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Season | 2015 |
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Champions |
Corinthians 6th Campeonato Brasileiro title |
Relegated |
Avaí Vasco da Gama Goiás Joinville |
Copa Libertadores |
Corinthians Atlético Mineiro Grêmio São Paulo Palmeiras |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 897 (2.36 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Ricardo Oliveira (20 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Internacional 6−0
Vasco (2 September) |
Biggest away win |
Vasco 0−4
São Paulo (8 July) |
Highest scoring |
Corinthians 4−3
Sport (12 August) Santos 5−2 Avaí (22 August) Corinthians 6−1 São Paulo (22 November) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Atlético Mineiro Flamengo |
Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Corinthians |
Longest winless run | 10 matches Sport |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Vasco |
Highest attendance | 67,011
[1] Flamengo 0−2 Coritiba (17 September) |
Lowest attendance | 1,461
[2] Goiás 0−1 Avaí (7 June) |
Total attendance | 6,671,696 |
Average attendance | 17,557 |
←
2014
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 7 December 2015. |
The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Chevrolet 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. After winning twice in a row in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Cruzeiro came in defending their title as the Brazilian football champions. Corinthians won the title, their sixth overall and third since the introduction of the double round-robin in 2003.
For the thirteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with the highest number of 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 2016 season.
The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2016 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.
Despite Criciúma's relegation in the previous championship, it marked the first time four clubs from Santa Catarina took part of the same Brasileirão, at least in its current format; last time it happened, in 1979, the championship had more than 90 teams. [3]
Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo |
4 | ![]() |
Avaí, Chapecoense, Figueirense, Joinville |
3 | ![]() |
Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco |
2 | ![]() |
Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro |
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Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba | |
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Grêmio, Internacional | |
1 | ![]() |
Goiás |
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Sport |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Grêmio |
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Resigned | 19 May [1] | 15th |
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26 May [2] |
Fluminense |
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Sacked | 20 May [3] | 11th |
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21 May [4] |
Flamengo |
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Sacked | 25 May [5] | 17th |
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28 May [6] |
São Paulo |
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Mutual consent | 31 May [7] | 6th |
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1 June [8] |
Cruzeiro |
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Sacked | 2 June [9] | 19th |
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2 June [10] |
Joinville |
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Sacked | 4 June [11] | 20th |
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5 June [12] |
Coritiba |
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Sacked | 8 June [13] | 18th |
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10 June [14] |
Palmeiras |
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Sacked | 9 June [15] | 15th |
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15 June [16] |
Vasco |
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Mutual consent | 21 June [17] | 20th |
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23 June [18] |
Goiás |
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Sacked | 22 June [19] | 15th |
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7 July [20] |
Santos |
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Mutual consent | 9 July [21] | 17th |
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9 July [22] |
Joinville |
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Sacked | 26 July [23] | 20th |
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27 July [24] |
Ponte Preta |
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Sacked | 3 August [25] | 13th |
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4 August [26] |
Internacional |
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Sacked | 6 August [27] | 10th |
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13 August [28] |
Figueirense |
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Signed by Internacional | 13 August [29] | 16th |
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17 August [30] |
Vasco |
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Sacked | 15 August [31] | 20th |
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16 August [32] |
Flamengo |
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Mutual consent | 20 August [33] | 13th |
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20 August [34] |
Cruzeiro |
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Sacked | 31 August [35] | 16th |
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1 September [36] |
Chapecoense |
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Sacked | 14 September [37] | 13th |
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14 September [38] |
Fluminense |
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Sacked | 16 September [39] | 11th |
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17 September [40] |
Figueirense |
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Sacked | 16 September [41] | 18th |
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22 September [42] |
Goiás |
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Sacked | 17 September [43] | 17th |
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18 September [44] |
Sport |
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Signed by Fluminense | 17 September [45] | 10th |
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19 September [46] |
Atlético Paranaense |
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Sacked | 28 September [47] | 11th |
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4 October [48] |
São Paulo |
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Signed by Mexico | 7 October [49] | 5th |
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7 October [50] |
Ponte Preta |
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Signed by São Paulo | 7 October [51] | 9th |
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14 October [52] |
Goiás |
