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2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Field	Value
competition	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
season	2011
winners	Corinthians
5th Campeonato Brasileiro title
5th Brazilian title
relegated	Atlético Paranaense
Ceará
América-MG
Avaí
continentalcup1	Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Santos (title holder)
Corinthians
Fluminense
Flamengo
Internacional
continentalcup2	Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers	São Paulo
Figueirense
Coritiba
Botafogo
Palmeiras
Grêmio
Atlético Goianiense
Bahia
matches	380
total goals	1017
league topscorer	Borges (23 goals)
biggest home win	Cruzeiro 6-1 Atlético Mineiro
(December 4)
Coritiba 5–0 Botafogo
(September 11)
Cruzeiro 5–0 Avaí
(August 13)
Palmeiras 5–0 Avaí
(June 19)
Corinthians 5–0 São Paulo
(June 16)
biggest away win	Atlético Mineiro 0–4 Internacional
(June 30)
Figueirense 0-4 Fluminense
(November 20)
highest scoring	Santos 4–5 Flamengo
(July 27)
Fluminense 5-4 Grêmio
(November 16)
longest wins	7 games — Corinthians
(June 12–July 28)
longest unbeaten	16 games — Flamengo
(May 21–August 18)
longest winless	12 games - Cruzeiro
(August 28-current)
longest losses	5 games — Botafogo
(November 5–current)
highest attendance	63,871 — October 2, 2011
(São Paulo 1-2 Flamengo)
lowest attendance	732 — July 31, 2011
(América (MG) 1-3 Coritiba)
average attendance	14,600
prevseason	2010
nextseason	2012

5th Campeonato Brasileiro title 5th Brazilian title Ceará América-MG Avaí Corinthians Fluminense Flamengo Internacional Figueirense Coritiba Botafogo Palmeiras Grêmio Atlético Goianiense Bahia (December 4) Coritiba 5–0 Botafogo (September 11) Cruzeiro 5–0 Avaí (August 13) Palmeiras 5–0 Avaí (June 19) Corinthians 5–0 São Paulo (June 16) (June 30) Figueirense 0-4 Fluminense (November 20) (July 27) Fluminense 5-4 Grêmio (November 16) (June 12–July 28) (May 21–August 18) (August 28-current) (November 5–current) (São Paulo 1-2 Flamengo) (América (MG) 1-3 Coritiba)

The 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Brasileirão Petrobras 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 21 and was scheduled to end on December 4. Fluminense comes in as the defending champion having won the 2010 season.

Format

For the ninth consecutive season, the tournament will be played in a double round-robin system. The team with most points will be declared the champion. The bottom-four teams will be relegated for the following season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2012 international tournaments. The top-two teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores, while the next third and fourth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage. The next eight best teams in the standings will earn berths to the Second Stage of the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.

Team information

Vitória, Guarani, Goiás and Grêmio Prudente were relegated to the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B after finishing in the bottom four spots of the table at the end of the 2010 season. Goiás were relegated to the Série B after eleven seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Brazil, while Vitória ended a three-year tenure in Série A and Grêmio Prudente ended a two-year appearance. Guarani made their immediate return to the second level.

The four relegated teams were replaced by four 2010 Série B sides. Champions Coritiba, made their immediate return to Série A, runners-up Figueirense, who returned after two years, third placed Bahia, who returned to the top flight after seven seasons at lower levels, and fourth placed América Mineiro, who returned to the league for the first time in eight years.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
América (MG)	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré
Parque do Sabiá (3 matches)
Morenão (one match)	18,000
50,000
45,000
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	50,049
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré
Ipatingão (4 matches)	18,000
20,500
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada	28,237
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	19,000
Bahia	Salvador	Pituaçu	31,677
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão
São Januário (2 matches)
Raulino de Oliveira (one match)	44,000
22,150
20,255
Ceará	Fortaleza	Presidente Vargas	20,600
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu
Fonte Luminosa (one match)	37,952
20,287
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	38,000
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré
Parque do Sabiá (3 matches)
Ipatingão (one match)	18,000
50,000
20,500
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,069
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão
Moacyrzão (4 matches)	44,000
15,000
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão
Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches)
São Januário (one match)	44,000
20,255
22,150
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico	45,000
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	56,000
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Canindé (10 matches)
Pacaembu (6 matches)
Prudentão (one match)
Teixeirão (one match)
Arena Barueri (one match)	21,004
37,952
44,414
32,936
31,452
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro
Pacaembu (4 matches)	21,256
37,952
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi
Arena Barueri (one match)
Vail Chaves (one match)	67,428
31,452
19,900
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário
Engenhão (3 matches)	22,150
44,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
América (MG)	Givanildo Oliveira	BRA Gabriel Santos	Kanxa	Fiat
Atlético Goianiense	Hélio dos Anjos	BRA Márcio	Super Bolla	Cimento Tocantins
Atlético Mineiro	Cuca	BRA Réver	Topper	Banco BMG
Atlético Paranaense	Antônio Lopes	BRA Paulo Baier	Umbro	Philco
Avaí	Toninho Cecílio	BRA William	Fanatic	Intelbras
Bahia	Joel Santana	BRA Titi	Lotto	Grupo OAS
Botafogo	Caio Júnior	URU Sebastián Abreu	Fila	Joao Fortes Engenharia
Ceará	Dimas Filgueiras	BRA Fabrício	Penalty	Neo Química Genéricos
Corinthians	Tite	BRA Alessandro	Nike	Neo Química Genéricos
Coritiba	Marcelo Oliveira	BRA Pereira	Lotto	Banco BMG
Cruzeiro	Vágner Mancini	BRA Fábio	Reebok	Banco BMG
Figueirense	Jorginho	BRA João Paulo	Fila	Taschibra
Flamengo	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	BRA Ronaldinho	Olympikus	Procter & Gamble
Fluminense	Abel Braga	BRA Fred	Adidas	Unimed
Grêmio	Celso Roth	BRA Fábio Rochemback	Topper	Banrisul
Internacional	Dorival Júnior	BRA Bolívar	Reebok	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Luiz Felipe Scolari	BRA Marcos Assunção	Adidas	Fiat
Santos	Muricy Ramalho	BRA Edu Dracena	Umbro	Banco BMG
São Paulo	Émerson Leão	BRA Rogério Ceni	Reebok	Banco BMG
Vasco da Gama	Ricardo Gomes/Cristóvão Borges	BRA Juninho Pernambucano	Penalty	Eletrobras

