2006 in Brazilian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2006 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 105th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	São Paulo	78	38	22	12	4	66	32	34
2	Internacional	69	38	20	9	9	52	36	16
3	Grêmio	67	38	20	7	11	64	45	19
4	Santos	64	38	18	10	10	57	36	21
5	Paraná	60	38	18	6	14	56	49	7
6	Vasco	59	38	15	14	9	57	50	7
7	Figueirense	57	38	15	12	11	52	44	8
8	Goiás	55	38	15	10	13	63	49	14
9	Corinthians	53	38	15	8	15	41	46	-5
10	Cruzeiro	53	38	14	11	13	52	45	7
11	Flamengo	52	38	15	7	16	44	48	-4
12	Botafogo	51	38	13	12	13	52	50	2
13	Atlético-PR	48	38	13	9	16	61	62	-1
14	Juventude	47	38	13	8	17	44	54	-10
15	Fluminense	45	38	11	12	17	48	58	-10
16	Palmeiras	44	38	12	8	18	58	70	-12
17	Ponte Preta	39	38	10	7	19	45	65	-20
18	Fortaleza	38	38	9	13	16	39	62	-23
19	São Caetano	36	38	9	11	18	37	53	-16
20	Santa Cruz	28	38	7	7	24	41	75	-34

São Paulo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Ponte Preta, Fortaleza, São Caetano and Santa Cruz, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Atlético Mineiro	71	38	20	10	8	70	39	31
2	Sport	64	38	18	10	10	57	36	21
3	Náutico	64	38	18	10	10	64	49	15
4	América-RN	61	38	19	4	15	59	50	9
5	Paulista	61	38	16	11	11	72	51	21
6	Coritiba	59	38	16	11	11	64	51	13
7	Santo André	56	38	14	14	10	47	45	2
8	Brasiliense	53	38	15	7	16	66	52	14
9	Marília	50	38	13	11	14	58	58	0
10	Ituano	50	38	12	14	12	49	48	1
11	Gama	48	38	14	8	18	53	61	-8
12	Remo	46	38	13	7	17	50	60	-10
13	Avaí	46	38	12	10	16	36	51	-15
14	Ceará	46	38	10	16	12	47	56	-9
15	Portuguesa	45	38	11	12	15	47	58	-11
16	CRB	44	38	12	8	19	61	67	-6
17	Paysandu	44	38	12	8	16	51	70	-19
18	Guarani	44	38	11	14	13	53	61	-8
19	São Raimundo (AM)	43	38	11	10	17	42	59	-17
20	Vila Nova	42	38	11	9	18	45	68	-23

Atlético Mineiro declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are Atlético Mineiro, Sport, Náutico and América-RN, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Paysandu, Guarani, São Raimundo and Vila Nova, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Final Stage

Position	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Criciúma	31	14	9	4	1	27	11	16
2	Vitória	25	14	8	1	5	23	18	5
3	Ipatinga	24	14	7	3	4	21	15	6
4	Grêmio Barueri	23	14	7	2	5	27	22	5
5	Ferroviário-CE	19	14	6	1	7	21	26	-5
6	Bahia	14	14	4	2	8	21	30	-9
7	Brasil-RS	13	14	4	1	9	16	25	-9
8	Treze/PB	11	14	3	2	9	17	26	-9

Criciúma declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Criciúma, Vitória, Ipatinga and Grêmio Barueri, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Flamengo and Vasco.

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Flamengo v Vasco

July 19, 2006

Flamengo	2–0	Vasco

Maracanã

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Vasco v Flamengo

July 26, 2006

Vasco	0–1	Flamengo

Maracanã

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Flamengo declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 3-0.

State championship champions

State	Champion		State	Champion
Acre	ADESG		Paraíba	Treze
Alagoas	Coruripe		Paraná	Paraná
Amapá	São José		Pernambuco	Sport Recife
Amazonas	São Raimundo		Piauí	Parnahyba
Bahia	Colo-Colo		Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo
Ceará	Ceará		Rio Grande do Norte	Baraúnas
Distrito Federal	Brasiliense		Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Espírito Santo	Vitória-ES		Rondônia	Ulbra Ji-Paraná
Goiás	Goiás		Roraima	Baré
Maranhão	Moto Club		Santa Catarina	Figueirense
Mato Grosso	Operário (VG)		São Paulo	Santos
Mato Grosso do Sul	Coxim		Sergipe	Pirambu
Minas Gerais	Cruzeiro		Tocantins	Araguaína
Pará	Paysandu

Youth competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20	Internacional
Copa Macaé de Juvenis	Flamengo
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil	Atlético Mineiro
Copa São Paulo de Juniores	América-SP
Copa Sub-17 de Promissão	Cruzeiro
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores	Atlético Paranaense