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Resigned | 18 October [53] | 18th |
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19 October [54] |
Coritiba |
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Sacked | 8 November | 18th |
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9 November |
São Paulo |
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Sacked | 9 November | 5th |
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9 November |
Atlético Mineiro |
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Mutual consent | 26 November [55] | 2nd |
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26 November [56] |
Flamengo |
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Mutual consent | 28 November [57] | 11th |
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28 November [58] |
The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Corinthians (C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 81 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage [a] |
2 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 69 | |
3 | Grêmio | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 68 | |
4 | São Paulo | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 62 | 2016 Copa Libertadores first stage |
5 | Internacional | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 60 | 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 [b] |
6 | Sport Recife | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 59 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage [c] |
7 | Santos | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 58 | |
8 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 55 | |
9 | Palmeiras | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage [a] |
10 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 51 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage [c] |
11 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 51 | |
12 | Flamengo | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 49 | |
13 | Fluminense | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | |
14 | Chapecoense | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 47 | |
15 | Coritiba | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 44 | |
16 | Figueirense | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 43 | |
17 | Avaí (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 42 | Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
18 | Vasco da Gama (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 41 | |
19 | Goiás (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 38 | |
20 | Joinville (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 31 |
Pos. | Team | GP | Total | High | Low | Average |
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1 | Corinthians | 19 | 650,862 | 45,469 | 10,144 | 34,256 |
2 | Flamengo | 19 | 635,544 | 67,011 | 12,814 | 33,450 |
3 | Palmeiras | 19 | 567,544 | 38,794 | 15,037 | 29,871 |
4 | Grêmio | 19 | 511,134 | 46,915 | 8,336 | 26,902 |
5 | Atlético Mineiro | 19 | 448,007 | 55,987 | 9,373 | 23,579 |
6 | Cruzeiro | 19 | 425,056 | 45,991 | 8,271 | 22,371 |
7 | Internacional | 19 | 407,251 | 35,766 | 11,415 | 21,434 |
8 | São Paulo | 19 | 391,708 | 59,612 | 11,066 | 20,616 |
9 | Atlético Paranaense | 19 | 334,957 | 27,327 | 10,499 | 17,629 |
10 | Fluminense | 19 | 334,940 | 55,999 | 4,749 | 17,628 |
11 | Sport | 19 | 307,155 | 41,994 | 3,046 | 16,166 |
12 | Coritiba | 19 | 278,485 | 34,287 | 7,925 | 14,657 |
13 | Vasco | 19 | 273,465 | 41,581 | 2,449 | 14,393 |
14 | Joinville | 19 | 177,868 | 15,731 | 5,979 | 9,361 |
15 | Chapecoense | 19 | 172,049 | 16,474 | 5,228 | 9,055 |
16 | Figueirense | 19 | 169,214 | 16,047 | 5,425 | 8,906 |
17 | Santos | 19 | 165,133 | 13,481 | 3,836 | 8,691 |
18 | Avaí | 19 | 161,751 | 14,582 | 4,810 | 8,513 |
19 | Goiás | 19 | 153,706 | 35,875 | 1,461 | 8,090 |
20 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 114,626 | 11,694 | 2,542 | 6,033 |
- | Total | 380 | 6,671,696 | 67,011 | 1,461 | 17,557 |
Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
Source: PerspectivaOnline.com.br
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 |
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Santos | 20 |
2 |
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Corinthians | 14 |
3 |
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Sport | 13 |
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Corinthians | 13 | |
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Atlético Mineiro | 13 | |
6 |
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Coritiba | 12 |
7 |
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Internacional | 11 |
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Cruzeiro | 11 | |
9 |
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São Paulo | 10 |
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Avaí | 10 | |
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Palmeiras | 10 | |
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Goiás | 10 | |
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Santos | 10 | |
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Grêmio | 10 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Atlético Mineiro | São Paulo | 3–1 | 29 July | [4] |
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Cruzeiro | Figueirense | 5–1 | 6 September | [5] |
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Palmeiras | Fluminense | 4–1 | 16 September | [6] |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Source: ESPN FC & Globo
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Season | 2015 |
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Champions |
Corinthians 6th Campeonato Brasileiro title |
Relegated |
Avaí Vasco da Gama Goiás Joinville |
Copa Libertadores |
Corinthians Atlético Mineiro Grêmio São Paulo Palmeiras |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 897 (2.36 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Ricardo Oliveira (20 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Internacional 6−0
Vasco (2 September) |
Biggest away win |
Vasco 0−4
São Paulo (8 July) |
Highest scoring |
Corinthians 4−3
Sport (12 August) Santos 5−2 Avaí (22 August) Corinthians 6−1 São Paulo (22 November) |
Longest winning run | 6 matches Atlético Mineiro Flamengo |
Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Corinthians |
Longest winless run | 10 matches Sport |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Vasco |
Highest attendance | 67,011
[1] Flamengo 0−2 Coritiba (17 September) |
Lowest attendance | 1,461
[2] Goiás 0−1 Avaí (7 June) |
Total attendance | 6,671,696 |
Average attendance | 17,557 |
←
2014
2016 →
All statistics correct as of 7 December 2015. |
The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Chevrolet 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. After winning twice in a row in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Cruzeiro came in defending their title as the Brazilian football champions. Corinthians won the title, their sixth overall and third since the introduction of the double round-robin in 2003.
