2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2012
Champions	Fluminense 3rd Campeonato Brasileiro title 4th Brazilian title
Relegated	Figueirense Atlético Goianiense Palmeiras Sport Recife
Copa Libertadores de América	Corinthians (title holder) Palmeiras (cup winner) Fluminense Grêmio Atlético Mineiro São Paulo
Matches played	380
Goals scored	940 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fred (20)
Biggest home win	Atlético Mineiro 6−0 Figueirense
Biggest away win	Vasco 0−4 Bahia
Highest scoring	Figueirense 3−4 Atlético Mineiro
Longest winning run	7 games Atlético Mineiro
Longest unbeaten run	15 games Grêmio
Longest winless run	14 games Figueirense
Longest losing run	7 games Atlético Goianiense Figueirense
Highest attendance	São Paulo 2−1 Náutico 62,207
Lowest attendance	Atlético Goianiense 0−1 Sport 449
Average attendance	12,983
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (known as the Brasileirão Petrobras 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Corinthians come in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2011 season. On 11 November 2012, Fluminense won the title for the fourth time.^[1]

Format

For the tenth consecutive season, the tournament will be played in a double round-robin system. The team with most number of points at the end of the season will be declared champion. The bottom four teams will be relegated and will play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2013 season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2013 Copa Libertadores. The top-two teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while the third and fourth places in the standings will qualify to the First Stage.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Portuguesa
São Paulo

Locations of the 2012 Série A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	50,049
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	25,000
Bahia	Salvador	Pituaçu	32,179
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu	37,952
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	37,182
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré	25,000
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,808
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico	45,000
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	56,000
Náutico	Recife	Aflitos	19,800
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Pacaembu	37,952
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,722
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Canindé	21,004
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	20,120
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	67,428
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	30,520
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	22,150

Personnel and kits

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético Goianiense	Arthur Neto	Márcio	Super Bolla	Cimento Tocantins
Atlético Mineiro	Cuca	Réver	Topper	Banco BMG
Bahia	Jorginho	Titi	Nike	OAS Empreendimentos
Botafogo	de Oliveira, OswaldoOswaldo de Oliveira	Jefferson	Puma	Guaraviton
Corinthians	Tite	Alessandro	Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Marquinhos Santos	Lincoln	Nike	Banco BMG
Cruzeiro	Roth, CelsoCelso Roth	Fábio	Olympikus	Banco BMG
Figueirense	Adilson Batista	Wilson	Penalty	Taschibra
Flamengo	Júnior, DorivalDorival Júnior	Leonardo Moura	Olympikus	—
Fluminense	Braga, AbelAbel Braga	Fred	adidas	unimed
Grêmio	Luxemburgo, VanderleiVanderlei Luxemburgo	Silva, GilbertoGilberto Silva	Topper	Banrisul
Internacional	Osmar Loss (caretaker)	D'Alessandro, AndrésAndrés D'Alessandro	Nike	Banrisul
Náutico	Gallo, AlexandreAlexandre Gallo	Martinez	Penalty	—
Palmeiras	Kleina, GilsonGilson Kleina	Assunção, MarcosMarcos Assunção	adidas	Kia Motors
Ponte Preta	Ferreira, GutoGuto Ferreira	Roger	Pulse	Hitachi
Portuguesa	Geninho	Cordeiro, MarceloMarcelo Cordeiro	Lupo	IRWIN
Santos	Ramalho, MuricyMuricy Ramalho	Neymar	Nike	Banco BMG
São Paulo	Franco, NeyNey Franco	Ceni, RogérioRogério Ceni	Reebok	Semp Toshiba
Sport	Sérgio Guedes	Magrão	Lotto	MRV Engenharia
Vasco da Gama	Gaúcho	Pernambucano, JuninhoJuninho Pernambucano	Penalty	Eletrobras

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by
Atlético/GO	Adílson Batista	Sacked	29 May	10th	Hélio dos Anjos
São Paulo	Emerson Leão	Sacked	26 June	8th	Ney Franco
Atlético/GO	Hélio dos Anjos	Resigned	9 July	20th	Jairo Araújo
Bahia	Paulo Roberto Falcão	Sacked	20 July	19th	Caio Júnior
Internacional	Dorival Júnior	Sacked	20 July	8th	Fernandão
Figueirense	Argel Fucks	Sacked	20 July	17th	Hélio dos Anjos
Flamengo	Joel Santana	Sacked	23 July	10th	Dorival Júnior
Sport	Vágner Mancini	Resigned	11 August	16th	Waldemar Lemos
Figueirense	Hélio dos Anjos	Sacked	24 August	20th	Márcio Goiano
Bahia	Caio Júnior	Resigned	27 August	16th	Jorginho
Coritiba	Marcelo Oliveira	Sacked	6 September	16th	Marquinhos dos Santos
Vasco da Gama	Cristóvão Borges	Resigned	9 September	4th	Marcelo Oliveira
Palmeiras	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Mutual consent	13 September	19th	Narciso
Atlético/GO	Jairo Araújo	Resigned	13 September	20th	Arthur Neto
Palmeiras	Narciso	Replaced	19 September	19th	Gilson Kleina
Ponte Preta	Gilson Kleina	Left to sign with Palmeiras	19 September	11th	Guto Ferreira
Sport	Waldemar Lemos	Sacked	6 October	17th	Sérgio Guedes
Vasco da Gama	Marcelo Oliveira	Sacked	5 November	7th	Gaúcho
Figueirense	Márcio Goiano	Sacked	5 November	19th	Adílson Batista
Internacional	Fernandão	Sacked	20 November	8th	Osmar Loss (caretaker)

