Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2018

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
master	Palmeiras São Paulo (10th title)
Cup winners	Cruzeiro EC (6th title)
Climbers	América Mineiro SC Internacional Ceará SC Paraná Clube
Relegated	Sport Recife América Mineiro EC Vitória Paraná Clube
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	827  (ø 2.18 per game)
spectator	7,171,266  (ø 18,872 per game)
Top scorer	Gabriel Barbosa ( Santos FC ) - 18 goals
yellow cards	1836  (ø 4.83 per game)
Yellow and red cards	39  (ø 0.1 per game)
Red cards	62  (ø 0.16 per game)
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2018 ↓

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2018 was the 62nd season of the Brazilian Série A .

Atlético PR Bahia Ceará Chapecoense Paraná Clube Sports Vitória São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Belo de Horizonte Porto de Alegre Teams from Rio de Janeiro Botafogo Flamengo Fluminense Vasco Teams from São Paulo Corinthians Palmeiras São Paulo Santos Teams from Belo Horizonte América Mineiro Atlético MG Cruzeiro Teams from Porto Alegre Grêmio Internacional

An overview of the participating clubs

Season course

The Series A was launched on 14 April 2018 its new season and ended on 2 December 2018. The championship was in league mode with home and away game played all against all. At the end of the season, the teams were relegated to places 17 to 20 in Série B 2019. While video evidence was introduced in the national Copa do Brasil in 2018 from the quarter-finals, the majority of the clubs rejected this for the championship, which was also accepted by the CBF association. As an innovation, it was allowed that the games may in future also be played on artificial turf . These must comply with FIFA regulations.

During the 2018 World Cup , game operations were suspended after matchday 12 (July 13/14) and resumed on July 18. No interruption to the schedule was planned for the international matches in September and October.

On the 29th day of the season from October 13th to 15th, pink balls were used to advertise Outubro Rosa (pink October), a campaign for breast cancer month October .

Qualification for international competitions

From the Brazilian league, the best six clubs from the league plus the cup winners qualify for the 2019 Copa Libertadores . Places six to eleven will take part in the Copa Sudamericana 2019 .

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
7. draw

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Palmeiras	38	23	11	4th	064:260	+38	80
2.	Flamengo	38	21st	9	8th	059:290	+30	72
3.	Internacional (N)	38	19th	12	7th	051:290	+22	69
4th	Gremio FBPA	38	18th	12	8th	048:270	+21	66
5.	São Paulo	38	16	15th	7th	046:340	+12	63
6th	Atlético Mineiro	38	17th	8th	13	056:430	+13	59
7th	Athletico Paranaense	38	16	9	13	054:370	+17	57
8th.	Cruzeiro EC	38	14th	11	13	034:340	± 0	53
9.	Botafogo FR	38	13	12	13	038:460	−8	51
10.	Santos	38	13	11	14th	046:400	+6	50
11.	Bahia	38	12	12	14th	039:410	−2	48
12.	Fluminense	38	12	9	17th	032:460	−14	45
13.	Corinthians (M)	38	11	11	16	034:350	−1	44
14th	Chapecoense	38	11	11	16	034:500	−16	44
15th	Ceará SC (N)	38	10	14th	14th	032:380	−6	44
16.	Vasco	38	10	13	15th	041:480	−7	43
17th	Sport Recife	38	11	9	18th	035:570	−22	42
18th	America Mineiro (N)	38	10	10	18th	030:470	−17	40
19th	Vitória	38	9	10	19th	036:630	−27	37
20th	Paraná Club (N)	38	4th	11	23	018:570	−39	23

	Qualification for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2019
	Qualification for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2019 as Copa Sudamericana winner 2018
	Qualification for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2019 as cup winners 2018
	Qualification for the first round of the Copa Libertadores 2019
	Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana 2019
	Relegation place to the Série B 2019
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(N)	Last year's climber

