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2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Field	Value
competition	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
season	2013
winners	Cruzeiro
2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title
3rd Brazilian title
relegated	Portuguesa
Vasco da Gama
Ponte Preta
Náutico
continentalcup1	Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Cruzeiro
Grêmio
Atlético Paranaense
Botafogo
Atlético Mineiro
Flamengo
matches	380
total goals	936
league topscorer	Éderson
(21 goals)
biggest home win	Cruzeiro 5−0 Goiás
Atlético Mineiro 5−0 Náutico
Atlético-PR 6−1 Náutico
biggest away win	Náutico 1−5 Santos
highest scoring	Internacional 5−3 Vasco
Coritiba 5−3 Ponte Preta
Cruzeiro 5−3 Vasco
Atlético-PR 3−5 Vitória
Cruzeiro 5−3 Criciúma
highest attendance	63,501
Santos 0–0 Flamengo
(26 May 2013)
lowest attendance	1,182
Portuguesa 2–1 Fluminense
(12 June 2013)
average attendance	15,889
prevseason	2012
nextseason	2014

2nd Campeonato Brasileiro title 3rd Brazilian title Vasco da Gama Ponte Preta Náutico Grêmio Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Atlético Mineiro Flamengo (21 goals) Atlético Mineiro 5−0 Náutico Atlético-PR 6−1 Náutico Coritiba 5−3 Ponte Preta Cruzeiro 5−3 Vasco Atlético-PR 3−5 Vitória Cruzeiro 5−3 Criciúma Santos 0–0 Flamengo (26 May 2013) Portuguesa 2–1 Fluminense (12 June 2013)

The 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 57th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Fluminense came in as the defending champions, having won the title in the 2012 season. On 13 November 2013, Cruzeiro won the title for the club's third time.

For the first time since the league adopted the 20-team, double round-robin format, all four teams promoted from Série B survived.

Average attendance

Club	Average attendance
Cruzeiro	29,315
Flamengo	26,350
Corinthians	25,168
São Paulo FC	23,024
Grêmio	22,301
Fluminense	20,777
Vasco da Gama	19,958
Bahia	18,672
Coritiba	15,571
EC Vitória	14,891
Botafogo	14,748
Goiás EC	13,776
Criciúma EC	11,837
Atlético Mineiro	11,436
Náutico	11,224
Santos FC	10,478
Atlético Paranaense	9,333
Internacional	7,708
AA Ponte Preta	6,414
Portuguesa	4,887

Format and results

For the eleventh consecutive season, the tournament was played in a double round-robin system. In a fashion similar to its second title in 2003, Cruzeiro led the rankings for most of the tournament, declared champion in the fifth to last round. The bottom four teams, Fluminense, Vasco, Ponte Preta and Nautico were relegated to play in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the 2014 season.

The tournament had a one-month interruption between June 9 and July 6 due to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, which took place in Brazil.

Although Flamengo finished the championship just above the relegation positions, it was punished by the Superior Court of Sport Justice for irregularly calling in a player during their final match against Cruzeiro. Flamengo played André Santos, who was suspended due to receiving a red card at a previous Copa do Brasil match. The team lost four points - three for the irregular usage of a player and a fourth one from the tie in the game against Cruzeiro. With the punishment, Flamengo was going to be relegated. However, the day after Flamengo's game, Portuguesa also irregularly called in a player against Grêmio: Héverton. The team also lost four points—three for the irregular usage of a player and a fourth one from the tie in the game against Grêmio. Portuguesa, which had been below Flamengo in the table before both teams' punishments, ended up being relegated instead of Flamengo. With both punishments, Fluminense FC also managed to finish the championship above the relegation positions and was spared from having to compete in the following year's second division. Portuguesa's irregular usage of a player raised many suspicions, both towards Flamengo's—which had also used an irregular player the day before—and Fluminense's side. This relegation was the start to a downhill turn for Portuguesa, as the team was relegated to the Brazilian Third Division - Série C the following year.

