2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 53rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It was contested by 20 clubs starting on May 9 and ending on December 6. The 2009 edition was won by Flamengo.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Season	2009
Champions	Flamengo 6th Campeonato Brasileiro title
Relegated	Coritiba Santo André Náutico Sport
Copa Libertadores	Flamengo Internacional São Paulo Cruzeiro
Copa Sudamericana	Palmeiras Avaí Atlético Mineiro Grêmio Goiás Barueri Santos Vitória
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,094 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adriano & Diego Tardelli (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	Coritiba 5–0 Flamengo
Biggest away win	Atlético Paranaense 0–4 Atlético Mineiro
Highest scoring	Vitória 6–2 Santos
Highest attendance	78.639 (Flamengo 2-1 Grêmio)
Average attendance	17.807
← 2008 2010 →

The first goal of the tournament was scored by Igor on the 13th minute of the match between his team, Sport and Barueri, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Holders São Paulo had a bad start losing to Fluminense 1–0.

Internacional led the tournament from round 2 to 6, when Atlético Mineiro took the lead. In the 9th round, Internacional regained the lead but one round later Atlético Mineiro managed to come back to the top of the table after defeating their city rivals Cruzeiro 3–0. The club from Belo Horizonte held the lead until round 15, when Palmeiras reached the top. In the middle of the championship, Flamengo was only on the 10th position.

Palmeiras managed to stay in the top until round 34, when they lost 1–0 against Fluminense, which was struggling to avoid relegation. Four days earlier, São Paulo had tied 1–1 with Grêmio after having three players sent off.

Round 37 saw several changes in the standings. São Paulo could have won their seventh title, and fourth in a row, if they had defeated Goiás, exactly as it had happened last season. However, this time Goiás 4–2 win sent São Paulo from the top of the table to the fourth place. Flamengo defeated Corinthians and took the lead for the first time in the tournament. Internacional advanced to second place and in the last round, had not only to defeat Santo André but also count on their city rivals Grêmio to at least tie against Flamengo in the last match. Despite rumors that Grêmio would not play as hard as they could, Flamengo had to come back from a 0–1 score to win the tournament. Internacional 4–1 win was worthless.

Palmeiras also came to the last round of the championship with chances to end in the top position. For that, they had to beat Botafogo, which would be relegated if did not win the last match. The result was tragic for Palmeiras: 0–2 defeat that combined with Cruzeiro 2–1 over Santos left the team outside the top four and, therefore, out of 2010 Copa Libertadores. Botafogo, together with city rivals Fluminense, managed to avoid relegation. After spending 37 rounds in relegation zone, Fluminense, which managed to leave the bottom four positions one match earlier, held a 1–1 draw away against Coritiba and sent the team from Curitiba to Série B exactly when the club was celebrating 100 years of foundation.

The 2009 edition of the Brasileirão marked the professional debut of players such as Neymar.

Format

For the seventh consecutive season, the tournament will be played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points will be declared the champion. The bottom-four teams will be relegated for the following season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2010 international tournaments. The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores, while the fourth place team will qualify to the First Stage. The next eight-best teams will qualify to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana. Should the winner of the 2009 Copa do Brasil finish better than 13th, the next best team(s) will earn the berth(s) it would have qualified for in the league standings.

Team information

Like in 2008, twenty teams will compete in this year's Série A. Defending champion São Paulo will have a chance to extend two records in Brazilian football should they win this year: first club to win four titles in a row, and first club to win seven titles overall. Of the four teams promoted from the 2008 Série B, one is new to the Série A. Barueri will be competing in the Série A for the first time since turning professional eight years ago. Four-time champion Corinthians returns after spending a single season in the Série B. The other teams promoted are Santo André (first return since 1984) and Avaí (first return since 1979). As is becoming common in Brazilian football, one of the country's most important clubs has been relegated after the previous season. For 2009, Vasco da Gama, champion in 1974, 1989, 1997 and 2000, will play the 2009 season in the Série B.

