2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A is the 70th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top level of professional football in Brazil, and the 24th edition in a double round-robin since its establishment in 2003. The competition began on 28 January and will end on 2 December 2026.

The top five teams as well as the 2026 Copa do Brasil champions and runner-up will qualify for the 2027 Copa Libertadores, a change from previous years when six teams and only Copa do Brasil champions qualified. Meanwhile, the next six best-placed teams not qualified for Copa Libertadores will qualify for the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, and the last four will be relegated to Série B for 2027.

Flamengo are the defending champions, having won their eighth title in the previous season.

Teams

2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Twenty teams compete in the league: the top 16 teams from the previous season and four teams promoted from the Série B.

Coritiba became the first club to be promoted on 15 November 2025, after a 0–0 home draw against Athletic-MG. Athletico Paranaense, Chapecoense and Remo all achieved promotion in the last round, on 23 November. Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba returned to Série A after one and two seasons, respectively, Chapecoense returned to the top flight after a four-year absence, and Remo returned to the top flight after a (/wiki/1994CampeonatoBrasileiroSérieA)-year absence.

Number of teams by state

N.T.	State	Team(s)
6	São Paulo	Corinthians, Mirassol, Palmeiras, Red Bull Bragantino, Santos and São Paulo
4	Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama
2	Bahia	Bahia and Vitória
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro
Paraná	Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba
Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio and Internacional
1	Pará	Remo
Santa Catarina	Chapecoense

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	State	Stadium	Turf	Capacity
Athletico Paranaense	Curitiba	Paraná	Arena da Baixada	Artificial	42,372
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Arena MRV	Artificial	44,892
Bahia	Salvador	Bahia	Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova	Natural	49,000
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Olímpico Nilton Santos	Artificial	44,661
Chapecoense	Chapecó	Santa Catarina	Arena Condá	Artificial	20,089
Corinthians	São Paulo	São Paulo	Neo Química Arena	Hybrid	47,252
Coritiba	Curitiba	Paraná	Couto Pereira	Natural	40,502
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	Mineirão	Natural	66,658
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	Hybrid	78,838
Fluminense
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	Arena do Grêmio	Hybrid	60,540
Internacional	Beira-Rio	Natural	49,055
Mirassol	Mirassol	São Paulo	Campos Maia	Natural	14,534
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Allianz Parque	Artificial	43,713
Red Bull Bragantino	Bragança Paulista	Cícero de Souza Marques	Natural	12,000
Remo	Belém	Pará	Baenão	Natural	13,792
Mangueirão	53,645
Santos	Santos	São Paulo	Vila Belmiro	Natural	16,068
São Paulo	São Paulo	MorumBIS	Natural	66,671
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	Natural	24,584
Vitória	Salvador	Bahia	Barradão	Natural	30,793

Personnel and kits

2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Other sponsors
Athletico Paranaense	Odair Hellmann	Santos	Umbro	Viva Sorte Bet	List
Atlético Mineiro	Eduardo Domínguez	Júnior Alonso	Nike	H2Bet	List
Bahia	Rogério Ceni	Éverton Ribeiro	Puma	Viva Sorte Bet	List
Botafogo	Rodrigo Bellão (caretaker)	Alexander Barboza	Reebok	Vbet	List
Chapecoense	Gilmar Dal Pozzo	Bruno Leonardo	Kappa	Aurora	List
Corinthians	Dorival Júnior	Gustavo Henrique	Nike	Esportes da Sorte	List
Coritiba	Fernando Seabra	Sebastián Gómez	Diadora	Reals	List
Cruzeiro	Artur Jorge	Lucas Silva	Adidas	Betfair	List
Flamengo	Leonardo Jardim	Bruno Henrique	Adidas	Betano	List
Fluminense	Luis Zubeldía	Fábio	Puma	Superbet	List
Grêmio	Luís Castro	Walter Kannemann	New Balance		List
Internacional	Paulo Pezzolano	Alan Patrick	Adidas		List
Mirassol	Rafael Guanaes	Reinaldo	Athleta	Guaraná Poty	List
Palmeiras	Abel Ferreira	Gustavo Gómez	Puma	Sportingbet	List
Red Bull Bragantino	Vagner Mancini	Cleiton	Puma	Red Bull	List
Remo	Léo Condé	Marcelo Rangel	Volt Sport	ObaBet	List
Santos	Cuca	Neymar	Umbro		List
São Paulo	Roger Machado	Jonathan Calleri	New Balance	Superbet	List
Vasco da Gama	Renato Gaúcho	Thiago Mendes	Nike	Betfair	List
Vitória	Jair Ventura	Gabriel Baralhas	Volt Sport	Bet7K	List

