Competition: | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |
Season: | 2019 |
Winners: | Flamengo (7th title) |
Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Flamengo (via Copa Libertadores) Santos Palmeiras Grêmio São Paulo Internacional Corinthians |
Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Fortaleza Goiás Bahia Vasco da Gama Atlético Mineiro Fluminense |
Relegated: | Cruzeiro CSA Chapecoense Avaí |
Matches: | 380 |
Total Goals: | 876 |
League Topscorer: | Gabriel Barbosa (25 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | Flamengo 6–1 Goiás (14 July 2019) Santos 6–1 Goiás (4 August 2019) Grêmio 6–1 Avaí (26 September 2019) Flamengo 6–1 Avaí (5 December 2019) |
Biggest Away Win: | CSA 0–4 Athletico-PR (20 July 2019) |
Highest Scoring: | Grêmio 4–5 Fluminense (5 May 2019) |
Longest Wins: | 8 games Flamengo |
Longest Unbeaten: | 24 games Flamengo |
Longest Winless: | 18 games Avaí |
Longest Losses: | 8 games Avaí |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2019 (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 63rd season of the, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 16th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition started on 27 April and ended on 8 December 2019.[1]
The top six teams as well as the 2019 Copa do Brasil champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to Série B for 2020. Palmeiras were the defending champions. During the 2019 season, the official match ball was the Nike Merlin CBF.[2]
Flamengo secured their sixth league title with four matches to spare on 24 November and just one day after winning the 2019 Copa Libertadores, following Palmeiras' 2–1 loss to Grêmio at home.[3]
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.
Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Atlético Goianiense on 3 November 2018.[4] Goiás was promoted on 17 November,[5] and Avaí and CSA on 24 November.[6]
Pos. | width=300 | Relegated from 2018 Série A |
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17 | Sport | |
18 | América Mineiro | |
19 | Vitória | |
20 | Paraná |
Pos. | width=300 | Promoted from 2018 Série B |
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1 | Fortaleza | |
2 | CSA | |
3 | Avaí | |
4 | Goiás |
Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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4 | ||
Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo | ||
2 | Ceará and Fortaleza | |
Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro | ||
Grêmio and Internacional | ||
Avaí and Chapecoense | ||
1 | CSA | |
Bahia | ||
Goiás | ||
Athletico Paranaense |
Team | Location | State | Stadium | Capacity | ||
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Athletico Paranaense | Curitiba | Arena da Baixada | align=center | 42,370 | ||
Atlético Mineiro | align=center | 61,846 | ||||
Avaí | Florianópolis | Ressacada | align=center | 17,800 | ||
Bahia | Salvador | Arena Fonte Nova | 47,907 | |||
Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro | Olímpico Nilton Santos | align=center | 44,661 | ||
Ceará | Fortaleza | align=center | 63,903 | |||
Chapecoense | Chapecó | Arena Condá | align=center | 20,089 | ||
Corinthians | São Paulo | Arena Corinthians | align=center | 47,605 | ||
Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte | Independência | align=center | 23,018 | ||
CSA | Maceió | Rei Pelé | align=center | 17,126 | ||
Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro | Maracanã | align=center | 78,838 | ||
Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro | align=center | 78,838 | |||
Fortaleza | Fortaleza | Arena Castelão | align=center | 63,903 | ||
Goiás | Goiânia | Serra Dourada | align=center | 50,049 | ||
Grêmio | Porto Alegre | Arena do Grêmio | align=center | 55,662 | ||
Internacional | Porto Alegre | Beira-Rio | align=center | 50,128 | ||
Palmeiras | São Paulo | align=center | 43,713 | |||
Santos | Santos | align=center | 16,068 | |||
São Paulo | São Paulo | Morumbi | align=center | 72,039 | ||
Vasco da Gama | Rio de Janeiro | align=center | 24,584 |
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.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Vasco da Gama | End of caretaker tenure | 12 May | 20th | Vanderlei Luxemburgo | 13 May | |
Flamengo | Resigned | 29 May | 6th | Marcelo Salles (caretaker) | 29 May | |
End of caretaker tenure | 1 June | 4th | Jorge Jesus | 1 June | ||
Avaí | Sacked | 17 June | 20th | Alberto Valentim | 18 June | |
CSA | 30 June | 19th | Argel Fucks | 2 July | ||
Chapecoense | 24 July | 19th | Emerson Cris (caretaker) | 24 July | ||
End of caretaker tenure | 16 September | 19th | Marquinhos Santos | 16 September | ||
Goiás | Resigned | 4 August | 12th | 4 August | ||
