2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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Internacional
Longest losing run	7 matches América Mineiro Santa Cruz
Highest attendance	54,996 São Paulo 2–2 Chapecoense (R17, 31 July)
Lowest attendance	796 América Mineiro 2–1 Coritiba (R9, 18 June)
Total attendance	5,963,946
Average attendance	15,736
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 04:38, 29 December 2016 (UTC).

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 60th season of the

Palmeiras

won the title, their ninth overall.

Format and results

For the fourteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points at the end of the season was declared champion. The bottom four teams were relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2017 season.

Atlético Mineiro and Chapecoense did not play their last match due to the accident involving 71 deaths (including 19 Chapecoense players) on 28 November 2016. Due to a lack of squad depth, both teams decided to forfeit the game resulting in Chapecoense finishing 11th and Atlético Mineiro finishing 4th.^[2] Match officials declared a double W.O., as CBF refused to cancel the match.^[3]

International qualification

The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2017 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while from the fourth to sixth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.

And this change also impacts on the Copa Sudamericana, whose vacancies are again to be distributed in the stockmarket enot 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:^[4]

Number of wins;
Goal difference;
Goals for;
Head to Head;
Fewer red cards;
Fewest 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.^[4]

Teams

Palmeiras
Ponte Preta
Santos
São Paulo

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Location of teams in 2016 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.

Botafogo became the first club to be promoted after a 1–0 win against

América Mineiro became the fourth and final club to be promoted, following a 1–1 draw over Ceará meant they finished above them on points difference and secured the automatic spot.^[8]

The four promoted clubs replaced Avaí, Vasco da Gama, Goiás and Joinville. At the end of the season, for the third consecutive year, Rio de Janeiro did not have its four representatives in the first division, largely due to the inconsistent performance of Vasco da Gama and Botafogo, who alternated in relegation in recent seasons.

Pos.	Relegated from 2015 Série A
17th	Avaí
18th	Vasco da Gama
19th	Goiás
20th	Joinville

Pos.	Promoted from 2015 Série B
1st	Botafogo
2nd	Santa Cruz
3rd	Vitória
4th	América Mineiro

Stadia and locations

The three clubs based in Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense weren't able to play their home matches in

Pacaembu, and Raulino de Oliveira

Team	Location	State	Stadium	Capacity
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência Mineirão (one match) Estádio do Café (one match)	23,018 61,846 30,000
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência Mineirão (4 matches)	23,018 61,846
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada Vila Capanema (one match)	42,372 17,140
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Mário Helênio (4 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) Mané Garrincha (one match)	17,250 31,863 18,230 72,788
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	20,089
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians Pacaembu (one match)	47,605 37,730
Coritiba	Curitiba	Paraná	Couto Pereira Vila Capanema (one match)	40,502 17,140
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão Independência (one match)	61,846 23,018
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Orlando Scarpelli	19,584
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Kléber Andrade (5 matches) Maracanã (4 matches) Mané Garrincha (4 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) Pacaembu (2 matches) Arena das Dunas (one match)	21,252 78,838 72,788 18,230 37,730 31,375
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Giulite Coutinho (8 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (5 matches) Maracanã (2 matches) Mané Garrincha (2 matches) Kléber Andrade (2 matches)	13,544 18,230 78,838 72,788 21,252
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	Fonte Luminosa (one match)	43,713 37,730 21,441
Ponte Preta	Campinas	São Paulo	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Santa Cruz	Recife	Pernambuco	Arena Pernambuco (one match) Arena Pantanal (one match)	60,044 44,300 44,097
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro Pacaembu (3 matches) Arena Pantanal	16,068 37,730 44,097
São Paulo	São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi Pacaembu (2 matches)	67,052 37,730
Sport Recife	Recife	Pernambuco	Arena Pernambuco (2 matches)	32,983 44,300
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Arena Fonte Nova (3 matches) Joia da Princesa (one match)	34,535 47,907 16,274