Crosstab

2018	AMG	CAM	APR	BAH	BOT	CEA	CHA	COR	CRU	FLA	FLU	GRE	INT	PAL	PAR	SAN	SPO	SPT	VAS	VIT
America	-	1: 3	3: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 3	3-0	2: 1	2: 1
Atlético (MG)	0-0	-	3: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	3: 3	1-0	1-0	0: 1	5: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	1-0	5: 2	0-0	2: 1
Atlético (PR)	4-0	1: 2	-	2-0	2: 1	2: 2	5: 1	1-0	2-0	3-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 3	2-0	2-0	0: 1	4-0	1-0	4-0
Bahia	1-0	2: 2	0-0	-	3: 3	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	3-0	4: 1
Botafogo	1-0	0: 3	2-0	0: 1	-	0-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 1
Ceará	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	0: 2	0-0	-	3: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0
Chapecoense	1-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	-	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1
Corinthians	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	0-0	-	2-0	0: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0
Cruzeiro	3: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 2	3-0	1-0	-	0: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2-0	1: 1	3-0
Flamengo	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	2-0	2-0	0: 1	2-0	1-0	1-0	-	3-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	4: 1	1: 1	1-0
Fluminense	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 2	-	0: 1	0: 3	1-0	4-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0-0
Gremio	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 2	4-0	3: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0-0	-	0-0	0: 2	2-0	5: 1	2: 1	3: 4	2: 1	4-0
Internacional	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1-0	3-0	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	-	0-0	1-0	2: 2	3: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 1
Palmeiras	4-0	3: 2	2-0	3-0	2-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	-	3-0	3: 2	3: 1	2: 3	1-0	3: 2
Paraná	1-0	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 4	1: 1	0: 4	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	-	0: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1
Santos	0: 1	3: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	-	0-0	3-0	1: 1	5: 2
São Paulo	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	1-0	3: 2	1-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0	-	0-0	2: 1	3-0
Sport Recife	0: 2	3: 2	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	-	2: 1	0-0
Vasco	4: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 4	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 3	2-0	3: 2	-	2: 3
Vitória	1-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	3: 4	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 3	0: 3	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	-

Placement history

	master
	League leader
	Qualification for the Copa Libertadores 2019
	Qualification for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2019 as cup winners
	Qualification for the Copa Sudamericana 2019
	Relegation place to the Série B 2019

Matchday / team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
America Mineiro	2	8th	3	9	10	6th	11	12	11	11	13	13	16	17th	15th	10	10	11	10	10	9	12	9	11	12	13	13	13	15th	16	16	18th	19th	19th	17th	18th	17th	18th
Atl. Mineiro	14th	11	4th	6th	3	1	3	8th	10	4th	2	2	3	5	3	4th	5	5	5	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th
Atl. Paranaense	1	2	5	11	15th	17th	17th	13	16	17th	17th	18th	18th	19th	18th	18th	18th	19th	18th	18th	16	9	13	14th	11	10	11	10	8th	8th	8th	9	7th	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th
Bahía	17th	13	13	15th	17th	18th	15th	17th	18th	19th	18th	17th	17th	13	12	15th	15th	12	11	11	15th	14th	11	13	14th	15th	14th	14th	13	11	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Botafogo	12	14th	6th	12	6th	11	12	14th	12	12	12	9	10	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	15th	15th	15th	15th	12	12	12	12	13	15th	14th	12	11	9	9	9	9
Ceará SC	18th	16	19th	18th	19th	19th	19th	19th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	19th	18th	19th	19th	19th	19th	18th	18th	17th	18th	15th	17th	17th	14th	13	15th	14th	16	14th	15th	13	15th
Chapecoense	20th	18th	16	17th	14th	16	18th	15th	14th	16	14th	14th	14th	14th	17th	16	16	13	14th	15th	17th	18th	19th	19th	16	17th	18th	16	18th	18th	17th	19th	17th	17th	18th	16	16	14th
Corinthians	5	1	2	3	2	3	6th	3	8th	9	9	10	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th	10	8th	8th	9	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	13
Cruzeiro	16	19th	18th	14th	8th	13	10	7th	2	5	8th	8th	6th	4th	6th	8th	8th	8th	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	9	10	10	9	8th	9	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th
Flamengo	9	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Fluminense	13	12	11	7th	9	5	2	4th	9	10	11	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	9	10	9	10	8th	9	9	10	10	10	12	13	13	14th	12
Gremio	8th	6th	12	4th	4th	8th	5	9	3	7th	4th	5	4th	7th	4th	5	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	4th	5	6th	5	5	4th	5	5	5	5	5	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th
Internacional	5	10	10	13	16	10	8th	5	5	8th	5	4th	5	3	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Palmeiras	11	5	8th	2	5	4th	7th	10	7th	3	6th	6th	7th	6th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	4th	5	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Paraná Clube	15th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	19th	18th	19th	18th	19th	18th	19th	19th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th
Santos	3	9	15th	16	13	15th	16	18th	15th	15th	16	15th	15th	15th	16	17th	17th	17th	13	13	12	10	10	8th	9	11	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	8th	9	10	10	10	10
São Paulo	7th	7th	7th	10	12	7th	4th	2	4th	6th	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sport Recife	19th	17th	14th	8th	11	12	9	6th	6th	2	7th	7th	9	10	13	13	12	14th	16	16	18th	17th	17th	17th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	18th	16	16	15th	16	17th	18th	17th
Vasco	6th	4th	9	5	7th	9	13	11	13	13	10	11	11	9	10	12	13	15th	15th	14th	13	16	16	16	18th	16	16	15th	14th	15th	14th	13	15th	14th	15th	14th	15th	16
Vitória	10	15th	17th	19th	18th	14th	14th	16	17th	14th	15th	16	13	16	14th	14th	14th	16	17th	17th	14th	13	14th	12	13	14th	17th	18th	16	17th	19th	17th	18th	18th	19th	19th	19th	19th

