The 2019 (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the 63rd season of the , the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 17th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition started on 27 April and ended on 8 December 2019.
The top six teams as well as the 2019 Copa do Brasil champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores qualified for the Copa Sudamericana and the last four were relegated to Série B for 2020. Palmeiras were the defending champions. During the 2019 season, the official match ball was the Nike Merlin CBF.
Flamengo secured their sixth league title with four matches to spare on 24 November and just one day after winning the 2019 Copa Libertadores, following Palmeiras' 2–1 loss to Grêmio at home.
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.
Fortaleza became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Atlético Goianiense on 3 November 2018. Goiás was promoted on 17 November, and Avaí and CSA on 24 November.
Pos.Relegated from 2018 Série A17Sport18América Mineiro19Vitória20Paraná
Pos.Promoted from 2018 Série B1Fortaleza2CSA3Avaí4Goiás
Number of teams by state Number of teams State Team(s)4 Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo2 Ceará and Fortaleza Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro Grêmio and Internacional Avaí and Chapecoense1 CSA Bahia Goiás Athletico Paranaense
Stadiums and locations Team Location State Stadium CapacityAthletico ParanaenseCuritibaArena da Baixada 42,370Atlético MineiroBelo Horizonte Mineirão 61,846AvaíFlorianópolisRessacada 17,800BahiaSalvadorArena Fonte Nova 47,907BotafogoRio de JaneiroOlímpico Nilton Santos 44,661CearáFortalezaArena Castelão 63,903 ChapecoenseChapecóArena Condá 20,089CorinthiansSão PauloArena Corinthians 47,605CruzeiroBelo HorizonteIndependência 23,018CSAMaceióRei Pelé 17,126FlamengoRio de JaneiroMaracanã 78,838FluminenseRio de JaneiroMaracanã 78,838FortalezaFortalezaArena Castelão 63,903GoiásGoiâniaSerra Dourada 50,049GrêmioPorto AlegreArena do Grêmio 55,662InternacionalPorto AlegreBeira-Rio 50,128PalmeirasSão PauloAllianz Parque 43,713 SantosSantosUrbano Caldeira 16,068 São PauloSão PauloMorumbi 72,039Vasco da GamaRio de JaneiroSão Januário 24,584
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt main sponsor Athletico Paranaense Eduardo Barros (caretaker) Thiago Heleno Umbro Banco Digi+ Atlético Mineiro Vágner Mancini Léo Silva Le Coq Sportif Meu Galo BMG Avaí Evando Spinassé Camillato Betão Umbro None Bahia Roger Machado Lucas Fonseca Esquadrão (club manufactured kit) Alimentos Dular Botafogo Alberto Valentim Joel Carli Kappa Azeite Royal Ceará Argel Fucks Tiago Alves Topper Finanzero/MVC Chapecoense Marquinhos Santos Douglas Bacelar Umbro Aurora Coop Corinthians Dyego Coelho (caretaker) Cássio Ramos Nike Meu Corinthians BMG Cruzeiro Adílson Batista Henrique Pacheco Lima Umbro Banco Digi+ CSA Jacozinho (caretaker) Didira Azulão (club manufactured kit) Carajás Home Center Flamengo Jorge Jesus Diego Ribas Adidas Banco BS2 Fluminense Marcão Digão Under Armour None Fortaleza Rogério Ceni Marcelo Boeck Leão1918 (club manufactured kit) Banco Digi+ Goiás Ney Franco Léo Sena Gr33n (club manufactured kit) Marjo Sports Grêmio Renato Gaúcho Maicon Souza Umbro Banrisul Internacional Zé Ricardo (caretaker) Andrés D'Alessandro Nike Banrisul Palmeiras Andrey Lopes (caretaker) Bruno Henrique Puma Crefisa Santos Jorge Sampaoli Victor Ferraz Umbro None São Paulo Fernando Diniz Anderson Hernanes Adidas Banco Inter Vasco da Gama Vanderlei Luxemburgo Leandro Castán Diadora Meu Vasco BMG (c) = caretaker