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Ref
Coritiba	Mozart	End of contract	28 November 2025	Pre-season	Fernando Seabra	8 December 2025
Remo	Guto Ferreira	2 December 2025	Juan Carlos Osorio	17 December 2025
Internacional	Abel Braga	Moved to director role	8 December 2025	Paulo Pezzolano	18 December 2025
Grêmio	Mano Menezes	End of contract	9 December 2025	Luís Castro	12 December 2025
Cruzeiro	Leonardo Jardim	Resigned	15 December 2025	Tite	16 December 2025
Botafogo	Davide Ancelotti	17 December 2025	Martín Anselmi	22 December 2025
Atlético Mineiro	Jorge Sampaoli	Mutual agreement	12 February 2026	14th	Lucas Gonçalves (caretaker)	12 February 2026
Vasco da Gama	Fernando Diniz	Sacked	22 February 2026	17th	Bruno Lazaroni (caretaker)	22 February 2026
Atlético Mineiro	Lucas Gonçalves	End of caretaker spell	25 February 2026	17th	Eduardo Domínguez	24 February 2026
Remo	Juan Carlos Osorio	Sacked	1 March 2026	16th	Flávio Garcia (caretaker)	1 March 2026
Flamengo	Filipe Luís	3 March 2026	11th	Leonardo Jardim	4 March 2026
Vasco da Gama	Bruno Lazaroni	End of caretaker spell	20th	Renato Gaúcho	3 March 2026
Remo	Flávio Garcia	5 March 2026	16th	Léo Condé	5 March 2026
São Paulo	Hernán Crespo	Sacked	9 March 2026	2nd	Roger Machado	10 March 2026
Cruzeiro	Tite	15 March 2026	19th	Wesley Carvalho (caretaker)	15 March 2026
Santos	Juan Pablo Vojvoda	19 March 2026	16th	Cuca	19 March 2026
Cruzeiro	Wesley Carvalho	End of caretaker spell	22 March 2026	20th	Artur Jorge	22 March 2026
Botafogo	Martín Anselmi	Sacked	15th	Rodrigo Bellão (caretaker)

Foreign players

2026 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The clubs can have a maximum of nine foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.

• Players marked in bold indicate they are registered during mid-season transfer window. • Players marked in italics indicate they had left their respective clubs during mid-season transfer window.

