Campeonato Brasilero Série A

FIFA Region

CONMEBOL

Season

2020

Location

Brazil

Abbreviation

BRA1

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Summary

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (BRA1) is the top level of league style football competition in Brazil. At the end of the 2020 BRA1 season, the BRA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2021 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place 2020 BRA1 teams
2021 Copa Libertadores - 1st Stage:
- 5th and 6th place 2020 BRA1 teams
2021 Copa Sudamericana - 1st Stage:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th best 2020 BRA1 teams without a 2021 Copa Libertadores berth

The winner of the 2020 Copa do Brasil, typically a BRA1 team, also receives a berth in the 2021 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage. If a BRA1 has earned the Copa do Brasil berth and has also earned a spot in one of the berths above, then the 7th best 2020 BRA1 teams without a 2021 Copa Libertadores berth will receive a berth in the 2021 Copa Sudamericana - 1st Stage.

Leagues Pyramid - Brazil

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
BRA1	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	20
BRA2	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B	20
BRA3	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C	20
BRA4	Campeonato Brasileiro Série D	68

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
8 Aug 2020 - 24 Feb 2021			20: BRA1 (16), BRA2 (4)

Season Format

Each BRA1 team plays Home-Away matches against the other BRA1 teams for a total of 38 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) matches won, (2) goal difference, (3) total goals scored, (4) head-to-head results, (5) least red cards received, (6) least yellow cards received, then (7) a draw.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of each 2020 season, the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th place BRA1 teams will be relegated to the BRA2, and four BRA2 teams will be promoted to the 2021 BRA1.

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Table

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Flamengo	37	21 -8-8	71	-	67	46	21	19	11 -4-4	37	35	23	12	18	10 -4-4	34	32	23	9
2	Internacional	37	20 -9-8	69	-	61	35	26	18	12 -4-2	40	34	17	17	19	8 -5-6	29	27	18	9
3	Atlético MG	37	19 -8-10	65	-	62	45	17	18	13 -4-1	43	39	13	26	19	6 -4-9	22	23	32	-9
4	São Paulo	37	17 -12-8	63	-	57	40	17	18	9 -7-2	34	27	15	12	19	8 -5-6	29	30	25	5
5	Fluminense FC	37	17 -10-10	61	-	53	42	11	18	10 -5-3	35	29	14	15	19	7 -5-7	26	24	28	-4
6	Grêmio	37	14 -17-6	59	-	53	39	14	19	10 -6-3	36	34	23	11	18	4 -11-3	23	19	16	3
7	Palmeiras	37	15 -13-9	58	-	51	35	16	19	9 -8-2	35	33	16	17	18	6 -5-7	23	18	19	-1
8	Santos FC	37	14 -12-11	54	-	52	49	3	19	9 -7-3	34	35	23	12	18	5 -5-8	20	17	26	-9
9	CA Bragantino	37	12 -14-11	50	-	49	40	9	18	9 -5-4	32	33	19	14	19	3 -9-7	18	16	21	-5
10	Corinthians	37	13 -11-13	50	-	45	45	0	19	8 -7-4	31	29	23	6	18	5 -4-9	19	16	22	-6
11	Atlético Paranaense	37	14 -8-15	50	-	36	36	0	18	8 -5-5	29	18	13	5	19	6 -3-10	21	18	23	-5
12	Ceará	37	13 -10-14	49	-	52	50	2	18	6 -5-7	23	20	24	-4	19	7 -5-7	26	32	26	6
13	Goianiense	37	11 -14-12	47	-	37	44	-7	18	5 -9-4	24	21	20	1	19	6 -5-8	23	16	24	-8
14	Sport Recife	37	12 -6-19	42	-	31	48	-17	19	8 -2-9	26	19	23	-4	18	4 -4-10	16	12	25	-13
15	Fortaleza EC	37	10 -11-16	41	-	34	42	-8	19	8 -6-5	30	20	15	5	18	2 -5-11	11	14	27	-13
16	EC Bahia	37	11 -8-18	41	-	46	59	-13	18	8 -2-8	26	25	26	-1	19	3 -6-10	15	21	33	-12
17	CR Vasco de Gama	37	9 -11-17	38	-	34	54	-20	18	6 -5-7	23	18	19	-1	19	3 -6-10	15	16	35	-19
18	Goiás EC	37	9 -10-18	37	-	39	60	-21	19	6 -5-8	23	19	28	-9	18	3 -5-10	14	20	32	-12
19	Coritiba FBC	37	7 -10-20	31	-	30	51	-21	19	4 -6-9	18	13	19	-6	18	3 -4-11	13	17	32	-15
20	Botafogo (RJ)	37	5 -12-20	27	-	31	60	-29	19	3 -5-11	14	16	30	-14	18	2 -7-9	13	15	30	-15
Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Relegation