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
5	São Paulo	Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo
3	Minas Gerais	América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro
3	Rio de Janeiro	Flamengo, Fluminense
2	Paraná	Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba
	Pernambuco	Santa Cruz, Sport Recife
	Rio Grande do Sul	Internacional
	Santa Catarina	Chapecoense, Figueirense
1	Bahia	Vitória

Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
América Mineiro	Enderson Moreira	Leandro Guerreiro	Lupo	Banco Intermedium
Atlético Mineiro	Diogo Giacomini (interim)	Leonardo Silva	Dryworld	Caixa
Atlético Paranaense	Paulo Autuori	Wéverton	Umbro	Caixa
Botafogo	Jair Ventura	Jefferson	Topper	Caixa
Chapecoense	Caio Júnior		Umbro	Caixa
Corinthians	Oswaldo de Oliveira		Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Paulo César Carpegiani	Kléber	Adidas	Caixa
Cruzeiro	Mano Menezes	Fábio	Umbro	Caixa
Figueirense	Marquinhos Santos	Rafael Moura	Lupo	Caixa
Flamengo	Zé Ricardo	Réver	Adidas	Caixa
Fluminense	Marcão	Gum	Dryworld	Caixa
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Maicon	Umbro	Banrisul
Internacional	Lisca	Paulão	Nike	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Cuca	Fernando Prass	Adidas	Crefisa
Ponte Preta	Eduardo Baptista	Wellington Paulista	Adidas	Viva Schin
Santa Cruz	Adriano Teixeira (interim)	Tiago Cardoso	Penalty	MRV
Santos	Dorival Júnior	Ricardo Oliveira	Kappa	Caixa
São Paulo	Ricardo Gomes	Maicon	Under Armour	Prevent Senior
Sport	Daniel Paulista	Durval	Adidas	Caixa
Vitória	Argel Fucks	Fernando Miguel	Puma	Caixa

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Atlético Mineiro	Diego Aguirre	Resigned	19 May ^[10]	3rd	Marcelo Oliveira	20 May ^[11]
Flamengo	Muricy Ramalho	Resigned	26 May ^[12]	11th	Zé Ricardo	26 May (interim) 14 July^[13]
Coritiba	Gilson Kleina	Sacked	2 June ^[14]	16th	Pachequinho	2 June
América Mineiro	Givanildo Oliveira	Sacked	3 June^[15]	20th	Sérgio Vieira	4 June^[16]
Corinthians	Tite	Signed by Brazil	15 June^[17]	4th	Cristóvão Borges	19 June^[18]
Chapecoense	Guto Ferreira	Signed by Bahia	24 June^[19]	8th	Caio Júnior	25 June^[20]
Internacional	Argel Fucks	Sacked	10 July^[21]	8th	Falcão	12 July^[22]
Figueirense	Vinícius Eutrópio	Sacked	11 July^[23]	17th	Argel Fucks	11 July^[24]
América Mineiro	Sérgio Vieira	Sacked	17 July^[25]	20th	Enderson Moreira	20 July^[26]
Cruzeiro	Paulo Bento	Sacked	25 July^[27]	19th	Mano Menezes	26 July^[28]
São Paulo	Edgardo Bauza	Signed by Argentina	1 August^[29]	10th	Ricardo Gomes	12 August^[30]
Coritiba	Pachequinho	Mutual consent	5 August^[31]	17th	Paulo César Carpegiani	5 August^[31]
Internacional	Falcão	Sacked	8 August^[32]	13th	Celso Roth	8 August^[33]
Santa Cruz	Milton Mendes	Resigned	9 August^[34]	19th	Doriva	12 August^[35]
Botafogo	Ricardo Gomes	Signed by São Paulo	12 August	17th	Jair Ventura	13 August^[36]
Figueirense	Argel Fucks	Sacked	22 August^[37]	18th	Tuca Guimarães	5 September^[38]
Vitória	Vágner Mancini	Sacked	10 September^[39]	18th	Argel Fucks	12 September^[40]
Grêmio	Roger Machado	Resigned	14 September^[41]^[42]^[43]	8th	Renato Gaúcho	18 September
Corinthians	Cristóvão Borges	Sacked	17 September^[44]	6th	Fábio Carille	17 September^[44]
Figueirense	Tuca Guimarães	Mutual consent	19 September^[45]	17th	Marquinhos Santos	19 September^[45]
Corinthians	Fábio Carille	Mutual consent	12 October	8th	Oswaldo de Oliveira	12 October^[46]
Sport	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Signed by Corinthians	12 October^[46]	16th	Daniel Paulista	13 October^[47]
Santa Cruz	Doriva	Resigned	20 October^[48]	19th	Adriano Teixeira	20 October^[48]
Fluminense	Levir Culpi	Sacked	6 November^[49]	9th	Marcão	6 November
Internacional	Celso Roth	Sacked	17 November^[50]	17th	Lisca	18 November^[51]
São Paulo	Ricardo Gomes	Sacked	23 November^[52]	13th	Pintado	23 November^[52]
Atlético Mineiro	Marcelo Oliveira	Sacked	24 November^[53]	4th	Diogo Giacomini	24 November^[53]
Chapecoense	Caio Júnior	Fatal airplane accident	29 November^[54]	9th	Vagner Mancini	9 December^[55]

Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Double Nationality Players
América Mineiro	Eisner Loboa
Atlético Mineiro	Jesús Dátolo	Lucas Pratto	Frickson Erazo	Juan Cazares	Rómulo Otero
Atlético Paranaense	Bruno Pereirinha	Oscar Cabezas	Luciano Cabral	Lucho González
Botafogo	Joel Carli	Damián Lizio	Gervasio Núñez	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	Gustavo Canales
Chapecoense	Alejandro Martinuccio
Corinthians	Ángel Romero	Fabián Balbuena
Coritiba	César Benítez	Jorge Ortega	César González	Colin Kazim-Richards	Nery Bareiro	Fábio Braga¹
Cruzeiro	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Ariel Cabral	Lucas Romero	Ramón Ábila		Federico Gino¹
Figueirense	Roberto Junior Fernández	Michael Ortega
Flamengo	Paolo Guerrero	Federico Mancuello	Gustavo Cuéllar	Alejandro Donatti	Lucas Mugni	Emerson¹
Fluminense	Alexis Rojas	Claudio Aquino
Grêmio	Miller Bolaños	Walter Kannemann
Internacional	Nico López	Luis Seijas	Ariel Nahuelpán	Yonatthan Rak
Palmeiras	Lucas Barrios	Agustín Allione	Yerry Mina
Ponte Preta
Santa Cruz	Matías Pisano
Santos	Edwin Valencia	Diederrick Joel	Jonathan Copete	Emiliano Vecchio	Fabián Noguera
São Paulo	Diego Lugano	Eugenio Mena	Christian Cueva	Andrés Chávez	Julio Buffarini
Sport	Oswaldo Henríquez	Reinaldo Lenis	Rodney Wallace	Luis Carlos Ruiz
Vitória	Rodrigo Ramallo	Sherman Cárdenas

¹ Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	38	24	8	6	62	32	+30	80	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Santos	38	22	5	11	59	35	+24	71
3	Flamengo	38	20	11	7	52	35	+17	71
4	Atlético Mineiro	38	17	11	10	61	53	+8	62^[a]
5	Botafogo	38	17	8	13	43	39	+4	59	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage
6	Atlético Paranaense	38	17	6	15	38	32	+6	57	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage
7	Corinthians	38	15	10	13	48	42	+6	55	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
8	Ponte Preta	38	15	8	15	48	52	−4	53	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
9	Grêmio	38	14	11	13	41	44	−3	53	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
10	São Paulo	38	14	10	14	44	36	+8	52	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
11	Chapecoense	38	13	13	12	49	56	−7	52^[a]	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
12	Cruzeiro	38	14	9	15	48	49	−1	51	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
13	Fluminense	38	13	11	14	45	45	0	50
14	Sport	38	13	8	17	49	55	−6	47
15	Coritiba	38	11	13	14	41	42	−1	46
16	Vitória	38	12	9	17	51	53	−2	45
17	Internacional (R)	38	11	10	17	35	41	−6	43	Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Figueirense (R)	38	8	13	17	30	50	−20	37
19	Santa Cruz (R)	38	8	7	23	45	69	−24	31
20	América Mineiro (R)	38	7	7	24	23	58	−35	28

