The 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the 70th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 24th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition began on 28 January and will end on 2 December 2026, including a month-and-a-half long break for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The top five teams as well as the 2026 Copa do Brasil champions and runner-up will qualify for the 2027 Copa Libertadores, a change from previous years when the top six teams and only the Copa do Brasil champions qualified. Meanwhile, the next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores will qualify for the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, and the last four will be relegated to Série B for 2027.
Flamengo are the defending champions, having won their eighth title in the previous season. Officially named Brasileirão Betano 2026 for sponsorship reasons, the sponsorship ended due to the Provisional Measure 1394/2026 in September.
Teams Twenty teams compete in the league: the top 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Série B.
Coritiba became the first club to be promoted on 15 November 2025, after a 0–0 home draw against Athletic-MG. Athletico Paranaense, Chapecoense and Remo all achieved promotion in the last round, on 23 November. Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba returned to Série A after one and two seasons, respectively, Chapecoense returned to the top flight after a four-year absence, and Remo returned to the top flight after a 32-year absence.
Pos.Relegated from 2025 Série A17thCeará18thFortaleza19thJuventude20thSport
Pos.Promoted from 2025 Série B1stCoritiba2ndAthletico Paranaense3rdChapecoense4thRemo
Number of teams by state State Team(s)6 Corinthians, Mirassol, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos and São Paulo4 Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama2 Bahia and Vitória Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba Grêmio and Internacional1 Remo Chapecoense
Stadiums and locations Team Location State Stadium Turf CapacityAthletico ParanaenseCuritibaArena da BaixadaArtificial 42,372Atlético MineiroBelo HorizonteArena MRVArtificial 44,892BahiaSalvadorCasa de Apostas Arena Fonte NovaNatural 50,052BotafogoRio de JaneiroOlímpico Nilton SantosArtificial 44,661ChapecoenseChapecóArena CondáArtificial 20,089CorinthiansSão PauloNeo Química ArenaHybrid 47,252CoritibaCuritibaCouto PereiraNatural 40,502CruzeiroBelo HorizonteMineirãoNatural 66,658FlamengoRio de JaneiroMaracanãHybrid 78,838FluminenseGrêmioPorto AlegreArena do GrêmioHybrid 60,540InternacionalBeira-RioNatural 49,055MirassolMirassolCampos MaiaNatural 14,534PalmeirasSão PauloNubank ParqueArtificial 43,713Red Bull BragantinoBragança PaulistaCícero de Souza MarquesNatural 12,000RemoBelémMangueirão Natural 53,645SantosSantosVila BelmiroNatural 16,068 São PauloSão PauloMorumBISNatural 66,671Vasco da GamaRio de JaneiroSão JanuárioNatural 24,584VitóriaSalvadorBarradãoNatural 30,793
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerMain sponsorOther sponsors Athletico Paranaense Odair Hellmann Santos Umbro Viva Sorte Bet Atlético Mineiro Eduardo Domínguez Everson Nike H2Bet Bahia Rogério Ceni Éverton Ribeiro Puma Viva Sorte Bet Botafogo Tite Alex Telles Mizuno Vbet Chapecoense Rafael Lacerda Eduardo Doma Kappa Aurora Corinthians Fernando Diniz Rodrigo Garro Nike Esportes da Sorte Coritiba Fernando Seabra Sebastián Gómez Diadora Cruzeiro Artur Jorge Lucas Silva Adidas Betfair Flamengo Leonardo Jardim Bruno Henrique Adidas Betano Fluminense Marcão (caretaker) Samuel Xavier Puma Superbet Grêmio Renato Gaúcho Walter Kannemann New Balance Internacional Eduardo Baptista Alan Patrick Adidas Mirassol Rafael Guanaes Reinaldo Athleta Guaraná Poty Palmeiras Abel Ferreira Gustavo Gómez Puma Sportingbet Red Bull Bragantino Vagner Mancini Cleiton Puma Red Bull Remo Thiago Carpini Marllon Volt Sport ObaBet Santos Cuca Neymar Umbro São Paulo Dorival Júnior Jonathan Calleri New Balance Superbet Vasco da Gama Pedro Emanuel Thiago Mendes Nike Betfair Vitória Jair Ventura Gabriel Baralhas Volt Sport Bet7K
