2016 Primeira Liga

The 2016 Primeira Liga is the first edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring 12 clubs, the Minas Gerais and Santa Catarina leagues provide three entrants, while Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná provide two each.

2016 Primeira Liga
Official logo
Country Brazil
Dates27 January – 20 April
Teams12
ChampionsFluminense (1st title) (1st title)
Runners-upAtlético Paranaense
Matches played21
Goals scored44 (2.1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Diego Souza
Paolo Guerrero
(3 goals each)
Best player Gustavo Scarpa (Fluminense)
2017 →

Qualified teams
Primeira Liga 2016
Association Team (Berth)
Rio de Janeiro
2 berths		Flamengo
Fluminense
Minas Gerais
3 berths		América
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio Grande do Sul
2 berths		Grêmio
Internacional
Paraná
2 berths		Coritiba
Atlético Paranaense
Santa Catarina
3 berths		Avaí
Criciúma
Figueirense

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fluminense 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Atlético Paranaense 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3 Cruzeiro 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 Criciúma 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:
Criciúma1–1Cruzeiro
Diego Giaretta  23' Report Alisson  14'
Attendance: 7,040
Referee: Charles Martins Lemos
Fluminense0–1Atlético Paranaense
Report Vinícius  70'
Attendance: 6,005
Referee: Célio Amorim
Cruzeiro3–4Fluminense
Rafael Silva  4', 43'
De Arrascaeta  65'		 Report Diego Souza  28' (pen.), 34', 70' (pen.)
Scarpa  37'
Attendance: 21,118
Referee: Francisco de Paula Neto
Atlético Paranaense1–0Criciúma
Otávio  87' Report
Attendance: 33,270
Referee: Jeferson Antônio da Costa
Cruzeiro2–1Atlético Paranaense
Douglas Coutinho  75'
Élber  79'		 Report Pablo  33'
Attendance: 4,476
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden
Fluminense2–0Criciúma
Gerson  4', 33' Report
Attendance: 1,406
Referee: Ronei Cândido Alves

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Internacional 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 5 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Grêmio 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Coritiba 3 1 1 1 3 1 +2 4
4 Avaí 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source:
Internacional0–0Coritiba
Report
Attendance: 13,092
Referee: Ronan Marques da Rosa
Avaí2–2Grêmio
William  51'
Gabriel  87'		 Report Edinho  1'
Bressan  61'
Attendance: 2,704
Referee: Erik Giovanni Fernandes
Grêmio1–0Coritiba
Douglas  21' Report
Attendance: 11,118
Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes
Internacional3–0Avaí
Aylon  42'
Dourado  44'
Sasha  81'		 Report
Attendance: 7,813
Referee: Ronei Candido Alves
Grêmio0–0Internacional
Report
Attendance: 48,204
Referee: Anderson Daronco
Coritiba3–0Avaí
Leandro  33', 67' (pen.)
Vinícius  41'		 Report
Attendance: 1,982
Referee: William Machado Steffens

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLA FIG AME CAM
1 Flamengo 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage — 1–1 1−0
2 Figueirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 — 2–1
3 América Mineiro 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1–0 —
4 Atlético Mineiro 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 0−2 1–1 —
Source: Primeira Liga – Tabela
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) drawing of lots.
Atlético Mineiro0–2Flamengo
Report Guerrero  67', 87'
Attendance: 30,378
Referee: Héber Roberto Lopes
América-MG1–0Figueirense
Sávio  13' Report
Attendance: 2,127
Referee: Arilson Bispo da Anunciação
Figueirense2–1Atlético Mineiro
Dudu  13' (pen.)
Gabriel Esteves  54'		 Report Eduardo  37'
Attendance: 3,062
Referee: Leandro Vuaden
Flamengo1–0América-MG
Éverton  47' Report
Attendance: 17,167
Referee: Bráulio da Silva Machado
Atlético Mineiro1–1América-MG
Dátolo  63' Report Rafael Bastos  65'
Attendance: 6,403
Referee: Arilson Bispo da Anunciação
Flamengo1–1Figueirense
Guerrero  33' Report Éverton Santos  29'
Attendance: 7,219
Referee: Wanderson Alves de Souza

Ranking of second placed teams
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Paranaense 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6 Qualifies to the Final stage
2 Grêmio 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3 Figueirense 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Source:

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 March – Estádio Nacional
 
 
Fluminense (pen.)2 (3)
 
20 April – Estádio Helenão
 
Internacional2 (2)
 
Fluminense1
 
23 March – Estádio Helenão
 
Atlético Paranaense0
 
 Flamengo 0
 
 
Atlético Paranaense1
 

Semi-finals
Fluminense2–2Internacional
Osvaldo  29', 60' Report Vitinho  24', 85'
Penalties
Scarpa
Cícero
Marcos Jr.
Felipe Amorim 		3–2 Sasha
Vitinho
Marquinhos
Jackson
Anderson
Attendance: 4,624
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci
Flamengo0–1Atlético Paranaense
Report Marcos Guilherme  61'
Attendance: 12,917
Referee: Leandro Pedro Vuaden

Final
Fluminense1–0Atlético Paranaense
Marcos Júnior  80' Report
Attendance: 23,985
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci

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