2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 54th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 8 and ended on December 5. Flamengo came as the defending champion having won the 2009 season.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season2010
ChampionsFluminense
2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title
3rd Brazilian title
RelegatedVitória
Guarani
Goiás
Grêmio Prudente
Copa LibertadoresFluminense
Cruzeiro
Corinthians
Grêmio
Copa SudamericanaAtlético Paranaense
Botafogo
São Paulo
Palmeiras
Vasco da Gama
Ceará
Atlético Mineiro
Flamengo
Matches played380
Goals scored978 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerJonas (23 goals)
Biggest home winAvaí 6–1 Grêmio Prudente
(May 9)
Biggest away winAvaí 0–3 Fluminense
(June 5)
Guarani 0–3 Internacional
(July 14)
Goiás 0–3 Fluminense
(August 25)
Palmeiras 0–3 Atlético Goianiense
(August 26)
Avaí 0–3 Grêmio
(September 19)
São Paulo 0–3 Goiás
(September 25)
Vitória 0–3 Grêmio
(October 2)
Fluminense 0–3 Santos
(October 6)
São Paulo 1-4 Fluminense
(November 21)
Goiás 1–4 Santos
(November 21)
Grêmio Prudente 0–3 Internacional
(December 2)
Highest scoringAvaí 6–1 Grêmio Prudente
(May 9)
Vitória 4–3 Atlético Mineiro
(May 26)
Corinthians 3–4 Atlético Goianiense
(October 10)
São Paulo 4–3 Santos
(October 17)
Cruzeiro 3–4 Atlético Mineiro
(October 24)
Longest winning run5 games: Botafogo
(August 1–August 28)
Cruzeiro
(September 1–September 18)
Longest unbeaten run15 games: Fluminense
(May 26–September 5)
Longest losing run6 games: Goiás
(August 14–September 8)
Highest attendance76,205: Vasco da Gama 2–2 Fluminense
(August 22)[1]
Lowest attendance674: Grêmio Prudente 4–1 Goiás
(November 7)[1]
Average attendance14,839[1]
2009
2011

Format

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For the eighth consecutive season, the tournament was in a double round-robin system. The team with most points was declared the champion. The bottom-four teams were relegated for the following season.

International qualification

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The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2011 international tournaments. Since Internacional won the 2010 Copa Libertadores, the top-two teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores.

The format used then also specified that the next two best teams in the standings qualify to the First Stage, if the 2011 Copa Sudamericana isn't conquered by a Brazilian club. If that happens, the fourth placed team will not qualify to the Libertadores. Santos, as the winner of the 2010 Copa do Brasil, has an automatic berth to the Second Stage of the competition. The next eight best teams in the standings earn berths to the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.[2]

Team information

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Last season, Coritiba, Santo André, Náutico, and Sport were relegated after finishing in the last four position in the standings. There were replaced by four-time champion Vasco da Gama, one-time champion Guarani, Ceará, and Atlético Goianiense, the top-four finishers of the 2009 Série B.

During the off-season, Barueri-based club Grêmio Recreativo Barueri, simply known as Barueri, moved to Presidente Prudente, thus changed their name to Grêmio Prudente Futebol.

During the championship, some clubs' venues were transferred to secondary stadia as their home venues are being reformed in preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil.

Team City Stadium Capacity
Atlético Goianiense Goiânia Serra Dourada 45,000
Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte Mineirão
Arena do Jacaré
Ipatingão
75,783
25,000
20,500
Atlético Paranaense Curitiba Arena da Baixada 28,327
Avaí Florianópolis Ressacada 19,000
Botafogo Rio de Janeiro Engenhão 46,931
Ceará Fortaleza Castelão 60,326
Corinthians São Paulo Pacaembu 37,952
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte Mineirão
Arena do Jacaré
Ipatingão
Parque do Sabiá
75,783
25,000
20,500
50,000
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Maracanã
Raulino de Oliveira
Engenhão
87,238
21,000
46,931
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro Maracanã
Engenhão
87,238
46,931
Goiás Goiânia Serra Dourada 45,000
Grêmio Porto Alegre Olímpico 45,000
Grêmio Prudente Presidente Prudente Prudentão 44,414
Guarani Campinas Brinco de Ouro 40,988
Internacional Porto Alegre Beira-Rio 56,000
Palmeiras São Paulo Palestra Itália
Arena Barueri
Pacaembu
29,876
16,417
37,952
Santos Santos Vila Belmiro
Pacaembu
20,120
37,952
São Paulo São Paulo Morumbi 67,428
Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro São Januário 20,150
Vitória Salvador Barradão 32,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Atlético Goianiense Renê Simões Super Bolla Banco BMG
Atlético Mineiro Dorival Júnior Topper Banco BMG
Atlético Paranaense Sérgio Soares Umbro Philco
Avaí Vagner Benazzi Fanatic Intelbras
Botafogo Joel Santana Fila Neo Química Genéricos
Ceará Dimas Filgueiras (caretaker) Penalty Neo Química Genéricos
Corinthians Tite Nike Neo Química Genéricos
Cruzeiro Cuca Reebok Banco BMG
Flamengo Vanderlei Luxemburgo Olympikus Batavo
Fluminense Muricy Ramalho Adidas Unimed
Goiás Artur Neto Lotto Neo Química Genéricos
Grêmio Renato Gaúcho Puma Banrisul
Grêmio Prudente Fábio Giuntini Kanxa Grupo Localfrio
Guarani Vágner Mancini Lupo Sport CPN Engenharia
Internacional Celso Roth Reebok Banrisul
Palmeiras Luiz Felipe Scolari Adidas Fiat
Santos Marcelo Martelotte (caretaker) Umbro Seara Alimentos
São Paulo Paulo César Carpegiani Reebok Banco BMG
Vasco da Gama PC Gusmão Penalty Eletrobras
Vitória Antônio Lopes Penalty Grupo OAS