International qualification

The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2014 Copa Libertadores. Cruzeiro and Gremio qualified to the Second Stage of the competition, while Atletico Paranaense qualified to the First Stage. Botafogo qualified to the First Stage as well since Ponte Preta lost the 2013 Copa Sudamericana Finals.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência
Arena do Jacaré (one match)	23,018
19,834
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Vila Capanema
Arena Joinville (3 matches)
Vila Olímpica do Boqueirão (one match)	17,000
20,160
8,074
Bahia	Salvador	Fonte Nova
Pituaçu (one match)
Batistão (one match)	50,025
32,157
15,575
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã
Raulino de Oliveira (2 matches)
Mané Garrincha (one match)
Arena Pernambuco (one match)
São Januário (one match)	78,838
19,183
72,788
45,500
24,584
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu
Fonte Luminosa (2 matches)
Vail Chaves (2 matches)
Novelli Júnior (one match)	37,730
21,411
19,900
18,560
Coritiba	Curitiba	Estádio Couto Pereira	34,872
Criciúma	Criciúma	Heriberto Hülse	19,900
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão
Arena do Jacaré (2 matches)
Parque do Sabiá (one match)
Independência (one match)	61,846
19,834
53,350
23,018
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã
Mané Garrincha (6 matches)
Mário Helênio (one match)
Orlando Scarpelli (one match)	78,838
72,788
31,863
19,584
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã
Moacyrzão (4 matches)	78,838
15,000
Goiás	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	42,000
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Arena do Grêmio
Alfredo Jaconi (one match)	55,662
19,924
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Centenário (11 matches)
Estádio do Vale (8 matches)	22,132
15,000
Náutico	Recife	Arena Pernambuco
Aflitos (2 matches)	45,500
22,856
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Canindé
Arena Castelão (one match)
Morenão (one match)	21,004
63,903
24,000
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro
Pacaembu (2 matches)
Mané Garrincha (one match)
Prudentão (one match)	16,068
37,730
72,788
45,954
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi
Novelli Júnior (2 matches)	67,428
18,560
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário (7 matches)
Maracanã (4 matches)
Moacyrzão (3 matches)
Mané Garrincha (2 matches)
Raulino de Oliveira (2 matches)
Ressacada (one match)	24,584
78,838
15,000
72,788
19,183
17,826
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão
Arena Fonte Nova (3 matches)
Joia da Princesa (one match)	35,000
50,025
16,274

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético Mineiro	Brazil Cuca	Brazil Réver	Lupo	Banco BMG
Atlético Paranaense	Brazil Vágner Mancini	Brazil Paulo Baier	Umbro	Caixa
Bahia	Brazil Cristóvão Borges	Brazil Fahel	Nike	Grupo OAS
Botafogo	Brazil Oswaldo de Oliveira	Brazil Jefferson	Puma	Guaraviton
Corinthians	Brazil Tite	Brazil Alessandro	Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Brazil Tcheco	Brazil Alex	Nike	Caixa
Criciúma	Brazil Argel Fucks	Brazil Matheus Ferraz	Kanxa	Dotz
Cruzeiro	Brazil Marcelo Oliveira	Brazil Fábio	Olympikus	Banco BMG
Flamengo	Brazil Jayme de Almeida	Brazil Leonardo Moura	Adidas	Caixa
Fluminense	Brazil Dorival Júnior	Brazil Fred	Adidas	Unimed
Goiás	Brazil Enderson Moreira	Brazil Amaral	Puma	Philco
Grêmio	Brazil Renato Gaúcho	Brazil Zé Roberto	Topper	Banrisul
Internacional	Brazil Clemer	Argentina Andrés D'Alessandro	Nike	Banrisul
Náutico	Brazil Marcelo Martelotte	Brazil Martinez	Penalty	Philco
Ponte Preta	Brazil Jorginho	Brazil William	Pulse	Hitachi
Portuguesa	Brazil Guto Ferreira	Brazil Valdomiro	Lupo	Irwin
Santos	Brazil Claudinei Oliveira	Brazil Edu Dracena	Nike	None
São Paulo	Brazil Muricy Ramalho	Brazil Rogério Ceni	Penalty	Semp Toshiba
Vasco da Gama	Brazil Adílson Batista	Brazil Juninho	Penalty	Eletrobras/Caixa
Vitória	Brazil Ney Franco	Brazil Victor Ramos	Penalty	Grupo OAS/Caixa