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Nat.	player	club	Gates	Penalty kick
1		Gabriel Barbosa	FC Santos	18th	2
2		Ricardo Oliveira	Atlético Mineiro	13	0
3		Pablo	Athletico Paranaense	12	0
		Diego Souza	Sao Paulo FC	12	0
5		Nicolás López	FC Santos	11	2
		Leandro Pereira	Chapecoense	11	2
7th		Pedro	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	10	0
		Lucas Paquetá	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	10	0
		Leandro Damião	SC Internacional	10	1
		Everton	Gremio Porto Alegre	10	0
		Willian	Palmeiras São Paulo	10	0
		Yago Pikachu	CR Vasco da Gama	10	5

Hat trick

player	club	opponent	Result	goals scored	Gameday	source
Rodrygo	FC Santos	EC Vitória	5: 2	22 ′ , 26 ′ , 31 ′	9.
Ángel Romero	Corinthians São Paulo	CR Vasco da Gama	1: 4	48 ′ , 57 ′ , 92 ′	16.
Gabriel Barbosa	FC Santos	CR Vasco da Gama	0: 3	5 ′ , 67 ′ , 82 ′	22nd

All goals in one half, a flawless hat trick

Template donor list

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	templates	Gates	Games
1		Dudu	Palmeiras São Paulo	14th	7th	31
2		Yimmi Chará	Atlético Mineiro	7th	1	22nd
3		Ricardo Oliveira	Atlético Mineiro	6th	13	35
4th		Nicolás López	FC Santos	6th	11	35
5		Juan Cazares	Athletico Paranaense	6th	8th	31
6th		Raphael Veiga	Athletico Paranaense	6th	7th	31
7th		Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6th	6th	20th
8th		Éverton	Sao Paulo FC	6th	5	27
9		Nikão	Athletico Paranaense	6th	2	32
10		Luan Vieira	Gremio Porto Alegre	6th	1	18th

The championship team

All players who were in the squad at least once were named. The numbers in brackets indicate the number of missions and goals.

10th title

Palmeiras São Paulo

Goal: Wéverton (23/0), Jailson (13/0), Fernando Prass (3/0), Matheus (0/0), Anderson (0/0) Defense: Diogo (20/0), Edu Dracena (20/2), Victor Luis (22/1), Gustavo Gómez (14/2), Marcos Rocha (20/1), Nicolás Freire (0/0), Luan Cândido (0/0), Antônio Carlos (22/1), Pedro Henrique (0/0), Luan Garcia (16/2), Mayke (20/0) Midfield: Vitinho (0/0), Léo Passo (0/0), Gabriel Furtado (0/0), Gustavo Scarpa (12/2), Moisés (28/2), Lucas Lima (34/5), Bruno Henrique (33/9), Hyoran (24/3), Thiago Santos (23/1), Alejandro Guerra (9/1), Felipe Melo (29/2), Jean (18/0) Attack: Miguel Borja (16/3), Rafael Papagaio (2/0), Artur (5/0), Yan (0/0), Deyverson (26/9), Willian (32/10), Dudu (31 / 7)

Awards

Bola de Ouro and Bola de Prata

At the end of the season, Dudu received the Bola de Ouro from the sports magazine Placar as the best player in the championship. Placar also honored his team of the year with the Bola de Prata . These were:

• Gate: Wéverton (Palmeiras)
• Defense: Mayke (Palmeiras), Víctor Cuesta (Internacional), Pedro Geromel (Grêmio), Renê (Flamengo)
• Midfield: Rodrigo Dourado (Internacional), Bruno Henrique (Palmeiras), Lucas Paquetá (Flamengo)
• Attack: Everton (Grêmio), Dudu (Palmeiras), Gabriel Barbosa (Santos)

Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão

The prêmio Craque do Brasileirão prizes from the national association CBF and the Rede Globo television channel went to:

• Best Player: Dudu (Palmeiras)
• Goal: Marcelo Lomba (Internacional)
• Defense: Mayke (Palmeiras), Víctor Cuesta (Internacional), Pedro Geromel (Grêmio), Renê (Flamengo)
• Midfield: Rodrigo Dourado (Internacional), Bruno Henrique (Palmeiras), Lucas Paquetá (Flamengo), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro)
• Attack: Dudu (Palmeiras), Gabriel Barbosa (Santos)
• Best goal: Éverton Ribeiro (Flamengo)
• Top scorer: Gabriel Barbosa (Santos) (18 goals)
• Fan choice: Gustavo Cuéllar (Flamengo)
• Discovery of the year: Pedro (Fluminense)
• Best coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Palmeiras)
• Best referee: Raphael Claus

Players posted to international matches

Players posted to the World Cup

The following players have been appointed to the 2018 World Cup.

Surname	club	National team	Result
Cássio	Corinthians São Paulo	Brazil	Quarter finals
Fagner	Corinthians São Paulo	Brazil	Quarter finals	4th		1
Pedro Geromel	Gremio Porto Alegre	Brazil	Quarter finals
Miguel Borja	Palmeiras São Paulo	Colombia	Round of 16	1
Christian Cueva	Sao Paulo FC	Peru	3rd group stage	3
Paolo Guerrero	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Peru	3rd group stage	3	1	1
Miguel Trauco	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Peru	3rd group stage	3
Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Uruguay	Quarter finals	2
Martín Silva	CR Vasco da Gama	Uruguay	Quarter finals

Players posted to other international matches

For the international matches on September 7 and 11, 2018 , the clubs released the following players. This affected game days 23 and 24.

Surname	club
Robert Arboleda	Sao Paulo FC	2
Yimmi Chará	Atlético Mineiro	1	1
Gustavo Cuéllar	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	1
Dedé	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	2
Everton	Gremio Porto Alegre	2

Surname	club
Hugo	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0
Walter Kannemann	Gremio Porto Alegre	1
Lucas Paquetá	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	2
Carlos Sánchez	FC Santos	0
Junior Sornoza	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	1
Miguel Trauco	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	2

For the international matches from October 11 to 16, 2018 , the clubs released the following players. This affected game days 28 and 29.

The Paraguay team played no games, only a training camp.

Surname	club
Robert Arboleda	Sao Paulo FC	2	1
Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1
Miguel Borja	Palmeiras São Paulo	2
Yimmi Chará	Atlético Mineiro	1
Sergio Díaz	Corinthians São Paulo	0
Gustavo Gomez	Palmeiras São Paulo	0
Derlis González	FC Santos	0

Surname	club
Walter Kannemann	Gremio Porto Alegre	1
Phelipe Megiolaro	Gremio Porto Alegre	0
Robert Piris Da Motta	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0
Ángel Romero	Corinthians São Paulo	0
Martín Silva	CR Vasco da Gama	0
Junior Sornoza	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1
Miguel Trauco	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	1

For the international matches from 14 to 21 November 2018 , the clubs released the following players. This affected game days 34 and 35.

Surname	club
Gabriel Brazão	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	0
Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1
Dedé	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	0
Derlis González	FC Santos	1
Walter Kannemann	Gremio Porto Alegre	1		1

Surname	club
Bryan Ruiz	FC Santos	2
Ángel Romero	Corinthians São Paulo	1
Carlos Sánchez	FC Santos	0
Martín Silva	CR Vasco da Gama	0
Miguel Trauco	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	2