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:

^ ^a ^b The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash.^[56] Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).^[57]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
Palmeiras	1	8	4	4	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ponte Preta	13	6	15	15	10	13	10	9	11	13	14	11	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	8
Santa Cruz	2	1	1	3	7	9	14	10	13	15	18	19	19	18	14	16	18	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Santos	17	10	7	12	15	11	5	4	8	5	3	6	4	4	4	4	2	1	5	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2
São Paulo	7	11	11	6	9	7	9	6	6	8	11	9	10	8	9	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	13	14	12	11	12	11	13	13	11	10
Sport	18	18	17	20	18	16	18	19	17	18	16	17	18	19	17	14	12	12	12	11	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	15	16	14
Vitória	19	13	13	10	13	10	13	14	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	13	16	13	15	14	16	14	18	18	15	16	15	13	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16

Source: globoesporte.com

Home \ Away	AME	CAM	CAP	BOT	CHA	COR	CTB	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GRE	INT	PAL	PON	SCR	SAN	SPA	SPT	VIT
América Mineiro		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Atlético Mineiro	3–0		1–0	5–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1
Atlético Paranaense	1–0	1–1		1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Botafogo	3–1	3–2	2–1		0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1
Chapecoense	3–1	C^[a]	0–0	2–1		0–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–4
Corinthians	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1
Coritiba	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–4	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1
Cruzeiro	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–2		2–2	0–1	4–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–2
Figueirense	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Flamengo	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0		1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0
Fluminense	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–2		1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–2
Grêmio	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–3	1–2
Internacional	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Palmeiras	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–0		2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Ponte Preta	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–1		3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Santa Cruz	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	5–1	1–0	2–3	0–3		0–2	1–2	0–1	4–1
Santos	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–2		3–0	2–0	3–2
São Paulo	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	0–1		0–0	2–0
Sport	1–1	4–4	2–0	1–1	5–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–1		1–0
Vitória	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–2

Pos.	Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Palmeiras	19	620,998	40,986	18,789	32,684
2	Corinthians	19	547,096	42,099	17,135	28,795
3	Internacional	19	500,494	40,686	10,314	26,342
4	Flamengo	19	466,291	54,665	2,252	24,542
5	São Paulo	19	428,739	54,996	7,836	22,565
6	Grêmio	19	401,902	50,184	10,765	21,153
7	Cruzeiro	19	398,973	49,208	7,735	20,999
8	Atlético Mineiro	19	371,480	48,157	4,889	19,552
9	Sport	19	305,321	26,719	5,218	16,070
10	Atlético Paranaense	19	301,888	35,396	6,684	15,889
11	Vitória	19	261,029	34,987	4,814	13,738
12	Santos	19	215,336	24,586	4,468	11,333
13	Coritiba	19	187,984	16,177	2,852	9,894
14	Santa Cruz	19	183,197	16,951	1,665	9,642
15	Fluminense	19	176,224	39,877	917	9,275
16	Chapecoense	18	137,015	13,154	2,057	7,612
17	Botafogo	19	140,260	15,288	883	7,382
18	Figueirense	19	134,874	16,467	1,910	7,099
19	Ponte Preta	19	107,985	10,912	3,086	5,683
20	América Mineiro	19	76,860	27,895	796	4,045
–	Total	379	5,963,946	54,996	796	15,736

2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Format and results

International qualification

Tiebreakers

Teams

Stadia and locations

Number of teams by state

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

Standings

League table

Positions by round

Result table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Awards

Team of the Year

Attendance

Average home attendances

References