Robson Gomes | End of caretaker tenure | 7 August | 12th | Ney Franco | 7 August | |
Cruzeiro | Resigned | 8 August | 18th | Rogério Ceni | 11 August | |
Fortaleza | Rogério Ceni | Signed by Cruzeiro | 11 August | 14th | Zé Ricardo | 12 August |
Fluminense | Sacked | 19 August | 18th | Oswaldo de Oliveira | 20 August | |
Palmeiras | Luiz Felipe Scolari | 2 September | 5th | 3 September | ||
São Paulo | Cuca | Resigned | 26 September | 6th | 26 September | |
Cruzeiro | Rogério Ceni | Sacked | 16th | 27 September | ||
Fortaleza | Zé Ricardo | 27 September | 15th | Rogério Ceni | 29 September | |
Fluminense | 16th | 27 September | ||||
Ceará | Enderson Moreira | 1 October | 15th | Adílson Batista | 2 October | |
Botafogo | Eduardo Barroca | 6 October | 12th | Alberto Valentim | 11 October | |
Internacional | Odair Hellmann | 10 October | 6th | Ricardo Colbachini (caretaker) | 10 October | |
Avaí | Alberto Valentim | Signed by Botafogo | 11 October | 19th | Evando | 11 October |
Atlético Mineiro | Rodrigo Santana | Sacked | 13 October | 11th | Vágner Mancini | 14 October |
Internacional | End of caretaker tenure | 21 October | 6th | Zé Ricardo | 21 October | |
Corinthians | Sacked | 3 November | 8th | Dyego Coelho (caretaker) | 3 November | |
Athletico Paranaense | Signed by Corinthians (to 2020) | 5 November | 6th | 5 November | ||
Ceará | Adílson Batista | Sacked | 27 November | 16th | Argel Fucks | 29 November |
CSA | Argel Fucks | Signed with Ceará | 29 November | 18th | Jacozinho (caretaker) | |
Cruzeiro | Sacked | 29 November | 17th | Adílson Batista | 29 November | |
Palmeiras | 1 December | 3rd | Andrey Lopes (caretaker) | 2 December |
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.
Source: Globoesporte.com
Source: Soccerway.com
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. | |
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6–1 | 14 July 2019 | [7] | ||||
3–0 | 4 August 2019 | [8] | ||||
4–1 | 10 August 2019 | [9] | ||||
3–0 | 10 September 2019 | [10] | ||||
4–1 | 3 November 2019 | [11] | ||||
4–1 | 27 November 2019 | [12] |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Tiago Volpi | São Paulo | 15 |
Cássio | Corinthians | ||
2 | Éverson | Santos | 14 |
Douglas Friedrich | Bahia | ||
5 | Diego Alves | Flamengo | 13 |
Weverton | Palmeiras | ||
7 | Fábio | Cruzeiro | 12 |
Paulo Victor | Grêmio | ||
Santos | Athletico Paranaense | ||
10 | Marcelo Lomba | Internacional | 11 |
Fernando Miguel | Vasco da Gama | ||
Tadeu | Goiás |
Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.[13]
width=25 | width=170 | Team | width=45 | width=45 | |||||
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align=center | 1 | 19 | 1,045,477 | 55,025 | |||||
2 | 19 | 626,996 | 33,000 | ||||||
align=center | 3 | 19 | 624,261 | 32,856 | |||||
align=center | 4 | 19 | 559,203 | 29,432 | |||||
align=center | 5 | 19 | 531,269 | 27,962 | |||||
6 | 19 | 500,439 | 26,339 | ||||||
7 | 19 | 494,191 | 26,010 | ||||||
8 | 19 | 426,335 | 22,439 | ||||||
9 | 19 | 388,523 | 20,449 | ||||||
align=center | 10 | 19 | 383,977 | 20,209 | |||||
11 | 19 | 376,655 | 19,824 | ||||||
align=center | 12 | 19 | 316,309 | 16,648 | |||||
13 | 19 | 302,512 | 15,922 | ||||||
14 | 19 | 289,861 | 15,256 | ||||||
15 | 19 | 287,182 | 15,115 | ||||||
16 | 19 | 256,625 | 13,507 | ||||||
17 | 19 | 203,419 | 10,706 | ||||||
18 | 19 | 195,830 | 10,307 | ||||||
19 | 19 | 146,384 | 7,704 | ||||||
align=center | 20 | 19 | 114,071 | 6,004 | |||||
align=center | – | Total | align=center | 380 | 8,069,528 | 21,236 |
Award | Winner | Club | |
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Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Best Coach | Jorge Jesus | Flamengo | |
Bola de Prata Best Coach | Jorge Jesus | Flamengo | |
Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Best Newcomer | Michael | Goiás | |
Bola de Prata Best Newcomer | Michael | Goiás | |
Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Best Player | Bruno Henrique | Flamengo | |
Bola de Ouro Best Player | Gabriel Barbosa | Flamengo | |
Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Goal of the Season | Giorgian De Arrascaeta | Flamengo |
Série A Team of the Year[14] | |||||||
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Goalkeeper | Santos (Athletico Paranaense) | ||||||
Defence | Rafinha (Flamengo) | Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo) | Pablo Marí (Flamengo) | Filipe Luís (Flamengo) | |||
Midfield | Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo) | Gerson (Flamengo) | Bruno Guimarães (Athletico Paranaense) | Éverton Ribeiro (Flamengo) | |||
Attack | Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) | Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) |