The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 61st season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 13 May 2017 and ended on 3 December 2017. The top six teams qualified to Copa Libertadores and the last four were relegated to Série B of 2018.
Corinthians won their seventh title and was the first team in the history of the tournament, since the double round-robin system was established in 2003, to finish the first round undefeated.
Format For the fifteenth 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 the 2018 Série B.
International qualification The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2018 Copa Libertadores. The top four teams in the standings qualified to the group stage of the competition, while the fifth and the sixth placed in the standings qualified to the second stage.
And this change also impacted on Copa Sudamericana qualification, whose vacancies were again distributed through league placement instead of the Copa do Brasil.
Tiebreakers In case of a tie on points between two or more clubs, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
Number of wins; Goal difference; Goals pro; Head to Head; Fewest 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.
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.
Atlético Goianiense became the first club to be promoted after a 5–3 win against Tupi MG on 12 November 2016 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place. Avaí became the second club to be promoted, Vasco da Gama became the third club to be promoted, and Bahia became the fourth club to be promoted
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Pos.Promoted from 2016 Série B1º Atlético Goianiense2º Avaí3° Vasco da Gama4ºBahia
Number of teams by state Number of teams State Team(s)5 Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos and São Paulo4 Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama2 Bahia and Vitória Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro Atlético Paranaense and Coritiba Avaí and Chapecoense1 Atlético Goianiense Sport Grêmio
Stadiums and locations Team Location State Stadium CapacityAtlético Goianiense Goiânia Olímpico Pedro Ludovico Serra Dourada (4 matches) 13,500 41,574 Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte Independência Mineirão (one match) 23,018 61,846 Atlético Paranaense Curitiba Arena da Baixada 42,370 Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 17,826Bahia Salvador Arena Fonte Nova Pituaçu (one match) 47,907 32,157 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro Olímpico Nilton Santos 44,661 Chapecoense Chapecó Arena Condá 20,089 Corinthians São Paulo Arena Corinthians 47,605 Coritiba Curitiba Couto Pereira Vila Capanema (one match) 40,502 17,140 Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte Mineirão 61,846 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Luso-Brasileiro Maracanã (3 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (one match) 20,215 78,838 18,230 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Maracanã Giulite Coutinho (2 matches) 78,838 13,544 Grêmio Porto Alegre Arena do Grêmio Alfredo Jaconi (one match) 55,662 19,924 Palmeiras São Paulo Allianz Parque Pacaembu (4 matches) 43,713 37,730 Ponte Preta Campinas Moisés Lucarelli 17,728 Santos Santos Vila Belmiro Pacaembu (6 matches) 16,068 37,730 São Paulo São Paulo Morumbi Pacaembu (5 matches) 72,039 37,730 Sport Recife Ilha do Retiro Arena Pernambuco (2 matches) 32,983 44,300 Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro São Januário Maracanã (3 matches) Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) Olímpico Nilton Santos (one match) 24,584 78,838 18,230 44,661 Vitória Salvador Barradão Arena Fonte Nova (2 matches) 34,535 47,907
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt main sponsor Atlético Goianiense João Paulo Sanches Roger Carvalho Numer Caixa Atlético Mineiro Oswaldo de Oliveira Leonardo Silva Topper Caixa Atlético Paranaense Fabiano Soares Weverton Umbro Caixa Avaí Claudinei Oliveira Marquinhos Umbro Caixa Bahia Paulo César Carpegiani Tiago Umbro Caixa Botafogo Jair Ventura Joel Carli Topper Caixa Chapecoense Gilson Kleina Wellington Paulista Umbro Aurora Alimentos Corinthians Fábio Carille Fagner Nike None Coritiba Marcelo Oliveira Kléber Adidas Caixa Cruzeiro Mano Menezes Fábio Umbro Caixa Flamengo Reinaldo Rueda Réver Adidas Caixa Fluminense Abel Braga Henrique Under Armour Universal Orlando Resort Grêmio Renato Gaúcho Maicon Umbro Banrisul Palmeiras Alberto Valentim Dudu Adidas Crefisa Ponte Preta Eduardo Baptista Aranha Adidas Caixa Santos Elano Ricardo Oliveira Kappa Caixa São Paulo Dorival Júnior Hernanes Under Armour Banco Inter Sport Daniel Paulista (caretaker) Durval Adidas Caixa Vasco da Gama Zé Ricardo Luís Fabiano Umbro Caixa Vitória Vágner Mancini Willian Farias Topper Caixa
Player transfers
