2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2020 for sponsorship reasons) is the 64th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 17th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 3 May and end on 6 December,[1] however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled, starting on 8 August 2020 and ending on 24 February 2021.[2]

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season2020
Dates8 August 2020 – 24 February 2021
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer6 players
(2 goals each)
Biggest home winAtlético-GO 3–0 Flamengo
(12 August)
Biggest away winFortaleza 0–2 Athletico-PR
(8 August)
Highest scoringSport 3–2 Ceará
(8 August)
Atlético-MG 3–2 Corinthians
(12 August)
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 13 August 2020.

The top six teams as well as the 2020 Copa do Brasil champions will qualify for the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four will be relegated to Série B for 2021. Flamengo are the defending champions. The match ball for the 2020 season is the Nike Merlin CBF 2020, which was presented by the Brazilian Football Confederation on 31 January 2020.

2020 Nike Merlin CBF

Teams
Location of teams in 2020 Série A

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

Red Bull Bragantino became the first club to be promoted after a 3–1 win against Guarani on 5 November 2019.[3] Sport was promoted on 20 November,[4] and Coritiba and Atlético Goianiense on 30 November.[5]

Number of teams by state
Number of teams State Team(s)
5  São PauloCorinthians, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos and São Paulo
4  Rio de JaneiroBotafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama
2  CearáCeará and Fortaleza
 GoiásAtlético Goianiense and Goiás
 ParanáAthletico Paranaense and Coritiba
 Rio Grande do SulGrêmio and Internacional
1  BahiaBahia
 Minas GeraisAtlético Mineiro
 PernambucoSport

Stadiums and locations
Team Location State Stadium Capacity
Athletico Paranaense Curitiba  Paraná Arena da Baixada 42,372
Atlético Goianiense Goiânia  Goiás Antônio Accioly 12,500
Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte  Minas Gerais Independência 23,018
Bahia Salvador  Bahia Arena Fonte Nova 47,907
Botafogo Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro Olímpico Nilton Santos 44,661
Ceará Fortaleza  Ceará Castelão 63,903
Corinthians São Paulo  São Paulo Arena Corinthians 47,605
Coritiba Curitiba  Paraná Couto Pereira 40,502
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro Maracanã 78,838
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro Maracanã 78,838
Fortaleza Fortaleza  Ceará Castelão 63,903
Goiás Goiânia  Goiás Estádio da Serrinha 12,500
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 Allianz Parque 43,713
Red Bull Bragantino Bragança Paulista  São Paulo Nabi Abi Chedid 17,128
Santos Santos  São Paulo Vila Belmiro 16,068
São Paulo São Paulo  São Paulo Morumbi 72,039
Sport Recife  Pernambuco Ilha do Retiro 32,983
Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro  Rio de Janeiro São Januário 24,584

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor
Athletico Paranaense Dorival Júnior Thiago Heleno Umbro[6] Vacant
Atlético Goianiense Vágner Mancini Gilvan Dragão premium (club manufactured kit) Estadium.bet
Atlético Mineiro Jorge Sampaoli Réver Le Coq Sportif[7] Banco BMG
Bahia Roger Machado Lucas Fonseca Esquadrão (club manufactured kit) Dular
Botafogo Paulo Autuori Keisuke Honda Kappa[8] Vacant
Ceará Guto Ferreira Ricardinho Vozão (club manufactured kit)[9] Estadium.bet[10]
Corinthians Tiago Nunes Cássio Nike[11] Banco BMG
Coritiba Eduardo Barroca Rafinha 1909 (club manufactured kit) Marjo Sports
Flamengo Domènec Torrent Éverton Ribeiro Adidas[12] Banco BRB[13]
Fluminense Odair Hellmann Fred Umbro[14] Vacant
Fortaleza Rogério Ceni Wellington Paulista Leão1918 (club manufactured kit) Esportenet
Goiás Ney Franco Rafael Vaz Gr33n (club manufactured kit) Marjo Sports
Grêmio Renato Portaluppi Pedro Geromel Umbro[15] Banrisul
Internacional Eduardo Coudet Andrés D'Alessandro Adidas[16] Banrisul
Palmeiras Vanderlei Luxemburgo Felipe Melo Puma[17] Crefisa
Red Bull Bragantino Felipe Conceição Júlio César Nike Red Bull
Santos Cuca Alison Umbro Vacant
São Paulo Fernando Diniz Dani Alves Adidas Banco Inter
Sport Daniel Paulista Sander Umbro Vacant
Vasco da Gama Ramon Menezes Leandro Castán Kappa[18] Banco BMG

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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8
Athletico Paranaense Lucho González Felipe Aguilar Juan Manuel Boselli Josué Cuero Jaime Alvarado
Atlético Goianiense Henry Vaca Chicodn
Atlético Mineiro Juan Cazares Rómulo Otero Ramón Martínez Lucas Hernández Dylan Borrero Jefferson Savarino Júnior Alonso Alan Franco
Bahia
Botafogo Gatito Fernández Federico Barrandeguy Alexander Lecaros Keisuke Honda Salomon Kalou
Ceará
Corinthians Mauro Boselli Bruno Méndez Ángelo Araos Víctor Cantillo
Coritiba
Flamengo Robert Piris Da Motta Giorgian De Arrascaeta
Fluminense Marcos Paulodn Michel Araújo Fernando Pacheco
Fortaleza Juan Quintero Mariano Vázquez Franco Fragapane
Goiás Juan Pintado Ignacio Jara Daniel Villalva Kevin Quevedo Daniel Bessadn
Grêmio Walter Kannemann Luis Orejuela
Internacional Andrés D'Alessandro Víctor Cuesta Martín Sarrafiore Paolo Guerrero Johnny Cardosodn Damián Musto Renzo Saravia
Palmeiras Gustavo Gómez Alejandro Guerra Iván Angulo Matías Viña
Red Bull Bragantino Leonardo Realpe Jan Hurtado César Haydar
Santos Carlos Sánchez Yeferson Soteldo Fernando Uribe
São Paulo Robert Arboleda Joao Rojas Gonzalo Carneiro Santiago Tréllez Juanfran
Sport Leandro Barcia Lucas Mugni Jonathan Gómez
Vasco da Gama Fredy Guarín German Cano Martín Benítez

