2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was 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 ended on 8 December 2019.[1]
Season | 2019 |
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Dates | 27 April – 8 December 2019 |
Champions | Flamengo (6th title) |
Relegated | Cruzeiro CSA Chapecoense Avaí |
Copa Libertadores | Flamengo (via Copa Libertadores) Athletico Paranaense (cup winners) Santos Palmeiras Grêmio São Paulo Internacional Corinthians |
Copa Sudamericana | Fortaleza Goiás Bahia Vasco da Gama Atlético Mineiro Fluminense |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 876 (2.31 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Gabriel Barbosa (25 goals) |
Biggest home win | Flamengo 6–1 Goiás (14 July 2019) Santos 6–1 Goiás (4 August 2019) Grêmio 6–1 Avaí (26 September 2019) Flamengo 6–1 Avaí (5 December 2019) |
Biggest away win | CSA 0–4 Athletico-PR (20 July 2019) |
Highest scoring | Grêmio 4–5 Fluminense (5 May 2019) |
Longest winning run | 8 games Flamengo |
Longest unbeaten run | 24 games Flamengo |
Longest winless run | 18 games Avaí |
Longest losing run | 8 games Avaí |
← 2018 2020 → |
The top six teams as well as the 2019 Copa do Brasil champions qualified for 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 for 2020. Palmeiras were the defending champions. During the 2019 season, the official match ball was the Nike Merlin CBF.[2]
Flamengo secured their sixth league title with four matches to spare on 24 November and just one day after winning the 2019 Copa Libertadores, following Palmeiras' 2–1 loss to Grêmio at home.[3]
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.
Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Atlético Goianiense on 3 November 2018.[4] Goiás was promoted on 17 November,[5] and Avaí and CSA on 24 November.[6]
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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 | |
2 | Ceará | Ceará and Fortaleza |
Minas Gerais | Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro | |
Rio Grande do Sul | Grêmio and Internacional | |
Santa Catarina | Avaí and Chapecoense | |
1 | Alagoas | CSA |
Bahia | Bahia | |
Goiás | Goiás | |
Paraná | Athletico Paranaense |
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
(c) = caretaker
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.
(dn) = Player holding Brazilian dual nationality.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Vasco da Gama | Marcos Valadares | End of caretaker tenure | 12 May | 20th | Vanderlei Luxemburgo | 13 May |
Flamengo | Abel Braga | Resigned | 29 May | 6th | Marcelo Salles (caretaker) | 29 May |
Marcelo Salles | End of caretaker tenure | 1 June | 4th | Jorge Jesus | 1 June | |
Avaí | Geninho | Sacked | 17 June | 20th | Alberto Valentim | 18 June |
CSA | Marcelo Cabo | 30 June | 19th | Argel Fucks | 2 July | |
Chapecoense | Ney Franco | 24 July | 19th | Emerson Cris (caretaker) | 24 July | |
Emerson Cris | End of caretaker tenure | 16 September | 19th | Marquinhos Santos | 16 September | |
Goiás | Claudinei Oliveira | Resigned | 4 August | 12th | Robson Gomes (caretaker) | 4 August |
Robson Gomes | End of caretaker tenure | 7 August | 12th | Ney Franco | 7 August | |
Cruzeiro | Mano Menezes | Resigned | 8 August | 18th | Rogério Ceni | 11 August |
Fortaleza | Rogério Ceni | Signed by Cruzeiro | 11 August | 14th | Zé Ricardo | 12 August |
Fluminense | Fernando Diniz | Sacked | 19 August | 18th | Oswaldo de Oliveira | 20 August |
Palmeiras | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 2 September | 5th | Mano Menezes | 3 September | |
São Paulo | Cuca | Resigned | 26 September | 6th | Fernando Diniz | 26 September |
Cruzeiro | Rogério Ceni | Sacked | 16th | Abel Braga | 27 September | |
Fortaleza | Zé Ricardo | 27 September | 15th | Rogério Ceni | 29 September | |
Fluminense | Oswaldo de Oliveira | 16th | Marcão | 27 September | ||
Ceará | Enderson Moreira | 1 October | 15th | Adílson Batista | 2 October | |
Botafogo | Eduardo Barroca | 6 October | 12th | Alberto Valentim | 11 October | |
Internacional | Odair Hellmann | 10 October | 6th | Ricardo Colbachini (caretaker) | 10 October | |
Avaí | Alberto Valentim | Signed by Botafogo | 11 October | 19th | Evando | 11 October |
Atlético Mineiro | Rodrigo Santana | Sacked | 13 October | 11th | Vágner Mancini | 14 October |
Internacional | Ricardo Colbachini | End of caretaker tenure | 21 October | 6th | Zé Ricardo | 21 October |
Corinthians | Fábio Carille | Sacked | 3 November | 8th | Dyego Coelho (caretaker) | 3 November |
Athletico Paranaense | Tiago Nunes | Signed by Corinthians (to 2020) | 5 November | 6th | Eduardo Barros (caretaker) | 5 November |
Ceará | Adílson Batista | Sacked | 27 November | 16th | Argel Fucks | 29 November |
CSA | Argel Fucks | Signed with Ceará | 29 November | 18th | Jacozinho (caretaker) | |
Cruzeiro | Abel Braga | Sacked | 29 November | 17th | Adílson Batista | 29 November |
Palmeiras | Mano Menezes | 1 December | 3rd | Andrey Lopes (caretaker) | 2 December |
Standings
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Flamengo (C) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 86 | 37 | +49 | 90 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Santos | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 74 | |
3 | Palmeiras | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 32 | +29 | 74 | |
4 | Grêmio | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 65 | |
5 | Athletico Paranaense | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 64 | |
6 | 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 | Fortaleza | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
10 | Goiás | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 52 | |
11 | Bahia | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 49 | |
12 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 49 | |
13 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 48 | |
14 | Fluminense | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 46 | |
15 | Botafogo | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 43 | |
16 | 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 | CSA (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 32 | |
19 | Chapecoense (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 32 | |
20 | Avaí (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 62 | −44 | 20 |
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:
- Flamengo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa Libertadores. Athletico Paranaense qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2019 Copa do Brasil.
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Leader and Copa Libertadores group stage | |
Copa Libertadores group stage | |
Copa Libertadores second stage | |
Copa Sudamericana first stage | |
Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |