2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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Season	2014
Champions	Cruzeiro (4th title)
Relegated	Vitória Bahia Botafogo Criciúma
Copa Libertadores	Cruzeiro São Paulo Internacional Corinthians Atlético Mineiro
Matches played	380
Goals scored	860 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fred (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Botafogo 6−0 Criciúma (10 May) Goiás 6−0 Palmeiras (21 September)
Biggest away win	Sport 1−4 Corinthians (25 May) Atlético Paranaense 0−3 Fluminense (27 July)
Highest scoring	Fluminense 5−2 São Paulo (21 May) Corinthians 5−2 Goiás (21 August) Fluminense 5−2 Corinthians (30 November)
Longest winning run	5 matches: Internacional (20 June−18 August) Flamengo (10 August−31 August)
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches: Cruzeiro (1 June−12 September)
Longest winless run	10 matches: Bahia (11 May−03 August) Palmeiras (25 May−21 August) Criciúma (20 July−11 September)
Longest losing run	6 matches: Botafogo (2 November-30 November)
Highest attendance	58,627^[1] São Paulo 2−0 Cruzeiro (14 September 2014)
Lowest attendance	766^[2] Atlético-PR 1−1 Chapecoense (18 May 2014, Willie Davids, Maringá)
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The 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 58th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Cruzeiro, the defending champions, won the title for the second time in a row and fourth overall. The championship had a break between the ninth and tenth rounds due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held between June and July in Brazil.^[3]Cruzeiro took the lead in round 6 and from then on, staying in that position, winning the title after a 2-1 victory over Goiás in the Mineirão stadium, in round 36.

On the other side of the table, Criciúma, that had been in the relegation zone since round 17, and held the last place since round 30, was relegated after a 1-1 draw against Flamengo, also in round 36. In the following round, Botafogo was relegated after losing to Santos by 2-0. In the last round, Palmeiras, despite only obtaining a draw in its last match, against Atlético Paranaense, guaranteed its survival in the first division after defeats of its competitors, Vitória and Bahia.

Format

For the twelfth consecutive season, the tournament is played in a double round-robin system. The team with most number of points at the end of the season is declared champion, while the bottom four teams are relegated and play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2015 season.

International qualification

The Série A serves as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2015 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while the fourth place in the standings qualify to the First Stage.

Teams and location

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo

Location of teams in 2014 Série A

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	23,018
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada	43,000
Bahia	Salvador	Fonte Nova	51,708
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Arena Condá	22,600
Corinthians	São Paulo	Arena Corinthians	48,234
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	40,310
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	19,300
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão	58,170
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,908
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	78,838
Goiás	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	50,049
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Arena do Grêmio	55,662
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	50,128
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Pacaembu Allianz Parque	37,730 43,600
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	16,798
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	67,052
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	35,020
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão	35,632

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
4	São Paulo	Corinthians, Palmeiras, Santos, São Paulo
3	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense
3	Santa Catarina	Chapecoense, Criciúma, Figueirense
2	Bahia	Bahia, Vitória
	Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro
	Paraná	Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba
	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio, Internacional
1	Goiás	Goiás
1	Pernambuco	Sport

Average attendance^[4]

Club	Average attendance
Cruzeiro	30,015
Corinthians	29,195
São Paulo FC	28,611
Flamengo	28,221
Internacional	23,532
Grêmio	22,564
Palmeiras	19,947
Fluminense	19,448
Sport	18,749
Atlético Mineiro	14,200
Bahia	13,313
Botafogo	12,457
Coritiba	12,401
Vitória	10,635
Atlético Paranaense	10,463
Chapecoense	10,283
Santos FC	9,407
Criciúma EC	9,321
Figueirense	8,527
Goiás EC	6,958

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético Mineiro	Levir Culpi	Réver	Puma	Banco BMG
Atlético Paranaense	Claudinei Oliveira	Wéverton	Umbro	Caixa
Bahia	Gilson Kleina	Marcelo Lomba	Nike	None
Botafogo	Vágner Mancini	Jefferson	Puma	Guaraviton
Chapecoense	Celso Rodrigues	Bruno Rangel	Umbro	Aurora/Inviolavel
Corinthians	Mano Menezes	Ralf	Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Marquinhos Santos	Alex	Nike	Caixa
Criciúma	Gilmar Dal Pozzo	Paulo Baier	Kanxa	Dotz/Taschibra
Cruzeiro	Marcelo Oliveira	Fábio	Olympikus	Banco BMG
Figueirense	Argel Fucks	Tiago Volpi	Penalty	Caixa
Flamengo	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Léo Moura	Adidas	Caixa/Peugeot
Fluminense	Cristóvão Borges	Fred	Adidas	Unimed
Goiás	Ricardo Drubscky	Amaral	Puma	FR Incorporadora/Brahma
Grêmio	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Hernán Barcos	Topper	Banrisul/Tramontina
Internacional	Abel Braga	Andrés D'Alessandro	Nike	Banrisul/Tramontina
Palmeiras	Dorival Júnior	Jorge Valdivia	Adidas	None
Santos	Enderson Moreira	Edu Dracena	Nike	Huawei
São Paulo	Muricy Ramalho	Rogério Ceni	Penalty	None
Sport	Eduardo Baptista	Durval	Adidas	Caixa
Vitória	Ney Franco	Wilson	Puma	Caixa

