2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2011
Champions	Corinthians; 5th Campeonato Brasileiro title; 5th Brazilian title
Relegated	Atlético Paranaense; Ceará; América-MG; Avaí
Copa Libertadores	Santos (title holder); Corinthians; Fluminense; Flamengo; Internacional
Copa Sudamericana	São Paulo; Figueirense; Coritiba; Botafogo; Palmeiras; Grêmio; Atlético Goianiense; Bahia
Matches	380
Goals	1,017 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Borges (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Cruzeiro 6-1 Atlético Mineiro; (4 December)[citation needed]; Coritiba 5–0 Botafogo; (11 September)[citation needed]; Cruzeiro 5–0 Avaí; (13 August)[citation needed]; Palmeiras 5–0 Avaí; (19 June)[citation needed]; Corinthians 5–0 São Paulo; (16 June)[citation needed]
Biggest away win	Atlético Mineiro 0–4 Internacional; (30 June)[citation needed] ; Figueirense 0-4 Fluminense; (20 November)[citation needed]
Highest scoring	Santos 4–5 Flamengo; (27 July)[citation needed]; Fluminense 5-4 Grêmio; (16 November)[citation needed]
Longest winning run	7 games — Corinthians; (12 June – 28 July)
Longest unbeaten run	16 games — Flamengo; (21 May – 18 August)
Longest winless run	12 games - Cruzeiro; (28 August-current)
Longest losing run	5 games — Botafogo; (5 November–current)
Highest attendance	63,871 — 2 October 2011; (São Paulo 1-2 Flamengo)
Lowest attendance	732 — 31 July 2011; (América (MG) 1-3 Coritiba)
Average attendance	14,600
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Petrobras 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on 21 May and was scheduled to end on 4 December.^[2] Fluminense comes in as the defending champion having won the 2010 season.

Format

For the ninth consecutive season, the tournament will be played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points will be declared the champion. The bottom-four teams will be relegated for the following season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2012 international tournaments. The top-two teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores, while the next third and fourth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage. The next eight best teams in the standings will earn berths to the Second Stage of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

Team information

Vitória, Guarani, Goiás and Grêmio Prudente were relegated to the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B after finishing in the bottom four spots of the table at the end of the 2010 season. Goiás were relegated to the Série B after eleven seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Brazil, while Vitória ended a three-year tenure in Série A and Grêmio Prudente ended a two-year appearance. Guarani made their immediate return to the second level.

The four relegated teams were replaced by four 2010 Série B sides. Champions Coritiba, made their immediate return to Série A, runners-up Figueirense, who returned after two years, third placed Bahia, who returned to the top flight after seven seasons at lower levels, and fourth placed América Mineiro, who returned to the league for the first time in eight years.

2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is located in Brazil

Belo Horizonte

São Paulo Metro Area

Rio de Janeiro

Belo Horizonte teams:
América (MG)
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo Metro Area teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Santos
São Paulo

Locations of the 2011 Série A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
América (MG)	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré Parque do Sabiá (3 matches) Morenão (one match)	18,000 50,000 45,000
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	50,049
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré Ipatingão (4 matches)	18,000 20,500
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada	28,237
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	19,000
Bahia	Salvador	Pituaçu	31,677
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão São Januário (2 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (one match)	44,000 22,150 20,255
Ceará	Fortaleza	Presidente Vargas	20,600
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu Fonte Luminosa (one match)	37,952 20,287
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	38,000
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré Parque do Sabiá (3 matches) Ipatingão (one match)	18,000 50,000 20,500
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,069
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão Moacyrzão (4 matches)	44,000 15,000
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) São Januário (one match)	44,000 20,255 22,150
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico	45,000
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	56,000
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Canindé (10 matches) Pacaembu (6 matches) Prudentão (one match) Teixeirão (one match) Arena Barueri (one match)	21,004 37,952 44,414 32,936 31,452
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro Pacaembu (4 matches)	21,256 37,952
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi Arena Barueri (one match) Vail Chaves (one match)	67,428 31,452 19,900
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário Engenhão (3 matches)	22,150 44,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager¹	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
América (MG)	Givanildo Oliveira	Gabriel Santos	Kanxa	Fiat
Atlético Goianiense	Hélio dos Anjos	Márcio	Super Bolla	Cimento Tocantins
Atlético Mineiro	Cuca	Réver	Topper	Banco BMG
Atlético Paranaense	Antônio Lopes	Paulo Baier	Umbro	Philco
Avaí	Toninho Cecílio	William	Fanatic	Intelbras
Bahia	Joel Santana	Titi	Lotto	Grupo OAS
Botafogo	Caio Júnior	Sebastián Abreu	Fila	Joao Fortes Engenharia
Ceará	Dimas Filgueiras	Fabrício	Penalty	Neo Química Genéricos
Corinthians	Tite	Alessandro	Nike	Neo Química Genéricos
Coritiba	Marcelo Oliveira	Pereira	Lotto	Banco BMG
Cruzeiro	Vágner Mancini	Fábio	Reebok	Banco BMG
Figueirense	Jorginho	João Paulo	Fila	Taschibra
Flamengo	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Ronaldinho	Olympikus	Procter & Gamble
Fluminense	Abel Braga	Fred	Adidas	Unimed
Grêmio	Celso Roth	Fábio Rochemback	Topper	Banrisul
Internacional	Dorival Júnior	Bolívar	Reebok	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Marcos Assunção	Adidas	Fiat
Santos	Muricy Ramalho	Edu Dracena	Umbro	Banco BMG
São Paulo	Émerson Leão	Rogério Ceni	Reebok	Banco BMG
Vasco da Gama	Ricardo Gomes/Cristóvão Borges	Juninho Pernambucano	Penalty	Eletrobras

