2016 in Brazilian football

Football in Brazil
Season 2016
Série A Palmeiras
Série B Atlético Goianiense
Série C Boa Esporte
Série D Volta Redonda
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The following article presents a summary of the 2016 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which is the 115th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on May 14, 2016, and is scheduled to end on December 4, 2016.

América Mineiro Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense
Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo
Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta
Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on May 13, 2016, and is scheduled to end on November 26, 2016.

Atlético Goianiense Avaí Bahia Bragantino Brasil de Pelotas
Ceará CRB Criciúma Goiás Joinville
Luverdense Londrina Náutico Oeste Paraná
Paysandu Sampaio Corrêa Tupi Vasco da Gama Vila Nova
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Goianiense (P, C) 38 22 10 6 60 35 +25 76 Promotion to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2 Avaí (P) 38 19 9 10 45 34 +11 66
3 Vasco da Gama (P) 38 19 8 11 54 41 +13 65
4 Bahia (P) 38 18 9 11 57 34 +23 63
5 Náutico 38 18 6 14 55 43 +12 60
6 Londrina 38 16 12 10 40 29 +11 60
7 CRB 38 17 7 14 57 54 +3 58
8 Criciúma 38 16 8 14 49 46 +3 56
9 Luverdense 38 13 16 9 43 39 +4 55
10 Ceará 38 14 12 12 49 47 +2 54
11 Brasil de Pelotas 38 14 12 12 40 38 +2 54
12 Vila Nova 38 15 8 15 54 52 +2 53
13 Goiás 38 13 11 14 49 48 +1 50
14 Paysandu 38 11 16 11 40 44 −4 49
15 Paraná 38 10 11 17 39 55 −16 41
16 Oeste 38 8 17 13 32 46 −14 41
17 Joinville (R) 38 9 13 16 32 42 −10 40 Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
18 Tupi (R) 38 8 9 21 40 56 −16 33
19 Bragantino (R) 38 8 8 22 30 54 −24 32
20 Sampaio Corrêa (R) 38 5 12 21 29 57 −28 27
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Atlético Goianiense won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are Atlético Goianiense, Avaí, Vasco da Gama and Bahia, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Joinville, Tupi, Bragantino and Sampaio Corrêa, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C started on May 21, 2016, and concluded on November 5, 2016.

ABC América de Natal ASA Boa Esporte Botafogo-PB
Botafogo-SP Confiança Cuiabá Fortaleza Guarani
Guaratinguetá Juventude Macaé Mogi Mirim Portuguesa
Remo Ríver Salgueiro Tombense Ypiranga de Erechim

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C final was played between Boa Esporte and Guarani.

Boa Esporte won the league after beating Guarani by aggregate score of 4–1.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are Boa Esporte, Guarani, ABC and Juventude, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are América de Natal, Portuguesa, Ríver and Guaratinguetá, were relegated to the following year's fourth level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D started on June 12, 2016, and concluded on October 2, 2016.

Águia de Marabá Altos América-PE Aparecidense Anápolis
Araguaia Atlético Acreano Audax Baré Boavista
Brusque Caldense Campinense Caxias Ceilândia
Central Comercial CSA Desportiva Ferroviária Espírito Santo
Fluminense de Feira Galícia Genus Globo Goianésia
Guarani Icasa Internacional de Lages Itabaiana Ituano
J. Malucelli Juazeirense Linense Luziânia Madureira
Maranhão Maringá Metropolitano Moto Club Murici
Nacional Náutico-RR Novo Hamburgo Palmas Parnahyba
Portuguesa-RJ Potiguar Princesa do Solimões PSTC Rio Branco
Rondoniense Santos-AP São Bento São Francisco São José-RS
São Paulo-RS São Raimundo Sergipe Serra Talhada Sete de Setembro
Sinop Sousa Tocantinópolis Trem Uniclinic
URT Villa Nova Volta Redonda

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D final was played between Volta Redonda and CSA.

Volta Redonda won the league after beating CSA by aggregate score of 4–0.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are Volta Redonda, CSA, São Bento and Moto Club, were promoted to the following year's third level.

Domestic cups

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2016 Copa do Brasil

The competition started on March 16, 2016, and is scheduled to end on November 30, 2016. The Copa do Brasil final was played between Atlético Mineiro and Grêmio.

Copa do Nordeste

Main article: 2016 Copa do Nordeste

The competition featured 20 clubs from the Northeastern region. It started on February 14, 2016 and concluded on May 1, 2016. The Copa do Nordeste final was played between Santa Cruz and Campinense.

