The 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Chevrolet 2015 for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. After winning twice in a row in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Cruzeiro came in defending their title as the Brazilian football champions. Corinthians won the title, their sixth overall and third since the introduction of the double round-robin in 2003.
Format Twenty teams competed in the league – for the thirteenth consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. The team with the highest number of 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 2016 season.
International qualification The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2016 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings qualified to the First Stage.
Teams Despite Criciúma's relegation in the previous championship, it marked the first time four clubs from Santa Catarina took part of the same Brasileirão, at least in its current format; last time it happened, in 1979, the championship had more than 90 teams.
Stadia and locations
Team Location State Stadium Capacity Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte Independência Mineirão (5 matches) Mané Garrincha (one match) 23,018 61,846 72,788 Atlético Paranaense Curitiba Arena da Baixada Couto Pereira (one match) 42,372 40,502 Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 17,826 Chapecoense Chapecó Arena Condá 20,089 Corinthians São Paulo Arena Corinthians Fonte Luminosa (one match) 47,605 21,441 Coritiba Curitiba Couto Pereira 40,502 Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte Mineirão Arena Pantanal (one match) 61,846 44,097 Figueirense Florianópolis Orlando Scarpelli 19,584 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Maracanã Mané Garrincha (2 matches) Arena das Dunas (one match) 78,838 72,788 31,375 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Maracanã Kléber Andrade (one match) 78,838 21,252 Goiás Goiânia Serra Dourada 41,574 Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio 55,662 Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 50,128 Joinville Joinville Arena Joinville 20,160 Palmeiras São Paulo Allianz Parque Pacaembu (2 matches) 43,713 37,730 Ponte Preta Campinas Moisés Lucarelli 19,728 Santos Santos Vila Belmiro 16,068 São Paulo São Paulo Morumbi 67,052 Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro Arena Pernambuco (7 matches) 32,983 44,300 Vasco Rio de Janeiro Maracanã (8 matches) São Januário (8 matches) Mané Garrincha (one match) Olímpico Nilton Santos (one match) Arena Pantanal (one match) 78,838 24,584 72,788 44,661 44,097
Number of teams by state Number of teams State Team(s)5 Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo4 Avaí, Chapecoense, Figueirense, Joinville3 Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco2 Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba Grêmio, Internacional1 Goiás Sport
Personnel and kits
TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorsAtlético Mineiro Daniel Nepomuceno Diogo Giacomini (interim) Leonardo Silva Puma MRVAtlético Paranaense Mário Celso Petraglia Cristóvão Borges Wéverton Umbro CaixaAvaí Nilton Macedo Machado Raul Cabral Marquinhos Fila VVoaChapecoense Sandro Pallaoro Guto Ferreira Rafael Lima Umbro CaixaCorinthians Roberto de Andrade Tite Ralf Nike CaixaCoritiba Rogério Bacellar Pachequinho Lúcio Flávio Nike CaixaCruzeiro Gilvan Tavares Mano Menezes Fábio Penalty Supermercados BH/CaixaFigueirense Wilfredo Billinger Hudson Coutinho Marquinhos Lupo CaixaFlamengo Eduardo Bandeira de Mello Jayme de Almeida Wallace Adidas CaixaFluminense Peter Siemsen Eduardo Baptista Fred Adidas Matte VitonGoiás Sérgio Rassi Danny Sérgio Renan Kappa NoneGrêmio Romildo Bolzan Jr. Roger Machado Maicon Umbro BanrisulInternacional Vitorio Píffero Argel Fucks Andrés D'Alessandro Nike BanrisulJoinville Nereu Martinelli PC Gusmão Marcelo Costa Umbro SalferPalmeiras Paulo Nobre Marcelo Oliveira Zé Roberto Adidas CrefisaPonte Preta Márcio Della Volpe Felipe Moreira Fernando Bob Adidas Hitachi/Viva SchinSantos Modesto Roma Júnior Dorival Júnior Ricardo Oliveira Nike NoneSão Paulo Leco Milton Cruz Rogério Ceni Penalty/Under Armour NoneSport João Humberto Martorelli Paulo Roberto Falcão Durval Adidas CaixaVasco Eurico Miranda Jorginho Nenê Umbro Caixa
