2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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.

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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Season2018
Dates14 April – 2 December 2018
ChampionsPalmeiras (10th title)
RelegatedSport
América Mineiro
Vitória
Paraná
Copa LibertadoresPalmeiras
Cruzeiro (cup winners)
Flamengo
Internacional
Grêmio
São Paulo
Atlético Mineiro
Atlético Paranaense (Copa Sudamericana winners)
Copa SudamericanaBotafogo
Santos
Bahia
Fluminense
Corinthians
Chapecoense
Matches played380
Goals scored827 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerGabriel Barbosa
(18 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético-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 winParaná 0–4 Corinthians
(22 April 2018)
Paraná 0–4 Flamengo
(21 October 2018)
Highest scoringSantos 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 runPalmeiras
(23 games)
2017
2019
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Palmeiras won their 10th title, which is the most titles in the tournament.

Teams

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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]

More information Pos., Relegated from 2017 Série A ...
Pos. Relegated from 2017 Série A
17º Coritiba
18º Avaí
19º Ponte Preta
20º Atlético Goianiense
Pos. Promoted from 2017 Série B
América Mineiro
Internacional
Ceará
Paraná
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Number of teams by state

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
América Mineiro Brazil Givanildo Oliveira Brazil Rafael Lima Lupo Caixa
Atlético Mineiro Brazil Levir Culpi Brazil Léo Silva Topper Caixa
Atlético Paranaense Brazil Tiago Nunes Brazil Thiago Heleno Umbro Caixa
Bahia Brazil Enderson Moreira Brazil Tiago Esquadrão Caixa
Botafogo Brazil Zé Ricardo Brazil Rodrigo Lindoso Topper Caixa
Ceará Brazil Lisca Brazil Rafael Pereira Topper Caixa
Chapecoense Brazil Claudinei Oliveira Brazil Wellington Paulista Umbro Aurora
Corinthians Brazil Jair Ventura Various Nike Vacant
Cruzeiro Brazil Mano Menezes Brazil Henrique Umbro Caixa
Flamengo Brazil Dorival Júnior Brazil Réver Adidas Caixa
Fluminense Brazil Fábio Moreno Brazil Gum Under Armour Valle Express
Grêmio Brazil Renato Gaúcho Brazil Maicon Umbro Banrisul
Internacional Brazil Odair Hellmann Argentina Andrés D'Alessandro Nike Banrisul
Palmeiras Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Bruno Henrique Adidas Crefisa
Paraná Brazil Dado Cavalcanti Brazil Leandro Vilela Topper Caixa
Santos Brazil Cuca Brazil Renato Umbro Caixa
São Paulo Brazil André Jardine Brazil Hudson Adidas Banco Inter
Sport Brazil Milton Mendes Brazil Durval Under Armour Caixa
Vasco da Gama Brazil Alberto Valentim Uruguay Martín Silva Diadora Vacant
Vitória Brazil Joao Burse (caretaker) Brazil Willian Farias Topper Caixa
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Sport Brazil Nelsinho Baptista Resigned 24 April[5] 17th Brazil Claudinei Oliveira 25 April[6]
Ceará Brazil Marcelo Chamusca Sacked 20 May[7] 19th Brazil Jorginho 21 May[8]
Corinthians Brazil Fábio Carille Signed by Al-Wehda 22 May[9] 4th Brazil Osmar Loss 23 May[9]
Vasco da Gama Brazil Zé Ricardo Resigned 2 June[10] 12th Brazil Valdir Bigode (caretaker) 2 June[11]
Bahia Brazil Guto Ferreira Sacked 3 June[12] 18th Brazil Cláudio Prates (caretaker) 4 June[12]
Ceará Brazil Jorginho Resigned 4 June[13] 20th Brazil Lisca 4 June[14]
Vasco da Gama Brazil Valdir Bigode End of caretaker tenure 6 June 13th Brazil Jorginho 7 June[15]
Fluminense Brazil Abel Braga Resigned 16 June[16] 12th Brazil Marcelo Oliveira 22 June[17]
América Mineiro Brazil Enderson Moreira Signed by Bahia 16 June[18] 13th Brazil Ricardo Drubscky 19 June[19]
Bahia Brazil Cláudio Prates End of caretaker tenure 16 June 17th Brazil Enderson Moreira 16 June[18]
Botafogo Brazil Alberto Valentim Resigned 19 June[20] 9th Brazil Marcos Paquetá 26 June[21]
Atlético Paranaense Brazil Fernando Diniz Sacked 25 June[22] 18th Brazil Tiago Nunes 27 June[23]
América Mineiro Brazil Ricardo Drubscky 24 July[24] 17th Brazil Adílson Batista 24 July[24]
Santos Brazil Jair Ventura 26 July 15th Brazil Cuca 29 July
Palmeiras Brazil Roger Machado 26 July[25] 6th Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari 26 July[26]
Vitória Brazil Vágner Mancini 28 July 16th Brazil Paulo César Carpegiani 14 August
Botafogo Brazil Marcos Paquetá 1 August 11th Brazil Zé Ricardo 3 August
Chapecoense Brazil Gilson Kleina 6 August 16th Brazil Guto Ferreira 6 August
Sport Brazil Claudinei Oliveira Resigned 12 August 14th Brazil Eduardo Baptista 15 August
Vasco da Gama Brazil Jorginho Sacked 13 August 15th Brazil Alberto Valentim 27 August
Paraná Brazil Rogério Micale 14 August 20th Brazil Claudinei Oliveira 15 August
Corinthians Brazil Osmar Loss Resigned 5 September 8th Brazil Jair Ventura 6 September
Sport Brazil Eduardo Baptista Sacked 24 September 14th Brazil Milton Mendes 26 September
Flamengo Brazil Mauricio Barbieri 28 September 4th Brazil Dorival Júnior 28 September
Chapecoense Brazil Guto Ferreira 15 October 17th Brazil Claudinei Oliveira 16 October
Paraná Brazil Claudinei Oliveira Signed by Chapecoense 16 October 20th Brazil Dado Cavalcanti 17 October
Atlético Mineiro Brazil Thiago Larghi Sacked 17 October 6th Brazil Levir Culpi 17 October
América Mineiro Brazil Adílson Batista 10 November 18th Brazil Givanildo Oliveira 11 November
Fluminense Brazil Marcelo Oliveira 29 November 14th Brazil Fábio Moreno 29 November
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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