Stadiums, suppliers, sponsors

Surname	place	Country	Stadion	capacity	Place 2017	Championship title	Outfitter
America Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Estádio Independência	23,018	1. Series B	0	Lupo
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Estádio Independência	23,018	9. Series A	1 ( 1971 )	Topper
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada	42,370	11. Series A	1 ( 2001 )	Umbro
Bahia	Salvador	Bahia	Fonte Nova	50.025	12. Series A	2 ( 1959 , 1988 )	Umbro
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Olímpico João Havelange	44,661	10. Series A	2 ( 1968 , 1995 )	Topper
Ceará SC	Fortaleza	Ceará	Castelão	63.903	3. Series B	0	Topper
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	15,765	8. Series A	0	Umbro
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians	47,605	1. Series A	7 ( 1990 , 1998 , 1999 , 2005 , 2011 , 2015 , 2017 )	Nike
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão	61,846	5. Series A	4 ( 1966 , 2003 , 2013 , 2014 )	Umbro
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Luso-Brasiliero	20,000	6. Series A	5 ( 1980 , 1982 , 1983 , 1992 , 2009 )	Adidas
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838	14. Series A	4 ( 1970 , 1984 , 2010 , 2012 )	Under Armor
Gremio	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Arena do Gremio	55,662	4. Series A	2 ( 1981 , 1996 )	Umbro
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Estádio Beira-Rio	50.128	2. Series B	3 ( 1975 , 1976 , 1979 )	Nike
Palmeiras	São Paulo	São Paulo	Allianz Parque	43,713	2. Series A	9 ( 1960 , 1967 RGP , 1967 TB , 1969 , 1972 , 1973 , 1993 , 1994 , 2016 )	Adidas
Paraná Clube	Curitiba	Paraná	Vila Capanema	20,083	4. Series B	0	Topper
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro	16,068	3. Series A	8 ( 1961 , 1962 , 1963 , 1964 , 1965 , 1968 , 2002 , 2004 )	Kappa
São Paulo	São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	72,039	13. Series A	6 ( 1977 , 1986 , 1991 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 )	Under Armor
Sport Recife	Recife	Pernambuco	Ilha do Retiro	32,983	15. Series A	1 ( 1987 )	Adidas
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	São Januario	24,584	7. Series A	4 ( 1974 , 1989 , 1997 , 2000 )	Diadora
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Barradão	35.5352	16. Series A	0	Topper

Change of coach

By the last matchday, 17 out of 20 clubs had changed their coach this season. Eight clubs twice and one three times.

club	Gone coach	date	Gameday	Table posi.	source	New trainer	date	source
Sport Recife	Nelsinho Baptista	April 24th	2	17th		Claudinei Oliveira	April 25
Ceará SC	Marcelo Chamusca	May 20th	6th	19th		Jorginho (soccer player, 1964)	May 20th
Corinthians São Paulo	Fábio Carille	May 22	6th	3.		Osmar Loss	May 20th
CR Vasco da Gama	Zé Ricardo	2th of June	9	12.		Jorginho (soccer player, 1964)	6th of June
EC Bahia	Guto Ferreira	3rd of June	9	18th		Enderson Moreira	June 16
Ceará SC	Jorginho (soccer player, 1964)	June 4th	9	20th		Lisca	June 4th
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Abel Braga	June 16	12	12.		Marcelo Oliveira	June 22
America Mineiro	Enderson Moreira	June 16	12	13.		Ricardo Drubscky	June 19th
Botafogo FR	Alberto Valentim	June 19th	12	9.		Marcos Paquetá	25th June
Athletico Paranaense	Fernando Diniz	25th June	12	19th		Tiago Nunes	25th June
FC Santos	Jair Ventura	July 23	14th	15th		Cuca	30th July
America Mineiro	Ricardo Drubscky	24th July	14th	17th		Adílson Batista	24th July
Palmeiras São Paulo	Roger Machado Marques	July 26th	15th	6th		Luiz Felipe Scolari	July 26th
EC Vitória	Vágner Mancini	29th of July	16	13.		Paulo César Carpegiani	August 14th
Botafogo FR	Marcos Paquetá	August 1st	16	11.		Zé Ricardo	4th of August
Chapecoense	Gilson Kleina	6th of August	17th	16.		Guto Ferreira	August 7th
Sport Recife	Claudinei Oliveira	12. August	18th	14th		Eduardo Baptista	15th of August
CR Vasco da Gama	Jorginho (soccer player, 1964)	13 August	18th	15th		Alberto Valentim	26th of August
Paraná Clube	Rogério Micale	August 14th	18th	20th		Claudinei Oliveira	15th of August
Corinthians São Paulo	Osmar Loss	5th September	23	8th.		Jair Ventura	September 6th
Sport Recife	Eduardo Baptista	September 24th	26th	19th		Milton Mendes	September 26th	-
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Maurício Barbieri	September 28th	26th	4th		Dorival Júnior	September 28th
Chapecoense	Guto Ferreira	15th October	29	17th		Claudinei Oliveira	October, 16th
Paraná Clube	Claudinei Oliveira	October, 16th	29	20th		Dado Cavalcanti	October 17th
Atlético Mineiro	Thiago Larghi	October 17th	29	6th		Levir Culpi	October 17th
Sao Paulo FC	Diego Aguirre	November 11th	33	5.		André Jardine	25. November
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Marcelo Oliveira	November 29th	37	14th		Fábio Moreno (interim trainer)

spectator

As of the end of the season

Spectators at the club's home game

Only the spectators paying entry and the club as the host were rated.