1 According to current revision League managers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of
departure	Date of
vacancy	Position
in table	Replaced by	Date of
appointment
Santos	Adílson Batista	Sacked	February 27	Pre-season	Muricy Ramalho	April 8
Fluminense	Muricy Ramalho	Resigned	March 13	Pre-season	Abel Braga	June 8
Ceará	Dimas Filgueiras	Contract ended	March 31	Pre-season	Vágner Mancini	April 1
Atlético Goianiense	Renê Simões	Sacked	April 1	Pre-season	Paulo César Gusmão	April 3
Atlético Paranaense	Geninho	Sacked	April 4	Pre-season	Adílson Batista	April 5
Internacional	Celso Roth	Sacked	April 8	Pre-season	Falcão	April 14
Bahia	Vágner Benazzi	Sacked	April 10	Pre-season	Renê Simões	April 14
Avaí	Silas	Left to sign with Al-Arabi	June 8	20th	Alexandre Gallo	June 14
Cruzeiro	Cuca	Sacked	June 19	18th	Joel Santana	June 20
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Sacked	June 30	12th	Júlio Camargo	July 2
Atlético Paranaense	Adílson Batista	Sacked	July 2	20th	Renato Gaúcho	July 4
São Paulo	Paulo César Carpegiani	Sacked	July 7	3rd	Adílson Batista	July 16
América (MG)	Mauro Fernandes	Sacked	July 11	18th	Antônio Lopes	July 12
Internacional	Falcão	Sacked	July 18	8th	Dorival Júnior	August 12
Atlético Goianiense	Paulo César Gusmão	Personal problems	July 21	17th	Hélio dos Anjos	August 12
América (MG)	Antônio Lopes	Resigned	August 1	20th	Givanildo Oliveira	August 2
Grêmio	Júlio Camargo	Sacked	August 4	15th	Celso Roth	August 4
Atlético Mineiro	Dorival Júnior	Sacked	August 7	14th	Cuca	August 8
Avaí	Alexandre Gallo	Sacked	August 18	19th	Toninho Cecílio	August 22
Vasco da Gama	Ricardo Gomes	Health problems (temporarily)	August 28	4th	Cristóvão Borges (caretaker)	August 29
Atlético Paranaense	Renato Gaúcho	Resigned	September 1	19th	Antônio Lopes	September 1
Cruzeiro	Joel Santana	Sacked	September 2	11th	Emerson Ávila	September 2
Bahia	René Simões	Sacked	September 2	16th	Joel Santana	September 4
Ceará	Vágner Mancini	Sacked	September 11	15th	Estevam Soares	September 14
Cruzeiro	Emerson Ávila	Sacked	September 26	16th	Vágner Mancini	September 26
São Paulo	Adílson Batista	Sacked	October 16	6th	Émerson Leão	October 24
Ceará	Estevam Soares	Sacked	October 23	17th	Dimas Filgueiras	October 24
Avaí	Toninho Cecílio	Sacked	November 14	20th	Edson Neguinho (caretaker)	November 14
Botafogo	Caio Júnior	Sacked	November 17	5th	Flavio Tenius (caretaker)	November 17

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Borges	BRA	Santos	23
2	Fred	BRA	Fluminense	22
3	Deivid	BRA	Flamengo	15
4	Leandro Damião	BRA	Internacional	14
Ronaldinho	BRA	Flamengo	14
William	BRA	Avaí	14
7	Sebastián Abreu	URU	Botafogo	13
Kempes	BRA	América-MG	13
Neymar	BRA	Santos	13
10	Anselmo	BRA	Atlético Goianiense	12
Liédson	POR	Corinthians	12
Walter Montillo	ARG	Cruzeiro	12
Thiago Neves	BRA	Flamengo	12

References

"Calendário 2011". [[Brazilian Football Confederation.
"Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2011". [[Brazilian Football Confederation]].

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