2020 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2020 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which is the 119th season of competitive football in the country.

Football in Brazil
Season2020
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Main article: 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on August 8, 2020, and is scheduled to end on February 24, 2021.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Main article: 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on August 7, 2020, and is scheduled to end on January 30, 2021.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Main article: 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C started on August 8, 2020, and is scheduled to end on January 31, 2021.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Main article: 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D will start on September 6, 2020, and is scheduled to end on February 7, 2021.

CRAC, Patrocinense, and Red Bull Brasil declined to participate in the Série D. They were replaced by Aparecidense, Villa Nova, and Mirassol, respectively.[1][2][3]

Super cup

Supercopa do Brasil
Main article: 2020 Supercopa do Brasil

The 2020 Supercopa do Brasil was played on February 16, 2020 between Flamengo and Athletico Paranaense.

Flamengo3–0Athletico Paranaense

Flamengo won the super cup after defeating Athletico Paranaense.

Domestic cups

Copa do Brasil
Main article: 2020 Copa do Brasil

The 2020 Copa do Brasil started on February 5, 2020, and is scheduled to end on February 10, 2021.

Copa do Nordeste
Main article: 2020 Copa do Nordeste

The competition features 16 clubs from the Northeastern region. It started on January 21, 2020, and ended on August 4, 2020.The Copa do Nordeste final were played between Ceará and Bahia.

Ceará3–1Bahia
Bahia0–1Ceará

Ceará won the cup after defeating Bahia.

Copa Verde
Main article: 2020 Copa Verde

The competition features 24 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including two teams from Espírito Santo. It will start on TBD, 2020, and is scheduled to end on TBD, 2020.

State championship champions
State Champions
Acre
Alagoas CRB
Amapá
Amazonas Finished without champions
Bahia Bahia
Ceará
Distrito Federal
Espírito Santo
Goiás
Maranhão
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
Minas Gerais
Pará
Paraíba
Paraná Athletico Paranaense
Pernambuco Salgueiro
Piauí
Rio de Janeiro Flamengo
Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul
Rondônia
Roraima
Santa Catarina
São Paulo Palmeiras
Sergipe
Tocantins

State cup competition champions
Competition Champions
Copa Alagoas ASA
Copa Fares Lopes
Copa FGF
Copa FMF (MT)
Copa Paulista
Copa Pernambuco
Copa Santa Catarina
Taça FPF

Youth competition champions
Competition Champions
Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes
Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais Sub-20
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20
Copa do Brasil Sub-20
Supercopa do Brasil Sub-20
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17
Copa do Brasil Sub-17(1)
Supercopa do Brasil Sub-17
Copa RS de Futebol Sub-20
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil Palmeiras
Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior Internacional
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores

(1) The Copa Nacional do Espírito Santo Sub-17, between 2008 and 2012, was named Copa Brasil Sub-17. The similar named Copa do Brasil Sub-17 is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation and it was first played in 2013.

Brazilian clubs in international competitions
Team 2020 Copa Libertadores 2020 Copa Sudamericana 2020 Recopa Sudamericana
Athletico Paranaense In the Group Stage N/A N/A
Atlético Mineiro N/A First Stage
eliminated by
Unión		 N/A
Bahia N/A In the Second Stage N/A
Corinthians Second Stage
eliminated by
Guaraní		 N/A N/A
Flamengo In the Group Stage N/A Champions
defeated
Independiente del Valle
Fluminense N/A First Stage
eliminated by
Unión La Calera		 N/A
Fortaleza N/A First Stage
eliminated by
Independiente		 N/A
Goiás N/A First Stage
eliminated by
Sol de América		 N/A
Grêmio In the Group Stage N/A N/A
Internacional In the Group Stage N/A N/A
Palmeiras In the Group Stage N/A N/A
Santos In the Group Stage N/A N/A
São Paulo In the Group Stage N/A N/A
Vasco da Gama N/A In the Second Stage N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2020.

FIFA World Cup qualification
Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
TBD Brazil v BoliviaSão Lourenço da Mata, Brazil
Report Stadium: Arena Pernambuco
TBD Peru v BrazilLima, Peru
Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
TBD Brazil v VenezuelaBrasília, Brazil
Report Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
TBD Uruguay v Brazil
Report
October 8 Colombia v Brazil
Report
October 13 Brazil v ArgentinaSão Paulo, Brazil
Report Stadium: Arena Corinthians
November 12 Brazil v EcuadorSalvador, Brazil
Report Stadium: Arena Fonte Nova
November 17 Paraguay v Brazil
Report

Women's football

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1
Main article: 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 started on February 8, 2020, and is scheduled to end on December 6, 2020.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 started on March 14, 2020, and is scheduled to end on January 31, 2021.

São Raimundo (RR) were excluded by CBF. They were replaced by Fortaleza.[4]
Vitória das Tabocas/Santa Cruz declined to participate in the Série A2. They were replaced by Atlético Goianiense.[5]

Youth competition champions
Competition Champions
Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Sub-18
Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Sub-16

Brazilian clubs in international competitions
Team 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Corinthians In the Group Stage
Ferroviária In the Group Stage
Kindermann/Avaí In the Group Stage

National team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2020.

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2020:

2020 Tournoi de France
Main article: 2020 Tournoi de France
March 4 Netherlands 0–0 BrazilValenciennes, France
19:00 (CET) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 6,199
Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)
March 7 France 1–0 BrazilValenciennes, France
21:00 (CET) Gauvin  55' Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Attendance: 17,022
Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)
March 10 Brazil 2–2 CanadaCalais, France
19:00 (CET) Marta  8'
Ludmila  18'		 Report Matheson  74'
Beckie  87'		 Stadium: Stade de l'Épopée
Attendance: 0 1
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
1.^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[6]
Competition Performance
Tournoi de France Fourth place

References
  1. "Aparecidense vai substituir o Crac de Catalão no Campeonato Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). Diário de Goiás. July 30, 2020.
  2. "Villa Nova-MG fica com a vaga do Patrocinense na Série D" (in Portuguese). Em Cima do Lance. March 18, 2020.
  3. "Mirassol herda vaga do Red Bull Brasil na Série D em 2020" (in Portuguese). Torcedores. December 11, 2019.
  4. "Brasileirão Feminino A2: com entrada do Fortaleza, CBF divulga os grupos" (in Portuguese). Torcedores. January 23, 2020.
  5. "Brasileirão Feminino A2: Vitória das Tabocas-PE desiste da competição" (in Portuguese). Torcedores. February 1, 2020.
  6. "France-Pays Bas et Brésil-Canada á huis clos" (in French). FFF. March 9, 2020.
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