The 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 64th season of the , the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 18th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition was originally scheduled to begin on 3 May and end on 6 December, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled, starting on 8 August 2020 and ending on 25 February 2021.
The top six teams as well as the 2020 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 2021. The match ball for the 2020 season was the Nike Merlin CBF 2020, which was presented by the Brazilian Football Confederation on 31 January 2020. Flamengo successfully defended the title, winning their seventh championship on the last day of the season despite losing 2–1 to São Paulo, after Internacional drew with Corinthians at home by a 0–0 score.
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.
Red Bull Bragantino became the first club to be promoted, assured of a return to the top flight after 22 years of absence following a 3–1 win against Guarani on 5 November 2019.
Sport was promoted on 20 November, making an immediate return to the first division after a season away.
The final two teams to be promoted were Coritiba and Atlético Goianiense, on 30 November, both returning after a two-year absence.
Pos.Relegated from 2019 Série A17Cruzeiro18CSA19Chapecoense20Avaí
Pos.Promoted from 2019 Série B1Red Bull Bragantino2Sport3Coritiba4Atlético Goianiense
Number of teams by state Number of teams State Team(s)5 Corinthians, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos and São Paulo4 Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama2 Ceará and Fortaleza Atlético Goianiense and Goiás Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba Grêmio and Internacional1 Bahia Atlético Mineiro Sport
Stadiums and locations Team Location State Stadium CapacityAthletico ParanaenseCuritibaArena da Baixada 42,372Atlético GoianienseGoiâniaAntônio Accioly 12,500Atlético MineiroBelo HorizonteMineirão 61,846BahiaSalvadorPituaçu 32,157BotafogoRio de JaneiroOlímpico Nilton Santos 44,661CearáFortalezaCastelão 63,903 CorinthiansSão PauloNeo Química Arena 47,605CoritibaCuritibaCouto Pereira 40,502FlamengoRio de JaneiroMaracanã 78,838FluminenseRio de JaneiroMaracanã 78,838FortalezaFortalezaCastelão 63,903GoiásGoiâniaEstádio da Serrinha 12,500GrêmioPorto AlegreArena do Grêmio 55,662InternacionalPorto AlegreBeira-Rio 50,128PalmeirasSão PauloAllianz Parque 43,713Red Bull BragantinoBragança PaulistaNabi Abi Chedid 17,128SantosSantosVila Belmiro 16,068 São PauloSão PauloMorumbi 72,039Sport RecifeIlha do Retiro32,983Vasco da GamaRio de JaneiroSão Januário 24,584
Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt main sponsor Athletico Paranaense Paulo Autuori Thiago Heleno Umbro VisitaARevolucao.com.br Atlético Goianiense Marcelo Cabo Gilvan Dragão Premium (club manufactured kit) None Atlético Mineiro Jorge Sampaoli Réver Le Coq Sportif Galo BMG Bahia Dado Cavalcanti Gregore Esquadrão (club manufactured kit) Casa de Apostas Botafogo Lúcio Flávio (caretaker) Gatito Fernández Kappa Gold Meat Ceará Guto Ferreira Luiz Otávio Vozão (club manufactured kit) estadium.bet Corinthians Vágner Mancini Cássio Nike Corinthians BMG Coritiba Gustavo Morínigo Rafinha 1909 (club manufactured kit) Paraná Banco Flamengo Rogério Ceni Éverton Ribeiro Adidas Banco BRB Fluminense Marcão Fred Umbro None Fortaleza Enderson Moreira Paulão Leão1918 (club manufactured kit) EsporteNet Goiás Augusto César Rafael Moura Gr33n (club manufactured kit) Marjo Sports Grêmio Renato Portaluppi Pedro Geromel Umbro Banrisul Internacional Abel Braga Edenílson Adidas Banrisul Palmeiras Abel Ferreira Felipe Melo Puma Crefisa Red Bull Bragantino Maurício Barbieri Léo Ortiz Nike Red Bull Santos Marcelo Fernandes (caretaker) Carlos Sánchez Umbro None São Paulo Marcos Vizolli (caretaker) Dani Alves Adidas Banco Inter Sport Jair Ventura Patric Umbro Galera.bet Vasco da Gama Vanderlei Luxemburgo Leandro Castán Kappa Vasco BMG