Atlético Mineiro

Avaí

Coritiba

Cruzeiro

Grêmio

Goiás

Internacional

Náutico

Sport

Vitória

Atlético Paranaense

Barueri

Botafogo

Corinthians

Flamengo

Fluminense

Palmeiras

Santo André

Santos

São Paulo

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Locations of the 2009 Série A teams

Team	City	Stadium
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã
Goiás	Goiânia	Serra Dourada
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico
Grêmio Barueri	Barueri	Arena Barueri
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio
Náutico	Recife	Aflitos
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Palestra Itália
Santo André	Santo André	Bruno José Daniel
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Atlético Mineiro	Celso Roth	Lotto	None
Atlético Paranaense	Antônio Lopes	Umbro	Philco
Avaí	Silas	Fanatic	Pauta Computadores
Botafogo	Estevam Soares	Fila	Liquigás
Corinthians	Mano Menezes	Penalty	Batavo
Coritiba	Ney Franco	Lotto	Banco BMG
Cruzeiro	Adílson Batista	Reebok	Banco Bonsucesso
Flamengo	Andrade	Olympikus	ALE Combustíveis
Fluminense	Cuca	Adidas	Unimed
Goiás	Hélio dos Anjos	Lotto	Neo Química Genéricos
Grêmio	Marcelo Rospide (caretaker)	Puma	Banrisul
Grêmio Barueri	Luis Carlos Goiano	Kanxa	Embratel
Internacional	Mario Sérgio	Reebok	Banrisul
Náutico	Geninho	Lupo Sport	Hipercard
Palmeiras	Muricy Ramalho	Adidas	Samsung
Santo André	Sergio Soares	Lotto	Netshoes.com.br
Santos	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Umbro	Semp Toshiba
São Paulo	Ricardo Gomes	Reebok	LG
Sport	Givanildo Oliveira	Lotto	Cimento Nassau
Vitória	Vagner Mancini	Champs	Megaware Computadores

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Last match	Round	Table	Incoming
Grêmio	Marcelo Rospide1	Replaced	16 May 2009	Atlético Mineiro 2–1 Grêmio	2	14th	Paulo Autuori
Sport	Nelsinho Baptista	Resigned	25 May 2009	Sport 2–3 Atlético Mineiro	3	18th	Émerson Leão
Atlético Paranaense	Geninho	Resigned	7 June 2009	Atlético Paranaense 0–4 Atlético Mineiro	5	20th	Waldemar Lemos
Náutico	Waldemar Lemos	Left to sign with Atlético Paranaense	9 June 2009	Grêmio 3–0 Náutico	5	5th	Márcio Bittencourt
São Paulo	Muricy Ramalho	Sacked	19 June 2009	São Paulo 0–2 Cruzeiro2	6	12th	Ricardo Gomes
Palmeiras	Wanderley Luxemburgo	Sacked	26 June 2009	Atlético Paranaense 2–2 Palmeiras	7	4th	Muricy Ramalho3
Náutico	Márcio Bittencourt	Resigned	12 July 2009	Palmeiras 4–1 Náutico	10	19th	Geninho
Santos	Vágner Mancini	Sacked	13 July 2009	Vitória 6–2 Santos	10	11th	Wanderley Luxemburgo
Fluminense	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Sacked	13 July 2009	Fluminense 0–1 Santo André	10	18th	Renato Gaúcho
Flamengo	Cuca	Sacked	23 July 2009	Flamengo 1–1 Barueri	13	11th	Andrade
Sport	Émerson Leão	Sacked	27 July 2009	Sport 3–3 Náutico	14	17th	Pericles Chamusca
Santo André	Sérgio Guedes	Resigned	27 July 2009	Grêmio 3–2 Santo André	14	13th	Alexandre Gallo
Atlético Paranaense	Waldemar Lemos	Resigned	29 July 2009	Goiás 3–0 Atlético Paranaense	15	18th	Antônio Lopes
Coritiba	Renê Simões	Sacked	9 August 2009	Coritiba 1–3 Cruzeiro	18	18th	Ney Franco
Botafogo	Ney Franco	Sacked	10 August 2009	Botafogo 0–1 Atlético Paranaense	18	15th	Estevam Soares
Vitória	Paulo César Carpegiani	Sacked	10 August 2009	Vitória 2–2 Fluminense	18	10th	Vágner Mancini
Barueri	Estevam Soares	Left to sign with Botafogo	11 August 2009	Barueri 1–0 Grêmio	18	6th	Diego Cerri
Fluminense	Renato Gaúcho	Sacked	1 September 2009	Santos 2–0 Fluminense	22	20th	Cuca
Internacional	Tite	Sacked	5 October 2009	Coritiba 2–0 Internacional	27	5th	Mário Sérgio