¹ According to current revision League managers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Santos	Adílson Batista	Sacked	27 February	Pre-season	Muricy Ramalho	8 April
Fluminense	Muricy Ramalho	Resigned	13 March	Pre-season	Abel Braga	8 June
Ceará	Dimas Filgueiras	Contract ended	31 March	Pre-season	Vágner Mancini	1 April
Atlético Goianiense	Renê Simões	Sacked	1 April	Pre-season	Paulo César Gusmão	3 April
Atlético Paranaense	Geninho	Sacked	4 April	Pre-season	Adílson Batista	5 April
Internacional	Celso Roth	Sacked	8 April	Pre-season	Falcão	14 April
Bahia	Vágner Benazzi	Sacked	10 April	Pre-season	Renê Simões	14 April
Avaí	Silas	Left to sign with Al-Arabi	8 June	20th	Alexandre Gallo	14 June
Cruzeiro	Cuca	Sacked	19 June	18th	Joel Santana	20 June
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Sacked	30 June	12th	Júlio Camargo	2 July
Atlético Paranaense	Adílson Batista	Sacked	2 July	20th	Renato Gaúcho	4 July
São Paulo	Paulo César Carpegiani	Sacked	7 July	3rd	Adílson Batista	16 July
América (MG)	Mauro Fernandes	Sacked	11 July	18th	Antônio Lopes	12 July
Internacional	Falcão	Sacked	18 July	8th	Dorival Júnior	12 August
Atlético Goianiense	Paulo César Gusmão	Personal problems	21 July	17th	Hélio dos Anjos	12 August
América (MG)	Antônio Lopes	Resigned	1 August	20th	Givanildo Oliveira	2 August
Grêmio	Júlio Camargo	Sacked	4 August	15th	Celso Roth	4 August
Atlético Mineiro	Dorival Júnior	Sacked	7 August	14th	Cuca	8 August
Avaí	Alexandre Gallo	Sacked	18 August	19th	Toninho Cecílio	22 August
Vasco da Gama	Ricardo Gomes	Health problems (temporarily)	28 August	4th	Cristóvão Borges (caretaker)	29 August
Atlético Paranaense	Renato Gaúcho	Resigned	1 September	19th	Antônio Lopes	1 September
Cruzeiro	Joel Santana	Sacked	2 September	11th	Emerson Ávila	2 September
Bahia	René Simões	Sacked	2 September	16th	Joel Santana	4 September
Ceará	Vágner Mancini	Sacked	11 September	15th	Estevam Soares	14 September
Cruzeiro	Emerson Ávila	Sacked	26 September	16th	Vágner Mancini	26 September
São Paulo	Adílson Batista	Sacked	16 October	6th	Émerson Leão	24 October
Ceará	Estevam Soares	Sacked	23 October	17th	Dimas Filgueiras	24 October
Avaí	Toninho Cecílio	Sacked	14 November	20th	Edson Neguinho (caretaker)	14 November
Botafogo	Caio Júnior	Sacked	17 November	5th	Flavio Tenius (caretaker)	17 November

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corinthians (C)	38	21	8	9	53	36	+17	71	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Vasco da Gama	38	19	12	7	57	40	+17	69	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[a]
3	Fluminense	38	20	3	15	60	51	+9	63	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
4	Flamengo	38	15	16	7	59	47	+12	61	2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage
5	Internacional	38	16	12	10	57	43	+14	60	2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage
6	São Paulo	38	16	11	11	57	46	+11	59	2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
7	Figueirense	38	15	13	10	46	45	+1	58
8	Coritiba	38	16	9	13	57	41	+16	57
9	Botafogo	38	16	8	14	52	49	+3	56
10	Santos	38	15	8	15	55	55	0	53	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^[b]
11	Palmeiras	38	11	17	10	43	39	+4	50	2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
12	Grêmio	38	13	9	16	49	57	−8	48
13	Atlético Goianiense	38	12	12	14	50	45	+5	48
14	Bahia	38	11	13	14	43	49	−6	46
15	Atlético Mineiro	38	13	6	19	50	60	−10	45
16	Cruzeiro	38	11	10	17	48	51	−3	43
17	Atlético Paranaense	38	10	11	17	38	55	−17	41	Relegation to Série B
18	Ceará	38	10	9	19	47	64	−17	39
19	América Mineiro	38	8	13	17	51	69	−18	37
20	Avaí	38	7	10	21	45	75	−30	31

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ Vasco da Gama is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Copa do Brasil champion.
↑ Santos is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Copa Libertadores champion.

