2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

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.

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 →

Format

For the tenth consecutive season, the tournament will be played in a double round-robin system. The team with most 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

Atlético Goianiense

Atlético Mineiro

Bahia

Coritiba

Cruzeiro

Figueirense

Grêmio

Internacional

Náutico

Sport

São Paulo Metro Area

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo Metro Area teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
Ponte Preta
Portuguesa
Santos
São Paulo

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Locations of the 2012 Série A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada Boca do Jacaré (one match) Bezerrão (one match)	50,049 30,000 20,000
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência	23,018
Bahia	Salvador	Pituaçu	31,677
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	44,000
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu	37,952
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	38,000
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Independência Melão (5 matches) Parque do Sabiá (one match)	23,018 15,471 50,000
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,069
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão Raulino de Oliveira (5 matches)	44,000 20,255
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão Raulino de Oliveira (3 matches) São Januário (2 matches)	44,000 20,255 22,150
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico	45,000
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	56,000
Náutico	Recife	Aflitos	19,800
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Pacaembu (8 matches) Arena Barueri (7 matches) Fonte Luminosa (3 matches) Prudentão (one match)	37,952 31,452 20,287 44,414
Ponte Preta	Campinas	Moisés Lucarelli	19,728
Portuguesa	São Paulo	Canindé	21,004
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro Pacaembu (2 matches)	21,256 37,952
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi Pacaembu (one match)	67,428 37,952
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	30,520
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário Engenhão (3 matches)	22,150 44,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético Goianiense	Artur Neto	Márcio	Super Bolla	Cimento Tocantins
Atlético Mineiro	Cuca	Réver	Topper	Banco BMG
Bahia	Jorginho	Titi	Nike	Grupo OAS
Botafogo	Oswaldo de Oliveira	Jefferson	Puma	Guaraviton
Corinthians	Tite	Alessandro	Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Marquinhos Santos	Lincoln	Nike	Caixa
Cruzeiro	Celso Roth	Fábio	Olympikus	Banco BMG
Figueirense	Adilson Batista	Wilson	Penalty	Taschibra
Flamengo	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Leonardo Moura	Olympikus	UNICEF
Fluminense	Abel Braga	Fred	Adidas	Unimed
Grêmio	Vanderlei Luxemburgo	Gilberto Silva	Topper	Banrisul
Internacional	Osmar Loss (caretaker)	Andrés D'Alessandro	Nike	Banrisul
Náutico	Alexandre Gallo	Martinez	Penalty	None
Palmeiras	Gilson Kleina	Marcos Assunção	Adidas	Kia
Ponte Preta	Guto Ferreira	Roger	Pulse	Hitachi
Portuguesa	Geninho	Marcelo Cordeiro	Lupo	Irwin
Santos	Muricy Ramalho	Neymar	Nike	Banco BMG
São Paulo	Ney Franco	Rogério Ceni	Reebok	Semp Toshiba
Sport	Sérgio Guedes	Magrão	Lotto	MRV
Vasco da Gama	Gaúcho	Juninho 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 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	Artur 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
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
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
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	Copa Libertadores Second Stage and relegation to 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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	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
Legend: 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
	Vágner Love	Brazilian	Flamengo	13
9	Bernard	Brazilian	Atlético Mineiro	11
	Elkeson	Brazilian	Botafogo	11

Source: globoesporte.com

External links

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