The 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 was the 14th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, the top level of women's football in Brazil, and the 10th edition in a Série A1 since its establishment in 2016. The tournament was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It started on 12 February and ended on 3 October 2026.
Corinthians were the defending champions.
Format In the group stage, each team played once against the other seventeen teams. The top eight teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
Teams
Eighteen teams competed in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the 2025 Série A2 (Atlético Mineiro, Botafogo, and Santos) On 29 December 2025, however, Fortaleza announced the end of their women's football department, and two days later, Real Brasília announced their withdrawal from the competition due to the lack of funds.
On 8 January 2026, CBF announced that Mixto and Vitória would take Fortaleza and Real Brasília's vacant spots.
Pos.Relegated from 2025 Série A115th3B da Amazônia16th
Pos.Promoted from 2025 Série A21stSantos2ndBotafogo4thAtlético Mineiro5thVitória6thMixto
Number of teams by state Numberof teams State Team(s)6 Corinthians, Ferroviária, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos and São Paulo3 América Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense Grêmio, Internacional and Juventude2 Bahia and Vitória1 Mixto
Stadiums and locations TeamLocationStadiumCapacity América MineiroBelo HorizonteArena Independência 23,018Arena Frimisa (Santa Luzia)3,200Castor Cifuentes (Nova Lima)15,000 Atlético MineiroBelo HorizonteArena MRV 44,892Arena do Jacaré (Sete Lagoas)19,998Arena Gregorão 4,000 BahiaSalvadorArena Fonte Nova50,025Pituaçu 32,158Arena Cajueiro (Feira de Santana)7,000 BotafogoRio de JaneiroNilton Santos 44,000 CorinthiansSão PauloParque São Jorge 18,500Neo Química Arena 47,605Canindé21,004 CruzeiroBelo HorizonteArena do Jacaré (Sete Lagoas) 19,998 FerroviáriaAraraquaraFonte Luminosa 21,441 FlamengoRio de JaneiroLuso Brasileiro 6,000 FluminenseRio de JaneiroLuso Brasileiro 6,000 GrêmioPorto AlegreFrancisco Novelleto Neto 10,600 InternacionalPorto AlegreSESC Protásio Alves 2,800 JuventudeCaxias do SulAlfredo Jaconi21,680Homero Soldatelli (Flores da Cunha) 1,500Montanha dos Vinhedos (Bento Gonçalves)15,269 MixtoCuiabáDutrinha 9,000 PalmeirasSão PauloAllianz Parque43,713Arena Barueri 31,452 Red Bull BragantinoBragança PaulistaCícero de Souza Marques 12,000CPD Atibaia (Atibaia)1,500Benitão (Rio Claro)8,136 SantosSantosVila Belmiro 16,068Nogueirão (Mogi das Cruzes)14,384 São PauloSão PauloMarcelo Portugal Gouvêa 2,000 VitóriaSalvadorPituaçu 32,158Barradão34,535
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt main sponsor América Mineiro Jorge Victor Mimi Volt Sport Prefeitura Municipal de Conceição do Mato Dentro Atlético Mineiro Fabiana Guedes Hingredy Nike H2bet, Guidance Bahia Felipe Freitas Cássia Puma Foxlux Botafogo Léo Goulart Michelle Lopes Mizuno VBet Corinthians Emily Lima Duda Sampaio Nike Esporte da Sorte Cruzeiro Jonas Urias Byanca Brasil Adidas Betnacional, Neutrox Ferroviária Léo Mendes Nicoly Lupo Sport Galera.bet, Amil, Hopi Hari Flamengo Celso Silva Djeni Adidas Betano, Cinbal Fluminense Saulo Silva Débora Sorriso Puma Superbet, Fecomércio RJ Grêmio Jéssica de Lima Camila Pini New Balance Internacional Maurício Salgado Sorriso Adidas Juventude Luciano Brandalise Limpia Fretes 19treze Mixto Adilson Galdino Isabela Mello Tubarão Sports Conheça Mato Grosso Palmeiras Rosana Bia Zaneratto Puma Sportingbet Red Bull Bragantino Humberto Simão Ana Carla Puma Red Bull Santos Marcelo Frigerio Carol Baiana Umbro São Paulo Thiago Viana Tayla New Balance Superbet Vitória Rodrigo Campos Mariana Pires Volt Sport 7K, Skokka
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Positionin table Replaced by Date of appointment Corinthians Lucas Piccinato Sacked 21 February 2026 3rd Emily Lima 24 February 2026 Grêmio Cyro Leães 16 March 2026 16th Jéssica de Lima 17 March 2026 Vitória Marcos Carvalho 3 April 2026 17th Rodrigo Campos 26 June 2026Santos Caio Couto24 April 202611th Marcelo Frigerio 25 April 2026
Interim managers 1. Anderson Magalhães was interim manager in the 6th and 8th–12th rounds. 2. Bruno Barbosa was interim manager in the 8th round.
