Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	Sao Paulo FC
Cup winners	CR Flamengo
Relegated	AA Ponte Preta , Fortaleza EC , AD Sao Caetano , Santa Cruz FC
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1030  (ø 2.71 per game)
spectator	4,587,834  (ø 12,073 per game)
Top scorer	Souza (17 goals)
← Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2007 →
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2006 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006 was the 50th season of the Brazilian Série A .

Season course

The Série A started its new season on April 15, 2006 and ended on December 3, 2006. The number of participants was reduced from 22 to 20 in the previous season. Because of this, there were only two promoters.

After the season, as every year, awards were given to the best players of the year. At the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , Rogério Ceni was named the best player of the season by São Paulo FC. Renato Abreu from CR Flamengo became the fan favorite . The " Golden Ball ", awarded by the sports magazine Placar , went to Lucas Leiva from Grêmio . The top scorer with 20 goals was Souza from Paraná Clube .

table

If there is a tie in the table, the following criteria result in the placement:

1. Number of victories
2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals scored
4. Direct comparison
5. Number of red cards
6. Number of yellow cards

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Sao Paulo FC	38	23	08th	07th	66:32	+ 34	78
02.	SC Internacional	38	20th	09	09	52:36	+ 16	69
03.	Gremio Porto Alegre (N)	38	20th	07th	11	64:45	+ 19	67
04th	FC Santos	38	18th	10	10	57:36	+ 21	64
05.	Paraná Clube	38	18th	06th	14th	56:49	+ 07	60
06th	CR Vasco da Gama	38	15th	14th	09	57:50	+ 07	59
07th	Figueirense FC	38	15th	12	11	52:44	+ 08	57
08th.	Goiás EC	38	15th	10	13	63:49	+ 14	55
09.	SC Corinthians (M)	38	15th	08th	15th	41:45	- 04th	53
10.	Cruzeiro EC	38	14th	11	13	52:45	+ 07	53
11.	CR Flamengo 1	38	15th	07th	16	44:48	- 04th	52
12.	Botafogo FR	38	13	12	13	52:50	+ 02	51
13.	Athletico Paranaense	38	13	09	16	61:62	- 01	48
14th	EC Juventude	38	13	08th	17th	44:54	- 10	47
15th	Fluminense FC	38	11	12	15th	48:58	- 10	45
16.	SE Palmeiras	38	12	08th	18th	58:70	- 12	44
17th	AA Ponte Preta	38	10	07th	19th	45:65	- 20	39
18th	Fortaleza EC	38	09	13	16	39:62	- 23	38
19th	AD Sao Caetano	38	09	11	18th	37:53	- 16	36
20th	Santa Cruz FC (N)	38	07th	07th	24	41:75	- 34	28

	Qualified for the first round of the Copa Libertadores 2007 and the Copa Sudamericana 2007
	Qualified for the second round of the 2007 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified for the first round of the 2007 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified for the second round of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana
	Relegated to the Série B
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

¹ Qualified as the 2006 cup winners for the first round of the 2007 Copa Libertadores

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Souza	Goiás EC	17 goals
2		Beto Acosta	Náutico capibaribe	19 goals
3		Kléber Pereira	FC Santos	16 goals
4th		Dodô	Botafogo FR	15 goals
5		Leandro Amaral	Vasco da Gama	14 goals
6th		Carlinhos Bala	Sport Recife	13 goals
		Paulo Baier	Goiás EC

List of football top scorers Série A (Brazil)

Web links

• Série A 2006 - Summary on rsssfbrasil.com