2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2016
Champions	Palmeiras (9th title)
Relegated	América Mineiro ; Santa Cruz ; Figueirense ; Internacional
Matches played	379
Goals scored	912 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fred; Diego Souza; William Pottker; (14 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Marcelo Grohe; (15 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	São Paulo 5–0 Santa Cruz; (R38, 11 December)
Biggest away win	Ponte Preta 0–4 Cruzeiro; (R10, 22 June)
Highest scoring	Sport 4–4 Atlético Mineiro; (R6, 5 June); Atlético Mineiro 5–3 Botafogo; (R12, 30 June); Sport 5–3 Santa Cruz; (R24, 11 September)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Atlético Mineiro; Botafogo
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Palmeiras
Longest winless run	14 matches; Internacional
Longest losing run	7 matches; América Mineiro; Santa Cruz
Highest attendance	54,996; São Paulo 2–2 Chapecoense; (R17, 31 July)
Lowest attendance	796; América Mineiro 2–1 Coritiba; (R9, 18 June)
Total attendance	5,963,946
Average attendance	15,736
	← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of 04:38, 29 December 2016 (UTC).

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The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 60th season of the Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 13th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 15 May 2016 and ended on 11 December 2016. Fixtures for the 2016 season were announced on 25 April 2016.^[1] Palmeiras won the title, their ninth overall.

Format and results

For the fourteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points at the end of the season was declared champion. The bottom four teams were relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2017 season.

Atlético Mineiro and Chapecoense did not play their last match due to the accident involving 71 deaths (including 19 Chapecoense players) on 28 November 2016. Due to a lack of squad depth, both teams decided to forfeit the game resulting in Chapecoense finishing 11th and Atlético Mineiro finishing 4th.^[2] Match officials declared a double W.O., as CBF refused to cancel the match.^[3]

International qualification

The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2017 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while from the fourth to sixth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.

And this change also impacts on the Copa Sudamericana, whose vacancies are again to be distributed in the stockmarket enot more by Copa do Brasil.

Tiebreakers

In case of a tie on points between two or more clubs, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[4]

Number of wins;
Goal difference;
Goals for;
Head to Head;
Fewer red cards;
Fewest yellow cards;
Draw.

With respect to the fourth criterion (direct confrontation), it is considered the result of the combined game, or the result of 180 minutes. Staying tie, the tie will be made by the greatest number of goals scored in the opponent's field. The fourth criterion is not considered in the case of a tie between more than two clubs.^[4]

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Teams

Atlético Paranaense

Chapecoense

Coritiba

Figueirense

Grêmio

Internacional

Santa Cruz

Sport

Vitória

São Paulo Metro Area

Rio de Janeiro

Belo Horizonte

Belo Horizonte teams:
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
São Paulo Metro Area teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Ponte Preta
Santos
São Paulo

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Location of teams in 2016 Série A

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.

Botafogo became the first club to be promoted after a 1–0 win against Luverdense on 10 November 2015 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place.^[5]^[6] They returned to the League after only a season's absence.^[7] Vitória became the second club to be promoted, after a 3-0 win with Luverdense. They returned to the League after only a season's absence. Santa Cruz became the third club to be promoted, after 3-0 win with Mogi Mirim. They played the Brasileirão for the first time since the 2006 season. América Mineiro became the fourth and final club to be promoted, following a 1–1 draw over Ceará meant they finished above them on points difference and secured the automatic spot.^[8]

The four promoted clubs replaced Avaí, Vasco da Gama, Goiás and Joinville. At the end of the season, for the third consecutive year, Rio de Janeiro did not have its four representatives in the first division, largely due to the inconsistent performance of Vasco da Gama and Botafogo, who alternated in relegation in recent seasons.

Pos.	Relegated from 2015 Série A
17th	Avaí
18th	Vasco da Gama
19th	Goiás
20th	Joinville

Pos.	Promoted from 2015 Série B
1st	Botafogo
2nd	Santa Cruz
3rd	Vitória
4th	América Mineiro

Stadia and locations

The three clubs based in Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense weren't able to play their home matches in Maracanã or Engenhão Stadiums due to the preparation of these venues for the Olympic Games that were held in the city in August.^[9] The clubs used other stadiums for their home matches. Other stadiums used include Arena das Dunas, Arena Fonte Nova, Arena Pernambuco, Kléber Andrade, Mané Garrincha, Mário Helênio, Pacaembu, and Raulino de Oliveira.

