2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2020 for sponsorship reasons) will be 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 ended on 6 December,[1] however due to COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil the season as delayed to a tentative date for the start in 9 August 2020.[2]
Season | 2020 |
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Dates | 9 August 2020 – February 2021 (tentative) |
← 2019 2021 → |
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.
Teams
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo
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]
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Number of teams by state
Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
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5 | Corinthians, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos and São Paulo | |
4 | Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama | |
2 | Ceará and Fortaleza | |
Atlético Goianiense and Goiás | ||
Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba | ||
Grêmio and Internacional | ||
1 | Bahia | |
Atlético Mineiro | ||
Sport |
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
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Athletico Paranaense | Vacant | |||
Atlético Goianiense | ||||
Atlético Mineiro | ||||
Bahia | ||||
Botafogo | Vacant | |||
Ceará | Vacant | |||
Corinthians | ||||
Coritiba | ||||
Flamengo | ||||
Fluminense | Vacant | |||
Fortaleza | ||||
Goiás | ||||
Grêmio | ||||
Internacional | ||||
Palmeiras | ||||
Red Bull Bragantino | ||||
Santos | Vacant | |||
São Paulo | ||||
Sport | Vacant | |||
Vasco da Gama |
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.
(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 |
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Atlético Goianiense | Resigned | 30 November 2019 | Pre-season | 19 January 2020 | [16][17] | ||
Internacional | End of contract | 8 December 2019 | 16 December 2019 | [18][19] | |||
Atlético Mineiro | 2 January 2020 | [20] | |||||
Corinthians | End of caretaker tenure | 5 November 2019 | [21] | ||||
Athletico Paranaense | 27 December 2019 | [22] | |||||
Palmeiras | 9 December 2019 | 15 December 2019 | [23] | ||||
Santos | Resigned | 10 December 2019 | 23 December 2019 | [24] | |||
Fluminense | Demoted to assistant coach | 11 December 2019 | 11 December 2019 | [25] | |||
Coritiba | End of contract | 12 December 2019 | 20 December 2019 | [26][27] | |||
Vasco da Gama | 16 December 2019 | [28][29] | |||||
Red Bull Bragantino | Signed by Kashima Antlers | 24 December 2019 | 26 January 2020 | [30][31] | |||
Botafogo | Sacked | 9 February 2020 | 13 February 2020 | [32][33] | |||
Ceará | 9 February 2020 | [34][35] | |||||
Sport | 13 February 2020 | 15 February 2020 | [36][37] | ||||
Atlético Mineiro | 27 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | [38][39] | ||||
Vasco da Gama | 16 March 2020 | 30 March 2020 | [40][41] | ||||
Ceará | 17 March 2020 | 17 March 2020 | [42] | ||||
Atlético Goianiense | 25 February 2020 | 25 June 2020 | [43][44] |
Standings
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Athletico Paranaense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Atlético Goianiense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Atlético Mineiro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Bahia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Botafogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
6 | Ceará | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Corinthians | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
8 | Coritiba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Flamengo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Fluminense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Fortaleza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Goiás | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Grêmio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Internacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Palmeiras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Red Bull Bragantino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
18 | São Paulo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Sport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | Vasco da Gama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Results
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