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 Athletico Paranaense Lucho González Felipe Aguilar Jaime Alvarado Atlético Goianiense Chicodn Atlético Mineiro Dylan Borrero Jefferson Savarino Júnior Alonso Alan Franco Matías Zaracho Eduardo Vargas Bahia Juan Ramírez Botafogo Gatito Fernández Federico Barrandeguy Alexander Lecaros Keisuke Honda Salomon Kalou Iván Angulo Ceará Corinthians Bruno Méndez Ángelo Araos Víctor Cantillo Rómulo Otero Juan Cazares Coritiba Martín Sarrafiore Ezequiel Cerutti Brayan Lucumí Flamengo Giorgian De Arrascaeta Mauricio Isla Richard Ríos Fluminense Marcos Paulodn Michel Araújo Fernando Pacheco Fortaleza Juan Quintero Mariano Vázquez Goiás Ariel Cabral Grêmio Walter Kannemann Diego Churín César Pinares Internacional Víctor Cuesta Paolo Guerrero Johnny Cardosodn Renzo Saravia Abel Hernández Leandro Fernández Palmeiras Gustavo Gómez Matías Viña Benjamín Kuscevic Red Bull Bragantino Leonardo Realpe Jan Hurtado César Haydar Tomás Cuello Santos Carlos Sánchez Yeferson Soteldo São Paulo Robert Arboleda Joao Rojas Gonzalo Carneiro Santiago Tréllez Juanfran Antonio Galeano Sport Leandro Barcia Vasco da Gama Germán Cano Martín Benítez Leonardo Gil Gustavo Torres (dn) = Player holding Brazilian dual nationality.
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentRefAtlético Goianiense Eduardo BarrocaResigned30 November 2019Pre-season Cristóvão Borges19 January 2020Internacional Zé RicardoEnd of contract8 December 2019 Eduardo Coudet16 December 2019Atlético Mineiro Vágner Mancini Rafael Dudamel2 January 2020Corinthians Dyego CoelhoEnd of caretaker tenure Tiago Nunes5 November 2019Athletico Paranaense Eduardo Barros Dorival Júnior27 December 2019Palmeiras Andrey Lopes9 December 2019 Vanderlei Luxemburgo15 December 2019Santos Jorge SampaoliResigned10 December 2019 Jesualdo Ferreira23 December 2019Fluminense MarcãoDemoted to assistant coach11 December 2019 Odair Hellmann11 December 2019Coritiba JorginhoEnd of contract12 December 2019 Eduardo Barroca20 December 2019Vasco da Gama Vanderlei Luxemburgo Abel Braga16 December 2019Red Bull Bragantino Antônio Carlos ZagoSigned by Kashima Antlers24 December 2019 Felipe Conceição26 January 2020Botafogo Alberto ValentimSacked9 February 2020 Paulo Autuori13 February 2020Ceará Argel Fucks Enderson Moreira9 February 2020Sport Guto Ferreira13 February 2020 Daniel Paulista15 February 2020Atlético Goianiense Cristóvão Borges25 February 2020 Vágner Mancini25 June 2020Atlético Mineiro Rafael Dudamel27 February 2020 Jorge Sampaoli1 March 2020Vasco da Gama Abel Braga16 March 2020 Ramon Menezes30 March 2020Ceará Enderson Moreira17 March 2020 Guto Ferreira17 March 2020Flamengo Jorge JesusSigned by Benfica17 July 2020 Domènec Torrent31 July 2020Santos Jesualdo FerreiraSacked5 August 2020 Cuca7 August 2020Coritiba Eduardo Barroca20 August 202020th Mozart (caretaker)20 August 2020Goiás Ney Franco18th Thiago Larghi21 August 2020Sport Daniel Paulista24 August 2020 18th Jair Ventura24 August 2020Coritiba MozartEnd of caretaker tenure 20th JorginhoAthletico Paranaense Dorival JúniorSacked 28 August 2020 10th Eduardo Barros (caretaker) 28 August 2020Red Bull Bragantino Felipe Conceição 31 August 2020 17th Marcinho (caretaker) 31 August 2020 Marcinho End of caretaker tenure 2 September 2020 17th Maurício Barbieri2 September 2020Bahia Roger Machado Sacked 12th Cláudio Prates (caretaker) Cláudio Prates