Team	Location	State	Stadium	Capacity
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência Mineirão (one match) Estádio do Café (one match)	23,018 61,846 30,000
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Independência Mineirão (4 matches)	23,018 61,846
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada Vila Capanema (one match)	42,372 17,140
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Luso-Brasileiro Mário Helênio (4 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) Mané Garrincha (one match)	17,250 31,863 18,230 72,788
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	20,089
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians Pacaembu (one match)	47,605 37,730
Coritiba	Curitiba	Paraná	Couto Pereira Vila Capanema (one match)	40,502 17,140
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão Independência (one match)	61,846 23,018
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Santa Catarina	Orlando Scarpelli	19,584
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Kléber Andrade (5 matches) Maracanã (4 matches) Mané Garrincha (4 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) Pacaembu (2 matches) Arena das Dunas (one match)	21,252 78,838 72,788 18,230 37,730 31,375
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Giulite Coutinho (8 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (5 matches) Maracanã (2 matches) Mané Garrincha (2 matches) Kléber Andrade (2 matches)	13,544 18,230 78,838 72,788 21,252
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Arena do Grêmio	55,662
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Beira-Rio	50,128
Palmeiras	São Paulo	São Paulo	Allianz Parque Pacaembu (one match) Fonte Luminosa (one match)	43,713 37,730 21,441
Ponte Preta	Campinas	São Paulo	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Santa Cruz	Recife	Pernambuco	Arruda Arena Pernambuco (one match) Arena Pantanal (one match)	60,044 44,300 44,097
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro Pacaembu (3 matches) Arena Pantanal	16,068 37,730 44,097
São Paulo	São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi Pacaembu (2 matches)	67,052 37,730
Sport Recife	Recife	Pernambuco	Ilha do Retiro Arena Pernambuco (2 matches)	32,983 44,300
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Barradão Arena Fonte Nova (3 matches) Joia da Princesa (one match)	34,535 47,907 16,274

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
5	São Paulo	Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo
3	Minas Gerais	América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro
3	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense
2	Paraná	Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba
	Pernambuco	Santa Cruz, Sport Recife
	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio, Internacional
	Santa Catarina	Chapecoense, Figueirense
1	Bahia	Vitória

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
América Mineiro	Enderson Moreira	Leandro Guerreiro	Lupo	Banco Intermedium
Atlético Mineiro	Diogo Giacomini (interim)	Leonardo Silva	Dryworld	Caixa
Atlético Paranaense	Paulo Autuori	Wéverton	Umbro	Caixa
Botafogo	Jair Ventura	Jefferson	Topper	Caixa
Chapecoense	Caio Júnior		Umbro	Caixa
Corinthians	Oswaldo de Oliveira		Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Paulo César Carpegiani	Kléber	Adidas	Caixa
Cruzeiro	Mano Menezes	Fábio	Umbro	Caixa
Figueirense	Marquinhos Santos	Rafael Moura	Lupo	Caixa
Flamengo	Zé Ricardo	Réver	Adidas	Caixa
Fluminense	Marcão	Gum	Dryworld	Caixa
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Maicon	Umbro	Banrisul
Internacional	Lisca	Paulão	Nike	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Cuca	Fernando Prass	Adidas	Crefisa
Ponte Preta	Eduardo Baptista	Wellington Paulista	Adidas	Viva Schin
Santa Cruz	Adriano Teixeira (interim)	Tiago Cardoso	Penalty	MRV
Santos	Dorival Júnior	Ricardo Oliveira	Kappa	Caixa
São Paulo	Ricardo Gomes	Maicon	Under Armour	Prevent Senior
Sport	Daniel Paulista	Durval	Adidas	Caixa
Vitória	Argel Fucks	Fernando Miguel	Puma	Caixa

