The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Assaí 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 67th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 21nd edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition began on 15 April and ended on 6 December 2023.
The top six teams as well as the 2023 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 2024.
Defending champions Palmeiras won their twelfth league championship in this season, clinching the title on the final day of the season with a 1–1 draw against Cruzeiro.
Teams Twenty teams competed in the league: the top 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Série B.
Cruzeiro became the first club to be promoted on 21 September 2022 after a 3–0 win against Vasco da Gama. Grêmio were promoted on 23 October 2022, and Bahia and Vasco da Gama were promoted on 6 November 2022.
Pos.Relegated from 2022 Série A17thCeará18thAtlético Goianiense19thAvaí20thJuventude
Pos.Promoted from 2022 Série B1stCruzeiro2ndGrêmio3rdBahia4thVasco da Gama
Number of teams by state State Team(s)5 Corinthians, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino,Santos, and São Paulo4 Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, and Vasco da Gama3 América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro, and Cruzeiro2 Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba Grêmio and Internacional1 Bahia Fortaleza Goiás Cuiabá
Stadiums and locations Team Location State Stadium CapacityAmérica MineiroBelo HorizonteIndependência 23,018Athletico ParanaenseCuritibaLigga Arena 42,372Atlético MineiroBelo HorizonteArena MRV 44,892BahiaSalvadorItaipava Arena Fonte Nova 47,907BotafogoRio de JaneiroOlímpico Nilton Santos 44,661CorinthiansSão PauloNeo Química Arena 47,605CoritibaCuritibaCouto Pereira 40,502CruzeiroBelo HorizonteMineirão 61,927CuiabáCuiabáArena Pantanal 44,000FlamengoRio de JaneiroMaracanã 78,838FluminenseRio de JaneiroMaracanã 78,838FortalezaFortalezaCastelão 63,903GoiásGoiâniaSerrinha 14,450GrêmioPorto AlegreArena do Grêmio 55,225InternacionalPorto AlegreBeira-Rio 50,128PalmeirasSão PauloAllianz Parque 43,713Red Bull BragantinoBragança PaulistaNabi Abi Chedid 17,128SantosSantosVila Belmiro 16,068 São PauloSão PauloMorumbi 72,039Vasco da GamaRio de JaneiroSão Januário 24,584
Personnel and kits
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt main sponsor América Mineiro Diogo Giacomini (caretaker) Juninho Volt Sport Estrela Bet Athletico Paranaense Wesley Carvalho (caretaker) Thiago Heleno Umbro Esportes da Sorte Atlético Mineiro Luiz Felipe Scolari Rodrigo Battaglia Adidas Betano Bahia Rogério Ceni Kanu Esquadrão Esportes da Sorte Botafogo Tiago Nunes Fernando Marçal Reebok Parimatch Corinthians Mano Menezes Cássio Nike Neo Química Coritiba Guto Ferreira Henrique Sou 1909 Neodent Cruzeiro Paulo Autuori (caretaker) Rafael Cabral Adidas Betfair Cuiabá António Oliveira Walter Umbro Drebor Flamengo Tite Éverton Ribeiro Adidas Banco BRB Fluminense Fernando Diniz Nino Umbro Betano Fortaleza Juan Pablo Vojvoda Tinga Volt Sport Novibet Goiás Mário Henrique (caretaker) Tadeu Gr33n Esportes da Sorte Grêmio Renato Gaúcho Pedro Geromel Umbro Banrisul Internacional Eduardo Coudet Alan Patrick Adidas Banrisul Palmeiras Abel Ferreira Gustavo Gómez Puma Crefisa Red Bull Bragantino Pedro Caixinha Léo Ortiz New Balance Red Bull Santos Marcelo Fernandes (caretaker) Tomás Rincón Umbro Blaze São Paulo Dorival Júnior Rafinha Adidas Sportsbet.io Vasco da Gama Ramón Díaz Gary Medel Kappa Pixbet
