–0 Botafogo (1 September 2018) Atlético-PR 4–0 América-MG (6 October 2018) Fluminense 4–0 Paraná (8 October 2018) Atlético-PR 4–0 Sport (14 October 2018) Palmeiras 4–0 América-MG (21 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Paraná 0–4 Corinthians (22 April 2018) Paraná 0–4 Flamengo (21 October 2018)
Highest scoring	Santos 5–2 Vitória (3 June 2018) Atlético-MG 5–2 Fluminense (10 June 2018) Vitória 3–4 Botafogo (23 September 2018) Atlético-MG 5–2 Sport (30 September 2018) Grêmio 3–4 Sport (27 October 2018)
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The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 62nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 14 April 2018 and is scheduled to end on 1 December 2018. The top five teams as well as the 2018 Copa do Brasil champions will qualify to the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four will be relegated to Série B in 2019. Corinthians are the defending champions.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.

América Mineiro became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Figueirense on 11 November 2017. Internacional was promoted on 14 November 2017, and Paraná and Ceará were promoted on 18 November 2017.

Pos. Relegated from 2017 Série A 17º Coritiba 18º Avaí 19º Ponte Preta 20º Atlético Goianiense

Pos. Promoted from 2017 Série B 1º América Mineiro 2º Internacional 3° Ceará 4º Paraná

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
4	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama
	São Paulo	Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo
3	Minas Gerais	América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro
2	Bahia	Bahia and Vitória
	Paraná	Atlético Paranaense and Paraná
	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio and Internacional
1	Ceará	Ceará
	Pernambuco	Sport
	Santa Catarina	Chapecoense

Stadiums 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
Bahia	Salvador	Bahia	Arena Fonte Nova	50,025
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Nilton Santos (Engenhão)	45,000
Ceará	Fortaleza	Ceará	Castelão	63,903
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	15,765
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians	47,605
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão	75,783
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
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
Paraná	Curitiba	Paraná	Vila Capanema	20,083
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro	16,068
São Paulo	São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	77,011
Sport	Recife	Pernambuco	Ilha do Retiro	32,983
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	24,584
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Barradão	35,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
América Mineiro	Ricardo Drubscky	Rafael Lima	Lupo	Caixa
Atlético Mineiro	Thiago Larghi	Léo Silva	Topper	Caixa
Atlético Paranaense	Fernando Diniz	Thiago Heleno	Umbro	Caixa
Bahia	Enderson Moreira	Tiago	Umbro	Caixa
Botafogo	Marcos Paquetá	Rodrigo Lindoso	Topper	Caixa
Ceará	Lisca	Rafael Pereira	Topper	Caixa
Chapecoense	Gilson Kleina	Wellington Paulista	Umbro	Aurora
Corinthians	Osmar Loss	Various	Nike	Undefined
Cruzeiro	Mano Menezes	Henrique	Umbro	Caixa
Flamengo	Mauricio Barbieri	Réver	Adidas	Caixa
Fluminense	Marcelo Oliveira	Gum	Under Armour	Valle Express
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Maicon	Umbro	Banrisul
Internacional	Odair Hellmann	Andrés D'Alessandro	Nike	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Roger Machado	Dudu	Adidas	Crefisa
Paraná	Rogério Micale	Leandro Vilela	Topper	Caixa
Santos	Jair Ventura	Renato	Umbro	Caixa
São Paulo	Diego Aguirre	Sidão	Adidas	Banco Inter
Sport	Claudinei Oliveira	Durval	Under Armour	Caixa
Vasco da Gama	Jorginho	Martín Silva	Diadora	Undefined
Vitória	Vágner Mancini	Willian Farias	Topper	Caixa

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sport	Nelsinho Baptista	Resigned	24 April	17th	Claudinei Oliveira	25 April
Ceará	Marcelo Chamusca	Sacked	20 May	19th	Jorginho	21 May
Corinthians	Fábio Carille	Signed by Al-Wehda	22 May	4th	Osmar Loss	23 May
Vasco da Gama	Zé Ricardo	Resigned	2 June	12th	Valdir Bigode (caretaker)	2 June
Bahia	Guto Ferreira	Sacked	3 June	18th	Cláudio Prates (caretaker)	4 June
Ceará	Jorginho	Resigned	4 June	20th	Lisca	4 June
Vasco da Gama	Valdir Bigode	End of caretaker tenure	6 June	13th	Jorginho	7 June
Fluminense	Abel Braga	Resigned	16 June	12th	Marcelo Oliveira	22 June
América Mineiro	Enderson Moreira	Signed by Bahia	16 June	13th	Ricardo Drubscky	19 June
Bahia	Cláudio Prates	End of caretaker tenure	16 June	17th	Enderson Moreira	16 June
Botafogo	Alberto Valentim	Resigned	19 June	9th	Marcos Paquetá	26 June

Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro	Juan Cazares	Tomás Andrade	Yimmi Chará	David Terans
Atlético Paranaense	Lucho González
Bahia	Eugenio Mena	Agustín Allione
Botafogo	Joel Carli	Roberto Junior Fernández	Leonardo Valencia	Rodrigo Aguirre
Ceará	Javier Reina	Jown Cardona
Chapecoense	Héctor Canteros	Nery Bareiro	Agustín Doffo
Corinthians	Ángel Romero	Emerson Sheik1
Cruzeiro	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Ariel Cabral	Lucas Romero	Federico Mancuello	Hernán Barcos
Flamengo	Paolo Guerrero	Gustavo Cuéllar	Miguel Trauco	Orlando Berrío	Marlos Moreno	Fernando Uribe
Fluminense	Guillermo de Amores	Junior Sornoza
Grêmio	Walter Kannemann
Internacional	Andrés D'Alessandro	Nicolás López	Víctor Cuesta	Jonathan Álvez	Martín Sarrafiore
Palmeiras	Miguel Borja	Alejandro Guerra	Nicolás Freire
Paraná	Marcelo Báez	Jorge González
Santos	Jonathan Copete	Emiliano Vecchio	Bryan Ruiz
São Paulo	Santiago Tréllez	Robert Arboleda	Gonzalo Carneiro	Joao Rojas
Sport
Vasco da Gama	Martín Silva	Frickson Erazo	Andrés Ríos	Leandro Luis Desábato	Oswaldo Henríquez	Maxi López
Vitória	Marcelo Meli	Marcelo Benítez	Walter Bou

• ¹ Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	38	23	11	4	64	26	+38	80	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Flamengo	38	21	9	8	59	29	+30	72
3	Internacional	38	19	12	7	51	29	+22	69
4	Grêmio	38	18	12	8	48	27	+21	66
5	São Paulo	38	16	15	7	46	34	+12	63	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Atlético Mineiro	38	17	8	13	56	43	+13	59
7	Atlético Paranaense	38	16	9	13	54	37	+17	57	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
8	Cruzeiro	38	14	11	13	34	34	0	53	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
9	Botafogo	38	13	12	13	38	46	−8	51	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
10	Santos	38	13	11	14	46	40	+6	50
11	Bahia	38	12	12	14	39	41	−2	48
12	Fluminense	38	12	9	17	32	46	−14	45
13	Corinthians	38	11	11	16	34	35	−1	44
14	Chapecoense	38	11	11	16	34	50	−16	44
15	Ceará	38	10	14	14	32	38	−6	44
16	Vasco da Gama	38	10	13	15	41	48	−7	43
17	América Mineiro (R)	38	10	10	18	30	47	−17	40	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Sport (R)	38	11	9	18	35	57	−22	39
19	Vitória (R)	38	9	10	19	36	63	−27	37
20	Paraná (R)	38	4	11	23	18	57	−39	23

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gabriel Barbosa	Santos	18
2	Ricardo Oliveira	Atlético Mineiro	13
3	Pablo	Atlético Paranaense	12
	Diego Souza	São Paulo
5	Leandro Pereira	Chapecoense	11
	Nicolás López	Internacional
7	Lucas Paquetá	Flamengo	10
	Yago Pikachu	Vasco da Gama
	Leandro Damião	Internacional
	Éverton	Grêmio
	Pedro	Fluminense
	Willian	Palmeiras

Source: Globoesporte.com

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Dudu	Palmeiras	15
2	Éverton	São Paulo	8
3	Yimmi Chará	Atlético Mineiro	7
4	Luan	Grêmio	6
	Everaldo	Fluminense
	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro
	Nicolás López	Internacional
	Éverton Ribeiro	Flamengo
	Nikão	Atlético Paranaense
	Raphael Veiga	Atlético Paranaense
	Leonardo Valencia	Botafogo
	Juan Cazares	Atlético Mineiro
	Maxi López	Vasco da Gama
	Dodô	Santos

Source: ESPN Deportes

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rodrygo	Santos	Vitória	5–2	3 June 2018
Ángel Romero	Corinthians	Vasco da Gama	4–1	29 July 2018
Gabriel Barbosa	Santos	Vasco da Gama	3–0	1 September 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Santos	Atlético Paranaense	15
2	Vanderlei	Santos	14
3	Júlio César	Fluminense	13
	Éverson	Ceará
5	Marcelo Grohe	Grêmio	12
	Sidão	São Paulo
	Weverton	Palmeiras
8	Diego Alves	Flamengo	11
	Douglas Friedrich	Bahia
	Victor	Atlético Mineiro

Source: FoxSports.com

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