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Atlético Mineiro	Diego Aguirre	Resigned	19 May ^[10]	3rd	Marcelo Oliveira	20 May ^[11]
Flamengo	Muricy Ramalho	Resigned	26 May ^[12]	11th	Zé Ricardo	26 May (interim) 14 July^[13]
Coritiba	Gilson Kleina	Sacked	2 June ^[14]	16th	Pachequinho	2 June
América Mineiro	Givanildo Oliveira	Sacked	3 June^[15]	20th	Sérgio Vieira	4 June^[16]
Corinthians	Tite	Signed by Brazil	15 June^[17]	4th	Cristóvão Borges	19 June^[18]
Chapecoense	Guto Ferreira	Signed by Bahia	24 June^[19]	8th	Caio Júnior	25 June^[20]
Internacional	Argel Fucks	Sacked	10 July^[21]	8th	Falcão	12 July^[22]
Figueirense	Vinícius Eutrópio	Sacked	11 July^[23]	17th	Argel Fucks	11 July^[24]
América Mineiro	Sérgio Vieira	Sacked	17 July^[25]	20th	Enderson Moreira	20 July^[26]
Cruzeiro	Paulo Bento	Sacked	25 July^[27]	19th	Mano Menezes	26 July^[28]
São Paulo	Edgardo Bauza	Signed by Argentina	1 August^[29]	10th	Ricardo Gomes	12 August^[30]
Coritiba	Pachequinho	Mutual consent	5 August^[31]	17th	Paulo César Carpegiani	5 August^[31]
Internacional	Falcão	Sacked	8 August^[32]	13th	Celso Roth	8 August^[33]
Santa Cruz	Milton Mendes	Resigned	9 August^[34]	19th	Doriva	12 August^[35]
Botafogo	Ricardo Gomes	Signed by São Paulo	12 August	17th	Jair Ventura	13 August^[36]
Figueirense	Argel Fucks	Sacked	22 August^[37]	18th	Tuca Guimarães	5 September^[38]
Vitória	Vágner Mancini	Sacked	10 September^[39]	18th	Argel Fucks	12 September^[40]
Grêmio	Roger Machado	Resigned	14 September^[41]^[42]^[43]	8th	Renato Gaúcho	18 September
Corinthians	Cristóvão Borges	Sacked	17 September^[44]	6th	Fábio Carille	17 September^[44]
Figueirense	Tuca Guimarães	Mutual consent	19 September^[45]	17th	Marquinhos Santos	19 September^[45]
Corinthians	Fábio Carille	Mutual consent	12 October	8th	Oswaldo de Oliveira	12 October^[46]
Sport	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Signed by Corinthians	12 October^[46]	16th	Daniel Paulista	13 October^[47]
Santa Cruz	Doriva	Resigned	20 October^[48]	19th	Adriano Teixeira	20 October^[48]
Fluminense	Levir Culpi	Sacked	6 November^[49]	9th	Marcão	6 November
Internacional	Celso Roth	Sacked	17 November^[50]	17th	Lisca	18 November^[51]
São Paulo	Ricardo Gomes	Sacked	23 November^[52]	13th	Pintado	23 November^[52]
Atlético Mineiro	Marcelo Oliveira	Sacked	24 November^[53]	4th	Diogo Giacomini	24 November^[53]
Chapecoense	Caio Júnior	Fatal airplane accident	29 November^[54]	9th	Vagner Mancini	9 December^[55]

Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Double Nationality Players
América Mineiro	Eisner Loboa
Atlético Mineiro	Jesús Dátolo	Lucas Pratto	Frickson Erazo	Juan Cazares	Rómulo Otero
Atlético Paranaense	Bruno Pereirinha	Oscar Cabezas	Luciano Cabral	Lucho González
Botafogo	Joel Carli	Damián Lizio	Gervasio Núñez	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	Gustavo Canales
Chapecoense	Alejandro Martinuccio
Corinthians	Ángel Romero	Fabián Balbuena
Coritiba	César Benítez	Jorge Ortega	César González	Colin Kazim-Richards	Nery Bareiro	Fábio Braga¹
Cruzeiro	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Ariel Cabral	Lucas Romero	Ramón Ábila		Federico Gino¹
Figueirense	Roberto Junior Fernández	Michael Ortega
Flamengo	Paolo Guerrero	Federico Mancuello	Gustavo Cuéllar	Alejandro Donatti	Lucas Mugni	Emerson¹
Fluminense	Alexis Rojas	Claudio Aquino
Grêmio	Miller Bolaños	Walter Kannemann
Internacional	Nico López	Luis Seijas	Ariel Nahuelpán	Yonatthan Rak
Palmeiras	Lucas Barrios	Agustín Allione	Yerry Mina
Ponte Preta
Santa Cruz	Matías Pisano
Santos	Edwin Valencia	Diederrick Joel	Jonathan Copete	Emiliano Vecchio	Fabián Noguera
São Paulo	Diego Lugano	Eugenio Mena	Christian Cueva	Andrés Chávez	Julio Buffarini
Sport	Oswaldo Henríquez	Reinaldo Lenis	Rodney Wallace	Luis Carlos Ruiz
Vitória	Rodrigo Ramallo	Sherman Cárdenas

¹ Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.

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Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras (C)	38	24	8	6	62	32	+30	80	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Santos	38	22	5	11	59	35	+24	71
3	Flamengo	38	20	11	7	52	35	+17	71
4	Atlético Mineiro	38	17	11	10	61	53	+8	62^[a]
5	Botafogo	38	17	8	13	43	39	+4	59	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage
6	Atlético Paranaense	38	17	6	15	38	32	+6	57	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores first stage
7	Corinthians	38	15	10	13	48	42	+6	55	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
8	Ponte Preta	38	15	8	15	48	52	−4	53	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
9	Grêmio	38	14	11	13	41	44	−3	53	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
10	São Paulo	38	14	10	14	44	36	+8	52	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
11	Chapecoense	38	13	13	12	49	56	−7	52^[a]	Qualification for 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
12	Cruzeiro	38	14	9	15	48	49	−1	51	Qualification for 2017 Copa Sudamericana
13	Fluminense	38	13	11	14	45	45	0	50
14	Sport	38	13	8	17	49	55	−6	47
15	Coritiba	38	11	13	14	41	42	−1	46
16	Vitória	38	12	9	17	51	53	−2	45
17	Internacional (R)	38	11	10	17	35	41	−6	43	Relegation to 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Figueirense (R)	38	8	13	17	30	50	−20	37
19	Santa Cruz (R)	38	8	7	23	45	69	−24	31
20	América Mineiro (R)	38	7	7	24	23	58	−35	28

Source: CBF
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The matchday 38 game between Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro was cancelled after both teams declined to play following the Chapecoense team plane crash.^[56] Both teams received a double walkover (3–0 loss for each team).^[57]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
América Mineiro	14	20	18	18	20	17	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20
Atlético Mineiro	3	4	14	11	12	12	16	18	14	11	8	7	6	10	7	7	6	5	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Atlético Paranaense	20	19	20	16	19	14	11	12	10	9	7	10	7	7	5	5	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	7	6	6	6	9	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	6
Botafogo	15	17	8	13	16	20	20	16	18	19	17	18	16	14	15	18	14	16	13	13	11	11	10	10	11	9	10	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5
Chapecoense	8	2	5	9	6	5	6	11	5	7	10	8	11	13	13	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	11
Corinthians	9	15	6	4	3	1	4	5	4	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	5	3	4	4	4	5	5	7	7	9	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Coritiba	4	9	9	14	17	19	17	15	16	17	19	16	17	15	18	15	17	18	16	16	14	15	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15
Cruzeiro	16	16	19	19	14	18	15	17	20	16	13	14	14	16	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	13	13	16	15	17	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	12
Figueirense	10	14	16	17	11	15	12	13	12	10	12	15	15	17	16	17	15	15	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Flamengo	5	12	10	5	4	6	7	7	7	4	6	5	8	6	6	6	5	6	4	6	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3
Fluminense	6	3	12	7	8	8	8	8	9	12	9	12	12	11	10	12	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	13
Grêmio	11	7	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	3	6	6	6	6	8	11	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Internacional	12	5	3	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	4	5	9	11	11	13	14	14	15	15	17	15	15	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17
Palmeiras	1	8	4	4	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ponte Preta	13	6	15	15	10	13	10	9	11	13	14	11	9	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	8
Santa Cruz	2	1	1	3	7	9	14	10	13	15	18	19	19	18	14	16	18	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Santos	17	10	7	12	15	11	5	4	8	5	3	6	4	4	4	4	2	1	5	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2
São Paulo	7	11	11	6	9	7	9	6	6	8	11	9	10	8	9	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	14	13	14	12	11	12	11	13	13	11	10
Sport	18	18	17	20	18	16	18	19	17	18	16	17	18	19	17	14	12	12	12	11	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	15	16	14
Vitória	19	13	13	10	13	10	13	14	15	14	15	13	13	12	12	13	16	13	15	14	16	14	18	18	15	16	15	13	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16