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Coaching changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentRefCoritiba MozartEnd of contract28 November 2025Pre-season Fernando Seabra8 December 2025Remo Guto Ferreira2 December 2025 Juan Carlos Osorio17 December 2025Internacional Abel BragaMoved to director role8 December 2025 Paulo Pezzolano18 December 2025Grêmio Mano MenezesEnd of contract9 December 2025 Luís Castro12 December 2025Cruzeiro Leonardo JardimResigned15 December 2025 Tite16 December 2025Botafogo Davide Ancelotti17 December 2025 Martín Anselmi22 December 2025Atlético Mineiro Jorge SampaoliMutual agreement12 February 202614th Lucas Gonçalves (caretaker)12 February 2026Vasco da Gama Fernando DinizSacked22 February 202617th Bruno Lazaroni (caretaker)22 February 2026Atlético Mineiro Lucas GonçalvesEnd of caretaker spell25 February 202617th Eduardo Domínguez24 February 2026Remo Juan Carlos OsorioSacked1 March 202616th Flávio Garcia (caretaker)1 March 2026Flamengo Filipe Luís3 March 202611th Leonardo Jardim4 March 2026Vasco da Gama Bruno LazaroniEnd of caretaker spell20th Renato Gaúcho3 March 2026Remo Flávio Garcia5 March 202616th Léo Condé5 March 2026São Paulo Hernán CrespoSacked9 March 20262nd Roger Machado10 March 2026Cruzeiro Tite15 March 202619th Wesley Carvalho (caretaker)15 March 2026Santos Juan Pablo Vojvoda19 March 202616th Cuca19 March 2026Cruzeiro Wesley CarvalhoEnd of caretaker spell22 March 202620th Artur Jorge22 March 2026Botafogo Martín AnselmiSacked15th Rodrigo Bellão (caretaker) Rodrigo BellãoEnd of caretaker spell2 April 202612th Franclim Carvalho2 April 2026Chapecoense Gilmar Dal PozzoSacked3 April 202618th Celso Rodrigues (caretaker)4 April 2026 Celso RodriguesEnd of caretaker spell5 April 202617th Fábio Matias5 April 2026Corinthians Dorival JúniorSacked16th Fernando Diniz6 April 2026São Paulo Roger Machado13 May 20264th Dorival Júnior15 May 2026Chapecoense Fábio Matias25 May 202620th Rafael Lacerda26 May 2026Vasco Renato GaúchoMutual agreement18 June 202617th Pedro Emanuel10 July 2026Fluminense Luis ZubeldíaSacked13 August 20264th Marcão (caretaker)13 August 2026Botafogo Franclim Carvalho18 August 202611th Rodrigo Bellão (caretaker)18 August 2026Grêmio Luís Castro13 September 202616th Renato Gaúcho14 September 2026Remo Léo Condé15 September 202619th Thiago Carpini16 September 2026Botafogo Rodrigo BellãoEnd of caretaker spell16 September 202614th TiteInternacional Paulo PezzolanoSacked20 September 202618th Eduardo Baptista23 September 2026 Notes
Foreign players The clubs can have a maximum of nine foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.
Players marked in bold indicate they are registered during mid-season transfer window. Players marked in italics indicate they had left their respective clubs during mid-season transfer window.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10 Player 11 Player 12 Player 13 Former players Athletico Paranaense Bruno Zapelli Gastón Benavídez Lucas Esquivel Alejandro García Carlos Terán Jorge Rivaldo Juan Felipe Aguirre Juan Portilla Kerwin Vargas Kevin Viveros Stiven Mendoza Maksym Voronov Gonzalo Mastriani Atlético Mineiro Tomás Cuello Kevin Castaño Mateo Casierra Alan Franco Alan Minda Ángelo Preciado Mamady Cissé Thiago Borbas Júnior Alonso Iván Román Bahia Alejo Véliz Guido Herrera Lautaro López Mateo Sanabria Román Gómez Marco Moreno Cristian Olivera Michel Araújo Nicolás Acevedo Santiago Ramos Mingo Botafogo Domingos Andrade Álvaro Montoro Cristian Medina Jhoan Hernández Jordan Barrera Cristhian Loor Hakim Ziyech Kadir Barría Lucas Villalba Mateo Ponte Nahuel Ferraresi Alexander Barboza Chris Ramos Bastos Joaquín Correa Santiago Rodríguez Chapecoense Yannick