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cruzeiro (C)	38	24	8	6	67	38	+29	80	2015 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	São Paulo	38	20	10	8	59	40	+19	70
3	Internacional	38	21	6	11	53	41	+12	69
4	Corinthians	38	19	12	7	49	31	+18	69	2015 Copa Libertadores first stage
5	Atlético Mineiro	38	17	11	10	51	38	+13	62	2015 Copa Libertadores group stage¹
6	Fluminense	38	17	10	11	61	42	+19	61	2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16²
7	Grêmio	38	17	10	11	36	24	+12	61	2015 Copa Sudamericana second stage³
8	Atlético Paranaense	38	15	9	14	43	42	+1	54
9	Santos	38	15	8	15	42	35	+7	53
10	Flamengo	38	14	10	14	46	47	−1	52
11	Sport	38	14	10	14	36	46	−10	52
12	Goiás	38	13	8	17	38	40	−2	47
13	Figueirense	38	13	8	17	37	47	−10	47
14	Coritiba	38	12	11	15	42	45	−3	47
15	Chapecoense	38	11	10	17	39	44	−5	43
16	Palmeiras	38	11	7	20	34	59	−25	40
17	Vitória (R)	38	10	8	20	37	54	−17	38	2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Bahia (R)	38	9	10	19	31	43	−12	37
19	Botafogo (R)	38	9	7	22	31	48	−17	34
20	Criciúma (R)	38	7	11	20	28	56	−28	32

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) wins; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head results; 6) least red cards received; 7) least yellow cards received; 8) draw.
¹ Atlético Mineiro has a berth guaranteed to the second stage as the 2014 Copa do Brasil champions.
² Because neither of Brazilian teams won the 2014 Copa Libertadores, an additionally berth to the 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16 was given to the best non-qualified to 2015 Copa Libertadores, the sixth-placed Fluminense.
³ Teams that will entry in 2015 Copa Sudamericana if they do not reach 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16. Also the 2014 Copa Verde champion (Brasília FC) and the 2015 Copa do Nordeste champion have a berth guaranteed.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Atlético Mineiro	9	15	17	15	11	7	9	6	8	11	11	11	9	6	6	8	6	8	7	8	8	7	6	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	2	5	4	6	4	5	6	5
Atlético Paranaense	5	4	8	14	13	14	10	12	11	7	4	9	10	7	7	9	9	10	11	13	11	11	12	13	11	12	15	14	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	8
Bahia	15	9	6	4	10	10	11	14	15	16	16	19	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	20	19	16	18	16	14	14	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Botafogo	20	18	19	13	15	17	17	13	14	14	14	14	16	17	12	16	14	13	14	14	15	17	16	15	16	19	20	19	17	19	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19
Chapecoense	9	15	17	19	20	20	18	18	16	15	15	15	12	13	13	12	15	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	15	16	14	13	15	15	15	15	16	17	15	14	15	15
Corinthians	9	3	1	3	8	9	6	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	6	7	6	5	6	5	3	5	7	5	5	3	3	4	4
Coritiba	9	13	15	18	19	18	19	20	17	18	19	17	17	20	20	17	19	18	18	17	18	15	17	19	20	20	17	20	20	16	18	17	15	16	17	15	14	14
Criciúma	15	19	13	17	17	12	12	10	13	12	12	12	13	12	15	15	17	17	17	19	17	19	19	20	19	18	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Cruzeiro	3	4	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Figueirense	20	20	20	20	18	19	20	19	20	17	18	20	18	16	18	14	12	14	12	11	13	13	13	12	10	11	12	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	13
Flamengo	9	17	9	16	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	18	20	19	14	13	11	9	10	12	10	10	11	10	12	13	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	8	10	9	9	10
Fluminense	1	1	5	2	5	3	2	2	2	6	3	3	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	6	4	7	7	7	7	5	6
Goiás	9	8	4	8	4	6	3	5	7	10	10	7	8	10	11	11	13	12	13	9	12	12	10	11	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	12	13	13	12
Grêmio	17	10	12	7	3	2	4	7	6	9	7	10	11	11	8	10	7	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	7	6	3	4	6	6	7	7
Internacional	5	4	3	1	1	5	8	4	5	8	5	4	3	2	2	2	5	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	5	3	3	6	3	5	4	3	3
Palmeiras	3	10	14	9	6	4	5	9	10	13	13	13	14	14	17	20	16	16	16	15	16	18	20	17	17	15	13	12	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	16
Santos	7	12	16	11	12	13	13	11	9	5	9	6	6	9	10	7	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	10	9
São Paulo	1	2	7	10	7	8	7	8	4	3	6	8	7	5	5	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sport	7	4	9	6	6	11	14	15	12	4	8	5	5	8	9	6	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Vitória	17	14	9	12	14	15	15	16	18	19	17	16	15	15	16	19	20	20	20	18	20	20	14	18	18	17	18	16	16	17	16	16	17	15	16	17	17	17

