2021 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

Season	2021
Dates	15 May – 5 September 2021
Champions	Red Bull Bragantino
Relegated
Matches played	116
Goals scored	393 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	11 goals Ariel Red Bull Bragantino
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The 2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A-2 is the 5th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2, the second level of women's football in Brazil. The tournament is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It started on 15 May and scheduled to end on 5 September 2021.

It is played by 36 teams, which qualified through state championships or other tournaments held by each of the state federations, and also by the men's CBF ranking. This last criterion exists because of the requirement that, as of 2019, all Campeonato Brasileiro Série A teams in men's football a professional and youth soccer team, either in its own structure or by partnership.^[1]

Format[]

In the first stage, the teams were divided into six groups of six teams each. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group and the best third-placed teams advanced to the round od 16.

Starting from the round of 16, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The teams qualified for the semifinals will be promoted to 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino Série A1^[2]

Tiebreaker criteria[]

In case of a tie in points between two clubs, the tie-breaking criteria will be applied in the following order:

1. Number of wins
2. Goal balance
3. Goals scored
4. Number of red cards
5. Number of yellow cards
6. Prize draw

Teams[]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Iranduba (7) Ponte Preta (9) Vitória (10) Sport (15) América Mineiro (19) Tiradentes (20) (26) Náutico (27) (29)	(30) Vasco da Gama (35) Ceará (37) Chapecoense (38) Botafogo-PB (39) Fluminense (40) Oratório (41) Atlético Mineiro (42) (47)	São Raimundo (49) (51) Fortaleza (55) Athletico Paranaense (56) Real Ariquemes (57) (58) Brasil de Farroupilha (58) Atlético Goianiense (58) SERC (58)	Mixto (81) (-) Criciúma (-) Red Bull Bragantino (-) (-) (-) (-) América de Natal (-) Paraíso (-)

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		5	4	1	0	24	1	+23	13	Advance to Round of 16
2	Real Ariquemes	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	12
3	Iranduba	5	2	2	1	15	6	+9	8	Best 4 third-places
4		5	1	1	3	5	18	−13	4	Eliminated
5	São Raimundo	5	1	1	3	5	19	−14	4
6	Oratório	5	0	1	4	4	19	−15	1

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortaleza	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13	Advance to Round of 16
2		5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10
3		5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7	Eliminated
4	Vitória	5	1	1	3	11	16	−5	4
5	Tiradentes	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	4
6	Paraíso	5	0	3	2	6	12	−6	3

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ceará	5	5	0	0	22	2	+20	15	Advance to Round of 16
2	Botafogo-PB	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	12
3		5	2	1	2	10	6	+4	7	Best 4 third-places
4	América de Natal	5	2	1	2	8	9	−1	7	Eliminated
5	Náutico	5	1	0	4	6	13	−7	3
6		5	0	0	5	1	27	−26	0

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Red Bull Bragantino	5	5	0	0	25	0	+25	15	Advance to Round of 16
2	Fluminense	5	4	0	1	16	8	+8	12
3	Criciúma	5	2	1	2	6	10	−4	7	Eliminated
4		5	1	2	2	7	15	−8	5
5	Sport	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	4
6	Atlético Goianiense	5	0	0	5	1	18	−17	0

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Mineiro	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13	15	Advance to Round of 16
2		5	3	1	1	16	6	+10	10
3		5	3	0	2	8	11	−3	9	Best 4 third-places
4		5	1	1	3	9	11	−2	4	Eliminated
5	Mixto	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
6	SERC	5	1	0	4	6	17	−11	3

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	15	Advance to Round of 16
2	Athletico Paranaense	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12
3	América Mineiro	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7	Best 4 third-places
4	Chapecoense	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	4	Eliminated
5	Ponte Preta	5	0	3	2	3	9	−6	3
6	Brasil de Farroupilha	5	0	1	4	2	14	−12	1

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		5	3	0	2	8	11	−3	9	Advance to Round of 16
2	Iranduba	5	2	2	1	15	6	+9	8
3		5	2	1	2	10	6	+4	7
4	América Mineiro	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7
5	Criciúma	5	2	1	2	6	10	−4	7	Eliminated
6		5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7

Final stages[]

Pot A	Pot B
(29) Vasco da Gama (35) Ceará (37) Atlético Mineiro (42) Fortaleza (55) Athletico Paranaense (56) Real Ariquemes (57) Red Bull Bragantino (-)	Iranduba (7) América Mineiro (19) (26) Botafogo-PB (39) Fluminense (40) (51) (-) (-)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Red Bull Bragantino	5	5	0	0	25	0	+25	15	Qualified Pot A Final Stages.
2	Ceará	5	5	0	0	21	2	+19	15
3	Atlético Mineiro	5	5	0	0	14	1	+13	15
4	Vasco da Gama	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11	15
5		5	4	1	0	24	1	+23	13
6	Fortaleza	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	13
7	Athletico Paranaense	5	4	0	1	14	3	+11	12
8	Real Ariquemes	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	12
9	Fluminense	5	4	0	1	16	8	+8	12	Qualified Pot B Final Stages.
10	Botafogo-PB	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	12
11		5	3	1	1	16	6	+10	10
12		5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10
13		5	3	0	2	8	11	−3	9
14	Iranduba	5	2	2	1	15	6	+9	8
15		5	2	1	2	10	6	+4	7
16	América Mineiro	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7