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of
vacancy
Position
in table
Replaced by Date of
appointment
Vasco da Gama Vágner Mancini Sacked March 25 Pre-season Gaúcho (caretaker) March 26
Goiás Jorginho Sacked April 19 Pre-season Émerson Leão April 24
Flamengo Andrade Sacked April 23 Pre-season Rogério Lourenço April 24
Palmeiras Antônio Carlos Zago Sacked May 18 7th Jorge Parraga (caretaker) May 19
Vasco da Gama Gaúcho (caretaker) Replaced May 18 16th Celso Roth May 18
Atlético Paranaense Leandro Niehues Sacked May 25 17th Leandro Niehues (caretaker) May 25
Internacional Jorge Fossati Sacked May 28 18th Enderson Moreira (caretaker) May 29
Atlético Paranaense Leandro Niehues (caretaker) Replaced May 31 19th Paulo César Carpegiani May 31
Cruzeiro Adílson Batista Resigned June 2 6th Cuca June 8
Atlético Goianiense Geninho Resigned June 7 20th Roberto Fernandes June 14
Vasco da Gama Celso Roth Left to sign with Internacional June 12 19th PC Gusmão June 13
Internacional Enderson Moreira (caretaker) Replaced June 12 16th Celso Roth June 12
Ceará PC Gusmão Left to sign with Vasco da Gama June 13 2nd Estevam Soares June 13
Palmeiras Jorge Parraga (caretaker) Replaced June 13 10th Luis Felipe Scolari June 13
Avaí Péricles Chamusca Left to sign with Al-Arabi July 1 12th Antônio Lopes July 5
Corinthians Mano Menezes Left to sign with Brazil July 24 2nd Adílson Batista July 24
Atlético Goianiense Roberto Fernandes Sacked July 30 20th Renê Simões August 1
São Paulo Ricardo Gomes Contract expired August 5 9th Sérgio Baresi August 10
Grêmio Silas Sacked August 8 18th Renato Gaúcho August 10
Ceará Estevam Soares Sacked August 8 3rd Mário Sérgio August 9
Vitória Ricardo Silva Sacked August 9 16th Toninho Cecílio August 9
Grêmio Prudente Toninho Cecílio Left to sign with Vitória August 9 14th Antônio Carlos Zago August 17
Goiás Émerson Leão Sacked August 27 20th Jorginho August 29
Flamengo Rogério Lourenço Sacked August 27 10th Silas August 29
Ceará Mário Sérgio Sacked September 8 11th Dimas Filgueiras (caretaker) September 10
Vitória Toninho Cecílio Sacked September 8 15th Ricardo Silva September 9
Grêmio Prudente Antônio Carlos Zago Sacked September 10 19th Marcelo Rospide September 10
Avaí Antônio Lopes Sacked September 20 16th Vagner Benazzi October 10
Santos Dorival Júnior Sacked September 21 6th Marcelo Martelotte (caretaker) September 21
Atlético Mineiro Vanderlei Luxemburgo Sacked September 23 18th Dorival Júnior September 25
Grêmio Prudente Marcelo Rospide Resigned September 27 20th Fábio Giuntini October 5
Atlético Paranaense Paulo César Carpegiani Left to sign with São Paulo October 3 5th Sérgio Soares October 4
São Paulo Sérgio Baresi Replaced October 3 11th Paulo César Carpegiani October 3
Flamengo Silas Sacked October 4 15th Vanderlei Luxemburgo October 5
Vitória Ricardo Silva Sacked October 7 14th Antônio Lopes October 7
Corinthians Adílson Batista Mutual consent October 10 3rd Tite October 17
Goiás Jorginho Sacked November 8 19th Artur Neto November 8