Source: globoesporte.com

Result table

Home \ Away	AME	CAM	CAP	BOT	CHA	COR	CTB	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GRE	INT	PAL	PON	SCR	SAN	SPA	SPT	VIT
América Mineiro		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Atlético Mineiro	3–0		1–0	5–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1
Atlético Paranaense	1–0	1–1		1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Botafogo	3–1	3–2	2–1		0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1
Chapecoense	3–1	C^[a]	0–0	2–1		0–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–4
Corinthians	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1
Coritiba	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–4	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1
Cruzeiro	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–2		2–2	0–1	4–2	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–2
Figueirense	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0
Flamengo	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0		1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0
Fluminense	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–2	1–2		1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–2
Grêmio	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	0–3	1–2
Internacional	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Palmeiras	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–3	1–0		2–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1
Ponte Preta	1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–1		3–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Santa Cruz	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	5–1	1–0	2–3	0–3		0–2	1–2	0–1	4–1
Santos	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–2		3–0	2–0	3–2
São Paulo	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	0–1		0–0	2–0
Sport	1–1	4–4	2–0	1–1	5–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–1		1–0
Vitória	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2016. Source: Globo Esporte
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The Chapecoense vs Atletico Mineiro game in Matchday 38 was cancelled by mutual agreement in the wake of the plane crash involving the Chapecoense team

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Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 11 December 2016 ^[58]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Diego Souza	Sport	14
	Fred	Atlético Mineiro
	William Pottker	Ponte Preta
2	Grafite	Santa Cruz	13
5	Robinho	Atlético Mineiro	12
	Gabriel Jesus	Palmeiras
	Sassá	Botafogo
	Marinho	Vitória
9	Ricardo Oliveira	Santos	11
10	Vitor Bueno	Santos	10
	Bruno Rangel	Chapecoense
	Jonathan Copete	Santos
	Keno	Santa Cruz

Assists

Total^[59]	Player	Club
10	Gustavo Scarpa	Fluminense
10	Dudu	Palmeiras
9	Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro
8	Diego Renan	Vitória
8	Robinho	Atlético Mineiro
7	Éverton	Flamengo
7	Keno	Santa Cruz
6	Cleiton Xavier	Palmeiras
	Juan	Coritiba
	Robinho	Cruzeiro
	Camilo	Botafogo
	Ángel Romero	Corinthians
	Marinho	Vítoria
	Pará	Flamengo
	Diego Souza	Sport

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Bruno Rangel	Chapecoense	Coritiba	4–3	1 June	^[60]
Sassá	Botafogo	América-MG	3–1	15 June	^[61]
Rafael Sóbis	Cruzeiro	Internacional	4–2	4 August	^[62]

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Marcelo Grohe	Grêmio	15

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Awards

Team of the Year

Player	Team
Jailson	Palmeiras
Jean	Palmeiras
Pedro Geromel	Grêmio
Yerry Mina	Palmeiras
Jorge	Flamengo
Tchê Tchê	Palmeiras
Moisés	Palmeiras
Diego	Flamengo
Dudu	Palmeiras
Robinho	Atlético Mineiro
Gabriel Jesus	Palmeiras

Coach of the Year: Cuca (PAL)
Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball): Gabriel Jesus (PAL)
Serie A Best Newcomer: Vitor Bueno (SAN)
Craque do Campeonato (Player of the Year): Gabriel Jesus (PAL)
Craque da Galera: Danilo (CHA)
Gol Mais Bonito (Best Goal): Zé Roberto (PAL)