Bracket[]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	9	Fluminense	2	0	2 (1)
	8	Real Ariquemes (p)	1	1	2 (3)
								Real Ariquemes		1	1	2
										1	2	3
	15		0	0	0
	5		1	0	1
																	1	0	1
															Red Bull Bragantino		1	2	3
	14		0	0	0
	7	Athletico Paranaense	4	3	7
								Athletico Paranaense		4	0	4(2)
								Red Bull Bragantino		2	2	4(4)
	12		1	0	1
	1	Red Bull Bragantino	0	4	4
																						Red Bull Bragantino		0	0	0 (4)
																						Atlético Mineiro		0	0	0 (2)
	11	(p)	0	1	1 (3)
	6	Fortaleza	0	1	1 (1)
										0	2	2
								Ceará		0	0	0
	10	Botafogo-PB	1	1	2
	2	Ceará	2	3	5
																	0	0	0
															Atlético Mineiro		1	0	1
	16	América Mineiro	2	1	3
	4	Vasco da Gama	0	2	2
								América Mineiro		1	0	1
								Atlético Mineiro		3	0	3
	13	Iranduba	0	1	1
	3	Atlético Mineiro	2	1	3

Round of 16[]

Red Bull Bragantino won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

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Athletico Paranaense won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

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Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Real Ariquemes won on penalties and advanced to quarter-finals.

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ESMAC won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

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América Mineiro won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

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Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

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Ceará won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to quarter-finals.

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Tied 1–1 on aggregate, CRESSPOM won on penalties and advanced to quarter-finals.

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Quarter-finals[]

Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Red Bull Bragantino won on penalties and advance to the semi-finals.

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ESMAC won 3–2 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.

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Atlético Mineiro won 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.

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CRESSPOM won 2–0 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.

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Semi-finals[]

Bragantino won 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the Finals.

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Atlético Mineiro won 2–0 on aggregate and advance to the Finals.

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Finals[]

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Final classification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Red Bull Bragantino	13	8	3	2	36	6	+30	27	Champions and promoted to the 2022 Série A1.
2	Atlético Mineiro	13	8	5	0	21	3	+18	29	Runners-up and promoted to the 2022 Série A1.
3		11	6	4	1	29	6	+23	22	Eliminated in the Semi-finals and promoted to the 2022 Série A1.
4		11	4	5	2	19	8	+11	17
5	Ceará	9	7	1	1	26	6	+20	22	Eliminated in the Quarter-finals and Qualified for the 2022 Série A2.
6	Athletico Paranaense	9	7	0	2	26	7	+19	21
7	Real Ariquemes	9	5	1	3	18	9	+9	16
8	América Mineiro	9	3	2	4	11	11	0	11
9	Vasco da Gama	7	6	0	1	14	4	+10	18	Eliminated in the Round of 16 and Qualified for the 2022 Série A2.
10	Fluminense	7	5	0	2	18	10	+8	15
11	Fortaleza	7	4	3	0	14	2	+12	15
12		7	4	1	2	14	11	+3	13
13	Botafogo-PB	7	4	0	3	15	8	+7	12
14		7	3	1	3	8	12	−4	10
15	Iranduba	7	2	3	2	16	9	+7	9
16		7	2	1	4	10	13	−3	7
17		5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7	Eliminated and disputed vacancy in the 2022 Série A3.
18	América de Natal	5	2	1	2	8	9	−1	7
19	Criciúma	5	2	1	2	6	10	−4	7
20		5	1	2	2	7	15	−8	5
21		5	1	1	3	9	11	−2	4
22	Sport	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	4
23	Vitória	5	1	1	3	11	16	−5	4
24	Chapecoense	5	1	1	3	5	10	−5	4
25	Tiradentes	5	1	1	3	5	12	−7	4
26		5	1	1	3	5	18	−13	4
27	São Raimundo	5	1	1	3	5	19	−14	4
28	Paraíso	5	0	3	2	6	12	−6	3
29	Ponte Preta	5	0	3	2	3	9	−6	3
30	Náutico	5	1	0	4	6	13	−7	3
31	Mixto	5	1	0	4	4	11	−7	3
32	SERC	5	1	0	4	6	17	−11	3
33	Brasil de Farroupilha	5	0	1	4	2	14	−12	1
34	Oratório	5	0	1	4	4	19	−15	1
35	Atlético Goianiense	5	0	0	5	1	18	−17	0
36		5	0	0	5	1	27	−26	0

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