End of caretaker tenure 9 September 2020 12th Mano Menezes 9 September 2020Corinthians Tiago Nunes Sacked 11 September 2020 13th Dyego Coelho (caretaker) 11 September 2020 Goiás Thiago Larghi 28 September 2020 20th Enderson Moreira 28 September 2020 Botafogo Paulo Autuori 1 October 2020 19th Bruno Lazaroni 1 October 2020 Vasco da Gama Ramon Menezes 8 October 2020 10th Ricardo Sá Pinto 14 October 2020 Atlético Goianiense Vágner Mancini Signed by Corinthians 12 October 2020 12th Eduardo Souza (caretaker) 12 October 2020 Corinthians Dyego Coelho End of caretaker tenure 12 October 2020 17th Vagner Mancini Palmeiras Vanderlei Luxemburgo Sacked 14 October 2020 7th Andrey Lopes (caretaker) 14 October 2020 Athletico Paranaense Eduardo Barros 22 October 2020 17th Paulo Autuori 22 October 2020 Coritiba Jorginho 25 October 2020 19th Rodrigo Santana 29 October 2020 Botafogo Bruno Lazaroni 28 October 2020 16th Ramón Díaz 5 November 2020 Palmeiras Andrey Lopes End of caretaker tenure 30 October 2020 7th Abel Ferreira 30 October 2020 Atlético Goianiense Eduardo Souza 7 November 2020 13th Marcelo Cabo 7 November 2020 Internacional Eduardo CoudetSigned by Celta de Vigo9 November 2020 1st Abel Braga 10 November 2020Flamengo Domènec TorrentSacked 3rd Rogério CeniFortaleza Rogério CeniSigned by Flamengo 11th Marcelo Chamusca 11 November 2020 Goiás Enderson MoreiraSacked 17 November 2020 20th Augusto César 17 November 2020 Botafogo Ramón DíazResigned 27 November 2020 16th Eduardo Barroca 27 November 2020Fluminense Odair Hellmann Signed by Al-Wasl 7 December 2020 5th Marcão 7 December 2020Coritiba Rodrigo Santana Sacked 13 December 2020 19th Pachequinho (caretaker) 13 December 2020 Bahia Mano Menezes 20 December 2020 16th Dado Cavalcanti 21 December 2020 Vasco da Gama Ricardo Sá Pinto 29 December 2020 17th Vanderlei Luxemburgo 31 December 2020 Coritiba PachequinhoEnd of caretaker tenure 31 December 2020 20th Gustavo Morínigo 6 January 2021 Fortaleza Marcelo Chamusca Sacked 7 January 2021 15th Enderson Moreira 7 January 2021 São Paulo Fernando Diniz 1 February 2021 4th Marcos Vizolli (caretaker) 1 February 2021 Botafogo Eduardo Barroca 6 February 2021 20th Lúcio Flávio (caretaker) 6 February 2021 Santos Cuca Mutual agreement 21 February 2021 8th Marcelo Fernandes (caretaker) 22 February 2021
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 ClaudinhoRed Bull Bragantino18 LucianoSão Paulo3 Thiago GalhardoInternacional17 MarinhoSantos5 Gabriel BarbosaFlamengo14 Germán CanoVasco da Gama7 Diego SouzaGrêmio13 PedroFlamengo VinaCeará10 BrennerSão Paulo11 Renato KayzerAtlético Goianiense / Athletico Paranaense Raphael VeigaPalmeiras Source: Soccerway
Assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Giorgian De ArrascaetaFlamengo9 KenoAtlético Mineiro VinaCeará4 YtaloRed Bull Bragantino85 Bruno HenriqueFlamengo7 EgídioFluminense MarinhoSantos8 Guilherme AranaAtlético Mineiro6 ClaudinhoRed Bull Bragantino Éverton RibeiroFlamengo Gabriel MeninoPalmeiras Léo ChúCeará ReinaldoSão Paulo Jefferson SavarinoAtlético Mineiro Source: Soccerway
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Marcelo LombaInternacional152 Felipe AlvesFortaleza12 SantosAthletico Paranaense4 CássioCorinthians11 Fernando MiguelVasco da Gama WevertonPalmeiras7 CleitonRed Bull Bragantino10 Luan PolliSport Tiago VolpiSão Paulo10 EversonSantos / Atlético Mineiro9 JeanAtlético Goianiense Source: FBref.com
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the monthRef.PlayerClubAugust Thiago GalhardoInternacionalSeptember MarinhoSantosOctober PedroFlamengoNovember LucianoSão PauloDecember BrennerSão PauloJanuary ClaudinhoRed Bull BragantinoFebruary Gabriel BarbosaFlamengo
Annual awards