Pl.	club	Avg.	total	Match days	Mostly	Least
1	Flamengo	47,140	895.652	19th	62,994	28,983
2	São Paulo FC	34,321	652.098	19th	58,624	11,327
3	Palmeiras	32,357	614.776	19th	41,256	23,236
4th	Corinthians	31,367	595.961	19th	42,845	19,830
5	Ceará SC	28,079	533.496	19th	57,223	9,780
6th	Internacional	28,022	532.426	19th	40,525	12,106
7th	Gremio FBPA	22,264	423.019	19th	48,035	12,165
8th	Bahia	19,315	366.991	19th	31,059	12,479
9	Atlético Mineiro	17,398	330,553	19th	21,327	9,426
10	Vasco	14,881	282,733	19th	54,228	3.143
11	Fluminense	14,459	274.720	19th	60,000	4,004
12	Cruzeiro EC	13,521	256,892	19th	24,127	1.914
13	Sport Recife	11,862	225,374	19th	23,749	3,938
14th	Botafogo FR	11,570	219.824	19th	27,660	4,759
15th	Santos	10,576	200,939	19th	24,123	3,620
16	Athletico Paranaense	10,570	200,832	19th	20,146	6,817
17th	Chapecoense	9.432	179,212	19th	19,226	3,560
18th	Vitória	9,182	174,455	19th	21,714	3,614
19th	Paraná Clube	6.223	118,236	19th	25,076	931
20th	America Mineiro	4,898	93.057	19th	10,294	3,230

The 10 most visited games

Pl.	number	home	Result	guest	Stadion	date	Gameday	source
1	62,994	Flamengo	1: 2	Athletico Paranaense	Maracanã	December 1	38.
2	60,000	Fluminense	0: 2	Flamengo	Mané Garrincha	June 7th	10.
3	58,624	São Paulo FC	3: 1	Corinthians	Morumbi	21 July	20th
4th	58,613	Flamengo	1: 1	Palmeiras	Maracanã	October 27	31.
5	57,323	São Paulo FC	1-0	Ceará SC	Morumbi	26th of August	21st
6th	57,223	Ceará SC	0-0	Vasco	Castelão	2. December	38.
7th	56,694	São Paulo FC	0: 2	Palmeiras	Morumbi	October 6th	28.
8th	55.283	Flamengo	2-0	Internacional	Maracanã	May 6th	4th
9	55,147	Flamengo	0: 1	Ceará SC	Maracanã	September 2nd	22nd
10	54,526	Flamengo	2-0	Paraná Clube	Maracanã	June 10th	11.

10 least visited games

Pl.	number	home	Result	guest	Stadion	date	Gameday	source
1	931	Paraná Clube	1: 1	Vitória	Vila Capanema	November 4th	32.
2	1,140	Paraná Clube	0: 1	America Mineiro	Vila Capanema	14th November	34.
3	1.914	Cruzeiro EC	3-0	Vitória	Mineirão	21st November	36.
4th	2,228	Paraná Clube	1: 1	Internacional	Vila Capanema	2. December	38.
5	2,239	Paraná Clube	1: 1	Chapecoense	Vila Capanema	5th September	23.
6th	3.143	Vasco	2: 3	Vitória	Estádio São Januário	May 13th	5.
7th	3.210	Paraná Clube	1: 1	Vasco	Vila Capanema	October 1	27.
8th	3,217	Paraná Clube	1-0	America Mineiro	Vila Capanema	22nd of July	14th
9	3,230	America Mineiro	3-0	Sport Recife	Estádio Independência	April 15th	1.
10	3,272	America Mineiro	3: 1	Athletico Paranaense	Estádio Independência	3rd of June	9.