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of
departure	Date of
vacancy	Position
in table	Replaced by
Santos	BRA Muricy Ramalho	Sacked	31 May	14th	BRA Claudinei Oliveira
Náutico	BRA Silas	Sacked	2 June	20th	BRA Zé Teodoro
Flamengo	BRA Jorginho	Sacked	5 June	19th	BRA Mano Menezes
Ponte Preta	BRA Guto Ferreira	Sacked	6 June	16th	BRA Paulo César Carpegiani
Grêmio	BRA Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Sacked	29 June	7th	BRA Renato Gaúcho
São Paulo	BRA Ney Franco	Sacked	5 July	6th	BRA Paulo Autuori
Atlético/PR	BRA Ricardo Drubscky	Sacked	8 July	19th	BRA Alberto (caretaker)
Vasco da Gama	BRA Paulo Autuori	Resigned / Left to sign with São Paulo	9 July	14th	BRA Dorival Júnior
Atlético/PR	BRA Alberto	Replaced	14 July	19th	BRA Vágner Mancini
Portuguesa	BRA Edson Pimenta	Sacked	28 July	20th	BRA Guto Ferreira
Fluminense	BRA Abel Braga	Sacked	29 July	17th	BRA Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Náutico	BRA Zé Teodoro	Sacked	14 August	20th	BRA Jorginho
Criciúma	BRA Vadão	Sacked	23 August	17th	BRA Sílvio Criciúma
Ponte Preta	BRA Paulo César Carpegiani	Resigned	24 August	17th	BRA Jorginho
Vitória	BRA Caio Júnior	Sacked	1 September	10th	BRA Ney Franco
Náutico	BRA Jorginho	Resigned	5 September	20th	BRA Levi Gomes
São Paulo	BRA Paulo Autuori	Resigned	9 September	18th	BRA Muricy Ramalho
Flamengo	BRA Mano Menezes	Resigned	19 September	15th	BRA Jayme de Almeida
Náutico	BRA Levi Gomes	Replaced	22 September	20th	BRA Marcelo Martelotte
Criciúma	BRA Sílvio Criciúma	Sacked	24 September	17th	BRA Argel Fucks
Coritiba	BRA Marquinhos Santos	Sacked	24 September	12th	BRA Marcelo Serrano (caretaker)
Coritiba	BRA Marcelo Serrano	Replaced	30 September	14th	BRA Péricles Chamusca
Internacional	BRA Dunga	Sacked	4 October	10th	BRA Clemer
Vasco da Gama	BRA Dorival Júnior	Sacked	28 October	18th	BRA Adílson Batista
Fluminense	BRA Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Sacked	11 November	18th	BRA Dorival Júnior
Coritiba	BRA Péricles Chamusca	Sacked	17 November	15th	BRA Tcheco

League table

Flamengo is qualified for the second stage of the 2014 Copa Libertadores as the 2013 Copa do Brasil champion.

Results

Positions by round

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	url=http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/brasileirao/artilheiros/
1	BRA Éderson	Atlético Paranaense	21
2	BRA Dinei	Vitória	16
BRA Hernane	Flamengo
4	BRA Cícero	Santos	15
BRA Fernandão	Bahia
6	BRA Gilberto	Portuguesa	14
BRA William	Ponte Preta
8	BRA Walter	Goiás	13
9	BRA Alex	Coritiba	12
BRA André	Vasco da Gama

References

"Série A 2013 - Attendance".
Rodrigues, Renan. (16 December 2013). "STJD pune Portuguesa e mantém Fluminense na Série A; ainda cabe recurso". [[Universo Online.
"Campeonato Brasileiro: Top Goal Scorers - 2013". UOL.

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