2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season | 2018 |
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Dates | 14 April – 2 December 2018 |
Champions | Palmeiras (10th title) |
Relegated | Sport América Mineiro Vitória Paraná |
Copa Libertadores | Palmeiras Cruzeiro (cup winners) Flamengo Internacional Grêmio São Paulo Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense (Copa Sudamericana winners) |
Copa Sudamericana | Botafogo Santos Bahia Fluminense Corinthians Chapecoense |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 827 (2.18 per match) |
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) |
Longest unbeaten run | Palmeiras (23 games) |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2018 for sponsorship reasons) 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 ended on 2 December 2018. The top six teams as well as the 2018 Copa do Brasil champions qualified to the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to Série B in 2019.
Palmeiras won their 10th title, which is the most titles in the tournament.
Teams[]
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo
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.[1] Internacional was promoted on 14 November 2017,[2] and Paraná and Ceará were promoted on 18 November 2017.[3][4]
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Number of teams by state[]
Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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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 |
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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 | 42,370 |
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 (6 matches) Presidente Vargas (4 matches) |
63,903 20,268 |
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 |
Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Maracanã | 78,838 |
Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Maracanã Mané Garrincha (one match) |
78,838 72,788 |
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 Pacaembu (one match) |
43,713 37,730 |
Paraná | Curitiba | Paraná | Vila Capanema | 17,140 |
Santos | Santos | São Paulo | Vila Belmiro Pacaembu (3 matches) |
16,068 37,730 |
São Paulo | São Paulo | São Paulo | Morumbi | 72,039 |
Sport | Recife | Pernambuco | Ilha do Retiro Arena Pernambuco (one match) |
32,983 44,300 |
Vasco da Gama | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | São Januário Mané Garrincha (one match) |
24,584 72,788 |
Vitória | Salvador | Bahia | Barradão | 34,535 |
Personnel and kits[]
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
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América Mineiro | Givanildo Oliveira | Rafael Lima | Lupo | Caixa |
Atlético Mineiro | Levir Culpi | Léo Silva | Topper | Caixa |
Atlético Paranaense | Tiago Nunes | Thiago Heleno | Umbro | Caixa |
Bahia | Enderson Moreira | Tiago | Esquadrão | Caixa |
Botafogo | Zé Ricardo | Rodrigo Lindoso | Topper | Caixa |
Ceará | Lisca | Rafael Pereira | Topper | Caixa |
Chapecoense | Claudinei Oliveira | Wellington Paulista | Umbro | Aurora |
Corinthians | Jair Ventura | Various | Nike | Vacant |
Cruzeiro | Mano Menezes | Henrique | Umbro | Caixa |
Flamengo | Dorival Júnior | Réver | Adidas | Caixa |
Fluminense | Fábio Moreno | Gum | Under Armour | Vacant |
Grêmio | Renato Gaúcho | Maicon | Umbro | Banrisul |
Internacional | Odair Hellmann | Andrés D'Alessandro | Nike | Banrisul |
Palmeiras | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Bruno Henrique | Adidas | Crefisa |
Paraná | Dado Cavalcanti | Leandro Vilela | Topper | Caixa |
Santos | Cuca | Renato | Umbro | Caixa |
São Paulo | André Jardine | Hudson | Adidas | Banco Inter |
Sport | Milton Mendes | Durval | Under Armour | Caixa |
Vasco da Gama | Alberto Valentim | Martín Silva | Diadora | Vacant |
Vitória | Joao Burse (caretaker) | Willian Farias | Topper | Caixa |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Sport | Nelsinho Baptista | Resigned | 24 April[5] | 17th | Claudinei Oliveira | 25 April[6] |
Ceará | Marcelo Chamusca | Sacked | 20 May[7] | 19th | Jorginho | 21 May[8] |
Corinthians | Fábio Carille | Signed by Al-Wehda | 22 May[9] | 4th | Osmar Loss | 23 May[9] |
Vasco da Gama | Zé Ricardo | Resigned | 2 June[10] | 12th | Valdir Bigode (caretaker) | 2 June[11] |
Bahia | Guto Ferreira | Sacked | 3 June[12] | 18th | Cláudio Prates (caretaker) | 4 June[12] |
Ceará | Jorginho | Resigned | 4 June[13] | 20th | Lisca | 4 June[14] |
Vasco da Gama | Valdir Bigode | End of caretaker tenure | 6 June | 13th | Jorginho | 7 June[15] |
Fluminense | Abel Braga | Resigned | 16 June[16] | 12th | Marcelo Oliveira | 22 June[17] |
América Mineiro | Enderson Moreira | Signed by Bahia | 16 June[18] | 13th | Ricardo Drubscky | 19 June[19] |
Bahia | Cláudio Prates | End of caretaker tenure | 16 June | 17th | Enderson Moreira | 16 June[18] |
Botafogo | Alberto Valentim | Resigned | 19 June[20] | 9th | Marcos Paquetá | 26 June[21] |
Atlético Paranaense | Fernando Diniz | Sacked | 25 June[22] | 18th | Tiago Nunes | 27 June[23] |
América Mineiro | Ricardo Drubscky | 24 July[24] | 17th | Adílson Batista | 24 July[24] | |
Santos | Jair Ventura | 26 July | 15th | Cuca | 29 July | |
Palmeiras | Roger Machado | 26 July[25] | 6th | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 26 July[26] | |
Vitória | Vágner Mancini | 28 July | 16th | Paulo César Carpegiani | 14 August | |
Botafogo | Marcos Paquetá | 1 August | 11th | Zé Ricardo | 3 August | |
Chapecoense | Gilson Kleina | 6 August | 16th | Guto Ferreira | 6 August | |
Sport | Claudinei Oliveira | Resigned | 12 August | 14th | Eduardo Baptista | 15 August |
Vasco da Gama | Jorginho | Sacked | 13 August | 15th | Alberto Valentim | 27 August |
Paraná | Rogério Micale | 14 August | 20th | Claudinei Oliveira | 15 August | |
Corinthians | Osmar Loss | Resigned | 5 September | 8th | Jair Ventura | 6 September |
Sport | Eduardo Baptista | Sacked | 24 September | 14th | Milton Mendes | 26 September |
Flamengo | Mauricio Barbieri | 28 September | 4th | Dorival Júnior | 28 September | |
Chapecoense | Guto Ferreira | 15 October | 17th | Claudinei Oliveira | 16 October | |
Paraná | Claudinei Oliveira | Signed by Chapecoense | 16 October | 20th | Dado Cavalcanti | 17 October |
Atlético Mineiro | Thiago Larghi | Sacked | 17 October | 6th | Levir Culpi | 17 October |
América Mineiro | Adílson Batista | 10 November | 18th | Givanildo Oliveira | 11 November | |
Fluminense | Marcelo Oliveira | 29 November | 14th | Fábio Moreno | 29 November |
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.