Source: globoesporte.com

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	CAM	CAP	BAH	BOT	CHA	COR	CTB	CRI	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GOI	GRE	INT	PAL	SAN	SPA	SPT	VIT
Atlético Mineiro		3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	2–0
Atlético Paranaense	1–0		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0
Bahia	1–1	1–2		1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1
Botafogo	0–0	0–2	2–3		1–0	1–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–4	1–1	1–1
Chapecoense	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0		0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1
Corinthians	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1
Coritiba	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0		1–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–0
Criciúma	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–3
Cruzeiro	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	3–2	3–1		5–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–1
Figueirense	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1		1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0
Flamengo	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–0
Fluminense	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	5–2	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	5–2	4–0	1–2
Goiás	2–3	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2		0–0	0–1	6–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0
Grêmio	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0		4–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0
Internacional	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	1–3	2–3	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0
Palmeiras	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1		1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0
Santos	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	3–1
São Paulo	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1		2–0	3–1
Sport	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0		1–2
Vitória	2–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1

Updated to games played on 1 December 2014.
Source: CBF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 7 December 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Fred	Fluminense	18
2	Henrique	Palmeiras	16
4	Ricardo Goulart	Cruzeiro	15
4	Marcelo Moreno	Cruzeiro	15
5	Hernán Barcos	Grêmio	14
6	Paolo Guerrero	Corinthians	12
6	Erik Lima	Goiás	12
7	Diego Tardelli	Atlético Mineiro	10
7	Leandro	Chapecoense	10
10	Cléo	Atlético Paranaense	9
	Darío Conca	Fluminense
	Luís Fabiano	São Paulo
	Alexandre Pato	São Paulo

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Daniel Correa	Botafogo	Criciúma	6–0^[6]	000000002014-05-10-000010 May 2014
Douglas Coutinho	Atlético Paranaense	Figueirense	3–1^[7]	000000002014-06-01-00001 June 2014
Luciano	Corinthians	Goiás	5–2^[8]	000000002014-08-21-000021 August 2014
Erik	Goiás	Atlético Paranaense	3–1^[9]	000000002014-08-31-000031 August 2014
Patric	Sport	Santos	3–1^[10]	000000002014-09-10-000010 September 2014
Henrique	Palmeiras	Chapecoense	4-2^[11]	000000002014-10-02-00002 October 2014

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets: 14
- Grêmio
Fewest clean sheets: 4
- Vitória

References

↑ "São Paulo 2–0 Cruzeiro". globoesporte. 14 September 2014.
↑ "Atlético-PR 1–1 Chapecoense". globoesporte. 18 May 2014.
↑ "Com Estaduais reduzidos e pausa da Copa, CBF divulga calendário de 2014" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/bra-serie-a-2014/1/
↑ "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Stats: Top Goal Scorers – 2014". globoesporte. Rede Globo. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
↑ "Botafogo 6–0 Criciúma". globoesporte. 10 May 2014.
↑ "Figueirense 1–3 Atlético Paranaense". globoesporte. 1 June 2014.
↑ "Corinthians 5–2 Goiás". globoesporte. 21 August 2014.
↑ "Goiás 3–1 Atlético Paranaense". globoesporte. 31 August 2014.
↑ "Sport 3–1 Santos". globoesporte. 10 September 2014.
↑ "Palmeiras 4-2 Chapecoense". globoesporte. 2 October 2014.

External links

2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at Soccerway

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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Club seasons

Série A

Atlético Mineiro
Atlético Paranaense
Bahia
Botafogo
Chapecoense
Corinthians
Coritiba
Criciúma
Cruzeiro
Figueirense
Flamengo
Fluminense
Goiás
Grêmio
Internacional
Palmeiras
Santos
São Paulo
Sport
Vitória

Série B

ABC
América-RN
América-MG
Atlético Goianiense
Avaí
Boa Esporte
Bragantino
Ceará
Icasa
Joinville
Luverdense
Náutico
Oeste
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Vasco da Gama
Vila Nova

2014 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2013–14, 2014) Bolivia (2013–14, 2014–15) Brazil Chile (2013–14, 2014–15) Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2013–14, 2014–15) Venezuela (2013–14, 2014–15)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2013–14, 2014–15) Brazil Chile (2013–14, 2014–15) Colombia Peru Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (elimination phase, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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