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentAtlético Paranaense Paulo AutuoriMutual consent23 May19th Eduardo Baptista23 May Sport Ney FrancoSacked25 May18th Vanderlei Luxemburgo29 MayBahia Guto FerreiraSigned by Internacional29 May13th Jorginho1 JuneVitória Dejan PetkovićMutual consent3 June17th Alexandre Gallo3 JuneSantos Dorival JúniorSacked4 June16th Levir Culpi6 JuneAtlético Goianiense Marcelo CaboSacked5 June20th Doriva7 JuneSão Paulo Rogério CeniSacked3 July17th Dorival Júnior5 JulyChapecoense Vagner ManciniSacked4 July15th Vinícius Eutrópio5 JulyAtlético Paranaense Eduardo BaptistaSacked11 July14th Fabiano Soares12 JulyCoritiba PachequinhoSacked19 July13th Marcelo Oliveira20 JulyAtlético Mineiro Roger MachadoSacked20 July11th Rogério Micale21 JulyVitória Alexandre GalloSacked20 July19th Vágner Mancini22 JulyAtlético Goianiense DorivaSacked21 July20th João Paulo SanchesBahia JorginhoSacked31 July14th Preto Casagrande Flamengo Zé RicardoSacked6 August5th Reinaldo Rueda14 AugustVasco da Gama Milton MendesSacked21 August17th Zé RicardoChapecoense Vinícius EutrópioSacked11 September18th Gilson Kleina17 OctoberPonte Preta Gilson KleinaSacked16 September13th Eduardo Baptista20 SeptemberAtlético Mineiro Rogério MicaleSacked24 September11th Oswaldo de Oliveira26 SeptemberBahia Preto CasagrandeSacked10 October13th Paulo César CarpegianiPalmeiras CucaSacked13 October5th Alberto Valentim13 October
Foreign players The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Atlético Goianiense Atlético Mineiro Frickson Erazo Juan Cazares Rómulo Otero Atlético Paranaense Lucho González Eduardo da Silva1 Esteban Pavez Avaí Luis Salazar Bryan Urueña Toshi Joel Tagueu Bahia Pablo Armero Agustín Allione Stiven Mendoza Lucas Bolívia1 Botafogo Joel Carli Junior Fernández Leonardo Valencia Chapecoense Emilio Zeballos Luis Manuel Seijas Cristian Penilla Fernando Guerrero Héctor Canteros Corinthians Ángel Romero Fabián Balbuena Colin Kazim-Richards Coritiba Yílmar Filigrana Alexander Baumjohann Cruzeiro Giorgian De Arrascaeta Ariel Cabral Lucas Romero Flamengo Paolo Guerrero Federico Mancuello Gustavo Cuéllar Miguel Trauco Orlando Berrío Dario Conca Fluminense Jefferson Orejuela Junior Sornoza Grêmio Walter Kannemann Beto da Silva1 Lucas Barrios Michael Arroyo Palmeiras Yerry Mina Alejandro Guerra Miguel Borja Ponte Preta Fábio Braga1 Emerson1 Luis Alí Jorge Mendoza Santos Jonathan Copete Emiliano Vecchio Fabián Noguera Vladimir Hernández São Paulo Diego Lugano Christian Cueva Julio Buffarini Lucas Pratto Jonathan Gómez Robert Arboleda Sport Oswaldo Henríquez Reinaldo Lenis Eugenio Mena Vasco da Gama Martín Silva Damián Escudero Andrés Escobar Andrés Ríos Vitória Santiago Tréllez
1 Players holding Brazilian dual nationality.
Results
League table
Result table
Season statistics
Top scorers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A RankPlayerClubGoals1 Henrique DouradoFluminense18 JôCorinthians3 AndréSport164 LuccaPonte Preta135 FredAtlético Mineiro12 Edigar JunioBahia7 Diego SouzaSport11 Thiago NevesCruzeiro9 DiegoFlamengo10 RogerBotafogo Santiago TréllezVitória
Assists
RankPlayerClubAssists1 Gustavo ScarpaFluminense122 Bruno HenriqueSantos113 Rodrigo PimpãoBotafogo94 Agustín AllioneBahia8 Juan CazaresAtlético Mineiro ReinaldoChapecoense Thiago CarletoCoritiba8 Christian CuevaSão Paulo7 ÉvertonFlamengo Thiago NevesCruzeiro
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. André Sport Recife Grêmio 4–3 28 May 2017 Everton Grêmio Chapecoense 6–3 8 June 2017 Paolo Guerrero Flamengo Chapecoense 5–1 23 June 2017 Jonathan Copete Santos São Paulo 3–2 9 July 2017 Bruno Henrique Santos Bahia 3–0 23 July 2017
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 VanderleiSantos172 CássioCorinthians163 AranhaPonte Preta12 Marcelo GroheGrêmio5 FábioCruzeiro11 JandreiChapecoense7 Douglas FriedrichAvaí10 Gatito FernándezBotafogo JeanBahia Martín SilvaVasco da Gama WilsonCoritiba12 WevertonAtlético Paranaense9
Attendances
Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Player of the Year Jô Corinthians Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Coach of the Year Fábio Carille Corinthians Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Rookie of the Year Arthur Grêmio Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Rookie Coach of the Year Fábio Carille Corinthians Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Fan Player of the Year Hernanes São Paulo FC Top Scorer Jô Henrique Dourado CorinthiansFluminense Goal of the Year Hernanes São Paulo FC
Série A Team of the YearGoalkeeper Vanderlei (Santos FC)Defence Fagner (Corinthians) Pedro Geromel (Grêmio) Fabián Balbuena (Corinthians) Guilherme Arana (Corinthians)Midfield Bruno Silva (Botafogo) Arthur (Grêmio) Hernanes (São Paulo FC) Thiago Neves (Cruzeiro)Attack Henrique Dourado (Fluminense) Jô (Corinthians)
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