For the thirteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with the highest number of 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 2016 season.
The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2016 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.
Despite Criciúma's relegation in the previous championship, it marked the first time four clubs from Santa Catarina took part of the same Brasileirão, at least in its current format; last time it happened, in 1979, the championship had more than 90 teams. [3]
Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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5 | ![]() |
Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo |
4 | ![]() |
Avaí, Chapecoense, Figueirense, Joinville |
3 | ![]() |
Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco |
2 | ![]() |
Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro |
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Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba | |
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Grêmio, Internacional | |
1 | ![]() |
Goiás |
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Sport |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Grêmio |
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Resigned | 19 May [1] | 15th |
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26 May [2] |
Fluminense |
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Sacked | 20 May [3] | 11th |
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21 May [4] |
Flamengo |
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Sacked | 25 May [5] | 17th |
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28 May [6] |
São Paulo |
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Mutual consent | 31 May [7] | 6th |
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1 June [8] |
Cruzeiro |
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Sacked | 2 June [9] | 19th |
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2 June [10] |
Joinville |
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Sacked | 4 June [11] | 20th |
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5 June [12] |
Coritiba |
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Sacked | 8 June [13] | 18th |
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10 June [14] |
Palmeiras |
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Sacked | 9 June [15] | 15th |
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15 June [16] |
Vasco |
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Mutual consent | 21 June [17] | 20th |
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23 June [18] |
Goiás |
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Sacked | 22 June [19] | 15th |
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7 July [20] |
Santos |
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Mutual consent | 9 July [21] | 17th |
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9 July [22] |
Joinville |
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Sacked | 26 July [23] | 20th |
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27 July [24] |
Ponte Preta |
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Sacked | 3 August [25] | 13th |
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4 August [26] |
Internacional |
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Sacked | 6 August [27] | 10th |
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13 August [28] |
Figueirense |
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Signed by Internacional | 13 August [29] | 16th |
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17 August [30] |
Vasco |
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Sacked | 15 August [31] | 20th |
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16 August [32] |
Flamengo |
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Mutual consent | 20 August [33] | 13th |
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20 August [34] |
Cruzeiro |
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Sacked | 31 August [35] | 16th |
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1 September [36] |
Chapecoense |
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Sacked | 14 September [37] | 13th |
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14 September [38] |
Fluminense |
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Sacked | 16 September [39] | 11th |
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17 September [40] |
Figueirense |
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Sacked | 16 September [41] | 18th |
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22 September [42] |
Goiás |
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Sacked | 17 September [43] | 17th |
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18 September [44] |
Sport |
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Signed by Fluminense | 17 September [45] | 10th |
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19 September [46] |
Atlético Paranaense |
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Sacked | 28 September [47] | 11th |
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4 October [48] |
São Paulo |
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Signed by Mexico | 7 October [49] | 5th |
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7 October [50] |
Ponte Preta |
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Signed by São Paulo | 7 October [51] | 9th |
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14 October [52] |
