2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2017
Champions	Corinthians (7th title)
Matches played	340
Goals scored	816 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Henrique Dourado (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Atlético Paranaense 5–0 Avaí; (3 August 2017)
Biggest away win	Chapecoense 3–6 Grêmio; (8 June 2017)
Longest winning run	Corinthians (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Corinthians (19 matches)
Longest winless run	Coritiba (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Vitória, Coritiba, and Atlético Goianiense (4 matches)
Highest attendance	50,116; Grêmio 0–1 Corinthians; (25 June)
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The Serie A of 2017 is the 61st season of the Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 14th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The top six teams will qualify to Copa Libertadores and the last four will be relegated to Série B in 2018.

Palmeiras come in as the defending champions having won the title in the last season.

Format

For the fifteenth 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 the champion. The bottom four teams will be relegated and will be playing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2018 season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2018 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while from the fourth to sixth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage.

And this change also impacts on the Copa Sudamericana, whose vacancies are again to be distributed in the stockmarket not more by Copa do Brasil.

Tiebreakers

In case of a tie on points between two or more clubs, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[1]

Number of wins;
Goal difference;
Goals pro;
Head to Head;
Fewer red cards;
Less number of yellow cards;
Draw.

With respect to the fourth criterion (direct confrontation), it is considered the result of the combined game, or the result of 180 minutes. Staying tie, the tie will be made by the greatest number of goals scored in the opponent's field. The fourth criterion is not considered in the case of a tie between more than two clubs.^[1]

Teams

Atlético Paranaense

Chapecoense

Coritiba

Avaí

Grêmio

Atlético-GO

Sport

Bahia

Vitória

São Paulo Metro Area

Rio de Janeiro

Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte teams:
Cruzeiro
Atlético Mineiro
Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco
São Paulo Metro Area teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Ponte Preta
Santos
São Paulo

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Location of teams in 2017 Série A

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

Atlético Goianiense became the first club to be promoted after a 5–3 win against Tupi MG on 12 November 2016 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place.^[2] Avaí became the second club to be promoted, Vasco da Gama became the third club to be promoted, and Bahia became the fourth club to be promoted

Pos.	Relegated from 2016 Serie A
17º	Internacional
18º	Figueirense
19º	Santa Cruz
20º	América Mineiro

Pos.	Promoted from 2016 Serie B
1º	Atlético Goianiense
2º	Avaí
3°	Vasco da Gama
4º	Bahia

Number of teams by state

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

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	State	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Goiás	Serra Dourada	50,049
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência	23,018
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada	42,372
Avaí	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Ressacada	17,800
Bahia	Salvador	Bahia	Fonte Nova	48,000
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Estádio Nilton Santos (Engenhão)	46,931
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
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Ilha do Urubu	20,215
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Arena do Grêmio	55,662
Palmeiras	São Paulo	São Paulo	Allianz Parque	43,713
Ponte Preta	Campinas	São Paulo	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
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
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	21,880
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Barradão	34,535

