2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The Serie A of 2017 is the 61th season of the Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 14th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The top six teams will qualify to Copa Libertadores and the last four will be relegated to Série B in 2018.

Palmeiras come in as the defending champions having won the title in the last season.

Format

For the fifteenth consecutive season, the tournament is being 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 2018 season.

International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2018 Copa Libertadores. The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the competition, while from the fourth to sixth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage.

And this change also impacts on the Copa Sudamericana, whose vacancies are again to be distributed in the stockmarket enot more by Copa do Brasil.

Tiebreakers

In case of a tie on points between two or more clubs, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[1]

1. Number of wins;
2. Goal difference;
3. Goals pro;
4. Head to Head;
5. Fewer red cards;
6. Less number of yellow cards;
7. Draw.

With respect to the fourth criterion (direct confrontation), it is considered the result of the combined game, or the result of 180 minutes. Staying tie, the tie will be made by the greatest number of goals scored in the opponent's field. The fourth criterion is not considered in the case of a tie between more than two clubs.^[1]

Teams

Twenty teams will compete in the league – the top sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the Série B.

Atlético Goianiense became the first club to be promoted after a 5–3 win against Tupi MG on 12 November 2016 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place.^[2] Avaí became the second club to be promoted, Bahia became the third club to be promoted, and Vasco da Gama became the fourth club to be promoted

Number of teams by state

Number of teams	State	Team(s)
5	São Paulo	Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo
4	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama
2	Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro
	Paraná	Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba
	Santa Catarina	Avaí, Chapecoense
1	Bahia	Bahia
	Goiás	Atlético Goianiense
	Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt main sponsor
Atlético Goianiense	Marcelo Cabo	Lino	Numer	Caixa
Atlético Mineiro	Roger Machado	Leonardo Silva	Dryworld	Caixa
Atlético Paranaense	Paulo Autuori	Wéverton	Umbro	Caixa
Avaí	Claudinei Oliveira
Bahia	Guto Ferreira
Botafogo	Jair Ventura	Jefferson	Topper	Caixa
Chapecoense			Umbro	Caixa
Corinthians	Oswaldo de Oliveira		Nike	Caixa
Coritiba	Paulo César Carpegiani	Kléber	Adidas	Caixa
Cruzeiro	Mano Menezes	Fábio	Umbro	Caixa
Flamengo	Zé Ricardo	Réver	Adidas	Caixa
Fluminense	Abel Braga	Gum	Dryworld	Caixa
Grêmio	Renato Gaúcho	Maicon	Umbro	Banrisul
Palmeiras	Eduardo Baptista	Dudu	Adidas	Crefisa
Ponte Preta	Felipe Moreira	Wellington Paulista	Adidas	Viva Schin
Santos	Dorival Junior	Ricardo Oliveira	Kappa	Caixa
São Paulo	Rogério Ceni	Maicon	Under Armour	Prevent Senior
Vasco da Gama	Cristóvão Borges

References