- 1 Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.
Standings[]
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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[a] |
8 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[b] |
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 | Sport (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 42 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
18 | América Mineiro (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 40 | |
19 | Vitória (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 37 | |
20 | Paraná (R) | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 18 | 57 | −39 | 23 |
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
Notes:
- ^ Atlético Paranaense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ Cruzeiro qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2018 Copa do Brasil.
Results[]
Attendance[]
Average home attendances[]
- As of 1 December 2018
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[27]
Pos. | Team | Stadium | GP | Cumulative | Average |
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1 | Flamengo | Maracanã | 19 | 895,641 | 47,139 |
2 | São Paulo | Morumbi | 19 | 652,080 | 34,320 |
3 | Palmeiras | Allianz Parque | 19 | 614,764 | 32,356 |
4 | Corinthians | Arena Corinthians | 19 | 595,973 | 31,367 |
5 | Ceará | Castelão | 19 | 533,482 | 28,078 |
6 | Internacional | Beira-Rio | 19 | 526,319 | 27,701 |
7 | Grêmio | Arena do Grêmio | 19 | 423,016 | 22,264 |
8 | Bahia | Fonte Nova | 19 | 366,985 | 19,315 |
9 | Atletico Mineiro | Independência | 19 | 326,363 | 17,177 |
10 | Vasco da Gama | São Januário | 19 | 282,720 | 14,880 |
11 | Fluminense | Maracanã | 19 | 274,702 | 14,458 |
12 | Cruzeiro | Mineirão | 19 | 257,146 | 13,534 |
13 | Botafogo | Nilton Santos | 19 | 219,811 | 11,569 |
14 | Sport | Ilha do Retiro | 19 | 217,132 | 11,428 |
15 | Santos | Vila Belmiro | 19 | 200,925 | 10,575 |
16 | Atletico Paranaense | Arena da Baixada | 19 | 200,830 | 10,570 |
17 | Chapecoense | Arena Condá | 19 | 178,429 | 9,391 |
18 | Vitória | Barradão | 19 | 174,439 | 9,181 |
19 | Paraná | Vila Capanema | 19 | 118,218 | 6,222 |
20 | America Mineiro | Independência | 19 | 93,043 | 4,897 |
– | Total | 380 | 7,152,235 | 18,821 |
Season statistics[]
Top scorers[]
Source: Globoesporte.com |
Assists[]
Source: ESPN Deportes |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
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Rodrygo | Santos | Vitória | 5–2 | 3 June 2018 | [28] |
Ángel Romero | Corinthians | Vasco da Gama | 4–1 | 29 July 2018 | [29] |
Gabriel Barbosa | Santos | Vasco da Gama | 3–0 | 1 September 2018 | [30] |
Clean sheets[]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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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
Awards[]
Team of the year[]
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M. Lomba
B. Henrique
De Arrascaeta
Dudu
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Annual awards[]
Award | Winner | Club |
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Manager of the Year | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Palmeiras |
Player of the Year | Dudu | Palmeiras |
Goal of the Year | Éverton Ribeiro, round 37 vs. Cruzeiro (8') | Flamengo |
Fan-Selected Player of the Year | Gustavo Cuéllar | Flamengo |
Young Player of the Year | Pedro | Fluminense |
Fair Play Team of the Year | Corinthians | – |
Referee of the Year | Raphael Claus | – |
Source Globo
Last updated: 3 December 2018
References[]
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- ^ "Em jogo fraco, Inter empata com o Oeste em Barueri e garante retorno a Série A" (in Portuguese). Globo. 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Paraná vence o CRB, resultados ajudam, e time garante o acesso antecipado à Série A" (in Portuguese). Globo. 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Com a Série A garantida, Ceará empata com o Criciúma no Heriberto Hülse" (in Portuguese). Globo. 18 November 2017.
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