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Atlético Goianiense	João Paulo Sanches	Roger Carvalho	Numer	Caixa
Atlético Mineiro	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Leonardo Silva	Topper	Caixa
Atlético Paranaense	Fabiano Soares	Weverton	Umbro	Caixa
Avaí	Claudinei Oliveira	Marquinhos	Umbro	Caixa
Bahia	Paulo César Carpegiani	Tiago	Umbro	Caixa
Botafogo	Jair Ventura	Joel Carli	Topper	Caixa
Chapecoense	Gilson Kleina	Wellington Paulista	Umbro	Aurora
Corinthians	Fábio Carille	Fagner	Nike	None
Coritiba	Marcelo Oliveira	Kléber	Adidas	Caixa
Cruzeiro	Mano Menezes	Fábio	Umbro	Caixa
Flamengo	Reinaldo Rueda	Réver	Adidas	Caixa/Carabao
Fluminense	Abel Braga	Henrique	Under Armour	None
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Maicon	Umbro	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Alberto Valentim	Dudu	Adidas	Crefisa
Ponte Preta	Eduardo Baptista	Aranha	Adidas	Caixa
Santos	Elano	Ricardo Oliveira	Kappa	Caixa
São Paulo	Dorival Júnior	Hernanes	Under Armour	Banco Inter
Sport	Daniel Paulista (caretaker)	Durval	Adidas	Caixa
Vasco da Gama	Zé Ricardo	Luís Fabiano	Umbro	Caixa
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
Atlético Paranaense	Paulo Autuori	Mutual consent	23 May^[3]	19th	Eduardo Baptista	23 May^[3]
Sport	Ney Franco	Sacked	25 May^[4]	18th	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	29 May^[5]
Bahia	Guto Ferreira	Signed by Internacional	29 May	13th	Jorginho	1 June
Vitória	Dejan Petković	Mutual consent	3 June	17th	Alexandre Gallo	3 June
Santos	Dorival Júnior	Sacked	4 June	16th	Levir Culpi	6 June
Atlético Goianiense	Marcelo Cabo	Sacked	5 June	20th	Doriva	7 June
São Paulo	Rogério Ceni	Sacked	3 July	17th	Dorival Júnior	5 July
Chapecoense	Vagner Mancini	Sacked	4 July	15th	Vinícius Eutrópio	5 July
Atlético Paranaense	Eduardo Baptista	Sacked	11 July	14th	Fabiano Soares	12 July
Coritiba	Pachequinho	Sacked	19 July	13th	Marcelo Oliveira	20 July^[6]
Atlético Mineiro	Roger Machado	Sacked	20 July	11th	Rogério Micale	21 July^[7]
Vitória	Alexandre Gallo	Sacked	20 July	19th	Vágner Mancini	22 July
Atlético Goianiense	Doriva	Sacked	21 July	20th	João Paulo Sanches
Bahia	Jorginho	Sacked	31 July^[8]	14th	Preto Casagrande
Flamengo	Zé Ricardo	Sacked	6 August^[9]	5th	Reinaldo Rueda	14 August^[10]
Vasco da Gama	Milton Mendes	Sacked	21 August^[11]	17th	Zé Ricardo
Chapecoense	Vinícius Eutrópio	Sacked	11 September	18th	Gilson Kleina	17 October
Ponte Preta	Gilson Kleina	Sacked	16 September	13th	Eduardo Baptista	20 September
Atlético Mineiro	Rogério Micale	Sacked	24 September	11th	Oswaldo de Oliveira	26 September
Bahia	Preto Casagrande	Sacked	10 October	13th	Paulo César Carpegiani
Palmeiras	Cuca	Sacked	13 October	5th	Alberto Valentim	13 October

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
Atlético Goianiense
Atlético Mineiro	Frickson Erazo	Juan Cazares	Rómulo Otero
Atlético Paranaense	Lucho González	Eduardo da Silva¹	Esteban Pavez
Avaí	Luis Salazar	Bryan Urueña	Toshi	Joel Tagueu
Bahia	Pablo Armero	Agustín Allione	Stiven Mendoza	Bolívia¹
Botafogo	Joel Carli	Junior Fernández	Leonardo Valencia
Chapecoense	Emilio Zeballos	Luis Manuel Seijas	Cristian Penilla	Fernando Guerrero	Héctor Canteros
Corinthians	Ángel Romero	Fabián Balbuena	Colin Kazim-Richards
Coritiba	Yílmar Filigrana	Alexander Baumjohann
Cruzeiro	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Ariel Cabral	Lucas Romero
Flamengo	Paolo Guerrero	Federico Mancuello	Gustavo Cuéllar	Miguel Trauco	Orlando Berrío	Dario Conca
Fluminense	Jefferson Orejuela	Junior Sornoza
Grêmio	Walter Kannemann	Beto da Silva¹	Lucas Barrios	Michael Arroyo
Palmeiras	Yerry Mina	Alejandro Guerra	Miguel Borja
Ponte Preta	Fábio Braga¹	Emerson¹	Luis Alí	Jorge Mendoza
Santos	Jonathan Copete	Emiliano Vecchio	Fabián Noguera	Vladimir Hernández
São Paulo	Diego Lugano	Christian Cueva	Julio Buffarini	Lucas Pratto	Jonathan Gómez	Robert Arboleda
Sport	Oswaldo Henríquez	Reinaldo Lenis	Eugenio Mena
Vasco da Gama	Martín Silva	Damián Escudero	Andrés Escobar	Andrés Ríos
Vitória	Santiago Tréllez