The 2017 Primeira Liga is the second edition of a football competition held in Brazil. Featuring sixteen clubs, the Santa Catarina league provides five entrants, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul leagues provide three entrants, the Rio de Janeiro and Paraná leagues provide two and the Ceará league provides one.
Qualified teams AssociationTeam Ceará1 berth Ceará Minas Gerais3 berths América Atlético Mineiro Cruzeiro Paraná2 berths Londrina Paraná Rio de Janeiro2 berths Flamengo Fluminense Rio Grande do Sul3 berths Brasil de Pelotas Grêmio Internacional Santa Catarina5 berths Avaí Chapecoense Criciúma Figueirense Joinville Sources:Globo EsporteSoccerway
Format Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: points won; games won; total goal difference; total goals scored; points in head-to-head matches; lesser number of red cards received; lesser number of yellow cards received; draw.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals1 Carlos Henrique Londrina2 Clayton Atlético Mineiro De Arrascaeta Cruzeiro Gustavo Papa Brasil de Pelotas Paulo Rangel Londrina Ramón Ábila Cruzeiro Renatinho Paraná Safira Londrina2 Andrigo Internacional1 Brenner Marlos Internacional Bruno Lopes Brasil de Pelotas Carlos César Atlético Mineiro Carlos Eduardo Criciúma Celsinho Londrina Charles Internacional Cláudio Winck Internacional Diego Gonçalves Internacional Elias Atlético Mineiro Éverton Flamengo Everton Grêmio Everton Ribeiro Flamengo Flavio Gabriel Criciúma Fred Atlético Mineiro Gabriel Flamengo Germano Londrina Hélio Paraíba Criciúma Henrique Fluminense Índio Figueirense Ítalo Paraná Jesiel Chapecoense Lucas Rex Grêmio Lucas Silva Cruzeiro Magno Alves Ceará Marquinho Fluminense Nicolás López Internacional Orlando Berrío Flamengo Pessalli Paraná Pedro Fluminense Raniel Cruzeiro Raphael Silva Criciúma Rômulo Avaí Rómulo Otero Atlético Mineiro Sassá Cruzeiro Wellington Paulista Chapecoense Sources:Globo EsporteSoccerway
Media coverage MarketCountriesBroadcast partnerRef 1 SporTV (Portuguese) Premiere (Portuguese) Total countries 1
References
External links Primeira Liga website