Santa Cruz won the cup after defeating Campinense.

Copa Verde

Main article: 2016 Copa Verde

The competition featured 18 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including Espírito Santo champions. The Copa Verde final was played between Paysandu and Gama.

May 3, 2016
Paysandu 2–0 Gama

May 10, 2016
Gama 2–1 Paysandu

Paysandu won the cup after defeating Gama.

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2016 Primeira Liga

The competition featured 12 clubs from the South and Southeastern regions, including Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro State teams. It started on January 27, 2016 and concluded on April 20, 2016. The Primeira Liga final was played between Fluminense and Atlético Paranaense.

Fluminense won the cup after defeating Atlético Paranaense 1–0.

State championship champions

State Champion
Acre (state) Acre Atlético Acreano
Alagoas Alagoas CRB
Amapá Amapá Santos-AP
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas Fast
Bahia Bahia Vitória
Ceará Ceará Fortaleza
Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal Luziânia
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo Desportiva Ferroviária
Goiás Goiás Goiás
Maranhão Maranhão Moto Club
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso Luverdense
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul Sete de Dourados
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais América Mineiro
Pará Pará Paysandu
Paraíba Paraíba Campinense
Paraná (state) Paraná Atlético Paranaense
Pernambuco Pernambuco Santa Cruz
Piauí Piauí Ríver
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro Vasco
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte ABC
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Internacional
Rondônia Rondônia Rondoniense
Roraima Roraima São Raimundo-RR
Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina Chapecoense
São Paulo (state) São Paulo Santos
Sergipe Sergipe Sergipe
Tocantins Tocantins Gurupi

Youth competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17 to be decided
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 Botafogo
Copa do Brasil Sub-17(1) Corinthians
Copa do Brasil Sub-20 to be decided
Copa Ipiranga Sub-20 to be decided
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil Cruzeiro de Santiago
Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior Flamengo
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores São Paulo
(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.

Other competition champions

Competition Champion
Copa Espírito Santo Rio Branco-ES
Copa Paulista XV de Piracicaba
Copa Rio Portuguesa-RJ

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team 2016 Copa Libertadores 2016 Copa Sudamericana
Atlético Mineiro Quarterfinals
eliminated by
Brazil São Paulo		 N/A
Corinthians Round of 16
eliminated by
Uruguay Nacional		 N/A
Chapecoense N/A In the Finals
Coritiba N/A Quarterfinals
eliminated by
Colombia Atlético Nacional
Cuiabá N/A Second Stage
eliminated by
Brazil Chapecoense
Figueirense N/A Second Stage
eliminated by
Brazil Flamengo
Flamengo N/A Round of 16
eliminated by
Chile Palestino
Grêmio Round of 16
eliminated by
Argentina Rosario Central		 N/A
Palmeiras Eliminated
in the Second Stage		 N/A
Santa Cruz N/A Round of 16
eliminated by
Colombia Independiente Medellín
São Paulo Semifinals
eliminated by
Colombia Atlético Nacional		 N/A
Sport Recife N/A Second Stage
eliminated by
Brazil Santa Cruz
Vitória N/A Second Stage
eliminated by
Brazil Coritiba

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2016.

Friendlies

Copa América Centenario

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Women's football

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 2016.

Friendlies

Algarve Cup

Main article: 2016 Algarve Cup

Summer Olympics

Torneio de Manaus

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2016:

Competition Performance
Algarve Cup
Runners-up
Summer Olympics Fourth-place
Torneio Internacional Feminino to be decided

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino started on January 20, 2016, and concluded on May 25, 2016. The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino final was played between Flamengo and Rio Preto.

Flamengo won the league after defeating Rio Preto.

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino started on August 24, 2016, and concluded on October 26, 2016. The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino final was played between Corinthians/Audax and São José.

October 19
São José 2–2 Corinthians/Audax

October 26
Corinthians/Audax 3–1 São José
Estádio José Liberatti, Osasco

Corinthians/Audax won the league after defeating São José.

Domestic competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Carioca Flamengo
Campeonato Paulista Rio Preto

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Ferroviária to be decided
Foz Cataratas to be decided

References

  1. ↑ "Perú da el gran golpe y elimina a Brasil de la Copa América" [Peru deal a great blow and eliminate Brazil in Copa America] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. June 12, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Match Report: BRA vs CHN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Match Report: RSA vs BRA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Match Report: BRA vs AUS" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Match Report: BRA vs CAN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
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