Web links

• Série A on the website of the CBF association
• Summary on fussballzz.de
• Summary on flashscore.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scheduling of the season , report on cbf.com.br from February 5, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on February 8, 2018
2. ↑ No video evidence, report on otempo.com.br from February 5, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on February 7, 2018
3. ↑ Permission for artificial turf , report on cbf.com.br of February 5, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on February 8, 2018
4. ↑ Pink balls , pictures on cbf.com.br from October 14, 2018, accessed on October 15, 2018
5. ↑ Hattrick - Rodrygo, Santos , match report on scoresway.com, accessed June 14, 2018
6. ↑ Hattrick - Ángel Romero, Corinthians , match report on scoresway.com, accessed July 31, 2018
7. ↑ Hattrick - Gabriel Barbosa, Santos , match report on scoresway.com, accessed September 3, 2018
8. ↑ SE Palmeiras - squad. Retrieved December 3, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão , report on cbf.com.br of December 3, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on January 22, 2019
10. ↑ Brazil selection for international matches in September 2018, accessed on August 20, 2018
11. ↑ Brazil selection for international matches in October 2018, accessed on 25 September 2018
12. ↑ Brazil selection for international matches in November 2018, accessed on November 13, 2018
13. ^ Termination of Nelsinho Baptista at Sport Recife , report on globoesporte.globo.com from April 24, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on April 30, 2018
14. ↑ Claudinei Oliveira Trainer at Sport Recife , report on globoesporte.globo.com from April 25, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on April 30, 2018
15. ↑ Termination of Marcelo Chamusca at Ceará SC , report on opovo.com.br from May 20, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on May 21, 2018
16. ↑ Jorginho Trainer at Ceará SC , report on opovo.com.br from May 20, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on May 21, 2018
17. ↑ termination Fábio Carille at Corinthians , report on atribuna.com.br of 22 May 2018 page in Portuguese., Accessed on May 29, 2018
18. ↑ Osmar Loss Trainer at Corinthians , report on atribuna.com.br from May 22, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on May 29, 2018
19. ^ Termination of Zé Ricardo at Vasco , report on vasconoticias.com.br from June 2, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 5, 2018
20. ↑ Jorginho Trainer at Vasco , report on oglobo.globo.com from June 6, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 8, 2018
21. ^ Termination of Guto Ferreira at Bahia , report on terra.com.br from June 3, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 5, 2018
22. ↑ Enderson Moreira Trainer at Bahia , report on bahianoticias.com.br from June 16, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 20, 2018
23. ↑ Termination of Jorginho at Ceará SC , report on cearasc.com from June 4, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on June 5, 2018
24. ↑ Lisca Trainer at Ceará SC , report on opovo.com.br from June 4, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 5, 2018
25. ↑ Termination of Abel Braga at Fluminense , report on terra.com.br from June 16, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 20, 2018
26. ↑ Marcelo Oliveira Trainer at Fluminense , report on globoesporte.globo.com from June 22, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 24, 2018
27. ↑ Enderson Moreira resignation from América Mineiro , report on bahianoticias.com.br from June 16, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 20, 2018
28. ↑ Ricardo Drubscky Trainer at América Mineiro , report on esportes.estadao.com.br from June 19, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on June 20, 2018
29. ↑ Alberto Valentim termination at Botafogo , report on terra.com.br from June 19, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 20, 2018
30. ↑ Marcos Paquetá Trainer at Botafogo , report on terra.com.br from June 25, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 26, 2018
31. ↑ Fernando Diniz termination at Athletico Paranaense , report on foxsports.com.br from June 25, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on June 26, 2018
32. ↑ Jair Ventura termination at Santos , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 23, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 26, 2018
33. ↑ Cuca Trainer at Santos , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 30, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 31, 2018
34. ↑ Ricardo Drubscky termination at América Mineiro , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 24, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 26, 2018
35. ↑ Adílson Batista Trainer at América Mineiro , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 24, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on July 26, 2018
36. ↑ Roger Machado termination at Palmeiras , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 26, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 26, 2018
37. ↑ Luiz Felipe Scolari Trainer at Palmeiras , report on folha.uol.com.br from July 26, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on July 30, 2018
38. ↑ Vágner Mancini termination at Vitória , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 29, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 30, 2018
39. ↑ Carpegiani Trainer at Vitória , report on lance.com.br from August 14, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 15, 2018
40. ↑ Marcos Paquetá termination at Botafogo , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 1, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 7, 2018
41. ↑ Luiz Felipe Scolari Trainer at América Mineiro , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 4, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on August 7, 2018
42. ↑ Gilson Kleina termination at Vitória , report on globoesporte.globo.com from July 29, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on July 30, 2018
43. ↑ Guto Ferreira Trainer at Chapecoense , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 7, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 9, 2018