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fluminense (C)	38	22	11	5	61	33	+28	77	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Atlético Mineiro	38	20	12	6	64	37	+27	72	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
3	Grêmio	38	20	11	7	56	33	+23	71	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4	São Paulo	38	20	6	12	59	37	+22	66	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
5	Vasco da Gama	38	16	10	12	45	44	+1	58
6	Corinthians	38	15	12	11	51	39	+12	57	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ¹
7	Botafogo	38	15	10	13	60	50	+10	55
8	Santos	38	13	14	11	50	44	+6	53
9	Cruzeiro	38	15	7	16	47	51	−4	52
10	Internacional	38	13	13	12	44	40	+4	52
11	Flamengo	38	12	14	12	38	45	−7	50
12	Náutico	38	14	7	17	44	51	−7	49
13	Coritiba	38	14	6	18	53	60	−7	48
14	Ponte Preta	38	12	12	14	37	44	−7	48
15	Bahia	38	11	14	13	37	41	−4	47
16	Portuguesa	38	10	15	13	39	41	−2	45
17	Sport do Recife	38	10	11	17	39	56	−17	41	Relegation to 2013 Série B
18	Palmeiras	38	9	7	22	39	54	−15	34	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ²
18	Palmeiras	38	9	7	22	39	54	−15	34	Relegation to the 2013 Série B
19	Atlético Goianiense	38	7	9	22	37	67	−30	30	Relegation to 2013 Série B
20	Figueirense	38	7	9	22	39	72	−33	30	Relegation to 2013 Série B

Source: UOL.com.br
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
¹ Corinthians is qualified for the second stage of the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the 2012 Copa Libertadores champion.
² Palmeiras is qualified for the second stage of the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the 2012 Copa do Brasil champion.

(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.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ACG	CAM	BAH	BOT	COR	CTB	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GRE	INT	NAU	PAL	PON	POR	SAN	SPA	SPT	VAS
Atlético Goianiense		1–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–4	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	0–1
Atlético Mineiro	2–2		1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	6–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	5–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Bahia	1–1	0–0		2–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2
Botafogo	4–0	2–3	3–0		2–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–2	4–2	2–0	3–2
Corinthians	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–3		5–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0
Coritiba	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2		4–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2
Cruzeiro	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–4	2–3	1–0	1–1
Figueirense	3–1	3–4	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–0		0–2	2–2	2–4	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1
Flamengo	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0
Fluminense	1–2	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0		2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2
Grêmio	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–0		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0
Internacional	4–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	4–1	0–1	0–1		0–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0
Náutico	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	3–4	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–0		1–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1
Palmeiras	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	0–1	3–0		3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Ponte Preta	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Portuguesa	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	5–1	0–1
Santos	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	2–2	4–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–3		0–0	0–0	2–0
São Paulo	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–0		1–0	0–1
Sport Recife	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–4		0–2
Vasco da Gama	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–3

Source: http://www.cbf.com.br
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Fred	Brazilian	Fluminense	20
2	Luís Fabiano	Brazilian	São Paulo	17
3	Aloísio	Brazilian	Figueirense	14
	Hernán Barcos	Argentine	Palmeiras	14
	Bruno Mineiro	Brazilian	Portuguesa	14
	Neymar	Brazilian	Santos	14
7	Kieza	Brazilian	Náutico	13
7	Vágner Love	Brazilian	Flamengo	13
9	Bernard	Brazilian	Atlético Mineiro	11
9	Elkeson	Brazilian	Botafogo	11

Source: globoesporte.com

References

↑ "Fluminense crowned champions". Goal.com. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

External links

Official webpage (Portuguese)
- Official regulations (Portuguese)
2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A at Soccerway

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2016 clubs	América-MG Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória

Taça Brasil	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa	1967 1968 1969 1970

Brasileirão	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Champions Top Scorers 1987 Copa União Bola de Ouro Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Triple Crown Winning managers

2012 in Brazilian football

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Domestic leagues	Série A Série B Série C Série D

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

Domestic cups	Copa do Brasil Women's Copa do Brasil

South American competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Women's Copa Libertadores

Related to national team	Superclásico de las Américas Summer Olympics

Club seasons

Série A	Atlético Goianiense Atlético Mineiro Bahia Botafogo Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Náutico Palmeiras Ponte Preta Portuguesa Santos São Paulo Sport Vasco da Gama

2012 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Bolivia (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2011–12, 2012–13) Venezuela (2011–12, 2012–13)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile (2012–13) Colombia Venezuela

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

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