(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 Ref
Atlético Goianiense Eduardo Barroca Resigned 30 November 2019 Pre-season Cristóvão Borges 19 January 2020 [19][20]
Internacional Zé Ricardo End of contract 8 December 2019 Eduardo Coudet 16 December 2019 [21][22]
Atlético Mineiro Vágner Mancini Rafael Dudamel 2 January 2020 [23]
Corinthians Dyego Coelho End of caretaker tenure Tiago Nunes 5 November 2019 [24]
Athletico Paranaense Eduardo Barros Dorival Júnior 27 December 2019 [25]
Palmeiras Andrey Lopes 9 December 2019 Vanderlei Luxemburgo 15 December 2019 [26]
Santos Jorge Sampaoli Resigned 10 December 2019 Jesualdo Ferreira 23 December 2019 [27]
Fluminense Marcão Demoted to assistant coach 11 December 2019 Odair Hellmann 11 December 2019 [28]
Coritiba Jorginho End of contract 12 December 2019 Eduardo Barroca 20 December 2019 [29][30]
Vasco da Gama Vanderlei Luxemburgo Abel Braga 16 December 2019 [31][32]
Red Bull Bragantino Antônio Carlos Zago Signed by Kashima Antlers 24 December 2019 Felipe Conceição 26 January 2020 [33][34]
Botafogo Alberto Valentim Sacked 9 February 2020 Paulo Autuori 13 February 2020 [35][36]
Ceará Argel Fucks Enderson Moreira 9 February 2020 [37][38]
Sport Guto Ferreira 13 February 2020 Daniel Paulista 15 February 2020 [39][40]
Atlético Goianiense Cristóvão Borges 25 February 2020 Vágner Mancini 25 June 2020 [41][42]
Atlético Mineiro Rafael Dudamel 27 February 2020 Jorge Sampaoli 1 March 2020 [43][44]
Vasco da Gama Abel Braga 16 March 2020 Ramon Menezes 30 March 2020 [45][46]
Ceará Enderson Moreira 17 March 2020 Guto Ferreira 17 March 2020 [47]
Flamengo Jorge Jesus Signed by Benfica 17 July 2020 Domènec Torrent 31 July 2020 [48][49]
Santos Jesualdo Ferreira Sacked 5 August 2020 Cuca 7 August 2020 [50][51]

Standings

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Athletico Paranaense 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Internacional 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
3 Atlético Mineiro 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
4 Grêmio 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
5 Atlético Goianiense 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6 Vasco da Gama 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
7 Bahia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
8 São Paulo 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
9 Sport 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
10 Red Bull Bragantino 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
11 Botafogo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Palmeiras 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Ceará 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
14 Fluminense 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
15 Santos 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
16 Corinthians 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0
17 Goiás 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18 Coritiba 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
19 Fortaleza 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
20 Flamengo 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: CBF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results (only between 2 teams); 6) fewest red cards; 7) fewest yellow cards; 8) draw.[52]

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.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Athletico-PR11
Atlético-GO85
Atlético-MG43
Bahia97
Botafogo1011
Ceará1613
Corinthians1116
Coritiba1718
Flamengo1820
Fluminense1914
Fortaleza2019
Goiás1217
Grêmio34
Internacional52
Palmeiras1312
Red Bull Bragantino710
Santos615
São Paulo148
Sport29
Vasco da Gama156
Leader and Copa Libertadores group stage
Copa Libertadores group stage
Copa Libertadores second stage
Copa Sudamericana first stage
Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Source: CBF.com

Results
Home \ Away CAP ACG CAM BAH BOT CEA COR CFC FLA FLU FOR GOI GRE INT PAL RBB SAN SPA SPO VAS
Athletico Paranaense — a 2–1
Atlético Goianiense — 3–0
Atlético Mineiro — 3–2
Bahia — 1–0
Botafogo —
Ceará — 1–1
Corinthians — a a a
Coritiba a — 0–1
Flamengo 0–1 — a a
Fluminense a — 1–1
Fortaleza 0–2 —
Goiás —
Grêmio 1–0 — a
Internacional a — 2–0
Palmeiras a — a
Red Bull Bragantino 1–1 —
Santos a 1–1 — a
São Paulo a 1–0 a a —
Sport 3–2 —
Vasco da Gama a 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of 13 August 2020
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Fellipe Bastos Vasco da Gama 2
Cléber Ceará
Élton Sport
Paolo Guerrero Internacional
Hyoran Atlético Mineiro
Vitinho Athletico Paranaense

Source: Soccerway

Assists
As of 9 August 2020
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Patric Sport 1
Thiago Galhardo Internacional
Alison Santos
Fernando Sobral Ceará

Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Jandrei Athletico Paranaense 1
Marcelo Lomba Internacional
Rafael Atlético Mineiro
Vanderlei Grêmio

Source: FBref.com

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