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentGrêmio Luiz Felipe ScolariResigned19 May 15th Roger Machado26 May Fluminense Ricardo DrubsckySacked20 May 11th Enderson Moreira21 May Flamengo Vanderlei LuxemburgoSacked25 May 17th Cristóvão Borges28 May São Paulo Milton CruzMutual consent31 May 6th Juan Carlos Osorio1 June Cruzeiro Marcelo OliveiraSacked2 June 19th Vanderlei Luxemburgo2 June Joinville Hemerson MariaSacked4 June 20th Adílson Batista5 June Coritiba Marquinhos SantosSacked8 June 18th Ney Franco10 June Palmeiras Oswaldo de OliveiraSacked9 June 15th Marcelo Oliveira15 June Vasco DorivaMutual consent21 June 20th Celso Roth23 June Goiás Hélio dos AnjosSacked22 June 15th Julinho Camargo7 July Santos Marcelo FernandesMutual consent9 July 17th Dorival Júnior9 July Joinville Adílson BatistaSacked26 July 20th PC Gusmão27 July Ponte Preta Guto FerreiraSacked3 August 13th Doriva4 August Internacional Diego AguirreSacked6 August 10th Argel Fucks13 August Figueirense Argel FucksSigned by Internacional13 August 16th René Simões17 August Vasco Celso RothSacked15 August 20th Jorginho16 August Flamengo Cristóvão BorgesMutual consent20 August 13th Oswaldo de Oliveira20 August Cruzeiro Vanderlei LuxemburgoSacked31 August 16th Mano Menezes1 September Chapecoense Vinícius EutrópioSacked14 September 13th Guto Ferreira14 September Fluminense Enderson MoreiraSacked16 September 11th Eduardo Baptista17 September Figueirense René SimõesSacked16 September 18th Hudson Coutinho22 September Goiás Julinho CamargoSacked17 September 17th Artur Neto18 September Sport Eduardo BaptistaSigned by Fluminense17 September 10th Paulo Roberto Falcão19 September Atlético Paranaense Milton MendesSacked28 September 11th Cristóvão Borges4 October São Paulo Juan Carlos OsorioSigned by Mexico7 October 5th Doriva7 October Ponte Preta DorivaSigned by São Paulo7 October 9th Felipe Moreira14 October Goiás Artur NetoResigned18 October 18th Danny Sérgio19 October Coritiba Ney FrancoSacked8 November18th Pachequinho9 NovemberSão Paulo DorivaSacked9 November5th Milton Cruz9 NovemberAtlético Mineiro Levir CulpiMutual consent26 November 2nd Diogo Giacomini26 November Flamengo Oswaldo de OliveiraMutual consent28 November 11th Jayme de Almeida28 November
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 Dual Nationality Players Former Players Atlético Mineiro Jesús Dátolo Lucas Pratto Sherman Cárdenas Atlético Paranaense Fernando Barrientos Christian Vilches Daniel Hernández Bruno Pereirinha Avaí Néstor Camacho Juninho Chapecoense Corinthians Ángel Romero Gustavo Viera Stiven Mendoza Paolo Guerrero Emerson Sheik Coritiba Luis Cáceres Cruzeiro Ariel Cabral Joel Tagueu Eugenio Mena Giorgian de Arrascaeta Felipe Seymour Duvier Riascos Figueirense Flamengo Héctor Canteros Pablo Armero Paolo Guerrero Emerson Sheik Lucas Mugni Eduardo Víctor Cáceres Fluminense Alejandro Martinuccio Goiás Grêmio Frickson Erazo Braian Rodríguez Maxi Rodríguez Internacional Andrés D'Alessandro Lisandro López Carlos Luque Joinville Mariano Trípodi Palmeiras Agustín Allione Jonatan Cristaldo Pablo Mouche Lucas Barrios Jorge Valdivia Ponte Preta Santos Edwin Valencia Cristian Ledesma São Paulo Ricardo Centurión Wilder Guisao Sport Recife Vasco Pablo Guiñazú Felipe Seymour Duvier Riascos Julio dos Santos Martín Silva Emanuel Biancucchi Germán Herrera
Results
League table
Result table
Attendance
Average home attendances
Team 1 Corinthians 19 650,862 45,469 10,144 34,256 2 Flamengo 19 635,544 67,011 12,814 33,450 3 Palmeiras 19 567,544 38,794 15,037 29,871 4 Grêmio 19 511,134 46,915 8,336 26,902 5 Atlético Mineiro 19 448,007 55,987 9,373 23,579 6 Cruzeiro 19 425,056 45,991 8,271 22,371 7 Internacional 19 407,251 35,766 11,415 21,434 8 São Paulo 19 391,708 59,612 11,066 20,616 9 Atlético Paranaense 19 334,957 27,327 10,499 17,629 10 Fluminense 19 334,940 55,999 4,749 17,628 11 Sport 19 307,155 41,994 3,046 16,166 12 Coritiba 19 278,485 34,287 7,925 14,657 13 Vasco 19 273,465 41,581 2,449 14,393 14 Joinville 19 177,868 15,731 5,979 9,361 15 Chapecoense 19 172,049 16,474 5,228 9,055 16 Figueirense 19 169,214 16,047 5,425 8,906 17 Santos 19 165,133 13,481 3,836 8,691 18 Avaí 19 161,751 14,582 4,810 8,513 19 Goiás 19 153,706 35,875 1,461 8,090 20 Ponte Preta 19 114,626 11,694 2,542 6,033 - Total 380 6,671,696 67,011 1,461 17,557
Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
Source: PerspectivaOnline.com.br
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ricardo OliveiraSantos202 Vágner LoveCorinthians143 AndréSport13 JádsonCorinthians13 Lucas PrattoAtlético Mineiro136 Henrique AlmeidaCoritiba127 VitinhoInternacional11 WillianCruzeiro119 Alexandre PatoSão Paulo10 André LimaAvaí10 DuduPalmeiras10 ErikGoiás10 Gabriel BarbosaSantos10 LuanGrêmio10
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Lucas Pratto Atlético Mineiro São Paulo 3–1 29 July Willian4 Cruzeiro Figueirense 5–1 6 September Lucas Barrios Palmeiras Fluminense 4–1 16 September
4 Player scored 4 goals.
Source: ESPN FC & Globo
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