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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[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 América Mineiro (R) 38 10 10 18 30 47 17 40 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18 Sport[c] (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
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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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Sport were deducted three points for the late payment of salary of player Gabriel.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AMG ...
Home \ Away AMG CAM CAP BAH BOT CEA CHA COR CRU FLA FLU GRE INT PAL PAR SAN SPA SPT VAS VIT
América Mineiro 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–1
Atlético Mineiro 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 5–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 5–2 0–0 2–1
Atlético Paranaense 4–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 5–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 4–0
Bahia 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–1
Botafogo 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1
Ceará 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Chapecoense 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Corinthians 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0
Cruzeiro 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
Flamengo 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0
Fluminense 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Grêmio 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 3–4 2–1 4–0
Internacional 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–1
Palmeiras 4–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–2
Paraná 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Santos 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 5–2
São Paulo 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0
Sport 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–0
Vasco da Gama 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 2–3
Vitória 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–4 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
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Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendance

Average home attendances

As of 1 December 2018

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[27]

More information Pos., Team ...
Pos. Team Stadium GP Cumulative Average
1FlamengoMaracanã19895,64147,139
2São PauloMorumbi19652,08034,320
3PalmeirasAllianz Parque19614,76432,356
4CorinthiansArena Corinthians19595,97331,367
5CearáCastelão19533,48228,078
6InternacionalBeira-Rio19526,31927,701
7GrêmioArena do Grêmio19423,01622,264
8BahiaFonte Nova19366,98519,315
9Atletico MineiroIndependência19326,36317,177
10Vasco da GamaSão Januário19282,72014,880
11FluminenseMaracanã19274,70214,458
12CruzeiroMineirão19257,14613,534
13BotafogoNilton Santos19219,81111,569
14SportIlha do Retiro19217,13211,428
15SantosVila Belmiro19200,92510,575
16Atletico ParanaenseArena da Baixada19200,83010,570
17ChapecoenseArena Condá19178,4299,391
18VitóriaBarradão19174,4399,181
19ParanáVila Capanema19118,2186,222
20America MineiroIndependência1993,0434,897
 Total3807,152,23518,821
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Season statistics

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Hat-tricks

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PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Brazil RodrygoSantosVitória5–23 June 2018[28]
Paraguay Ángel RomeroCorinthiansVasco da Gama4–129 July 2018[29]
Brazil Gabriel BarbosaSantosVasco da Gama3–01 September 2018[30]
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Clean sheets

Source: FoxSports.com

Awards

Team of the year

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club
Manager of the Year Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Palmeiras
Player of the Year Brazil Dudu Palmeiras
Goal of the Year Brazil Éverton Ribeiro, round 37 vs. Cruzeiro (8') Flamengo
Fan-Selected Player of the Year Colombia Gustavo Cuéllar Flamengo
Young Player of the Year Brazil Pedro Fluminense
Fair Play Team of the Year Corinthians
Referee of the Year Brazil Raphael Claus
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Last updated: 3 December 2018

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