¹ Marcelo Rospide was interim manager since Celso Roth was sacked after Grêmio's elimination in the Campeonato Gaúcho 2009 on April 5.
² Match played for the 2009 Copa Libertadores.
³ Interim coach Jorginho Cantinflas managed the team for 7 matches, until the 14th round.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo (C)	38	19	10	9	58	44	+14	67	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Internacional	38	19	8	11	65	44	+21	65
3	São Paulo	38	18	11	9	57	42	+15	65
4	Cruzeiro	38	18	8	12	58	53	+5	62	2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
5	Palmeiras	38	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
6	Avaí	38	15	12	11	61	52	+9	57
7	Atlético Mineiro	38	16	8	14	55	56	−1	56
8	Grêmio	38	15	10	13	67	46	+21	55
9	Goiás	38	15	10	13	64	65	−1	55
10	Corinthians	38	14	10	14	50	54	−4	52	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
11	Barueri	38	12	13	13	59	52	+7	49	2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
12	Santos	38	12	13	13	58	58	0	49
13	Vitória	38	13	9	16	51	57	−6	48
14	Atlético Paranaense	38	13	9	16	42	49	−7	48
15	Botafogo	38	11	14	13	52	58	−6	47
16	Fluminense	38	11	13	14	49	56	−7	46
17	Coritiba (R)	38	12	9	17	48	60	−12	45	Relegation to Série B
18	Santo André (R)	38	11	8	19	46	61	−15	41
19	Náutico (R)	38	10	8	20	48	71	−23	38
20	Sport Recife (R)	38	7	10	21	48	71	−23	31

Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2009. Source: CBF (in Portuguese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th head-to-head results; 6th least red cards received; 7th least yellow cards received; 8th draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A 2009 champion
Flamengo 6th title

Results

Home \ Away	CAM	CAP	AVA	BAR	BOT	COR	CTB	CRU	FLA	FLU	GOI	GRE	INT	NAU	PAL	STA	SAN	SPA	SPT	VIT
Atlético Mineiro		2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Atlético Paranaense	0–4		1–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2
Avaí	2–2	2–0		4–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	4–0
Barueri	4–2	0–0	3–1		3–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0
Botafogo	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–3
Corinthians	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–3		2–0	0–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–3	2–1
Coritiba	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–1		1–3	5–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Cruzeiro	0–3	0–2	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–2	4–1		2–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Flamengo	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2		2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1
Fluminense	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0		1–4	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–0	5–1	4–0
Goiás	2–3	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–2		2–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–2
Grêmio	4–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	5–1	2–2		2–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1
Internacional	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–3	0–0	4–2	4–0	1–0		3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0
Náutico	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2		3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1
Palmeiras	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Santo André	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	5–3	2–0		3–3	1–1	2–1	1–0
Santos	2–3	1–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–3	3–1	1–3	1–0		3–4	1–0	0–0
São Paulo	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		4–0	2–0
Sport Recife	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	4–2	0–3	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2		2–0
Vitória	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	1–0	3–3	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–1	6–2	0–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on April 5, 2010. Source: CBF (in Portuguese)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adriano	Flamengo	19
	Diego Tardelli	Atlético Mineiro	19
3	Val Baiano	Barueri	18
4	Washington	São Paulo	17
5	Alecsandro	Internacional	16
6	Roger	Vitória	15
7	Jonas	Grêmio	14
	Kléber Pereira	Santos	14
	Marcelinho Paraíba	Coritiba	14
	Wellington Paulista	Cruzeiro	14

Source: globoesporte.globo.com
Updated as of November 8, 2009.

External links

• Official webpage (in Portuguese)
• Official regulation (in Portuguese)