Other competition champions

Competition	Champion
Copa Espírito Santo	Vilavelhense
Copa FGF	Grêmio B
Copa FPF	Ferroviária
Copa Governador do Mato Grosso	Cacerense
Copa Integração	Guarani de Juazeiro
Copa Paraná	Roma
Copa Santa Catarina	Chapecoense
Taça Minas Gerais	Villa Nova

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2006	Copa Sudamericana 2006	Recopa Sudamericana 2006	FIFA Club World Cup 2006
Atlético Paranaense	Did not qualify	Semifinals eliminated by Pachuca	Did not qualify	N/A
Botafogo	Did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Fluminense	N/A	N/A
Corinthians	Round of 16 eliminated by River Plate	Round of 16 eliminated by Lanús	N/A	Did not qualify
Cruzeiro	Did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Santos	N/A	N/A
Fluminense	Did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by Gimnasia La Plata	N/A	N/A
Goiás	Round of 16 eliminated by Estudiantes	Did not qualify	N/A	Did not qualify
Internacional	Champions defeated São Paulo	Did not qualify	N/A	Champions defeated Barcelona
Palmeiras	Round of eliminated by São Paulo	Did not qualify	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
Paraná	Did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Atlético Paranaense	N/A	N/A
Paulista	Group stage finished 4th place	Did not qualify	N/A	Did not qualify
Santos	Did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by San Lorenzo	Did not qualify	N/A
São Paulo	Runner-up lost to Internacional	Did not qualify	Runner-up lost to Boca Juniors	Did not qualify
Vasco	Did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Corinthians	N/A	N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2006.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
March 1, 2006	Russia	W	1-0	Ronaldo	International Friendly
May 30, 2006	Lucerne XI	W	8-0	Kaká, Adriano (2), Ronaldo (2), Lúcio, Juninho, Robinho	International Friendly (unofficial match)
June 4, 2006	New Zealand	W	4-0	Ronaldo, Adriano, Kaká, Juninho	International Friendly
June 13, 2006	Croatia	W	1-0	Kaká	World Cup
June 18, 2006	Australia	W	2-0	Adriano, Fred	World Cup
June 22, 2006	Japan	W	4-1	Ronaldo (2), Juninho, Gilberto	World Cup
June 27, 2006	Ghana	W	3-0	Ronaldo, Adriano, Zé Roberto	World Cup
July 1, 2006	France	L	0-1	-	World Cup
August 16, 2006	Norway	D	1-1	Carvalho	International Friendly
September 3, 2006	Argentina	W	3-0	Elano (2), Kaká	International Friendly
September 5, 2006	Wales	W	2-0	Marcelo, Love	International Friendly
October 7, 2006	Al Kuwait	W	4-0	Sóbis, Robinho, Carvalho, Kaká	International Friendly (unofficial match)
October 10, 2006	Ecuador	W	2-1	Fred, Kaká	International Friendly
November 15, 2006	Switzerland	W	2-1	Luisão, Kaká	International Friendly

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2006.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
October 28, 2006	South Korea	W	1–0	Angélica	Peace Queen Cup
October 30, 2006	Italy	D	1–1	Su	Peace Queen Cup
November 1, 2006	Canada	L	2–4	Roseli, Nildinha	Peace Queen Cup
November 11, 2006	Paraguay	W	4–1	Cristiane Silva (2), Daniela Alves, Aline Pellegrino	Sudamericano Femenino
November 13, 2006	Peru	W	2–0	Cristiane Silva, Elaine	Sudamericano Femenino
November 17, 2006	Bolivia	W	6–1	Daniela Alves, Cristiane Silva (3), Mônica de Paula, Elaine	Sudamericano Femenino
November 19, 2006	Venezuela	W	6–0	Daniela Alves, Renata Costa, Michele (2), Cristiane Silva, Daniele	Sudamericano Femenino
November 22, 2006	Uruguay	W	6–0	Daniela Alves (2), Grazielle (2), Elaine, Cristiane Silva	Sudamericano Femenino
November 24, 2006	Paraguay	W	6–0	Cristiane Silva (4), Daniela Alves, Renata Costa	Sudamericano Femenino
November 26, 2006	Argentina	L	0–2	-	Sudamericano Femenino

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2006:

Competition	Performance
Peace Queen Cup	Group stage
Sudamericano Femenino	Runner-up

Domestic competition champions

Competition	Champion
Campeonato Carioca	CEPE-Caxias
Campeonato Paulista	Botucatu
Taça Brasil	Botucatu

References

• Brazilian competitions at RSSSF
• 2006 Brazil national team matches at RSSSF
• 2004-2007 Brazil women's national team matches at RSSSF