Foreign players The clubs can have a maximum of five foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Athletico Paranaense Lucho González Tomás Andrade Marco Ruben Braian Romero Atlético Mineiro Juan Cazares Yimmi Chará David Terans Rómulo Otero Ramón Martínez Lucas Hernández Franco Di Santo Avaí Jonny Mosquera Richard Franco Bahia Alejandro Guerra Botafogo Joel Carli Gatito Fernández Leonardo Valencia Ceará Chico Hyun-sol Kimdn Chapecoense Diego Torres Corinthians Junior Sornoza Mauro Boselli Bruno Méndez Cruzeiro Luis Manuel Orejuela Ariel Cabral Joel Tagueu CSA Jonathan Gómez Rodolfo Gamarra Héctor Bustamante Flamengo Orlando Berrío Giorgian De Arrascaeta Robert Piris Da Motta Pablo Marí Fluminense Yony González Marcos Paulodn Fortaleza Santiago Romero Juan Sebastián Quintero Mariano Vázquez Fabián Zambrano Goiás Leandro Barcia Grêmio Walter Kannemann Internacional Andrés D'Alessandro Nicolás López Víctor Cuesta Santiago Tréllez Martín Sarrafiore Paolo Guerrero Johnny Cardosodn Palmeiras Miguel Borja Iván Angulo Gustavo Gómez Santos Carlos Sánchez Derlis González Yeferson Soteldo Felipe Aguilar Christian Cueva Bryan Ruiz Fernando Uribe São Paulo Joao Rojas Robert Arboleda Gonzalo Carneiro Juanfran Vasco da Gama Raúl Cáceres Oswaldo Henríquez Fredy Guarin (dn) = Player holding Brazilian dual nationality.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentVasco da Gama Marcos Valadares End of caretaker tenure12 May20th Vanderlei Luxemburgo13 MayFlamengo Abel Braga Resigned29 May6th Marcelo Salles (caretaker)29 May Marcelo Salles End of caretaker tenure1 June4th Jorge Jesus1 JuneAvaí Geninho Sacked17 June20th Alberto Valentim18 JuneCSA Marcelo Cabo 30 June19th Argel Fucks2 JulyChapecoense Ney Franco 24 July19th Emerson Cris (caretaker)24 July Emerson Cris End of caretaker tenure16 September19th Marquinhos Santos16 SeptemberGoiás Claudinei Oliveira Resigned4 August12th4 August Robson Gomes End of caretaker tenure7 August12th Ney Franco7 AugustCruzeiro Mano Menezes Resigned8 August18th Rogério Ceni11 AugustFortaleza Rogério CeniSigned by Cruzeiro11 August14th Zé Ricardo12 AugustFluminense Fernando Diniz Sacked19 August18th Oswaldo de Oliveira20 AugustPalmeiras Luiz Felipe Scolari2 September5th Mano Menezes 3 SeptemberSão Paulo CucaResigned26 September6th Fernando Diniz 26 SeptemberCruzeiro Rogério CeniSacked16th Abel Braga 27 SeptemberFortaleza Zé Ricardo 27 September15th Rogério Ceni29 SeptemberFluminense16th Marcão 27 SeptemberCeará Enderson Moreira1 October15th Adílson Batista2 OctoberBotafogo Eduardo Barroca6 October12th Alberto Valentim11 OctoberInternacional Odair Hellmann10 October6th Ricardo Colbachini (caretaker)10 OctoberAvaí Alberto ValentimSigned by Botafogo11 October19th Evando11 OctoberAtlético Mineiro Rodrigo SantanaSacked13 October11th Vágner Mancini14 OctoberInternacional Ricardo Colbachini End of caretaker tenure21 October6th Zé Ricardo21 OctoberCorinthians Fábio Carille Sacked3 November8th Dyego Coelho (caretaker)3 NovemberAthletico Paranaense Tiago Nunes Signed by Corinthians (to 2020)5 November6th5 NovemberCeará Adílson BatistaSacked27 November16th Argel Fucks29 NovemberCSA Argel FucksSigned with Ceará29 November18th Jacozinho (caretaker)Cruzeiro Abel Braga Sacked29 November17th Adílson Batista29 NovemberPalmeiras Mano Menezes 1 December3rd Andrey Lopes (caretaker)2 December
