2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2019
Season information
Dates	27 April – 8 December 2019
Continental cup qualifiers
Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Season statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	167
Top goalscorer	3 players (4 goals each)
Biggest home win	Ceará 4–0 CSA (28 April 2019) Palmeiras 4–0 Fortaleza (28 April 2019)
Biggest away win	Grêmio 1–2 Santos (28 April 2019) Fluminense 0–1 Goiás (28 April 2019) Vasco da Gama 1–2 Atlético-MG (1 May 2019) Goiás 1–2 São Paulo (1 May 2019)
Highest scoring	Bahia 3–2 Corinthians (28 April 2019) Athletico-PR 4–1 Vasco da Gama (28 April 2019)
← 2018	2020 →

The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the 63rd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 16th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition started on 27 April and will end on 8 December 2019.

The top six teams as well as the 2019 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 2020. Palmeiras are the defending champions.

Teams

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

Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Atlético Goianiense on 3 November 2018. Goiás was promoted on 17 November, and Avaí and CSA on 24 November.

Pos. Relegated from 2018 Série A 17 Sport 18 América Mineiro 19 Vitória 20 Paraná

Pos. Promoted from 2018 Série B 1 Fortaleza 2 CSA 3 Avaí 4 Goiás

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
2	Ceará	Ceará and Fortaleza
	Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro
	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio and Internacional
	Santa Catarina	Chapecoense and Avaí
1	Alagoas	CSA
	Bahia	Bahia
	Goiás	Goiás
	Paraná	Athletico Paranaense

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	State	Stadium	Capacity
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada	42,370
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência	23,018
Avaí	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Estádio da Ressacada	17,800
Bahia	Salvador	Bahia	Arena Fonte Nova	47,907
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Olímpico Nilton Santos	44,661
Ceará	Fortaleza	Ceará	Arena Castelão	63,903
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	20,089
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians	47,605
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão	61,846
CSA	Maceió	Alagoas	Estádio Rei Pelé	17,126
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Fortaleza	Fortaleza	Ceará	Arena Castelão	63,903
Goiás	Goiânia	Goiás	Estádio da Serrinha	10,000
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
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro	16,068
São Paulo	São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	72,039
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	24,584

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Athletico Paranaense	Tiago Nunes	Thiago Heleno	Umbro	Banco Digi+
Atlético Mineiro	Rodrigo Santana (caretaker)	Léo Silva	Le Coq Sportif	Banco BMG
Avaí	Geninho	Betão	Umbro	Vacant
Bahia	Roger Machado	Various	Esquadrão	Vacant
Botafogo	Eduardo Barroca	Joel Carli	Kappa	Vacant
Ceará	Enderson Moreira	Tiago Alves	Topper	Vacant
Chapecoense	Ney Franco		Umbro	Aurora
Corinthians	Fábio Carille	Various	Nike	Banco BMG
Cruzeiro	Mano Menezes	Henrique	Umbro	Banco Digi+
CSA	Marcelo Cabo	Various	Azulão	Carajas
Flamengo	Abel Braga	Diego	Adidas	Banco bs2
Fluminense	Fernando Diniz	Airton	Under Armour	Vacant
Fortaleza	Rogério Ceni	Marcelo Boeck	Leão1918	Vacant
Goiás	Claudinei Oliveira		Topper	Vacant
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Maicon	Umbro	Banrisul
Internacional	Odair Hellmann	Andrés D'Alessandro	Nike	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Bruno Henrique	Puma	Crefisa
Santos	Jorge Sampaoli	Victor Ferraz	Umbro	Vacant
São Paulo	Cuca	Hernanes	Adidas	Banco Inter
Vasco da Gama	Marcos Valadares (caretaker)	Leandro Castán	Diadora	Banco BMG

Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Athletico Paranaense	Lucho González	Anderson Plata	Marco Ruben	Braian Romero
Atlético Mineiro	Juan Cazares	Martín Rea	Yimmi Chará	David Terans
Avaí	Jonny Mosquera
Bahia
Botafogo	Joel Carli	Roberto Junior Fernández	Leonardo Valencia
Ceará	Chico1
Chapecoense	Diego Torres	Edgardo Orzuza
Corinthians	Ángel Romero	Junior Sornoza	Sergio Díaz	Ángelo Araos	Mauro Boselli
Cruzeiro	Luis Manuel Orejuela	Ariel Cabral	Lucas Romero
CSA	Andrés Ramiro Escobar	Pablo Armero
Flamengo	Gustavo Cuéllar	Miguel Trauco	Orlando Berrío	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Fernando Uribe	Robert Piris Da Motta
Fortaleza	Santiago Romero	Juan Sebastián Quintero
Fluminense	Yony González
Goiás	Nilson Loyola	Leandro Barcia
Grêmio	Walter Kannemann	Walter Montoya
Internacional	Andrés D'Alessandro	Nicolás López	Víctor Cuesta	Jonathan Álvez	Martín Sarrafiore	Paolo Guerrero	Santiago Tréllez
Palmeiras	Miguel Borja	Alejandro Guerra	Gustavo Gómez	Iván Angulo
Santos	Jonathan Copete	Bryan Ruiz	Carlos Sánchez	Derlis González	Yeferson Soteldo	Felipe Aguilar	Christian Cueva
São Paulo	Joao Rojas	Robert Arboleda	Gonzalo Carneiro	Jonathan Gómez
Vasco da Gama	Raúl Cáceres	Maxi López	Oswaldo Henríquez

• ¹ Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.

Standings

League table

2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Template:Fb team Flamengo (C)	38	28	6	4	86	37	+49	90	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Santos	38	22	8	8	60	33	+27	74
3	Template:Fb team Palmeiras	38	21	11	6	61	32	+29	74
4	Grêmio	38	19	8	11	64	39	+25	65
5	Template:Fb team Athletico Paranaense	38	18	10	10	51	32	+19	64
6	Template:Fb team São Paulo	38	17	12	9	39	30	+9	63
7	Internacional	38	16	9	13	44	39	+5	57	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
8	Corinthians	38	14	14	10	42	34	+8	56
9	Template:Fb team Fortaleza	38	15	8	15	50	49	+1	53	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
10	Template:Fb team Goiás	38	15	7	16	46	64	−18	52
11	Template:Fb team Bahia	38	12	13	13	44	43	+1	49
12	Template:Fb team Vasco da Gama	38	12	13	13	39	45	−6	49
13	Template:Fb team Atlético Mineiro	38	13	9	16	45	49	−4	48
14	Template:Fb team Fluminense	38	12	10	16	38	46	−8	46
15	Template:Fb team Botafogo	38	13	4	21	31	45	−14	43
16	Template:Fb team Ceará	38	10	9	19	36	41	−5	39
17	Cruzeiro  (R)	38	7	15	16	27	46	−19	36	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Template:Fb team CSA (R)	38	8	8	22	24	58	−34	32
19	Template:Fb team Chapecoense (R)	38	7	11	20	31	52	−21	32
20	Template:Fb team Avaí (R)	38	3	11	24	18	62	−44	20

Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Season statistics

As of 2 June 2019

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Everaldo	Chapecoense	4
	Gabriel Barbosa	Flamengo
	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo
4	Everton	Grêmio	3
	Thiago Neves	Cruzeiro
	Paolo Guerrero	Internacional
	Artur	Bahia
	Eduardo Sasha	Santos
	Ricardo Bueno	Ceará
	Thiago Galhardo	Ceará
	João Pedro	Fluminense
	Yimmi Chará	Atlético Mineiro
	Pedrinho	Corinthians
	Pedro	Fluminense
	Bruno Henrique	Palmeiras
	Marcelo Cirino	Athletico Paranaense
	Rony	Athletico Paranaense

Source: Globoesporte.com

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