Foreign Players

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The match squad must have no more than 3 Foreign Players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Dual Nationality Player Former Players
Atlético Goianiense
Atlético Mineiro   Édison Méndez   Jayro Campos   Julio César Cáceres   Pedro Benítez
Atlético Paranaense   Federico Nieto   Joffre Guerrón   Iván González   Javier Toledo
  Edwin Valencia
Avaí
Botafogo   Germán Herrera   Sebastián Abreu
Ceará
Corinthians   Matías Defederico
Cruzeiro   Ernesto Farías   Walter Montillo   Javier Reina
  Joffre Guerrón
Flamengo   Claudio Maldonado   Gonzalo Fierro   Cristian Martinez   Dejan Petković
Fluminense   Darío Conca   Ezequiel González   Edwin Valencia   Deco   Emerson Sheik
Goiás
Grêmio
Grêmio Prudente
Guarani
Internacional   Andrés D'Alessandro   Pablo Guiñazú   Roberto Abbondanzieri   Bruno Silva   Gonzalo Sorondo
Palmeiras   Jorge Valdivia   Pablo Armero
Santos   Rodrigo Possebon
São Paulo
Vasco da Gama   Julio Irrazábal
Vitória   Julián Viáfara

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fluminense 38 20 11 7 62 36 +26 71 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Cruzeiro 38 20 9 9 53 38 +15 69
3 Corinthians 38 19 11 8 65 41 +24 68 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Grêmio 38 17 12 9 68 43 +25 63
5 Atlético Paranaense 38 17 9 12 43 45 −2 60 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
6 Botafogo 38 14 17 7 54 42 +12 59
7 Internacional 38 16 10 12 48 41 +7 58 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
8 Santos 38 15 11 12 63 50 +13 56 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[b]
9 São Paulo 38 15 10 13 54 54 0 55 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage
10 Palmeiras 38 12 14 12 42 43 −1 50
11 Vasco da Gama 38 11 16 11 43 45 −2 49
12 Ceará 38 10 17 11 35 44 −9 47
13 Atlético Mineiro 38 13 6 19 52 64 −12 45
14 Flamengo 38 9 17 12 41 44 −3 44
15 Avaí 38 11 10 17 49 58 −9 43
16 Atlético Goianiense 38 11 9 18 51 57 −6 42
17 Vitória 38 9 15 14 42 48 −6 42 Relegation to Série B
18 Guarani 38 8 13 17 33 53 −20 37
19 Goiás 38 8 9 21 41 68 −27 33
20 Prudente 38 7 10 21 39 64 −25 28[c]
Source: [3]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Internacional qualified as the 2010 Copa Libertadores champion.
  2. ^ Santos qualified as the 2010 Copa do Brasil champion.
  3. ^ Grêmio Prudente was docked 3 points due to fielding a suspended player.


 Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A
2010 champion 
Fluminense
Third title

Results

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Home \ Away ACG CAM CAP AVA BOT CEA COR CRU FLA FLU GOI GRE GPR GUA INT PAL SAN SPA VAS VIT
Atlético Goianiense 2–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–1
Atlético Mineiro 3–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–3
Atlético Paranaense 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0
Avaí 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 5–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 4–1 0–3 6–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 3–2 0–0 2–0 0–0
Botafogo 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0
Ceará 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0
Corinthians 3–4 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 2–1
Cruzeiro 3–0 3–4 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–1
Flamengo 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2
Fluminense 1–0 5–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 2–1
Goiás 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–0 1–0
Grêmio 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 5–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–1
Grêmio Prudente 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 4–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 0–0
Guarani 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Internacional 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
Palmeiras 0–3 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 3–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0
Santos 4–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1
São Paulo 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–4 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 4–3 0–0 2–0
Vasco da Gama 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0
Vitória 0–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–2 4–2
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Pos[5] Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Jonas   Brazilian Grêmio 23
2 Neymar   Brazilian Santos 17
3 Bruno César   Brazilian Corinthians 14
4 Elias   Brazilian Atlético Goianiense 12
Obina   Brazilian Atlético Mineiro 12
6 Sebastián Abreu   Uruguayan Botafogo 11
André Lima   Brazilian Grêmio 11
8 Alecsandro   Brazilian Internacional 10
Diego Tardelli   Brazilian Atlético Mineiro 10
Kléber   Brazilian Palmeiras2 10
Washington   Brazilian Fluminense1 10
Wesley Morais   Brazilian Grêmio Prudente 10
Zé Eduardo   Brazilian Santos 10

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Estatísticas Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2010" [2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Statistics] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Conmebol se redime, e Brasileiro volta a ter quatro vagas para a Libertadores-11" [Conmebol changes its mind, and the Brazilian League qualifies four teams to the Libertadores-11] (in Portuguese). October 18, 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Classificação Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2010" [2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Standings] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  4. ^ "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2010" [2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "Artilharia" [Goalscorers] (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
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