Goiás |
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Resigned | 18 October [53] | 18th |
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19 October [54] |
Coritiba |
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Sacked | 8 November | 18th |
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9 November |
São Paulo |
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Sacked | 9 November | 5th |
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9 November |
Atlético Mineiro |
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Mutual consent | 26 November [55] | 2nd |
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26 November [56] |
Flamengo |
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Mutual consent | 28 November [57] | 11th |
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28 November [58] |
The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinthians (C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 81 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage [a] |
2 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 69 | |
3 | Grêmio | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 68 | |
4 | São Paulo | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 62 | 2016 Copa Libertadores first stage |
5 | Internacional | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 60 | 2016 Copa do Brasil round of 16 [b] |
6 | Sport Recife | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 59 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage [c] |
7 | Santos | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 58 | |
8 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 55 | |
9 | Palmeiras | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | 2016 Copa Libertadores second stage [a] |
10 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 51 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana second stage [c] |
11 | Ponte Preta | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 51 | |
12 | Flamengo | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 49 | |
13 | Fluminense | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 47 | |
14 | Chapecoense | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 47 | |
15 | Coritiba | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 44 | |
16 | Figueirense | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 43 | |
17 | Avaí (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 42 | Relegation to 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
18 | Vasco da Gama (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 41 | |
19 | Goiás (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 38 | |
20 | Joinville (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 31 |
Pos. | Team | GP | Total | High | Low | Average |
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1 | Corinthians | 19 | 650,862 | 45,469 | 10,144 | 34,256 |
2 | Flamengo | 19 | 635,544 | 67,011 | 12,814 | 33,450 |
3 | Palmeiras | 19 | 567,544 | 38,794 | 15,037 | 29,871 |
4 | Grêmio | 19 | 511,134 | 46,915 | 8,336 | 26,902 |
5 | Atlético Mineiro | 19 | 448,007 | 55,987 | 9,373 | 23,579 |
6 | Cruzeiro | 19 | 425,056 | 45,991 | 8,271 | 22,371 |
7 | Internacional | 19 | 407,251 | 35,766 | 11,415 | 21,434 |
8 | São Paulo | 19 | 391,708 | 59,612 | 11,066 | 20,616 |
9 | Atlético Paranaense | 19 | 334,957 | 27,327 | 10,499 | 17,629 |
10 | Fluminense | 19 | 334,940 | 55,999 | 4,749 | 17,628 |
11 | Sport | 19 | 307,155 | 41,994 | 3,046 | 16,166 |
12 | Coritiba | 19 | 278,485 | 34,287 | 7,925 | 14,657 |
13 | Vasco | 19 | 273,465 | 41,581 | 2,449 | 14,393 |
14 | Joinville | 19 | 177,868 | 15,731 | 5,979 | 9,361 |
15 | Chapecoense | 19 | 172,049 | 16,474 | 5,228 | 9,055 |
16 | Figueirense | 19 | 169,214 | 16,047 | 5,425 | 8,906 |
17 | Santos | 19 | 165,133 | 13,481 | 3,836 | 8,691 |
18 | Avaí | 19 | 161,751 | 14,582 | 4,810 | 8,513 |
19 | Goiás | 19 | 153,706 | 35,875 | 1,461 | 8,090 |
20 | Ponte Preta | 19 | 114,626 | 11,694 | 2,542 | 6,033 |
- | Total | 380 | 6,671,696 | 67,011 | 1,461 | 17,557 |
Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
Source: PerspectivaOnline.com.br
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 |
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Santos | 20 |
2 |
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Corinthians | 14 |
3 |
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Sport | 13 |
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Corinthians | 13 | |
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Atlético Mineiro | 13 | |
6 |
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Coritiba | 12 |
7 |
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Internacional | 11 |
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Cruzeiro | 11 | |
9 |
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São Paulo | 10 |
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Avaí | 10 | |
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Palmeiras | 10 | |
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Goiás | 10 | |
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Santos | 10 | |
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Grêmio | 10 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Atlético Mineiro | São Paulo | 3–1 | 29 July | [4] |
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Cruzeiro | Figueirense | 5–1 | 6 September | [5] |
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Palmeiras | Fluminense | 4–1 | 16 September | [6] |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Source: ESPN FC & Globo