Coaching changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentRefBahia Eduardo BarrocaEnd of contract6 November 2022Pre-season Renato Paiva6 December 2022Vasco da Gama Jorginho10 November 2022 Maurício Barbieri6 December 2022Red Bull Bragantino MarcinhoEnd of caretaker spell13 November 2022 Pedro Caixinha10 December 2022Santos Orlando Ribeiro Odair Hellmann16 November 2022Athletico Paranaense Luiz Felipe ScolariAppointed as club director Paulo Turra13 November 2022Corinthians Vítor PereiraContract ended Fernando Lázaro20 November 2022Goiás Jair Ventura Guto Ferreira10 December 2022Atlético Mineiro CucaMutual agreement14 November 2022 Eduardo Coudet19 November 2022Flamengo Dorival JúniorEnd of contract25 November 2022 Vítor Pereira13 December 2022Cuiabá António Oliveira5 December 2022 Ivo Vieira9 December 2022Coritiba Guto FerreiraSacked9 December 2022 António Oliveira13 December 2022Cruzeiro Paulo PezzolanoMutual agreement19 March 2023State leagues Pepa20 March 2023Goiás Guto FerreiraSacked10 April 2023 Emerson Ávila (caretaker)11 April 2023Flamengo Vítor Pereira11 April 2023 Mário Jorge (caretaker) Mário JorgeEnd of caretaker spell16 April 20232nd Jorge Sampaoli14 April 2023Coritiba António OliveiraSacked18 April 202319th Leomir de Souza (caretaker)18 April 2023São Paulo Rogério Ceni19 April 202314th Dorival Júnior20 April 2023Corinthians Fernando LázaroDemoted to assistant coach20 April 20236th CucaCoritiba Leomir de SouzaEnd of caretaker spell23 April 202319th Antônio Carlos Zago22 April 2023Corinthians CucaResigned27 April 202314th Danilo (caretaker)28 April 2023 DaniloEnd of caretaker spell1 May 202316th Vanderlei Luxemburgo1 May 2023Cuiabá Ivo VieiraSacked10 May 202317th Luiz Fernando Iubel (caretaker)10 May 2023 Luiz Fernando IubelEnd of caretaker spell13 May 202318th António Oliveira13 May 2023Goiás Emerson Ávila11 June 202317th Armando Evangelista9 June 2023Atlético Mineiro Eduardo CoudetResigned3rd Luiz Felipe Scolari16 June 2023Athletico Paranaense Paulo TurraSacked16 June 20237th Wesley Carvalho (caretaker)Santos Odair HellmannMutual agreement22 June 202313th Paulo Turra23 June 2023Vasco da Gama Maurício BarbieriSacked23 June 202319th William Batista (caretaker)Coritiba Antônio Carlos Zago27 June 202320th Thiago Kosloski27 June 2023Botafogo Luís CastroSigned by Al Nassr30 June 20231st Cláudio Caçapa (caretaker)1 July 2023 Cláudio CaçapaEnd of caretaker spell9 July 20231st Bruno Lage8 July 2023Vasco da Gama William Batista15 July 202319th Ramón Díaz15 July 2023Internacional Mano MenezesSacked17 July 202311th Eduardo Coudet19 July 2023Santos Paulo Turra6 August 202316th Diego Aguirre6 August 2023América Mineiro Vagner Mancini7 August 202320th Diogo Giacomini (caretaker)7 August 2023 Diogo GiacominiEnd of caretaker spell10 August 2023 Fabián Bustos9 August 2023Cruzeiro PepaSacked29 August 202312th Fernando Seabra (caretaker)29 August 2023 Fernando SeabraEnd of caretaker spell5 September 202312th Zé Ricardo5 September 2023Bahia Renato PaivaSacked6 September 202316th Rogério Ceni9 September 2023Santos Diego Aguirre15 September 202317th Marcelo Fernandes (caretaker)15 September 2023Corinthians Vanderlei Luxemburgo27 September 202311th Mano Menezes28 September 2023Flamengo Jorge Sampaoli28 September 20237th Mário Jorge (caretaker)Botafogo Bruno Lage3 October 20231st Lúcio Flávio (caretaker)3 October 2023Flamengo Mário JorgeEnd of caretaker spell9 October 20235th Tite9 October 2023América Mineiro Fabián BustosSacked9 November 202320th Diogo Giacomini (caretaker)9 November 2023Cruzeiro Zé Ricardo12 November 202317th Paulo Autuori (caretaker)14 November 2023Goiás Armando Evangelista14 November 202318th Mário Henrique (caretaker)Botafogo Lúcio Flávio2nd Tiago Nunes16 November 2023Coritiba Thiago Kosloski27 November 202319th Guto Ferreira27 November 2023 Notes