44. ↑ Claudinei Oliveira termination at Sport , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 12, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 15, 2018
45. ↑ Eduardo Baptista Trainer at Sport , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 15, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 21, 2018
46. ↑ Jorginho termination at Vasco , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 13, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 15, 2018
47. ↑ Alberto Valentim Trainer at Vasco , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 26, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 27, 2018
48. ↑ Rogério Micale termination at Paraná , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 14, 2018, page in portugal, accessed on August 15, 2018
49. ↑ Claudinei Oliveira Trainer at Paraná , report on globoesporte.globo.com from August 15, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on August 21, 2018
50. ↑ Osmar Loss termination at Corinthians , report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 5, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on September 6, 2018
51. ↑ Jair Ventura Trainer at Corinthians , report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 6, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on September 10
52. ↑ Eduardo Baptista termination at Sport , report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 24, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on September 25, 2018
53. ↑ Milton Mendes Trainer at Sport , report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 26, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on September 28
54. ↑ Maurício Barbieri resignation at Flamengo , report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 28, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 1, 2018
55. ↑ Dorival Júnior Trainer at Sport , report on globoesporte.globo.com from September 28, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 1, 2018
56. ↑ Guto Ferreira termination at Chapecoense , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 15, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 16, 2018
57. ↑ Claudinei Oliveira Trainer at Chapecoense , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 16, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 17, 2018
58. ↑ Claudinei Oliveira termination at Parana Clube , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 16, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 17, 2018
59. ↑ Dado Cavalcanti Trainer at Paraná , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 17, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 22, 2018
60. ↑ Thiago Larghi resignation from Atlético Mineiro , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 17, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 22, 2018
61. ↑ Levir Culpi Trainer at Atlético Mineiro , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 17, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on October 22, 2018
62. ↑ Diego Aguirre termination at FC São Paulo , report on globoesporte.globo.com from November 11, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on November 13, 2018
63. ↑ André Jardine Trainer at FC São Paulo , report on globoesporte.globo.com from November 25, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on December 3, 2018
64. ↑ Marcelo Oliveira termination at Fluminense , report on globoesporte.globo.com from November 29, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on December 3, 2018
65. ↑ Audience ranking summary on srgoool.com.br, accessed on December 3, 2018
66. ↑ Viewers Flamengo - Athletico Paranaense , financial report on cbf.com.br from December 1, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
67. ↑ Spectators Fluminense - Flamengo , match report on cbf.com.br from June 7, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
68. ↑ Viewers FC São Paulo - Corinthians , financial report on cbf.com.br from July 21, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
69. ↑ Viewers Flamengo - Palmeiras , financial report on cbf.com.br from October 27, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
70. ↑ Spectators FC São Paulo - Ceará , financial report on cbf.com.br from August 26, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
71. ↑ Viewers Ceará - Vasco , financial report on cbf.com.br from December 2, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
72. ↑ Viewers FC São Paulo - Palmeiras , financial report on cbf.com.br from October 6, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
73. ↑ Viewers Flamengo - Internacional , report on flashscore.com from May 6, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
74. ↑ Viewers Flamengo - Ceará , financial report on cbf.com.br from September 2, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
75. ↑ Viewers Flamengo - Paraná Clube , financial report on cbf.com.br from June 10, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2019
76. ↑ Viewers Paraná - Vitória , financial report on cbf.com.br from November 4, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
77. ↑ Viewers Paraná - América Mineiro , match report on cbf.com.br from November 14, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
78. ↑ Viewers Cruzeiro - Vitória , financial report on cbf.com.br from November 21, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
79. ↑ Viewer Paraná - Internacional , financial report on cbf.com.br dated December 2, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
80. ^ Viewers Paraná - Chapecoense , financial report on cbf.com.br from September 5, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
81. ^ Viewers Vasco - Vitória , financial report on cbf.com.br from May 13, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
82. ↑ Viewer Paraná - Vasco , financial report on cbf.com.br from October 1, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
83. ↑ Viewers Paraná - América Mineiro , report on flashscore.com from July 22, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
84. ↑ Viewers América Mineiro - Sport Recife , financial report on cbf.com.br from April 15, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019
85. ↑ Viewers América Mineiro - Athletico Paranaense , financial report on cbf.com.br from June 3, 2018, accessed on January 22, 2019