Results

Home \ Away	AMG	ACG	CAM	CAP	AVA	BAH	BOT	CEA	COR	CTB	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GRE	INT	PAL	SAN	SPA	VAS
América Mineiro		1–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	2–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–1
Atlético Goianiense	5–1		1–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1
Atlético Mineiro	2–0	2–2		3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2
Atlético Paranaense	2–2	2–1	0–1		0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–2
Avaí	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–0		2–2	3–2	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	1–3^[a]	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2
Bahia	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2		1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	4–3	0–2
Botafogo	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–2		4–0	0–2^[b]	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–0
Ceará	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	2–2		0–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	1–3
Corinthians	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–2		2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0^[a]	0–0	1–3	5–0	2–1
Coritiba	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	5–0	3–1	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–4	5–1
Cruzeiro	0–0	3–2	6–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		2–4	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–3
Figueirense	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0		2–2	0–4	0–0^[b]	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1
Flamengo	2–1	1–4	4–1	1–2	4–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	0–0		3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Fluminense	1–2	3–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	0–1		5–4	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–2
Grêmio	1–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–2	2–1		2–1	2–2	1–0^[c]	1–0	1–1
Internacional	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	1–0		2–2	3–3	0–3	3–0
Palmeiras	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0^[b]	1–2	0–0	0–3		3–0	1–0	1–1
Santos	1–0^[c]	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–0^[c]	1–0	0–0^[c]	2–3	1–0	2–3	4–5	2–1^[c]	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–0
São Paulo	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–2	4–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	4–1		0–2
Vasco da Gama	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2011. Source: ^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1 2 These matches, previously scheduled for 28 July (v. Corinthians), and 24 July (v. Avaí) were delayed to 14 and 21 July, respectively, because of the Audi Cup 2011.
1 2 3 These matches previously scheduled for 17 July were postponed to 20 July, because of the Brazil v Paraguay, by 2011 Copa América.
1 2 3 4 5 These matches previously scheduled for 18 June (v. Corinthians), 26 June (v. América), 7 July (v. Fluminense), 24 July (v. Grêmio), and 4 September (v. Botafogo) were postponed to 10 August 2 July, 24 August 5 and 19 October, respectively, because of the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, 2011 Copa América, 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and friendly Brazil v Ghana.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Borges	Brazilian	Santos	23
2	Fred	Brazilian	Fluminense	22
3	Deivid	Brazilian	Flamengo	15
4	Leandro Damião	Brazilian	Internacional	14
	Ronaldinho	Brazilian	Flamengo	14
	William	Brazilian	Avaí	14
7	Sebastián Abreu	Uruguayan	Botafogo	13
	Kempes	Brazilian	América-MG	13
	Neymar	Brazilian	Santos	13
10	Anselmo	Brazilian	Atlético Goianiense	12
	Liédson	Portuguese	Corinthians	12
	Walter Montillo	Argentine	Cruzeiro	12
	Thiago Neves	Brazilian	Flamengo	12

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2011" [Campeonato Brasileiro Série A] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
↑ "Calendário 2011" [2011 Schedule] (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

External links

Official webpage (in Portuguese)
- Official regulations^{[permanent dead link]} (in Portuguese)
2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at Soccerway

[table_note_res_CL2b0.49640288553033-3] Vasco da Gama is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Copa do Brasil champion.

[table_note_res_CL2c0.49640288553033-4] Santos is qualified for the second stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores as the 2011 Copa Libertadores champion.

[table_note_1_AVA_INT0.16366002297199-5] 1 2 These matches, previously scheduled for 28 July (v. Corinthians), and 24 July (v. Avaí) were delayed to 14 and 21 July, respectively, because of the Audi Cup 2011.

[table_note_1_BOT_COR0.16366002297199-6] 1 2 3 These matches previously scheduled for 17 July were postponed to 20 July, because of the Brazil v Paraguay, by 2011 Copa América.

[table_note_1_GRE_SAN0.16366002297199-7] 1 2 3 4 5 These matches previously scheduled for 18 June (v. Corinthians), 26 June (v. América), 7 July (v. Fluminense), 24 July (v. Grêmio), and 4 September (v. Botafogo) were postponed to 10 August 2 July, 24 August 5 and 19 October, respectively, because of the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, 2011 Copa América, 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and friendly Brazil v Ghana.

[CBF-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2011" [Campeonato Brasileiro Série A] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.

[CBFs-2] "Calendário 2011" [2011 Schedule] (PDF) (in Portuguese). CBF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.

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