Foreign players The clubs can have a maximum of seven 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 Player 8 Player 9 América Mineiro Martín Benítez Gonzalo Mastriani Emmanuel Martínez Aloísio Javier Méndez Esteban Burgos Juan Cazares Washington Aguerre Athletico Paranaense Tomás Cuello Agustín Canobbio Luciano Arriagada Lucas Esquivel Arturo Vidal Bruno Zapelli Fernando Nava Atlético Mineiro Matías Zaracho Eduardo Vargas Cristian Pavón Renzo Saravia Mauricio Lemos Rodrigo Battaglia Alan Franco Bahia Lucas Mugni Nicolás Acevedo Camilo Cándido Botafogo Gatito Fernández Víctor Cuesta Jacob Montes Leonel Di Plácido Matías Segovia Diego Hernández Mateo Ponte Valentín Adamo Bastos Corinthians Víctor Cantillo Rafael Ramos Bruno Méndez Fausto Vera Ángel Romero Matías Rojas Coritiba Marcelino Moreno Benjamín Kuscevic Sebastián Gómez Islam Slimani Andreas Samaris Jesé Cruzeiro Helibelton Palacios Cuiabá Isidro Pitta Flamengo Giorgian de Arrascaeta Santiago Ocampos Erick Pulgar Guillermo Varela Agustín Rossi Fluminense Jhon Arias Germán Cano Yony González Leonardo Fernández Fortaleza Silvio Romero Emanuel Brítez Tomás Pochettino Juan Martín Lucero Gonzalo Escobar Tobias Figueiredo Kervin Andrade Imanol Machuca Goiás Julián Palacios Grêmio Walter Kannemann Mathías Villasanti Felipe Carballo Franco Cristaldo Luis Suárez Juan Iturbe Lucas Besozzi Freddy Noguera Internacional Gabriel Mercado Fabricio Bustos Carlos de Pena Nico Hernández Charles Aránguiz Enner Valencia Sergio Rochet Hugo Mallo Palmeiras Gustavo Gómez Joaquín Piquerez Eduard Atuesta José Manuel López Richard Ríos Red Bull Bragantino Leonardo Realpe José Hurtado Thiago Borbas Henry Mosquera Ignacio Laquintana Yani Quintero Santos Rodrigo Fernández Yeferson Soteldo Miguel Terceros Stiven Mendoza Julio Furch Tomás Rincón Maximiliano Silvera Alfredo Morelos São Paulo Robert Arboleda Jonathan Calleri Gabriel Neves Giuliano Galoppo Alan Franco Nahuel Ferraresi Jhegson Méndez Michel Araújo James Rodríguez Vasco da Gama José Luis Rodríguez Luca Orellano Manuel Capasso Gary Medel Sebastián Ferreira Pablo Vegetti Dimitri Payet
Players holding Brazilian dual nationality They do not take foreign slot.
Cicinho (Bahia) Diego Costa (Botafogo) Rodrigo Pinho (Coritiba) Raphael Guzzo (Goiás) João Pedro (Grêmio) Johnny Cardoso (Internacional) Wanderson (Internacional) João Moreira (São Paulo) Marcos Paulo (São Paulo)
Standings League table
Results
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 PaulinhoAtlético Mineiro202 Tiquinho SoaresBotafogo17 Luis SuárezGrêmio4 HulkAtlético Mineiro155 PedroFlamengo13 Marcos LeonardoSantos7 DeyversonCuiabá12 RobsonCoritiba Vitor RoqueAthletico Paranaense10 Eduardo SashaRed Bull Bragantino11 Gonzalo MastrianiAmérica Mineiro EndrickPalmeiras Source: Soccerway
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Luis SuárezGrêmio11 HulkAtlético Mineiro3 Cristian PavónAtlético Mineiro8 GersonFlamengo5 Jhon AriasFluminense7 Raphael VeigaPalmeiras GansoFluminense CaulyBahia9 Giorgian de ArrascaetaFlamengo6 Carlos EduardoBotafogo Guilherme MarquesGoiás Lucas EvangelistaBragantino MaykePalmeiras MaurícioInternacional ThacianoBahia Source: Soccerway
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 CleitonRed Bull Bragantino162 Rafael CabralCruzeiro15 Lucas PerriBotafogo WevertonPalmeiras5 EversonAtlético Mineiro146 RafaelSão Paulo137 FábioFluminense12 WalterCuiabá129 TadeuGoiás10 Source: FBref.com
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the monthRef.PlayerClubApril Tiquinho SoaresBotafogoMayJuneJulyAugust Raphael VeigaPalmeirasSeptember Pablo VegettiVasco da GamaOctober Alan PatrickInternacional
MonthYoung Player of the monthRef.PlayerClubApril BitelloGrêmioMay Lucas BeraldoSão PauloJune Victor HugoFlamengoJuly Vitor RoqueAthletico Paranaense
MonthHead Coach of the monthRef.CoachClubMay Luís CastroBotafogoJune Renato GaúchoGrêmioJuly António OliveiraCuiabáAugust Abel FerreiraPalmeirasSeptember Pedro CaixinhaRed Bull BragantinoOctober Team of the Year