Bolasie Dylan Borrero Franco Rossi Kevin Ramírez Walter Clar Corinthians Rodrigo Garro Jesse Lingard Zakaria Labyad Memphis Depay André Carrillo Pedro Milans Coritiba Alejandro Ararat Sebastián Gómez Josué Pesqueira Brian Ocampo Joaquín Lavega Cruzeiro Gabriel Rojas Lucas Romero Lucas Villalba Luis Sinisterra Néiser Villarreal Keny Arroyo Fabrizio Peralta Luciano Rodríguez Matías Viña Flamengo Agustín Rossi Joaquín Freitas Erick Pulgar Jorge Carrascal Anthony Valencia Gonzalo Plata Saúl Giorgian de Arrascaeta Guillermo Varela Nicolás de la Cruz Fluminense Germán Cano Juan Pablo Freytes Luciano Acosta Rodrigo Castillo Julián Millán Kevin Serna Agustín Canobbio Jefferson Savarino Yeferson Soteldo Facundo Bernal David Terans Grêmio Cristian Pavon Juan Nardoni Jovane Cabral José Enamorado Filip Krovinović Martin Braithwaite Francis Amuzu Fabián Balbuena Mathías Villasanti Erick Noriega Leonel Pérez Miguel Monsalve Internacional Alexandro Bernabei Braian Aguirre Gabriel Mercado Rodrigo Villagra Guillermo Maripán Johan Carbonero Félix Torres Benjamin Arhin Antonio Sanabria Sergio Rochet Rafael Santos Borré Alan Rodríguez Mirassol Lucas Mugni Antonio Galeano Palmeiras Agustín Giay Alexander Barboza José Manuel López Miguel Bilong Jhon Arias Gustavo Gómez Ramón Sosa Emiliano Martínez Joaquín Piquerez Red Bull Bragantino José María Herrera Henry Mosquera Andrés Hurtado Isidro Pitta Agustín Sant'Anna Guzmán Rodríguez Ignacio Sosa Remo Duplexe Tchamba Antonio Galeano Cristian Tassano Franco Catarozzi Nicolás Ferreira Panagiotis Tachtsidis João Pedro Diego Hernández Víctor Cantillo Braian Cufré Rafael Monti Santos Álvaro Barreal Benjamín Rollheiser Gonzalo Escobar Miguel Terceros Christian Oliva Gustavo Caballero Nicola Profeta Tomás Rincón Lautaro Díaz Adonis Frías São Paulo Enzo Díaz Jonathan Calleri Robert Arboleda Damián Bobadilla Aurélio Buta Cédric Soares Domingos Duarte Alan Franco Gonzalo Tapia Vasco da Gama Loide Augusto Alan Lescano Claudio Spinelli Facundo Colidio Santiago Sosa Andrés Gómez Carlos Cuesta Johan Rojas Marino Hinestroza Nuno Moreira Alan Saldivia Puma Rodríguez Vitória Diego Tarzia Emanuel Brítez Emmanuel Martínez Tomás Pochettino Kike Saverio Rúben Ismael Renzo López Aitor Cantalapiedra
Dual nationality Players who are Brazilian nationals but also hold dual citizenship or represent another FIFA nation in international football are not regarded as foreign players and do not take up a foreign player slot.
Lucas Monzón (Botafogo) Miguel Carvalho (Chapecoense) Kaique Kenji (Cruzeiro) Wanderson (Cruzeiro) Jorginho (Flamengo) Matheus Reis (Fluminense) Walter Kannemann (Grêmio) Niclas Eliasson (Internacional) Chico Kim (Mirassol) Maurício (Palmeiras) Rafael Tolói (São Paulo) Carlos Coronel (São Paulo) Lucas Piton (Vasco da Gama)
Standings League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Rank !Player !Club !Goals |- |1 | align="left" | Kevin Viveros | align="left" |Athletico Paranaense |18 |- |2 | align="left" | Pedro | align="left" |Flamengo |16 |- |3 | align="left" | Gabriel Barbosa | align="left" |Santos |13 |- |4 | align="left" | Carlos Vinícius | align="left" |Grêmio |10 |- |rowspan="7"|5 | align="left" | Samuel Lino | align="left" |Flamengo |rowspan="7"|9 |- | align="left" | Matheus Pereira | align="left" |Cruzeiro |- | align="left" | Danilo Santos | align="left" |Botafogo |- | align="left" | John Kennedy | align="left" |Fluminense |- | align="left" | Luciano | align="left" |São Paulo |- | align="left" | Luciano Juba | align="left" |Bahia |- | align="left" | Renê | align="left" |Vitória |} Source: Soccerway
Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate Ref. Carlos Vinícius Grêmio Botafogo5–3 (H) 4 February 2026 Ferreira São Paulo Cruzeiro4–1 (H) 4 April 2026 Arthur Cabral Botafogo Corinthians3–1 (H) 17 May 2026
Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Rank !Player !Club !Assists |- |1 | align="left" | Josué Pesqueira