Source:^[63]

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Attendance

Average home attendances

Pos.	Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Palmeiras	19	620,998	40,986	18,789	32,684
2	Corinthians	19	547,096	42,099	17,135	28,795
3	Internacional	19	500,494	40,686	10,314	26,342
4	Flamengo	19	466,291	54,665	2,252	24,542
5	São Paulo	19	428,739	54,996	7,836	22,565
6	Grêmio	19	401,902	50,184	10,765	21,153
7	Cruzeiro	19	398,973	49,208	7,735	20,999
8	Atlético Mineiro	19	371,480	48,157	4,889	19,552
9	Sport	19	305,321	26,719	5,218	16,070
10	Atlético Paranaense	19	301,888	35,396	6,684	15,889
11	Vitória	19	261,029	34,987	4,814	13,738
12	Santos	19	215,336	24,586	4,468	11,333
13	Coritiba	19	187,984	16,177	2,852	9,894
14	Santa Cruz	19	183,197	16,951	1,665	9,642
15	Fluminense	19	176,224	39,877	917	9,275
16	Chapecoense	18	137,015	13,154	2,057	7,612
17	Botafogo	19	140,260	15,288	883	7,382
18	Figueirense	19	134,874	16,467	1,910	7,099
19	Ponte Preta	19	107,985	10,912	3,086	5,683
20	América Mineiro	19	76,860	27,895	796	4,045
–	Total	379	5,963,946	54,996	796	15,736

Updated to games played on 11 December 2016.

Source: GloboEsporte.com

Source: "2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 27th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Campeonato_Brasileiro_Série_A.

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v t e Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
2022 clubs	América Mineiro Athletico Paranaense Atlético Goianiense Atlético Mineiro Avaí Botafogo Ceará Corinthians Coritiba Cuiabá Flamengo Fluminense Fortaleza Goiás Internacional Juventude Palmeiras Red Bull Bragantino Santos São Paulo
Taça Brasil	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa	1967 1968 1969 1970
Campeonato Nacional de Clubes	1971 1972 1973 1974
Copa Brasil	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1984 1986 1987 1988
Taça de Ouro	1980 1981 1982 1983 1985
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Copa João Havelange	2000
Champions Top Scorers 1987 Copa União Bola de Ouro Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Triple Crown Winning managers

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Domestic leagues	Série A Série B Série C Série D Women's Série A
State leagues	Acre Alagoas Amapá Amazonas Bahia Ceará Distrito Federal Espírito Santo Goiás Maranhão Mato Grosso Mato Grosso do Sul Minas Gerais Pará (Final) Paraíba Paraná Pernambuco Piauí Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Sul Rondônia Roraima Santa Catarina São Paulo (knockout stage) Sergipe Tocantins
Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil (Finals) Women's Copa do Brasil Primeira Liga Copa do Nordeste Copa Verde (Finals)
South American competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Women's Copa Libertadores
National teams	Copa América Centenario FIFA World Cup qualification
Club seasons
Série A	América-MG Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória
Série B	Atlético Goianiense Avaí Bahia Bragantino Brasil de Pelotas Ceará CRB Criciúma Goiás Joinville Londrina Luverdense Náutico Oeste Paraná Paysandu Sampaio Corrêa Tupi Vasco da Gama Vila Nova
Série C	ABC Macaé Mogi Mirim Portuguesa Remo

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Domestic cups	Argentina (2015–16, 2016–17) Brazil Chile Colombia Venezuela
Super cups	Argentina Chile Colombia
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, final stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship U-20 Copa Libertadores Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Format and results

International qualification

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Copa do Brasil

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América Futebol Clube (MG)

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Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

Santos FC

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Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

2017 Copa Sudamericana

Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

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Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Fluminense FC

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Top scorers

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Brazil

Diego Souza (footballer, born 1985)

Sport Club do Recife

Fred (footballer, born 1983)

Clube Atlético Mineiro

William Pottker

Associação Atlética Ponte Preta

Grafite

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube

Robinho

Gabriel Jesus

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Awards

Team of the Year

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Brazil

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Jean (footballer, born 1986)

Pedro Geromel

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Colombia

Yerry Mina

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Average home attendances

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