Standings League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gabriel BarbosaFlamengo252 Bruno HenriqueFlamengo213 Eduardo SashaSantos14 GilbertoBahia5 Giorgian De ArrascaetaFlamengo13 EveraldoChapecoense Wellington PaulistaFortaleza8 Thiago GalhardoCeará12 Carlos SánchezSantos10 EvertonGrêmio11
Source: Globoesporte.com
Assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Giorgian De ArrascaetaFlamengo142 DuduPalmeiras113 Carlos SánchezSantos94 Gabriel BarbosaFlamengo8 RonyAthletico Paranaense6 Éverton RibeiroFlamengo7 ClaysonCorinthians8 RicardinhoCeará6 JuninhoFortaleza AlissonGrêmio LuanGrêmio AntonySão Paulo
Source: Soccerway.com
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. Giorgian De Arrascaeta Flamengo Goiás 6–1 14 July 2019 Gilberto Bahia Flamengo 3–0 4 August 2019 Thiago Galhardo Ceará Chapecoense 4–1 10 August 2019 Luiz Adriano Palmeiras Fluminense 3–0 10 September 2019 Bruno Henrique Flamengo Corinthians 4–1 3 November 2019 Bruno Henrique Flamengo Ceará 4–1 27 November 2019
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Tiago VolpiSão Paulo15 CássioCorinthians2 ÉversonSantos14 Douglas FriedrichBahia5 Diego AlvesFlamengo13 WevertonPalmeiras7 FábioCruzeiro12 Paulo VictorGrêmio SantosAthletico Paranaense10 Marcelo LombaInternacional11 Fernando MiguelVasco da Gama TadeuGoiás Source: FBref.com
Average home attendances Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Team 1 Flamengo Maracanã 191,045,477 55,025 2 Fortaleza Castelão 19626,99633,000 3 Corinthians Arena Corinthians 19624,26132,856 4 São Paulo Morumbi 19559,203 29,432 5 Palmeiras Allianz Parque 19531,26927,962 6 Bahia Fonte Nova 19500,43926,339 7 Ceará Castelão 19494,19126,010 8 Cruzeiro Mineirão 19426,33522,439 9 Vasco da Gama São Januário 19388,52320,449 10 Fluminense Maracanã 19383,97720,20911 Internacional Beira-Rio 19376,65519,824 12 Grêmio Arena do Grêmio 19316,30916,648 13 Botafogo Nilton Santos 19302,51215,922 14 Atletico Mineiro Independência 19289,86115,256 15 Athletico Paranaense Arena da Baixada 19287,18215,115 16 Goiás Serra Dourada 19256,62513,507 17 CSA Rei Pelé 19203,41910,706 18 Santos Vila Belmiro 19195,83010,307 19 Avaí Ressacada 19146,3847,704 20 Chapecoense Arena Condá 19114,0716,004 – Total 3808,069,52821,236
Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Best Coach Jorge Jesus Flamengo Bola de Prata Best Coach Jorge Jesus Flamengo Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Best Newcomer Michael Goiás Bola de Prata Best Newcomer Michael Goiás Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Best Player Bruno Henrique Flamengo Bola de Ouro Best Player Gabriel Barbosa Flamengo Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Goal of the Season Giorgian De Arrascaeta Flamengo
Série A Team of the YearGoalkeeper Santos (Athletico Paranaense)Defence Rafinha (Flamengo) Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo) Pablo Marí (Flamengo) Filipe Luís (Flamengo)Midfield Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo) Gerson (Flamengo) Bruno Guimarães (Athletico Paranaense) Éverton Ribeiro (Flamengo)Attack Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) Bruno Henrique (Flamengo)
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