Group stage In the group stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 16).
Group A
Positions by round
Results
Results by round
Final stages Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 17). Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used in final stages.
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Overall goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 22).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Group B
São Paulo advanced to the semi-finals.
Group C
Corinthians advanced to the semi-finals.
Group D
Bahia advanced to the semi-finals.
Group E
Flamengo advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals
Group F
São Paulo advanced to the finals.
Group G
Corinthians advanced to the finals.
Finals
Group H
Season statistics As of 26 May 2026
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Marília FurielCruzeiro112 Bia ZanerattoPalmeiras93 RaquelBahia84 BrenaPalmeiras7 Gabi ZanottiCorinthians Giovanna CrivelariSão Paulo JhonsonCorinthians Rafa MineiraRed Bull Bragantino
Assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Andressa AlvesCorinthians5 GláuciaPalmeiras2 Gabi ZanottiCorinthians4 Raquel FernandesFluminense5 Belén AquinoCorinthians3 Bia ZanerattoPalmeiras Mariana SantosFerroviária Rafa Mineira [pt]Red Bull Bragantino
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Gabi BarbieriInternacional62 KemelliFluminense53 Katherine TapiaPalmeiras4 CarlinhaSão Paulo LucianaFerroviária6 RaissaGrêmio3 Taty AmaroSantos Maike Weber [pt]Atlético Mineiro
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstPlacarDataRef. Tainá MaranhãoPalmeirasAtlético Mineiro4–1 (A)11 May 2026
Discipline Most yellow cardsTotalMost red cardsTotalRef.Player Leidiane (Grêmio)614 players1ClubAtlético Mineiro369 teams2
Attendance
Average home attendances Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance. +Regular seasonRankTeam1Corinthians611,3175,0811901,8862Santos68,5922,9222101,4323Palmeiras77,3064,244911,0434Cruzeiro66,1221,8566741,0205Grêmio51,7197541383436Mixto51,6559321003317Ferroviária61,7444611552908Internacional61,6276101112719Atlético Mineiro61,51960510325310Bahia71,6459202023511São Paulo71,2914527018412Flamengo61,0553269817513Juventude58222503216414Red Bull Bragantino71,1183682215915Botafogo69163803715216América Mineiro1147147014717Vitória44451795111118Fluminense665318767108Total10249,9635,08120487
Highest attendances +Regular seasonRankHome teamScoreAway teamAttendanceDateStadium1Corinthians2–2Fluminense5 08120 February 2026Neo Quimica Arena2Palmeiras6–0Vitória4 24422 March 2026Allianz Parque3Corinthians4–0América Mineiro4 14723 March 2026Neo Quimica Arena4Santos0–3Internacional2 9221 May 2026Vila Belmiro5Santos1–1Atlético Mineiro2 46620 April 2026Vila Belmiro6Santos2–1Grêmio2 00616 February 2026Vila Belmiro7Cruzeiro3–1Atlético Mineiro1 85614 March 2026Arena do Jacaré8Palmeiras0–0Santos1 46927 April 2026Allianz Parque9Cruzeiro1–2Internacional1 09821 April 2026Arena do Jacaré10Cruzeiro1–1Santos97123 February 2026Arena do Jacaré
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