2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A


The 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 62nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 15th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The season began on 14 April 2018 and ended on 2 December 2018. The top six teams as well as the 2018 Copa do Brasil champions qualified to 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 in 2019. Corinthians were the defending champions.

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.
América Mineiro became the first club to be promoted after a 1–2 win against Figueirense on 11 November 2017. Internacional was promoted on 14 November 2017, and Paraná and Ceará were promoted on 18 November 2017.

Number of teams by state

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro Juan Cazares Tomás Andrade Yimmi Chará David Terans Martín Rea
Atlético Paranaense Lucho González Anderson Plata
Bahia Agustín Allione
Botafogo Joel Carli Junior Fernández Leonardo Valencia Rodrigo Aguirre
Ceará Javier Reina Jown Cardona
Chapecoense Héctor Canteros Nery Bareiro Agustín Doffo Diego Torres Edgardo Orzuza
Corinthians Ángel Romero Emerson Sheik1 Sergio Díaz Ángelo Araos
Cruzeiro Giorgian De Arrascaeta Ariel Cabral Lucas Romero Federico Mancuello Hernán Barcos
Flamengo Gustavo Cuéllar Miguel Trauco Orlando Berrío Marlos Moreno Fernando Uribe Robert Piris Da Motta
Fluminense Guillermo de Amores Junior Sornoza Bryan Cabezas
Grêmio Walter Kannemann
Internacional Andrés D'Alessandro Nicolás López Víctor Cuesta Jonathan Álvez Martín Sarrafiore Paolo Guerrero
Palmeiras Miguel Borja Alejandro Guerra Nicolás Freire Gustavo Gómez
Paraná Marcelo Báez Jorge González
Santos Jonathan Copete Bryan Ruiz Carlos Sánchez Derlis González
São Paulo Santiago Tréllez Robert Arboleda Gonzalo Carneiro Joao Rojas
Sport
Vasco da Gama Martín Silva Maxi López Andrés Ríos Leandro Desábato Oswaldo Henríquez
Vitória Marcelo Meli Marcelo Benítez Walter Bou

League table

Results

Attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.
Team
1FlamengoMaracanã19895,64147,139
2São PauloMorumbi19652,08034,320
3PalmeirasAllianz Parque19614,76432,356
4CorinthiansArena Corinthians19595,97331,367
5CearáCastelão19533,48228,078
6InternacionalBeira-Rio19526,31927,701
7GrêmioArena do Grêmio19423,01622,264
8BahiaFonte Nova19366,98519,315
9Atletico MineiroIndependência19326,36317,177
10Vasco da GamaSão Januário19282,72014,880
11FluminenseMaracanã19274,70214,458
12CruzeiroMineirão19257,14613,534
13BotafogoNilton Santos19219,81111,569
14SportIlha do Retiro19217,13211,428
15SantosVila Belmiro19200,92510,575
16Atletico ParanaenseArena da Baixada19200,83010,570
17ChapecoenseArena Condá19178,4299,391
18VitóriaBarradão19174,4399,181
19ParanáVila Capanema19118,2186,222
20America MineiroIndependência1993,0434,897
Total3807,152,23518,821

Season statistics

Top scorers

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Assists

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Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

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Awards

Team of the year

Pos.PlayerClub
GK Marcelo LombaInternacional
DF MaykePalmeiras
DF Pedro GeromelGrêmio
DF Víctor CuestaInternacional
DF RenêFlamengo
MF Rodrigo DouradoInternacional
MF Bruno HenriquePalmeiras
MF Lucas PaquetáFlamengo
MF Giorgian De ArrascaetaCruzeiro
FW DuduPalmeiras
FW Gabriel BarbosaSantos

Annual awards

AwardWinnerClub
Manager of the Year Luiz Felipe ScolariPalmeiras
Player of the Year DuduPalmeiras
Goal of the Year Éverton Ribeiro, round 37 vs. Cruzeiro Flamengo
Fan-Selected Player of the Year Gustavo CuéllarFlamengo
Young Player of the Year PedroFluminense
Fair Play Team of the YearCorinthians
Referee of the Year Raphael Claus


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