2016 in Brazilian football

Football in Brazil
Season 2016
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The following article presents a summary of the 2016 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which is the 115th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A will start in May 2016, and is scheduled to end in December 2016.

América Mineiro Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense
Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo
Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta
Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B will start in May 2016, and is scheduled to end in November 2016.

Atlético Goianiense Avaí Bahia Bragantino Brasil de Pelotas
Ceará CRB Criciúma Goiás Joinville
Luverdense Londrina Náutico Oeste Paraná
Paysandu Sampaio Corrêa Tupi Vasco da Gama Vila Nova

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is scheduled to start in May 2016, and is scheduled to end in November 2016.

ABC América de Natal ASA Boa Esporte Botafogo-PB
Botafogo-SP Confiança Cuiabá Fortaleza Guarani
Guaratinguetá Juventude Macaé Mogi Mirim Portuguesa
Remo Ríver Salgueiro Tombense Ypiranga de Erechim

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D will start in May 2016, and is scheduled to end in November 2016.

Águia de Marabá Aparecidense Caxias Fluminense de Feira Goianésia
Icasa Madureira Maringá Nacional Portuguesa-RJ
Santos-AP São José Tocantinópolis

Domestic cups

Copa do Brasil

Main article: 2016 Copa do Brasil

The 2016 Copa do Brasil will start on March 16, 2016, and is scheduled to end on November 30, 2016.

Copa do Nordeste

Main article: 2016 Copa do Nordeste

The competition features 20 clubs from the Northeatern region. It is scheduled to start on February 14, 2016 and is scheduled to end on May 1, 2016.

Copa Verde

Main article: 2016 Copa Verde

The competition features 18 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including Espírito Santo champions. It is scheduled to start on February 6 and is scheduled to end in May 2016.

Primeira Liga

Main article: 2016 Primeira Liga

The competition featured 12 clubs from the South and Southeastern regions, including Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro State teams. It started on January 27, 2016 and concluded on April 20, 2016. The Primeira Liga final was played between Fluminense and Atlético Paranaense.

Fluminense won the cup after defeating Atlético Paranaense 1–0.

State championship champions

State Champion
Acre (state) Acre
Alagoas Alagoas
Amapá Amapá
Amazonas (Brazilian state) Amazonas
Bahia Bahia
Ceará Ceará
Federal District (Brazil) Distrito Federal
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo
Goiás Goiás
Maranhão Maranhão
Mato Grosso Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais
Pará Pará
Paraíba Paraíba
Paraná (state) Paraná
Pernambuco Pernambuco
Piauí Piauí
Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro
Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul
Rondônia Rondônia
Roraima Roraima
Santa Catarina (state) Santa Catarina
São Paulo (state) São Paulo
Sergipe Sergipe
Tocantins Tocantins

Youth competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-17 to be decided
Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 to be decided
Copa do Brasil Sub-17(1) to be decided
Copa do Brasil Sub-20 to be decided
Copa Ipiranga Sub-20 to be decided
Copa Santiago de Futebol Juvenil Cruzeiro de Santiago
Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior Flamengo
Taça Belo Horizonte de Juniores to be decided

Other competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Paulista do Interior to be decided
Copa Espírito Santo to be decided
Copa FGF to be decided
Copa do Nordeste to be decided
Copa Paulista de Futebol to be decided
Copa Rio to be decided
Copa Verde to be decided

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team 2016 Copa Libertadores 2016 Copa Sudamericana
Atlético Mineiro In the Second Stage N/A
Corinthians In the Second Stage N/A
Grêmio In the Second Stage N/A
Palmeiras In the Second Stage N/A
São Paulo In the Second Stage N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2016.

Copa América Centenario

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Women's football

National team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2016.

Algarve Cup

Main article: 2016 Algarve Cup

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2016:

Competition Performance
Algarve Cup
Runners-up
Torneio Internacional Feminino to be decided

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino started on January 20, 2016, and is scheduled to end on May 25, 2016.

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The 2016 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino will start on February 4, 2016, and is scheduled to end on April 8, 2016.

Domestic competition champions

Competition Champion
Campeonato Carioca to be decided
Campeonato Paulista to be decided

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina
to be decided to be decided
to be decided to be decided

References

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