<table><thead><tr><th>Club</th><th>Player 1</th><th>Player 2</th><th>Player 3</th><th>Player 4</th><th>Player 5</th><th>Player 6</th><th>Player 7</th><th>Player 8</th><th>Player 9</th><th>Player 10</th><th>Player 11</th><th>Player 12</th><th>Player 13</th><th>Player 14</th><th>Former players</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Athletico Paranaense</td><td>Bruno Zapelli</td><td>Gastón Benavídez</td><td>Lucas Esquivel</td><td>Alejandro García</td><td>Carlos Terán</td><td>Juan Felipe Aguirre</td><td>Juan Portilla</td><td>Kevin Viveros</td><td>Stiven Mendoza</td><td>Maksym Voronov</td><td>Gonzalo Mastriani</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Atlético Mineiro</td><td>Tomás Cuello</td><td>Iván Román</td><td>Mateo Casierra</td><td>Alan Franco</td><td>Alan Minda</td><td>Ángelo Preciado</td><td>Mamady Cissé</td><td>Júnior Alonso</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bahia</td><td>Mateo Sanabria</td><td>Román Gómez</td><td>Santiago Ramos Mingo</td><td>Cristian Olivera</td><td>Michel Araújo</td><td>Nicolás Acevedo</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Botafogo</td><td>Bastos</td><td>Alexander Barboza</td><td>Álvaro Montoro</td><td>Cristian Medina</td><td>Joaquín Correa</td><td>Jhoan Hernández</td><td>Jordan Barrera</td><td>Cristhian Loor</td><td>Kadir Barría</td><td>Chris Ramos</td><td>Lucas Villalba</td><td>Mateo Ponte</td><td>Santiago Rodríguez</td><td>Nahuel Ferraresi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chapecoense</td><td>Yannick Bolasie</td><td>Walter Clar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Corinthians</td><td>Rodrigo Garro</td><td>Jesse Lingard</td><td>Zakaria Labyad</td><td>Memphis Depay</td><td>André Carrillo</td><td>Pedro Milans</td><td>José Andrés Martínez</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Coritiba</td><td>Sebastián Gómez</td><td>Josué Pesqueira</td><td>Joaquín Lavega</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cruzeiro</td><td>Lucas Romero</td><td>Lucas Villalba</td><td>Luis Sinisterra</td><td>Néiser Villarreal</td><td>Keny Arroyo</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Flamengo</td><td>Agustín Rossi</td><td>Erick Pulgar</td><td>Jorge Carrascal</td><td>Gonzalo Plata</td><td>Saúl</td><td>Giorgian de Arrascaeta</td><td>Guillermo Varela</td><td>Nicolás de la Cruz</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fluminense</td><td>Germán Cano</td><td>Juan Pablo Freytes</td><td>Luciano Acosta</td><td>Rodrigo Castillo</td><td>Julián Millán</td><td>Kevin Serna</td><td>Santiago Moreno</td><td>Agustín Canobbio</td><td>David Terans</td><td>Facundo Bernal</td><td>Jefferson Savarino</td><td>Yeferson Soteldo</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Grêmio</td><td>Cristian Pavon</td><td>Juan Nardoni</td><td>Leonel Pérez</td><td>Walter Kannemann</td><td>Francis Amuzu</td><td>Gustavo Cuéllar</td><td>José Enamorado</td><td>Miguel Monsalve</td><td>Martin Braithwaite</td><td>Fabián Balbuena</td><td>Mathías Villasanti</td><td>Erick Noriega</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Internacional</td><td>Alexandro Bernabei</td><td>Braian Aguirre</td><td>Gabriel Mercado</td><td>Rodrigo Villagra</td><td>Johan Carbonero</td><td>Rafael Santos Borré</td><td>Félix Torres</td><td>Alan Rodríguez</td><td>Sergio Rochet</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mirassol</td><td>Lucas Mugni</td><td>Antonio Galeano</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Palmeiras</td><td>Agustín Giay</td><td>José Manuel López</td><td>Jhon Arias</td><td>Gustavo Gómez</td><td>Ramón Sosa</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Joaquín Piquerez</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Red Bull Bragantino</td><td>José María Herrera</td><td>Henry Mosquera</td><td>Andrés Hurtado</td><td>Isidro Pitta</td><td>Agustín Sant'Anna</td><td>Guzmán Rodríguez</td><td>Ignacio Sosa</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Remo</td><td>Braian Cufré</td><td>Rafael Monti</td><td>Duplexe Tchamba</td><td>Víctor Cantillo</td><td>Panagiotis Tachtsidis</td><td>João Pedro</td><td>Cristian Tassano</td><td>Diego Hernández</td><td>Franco Catarozzi</td><td>Nicolás Ferreira</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Santos</td><td>Adonis Frías</td><td>Álvaro Barreal</td><td>Benjamín Rollheiser</td><td>Gonzalo Escobar</td><td>Lautaro Díaz</td><td>Miguel Terceros</td><td>Christian Oliva</td><td>Nicola Profeta</td><td>Tomás Rincón</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>São Paulo</td><td>Alan Franco</td><td>Enzo Díaz</td><td>Jonathan Calleri</td><td>Gonzalo Tapia</td><td>Robert Arboleda</td><td>Damián Bobadilla</td><td>Cédric Soares</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vasco da Gama</td><td>Claudio Spinelli</td><td>Andrés Gómez</td><td>Carlos Cuesta</td><td>Johan Rojas</td><td>Marino Hinestroza</td><td>Nuno Moreira</td><td>Alan Saldivia</td><td>Puma Rodríguez</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Vitória</td><td>Diego Tarzia</td><td>Emmanuel Martínez</td><td>Kike Saverio</td><td>Rúben Ismael</td><td>Aitor Cantalapiedra</td><td>Renzo López</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Dual nationality

Players who are Brazilian nationals but also hold dual citizenship or represent another FIFA nation in international football are not regarded as foreign players and do not take up a foreign player slot.

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palmeiras	8	6	1	1	17	8	+9	19	Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Athletico Paranaense	8	5	1	2	14	8	+6	16
3	São Paulo	8	5	1	2	10	5	+5	16
4	Fluminense	8	5	1	2	13	9	+4	16
5	Flamengo	7	4	2	1	13	5	+8	14	Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
6	Bahia	7	4	2	1	9	7	+2	14	Qualification for Copa Sudamericana group stage
7	Coritiba	8	4	1	3	9	8	+1	13
8	Grêmio	8	3	2	3	13	12	+1	11
9	Vasco da Gama	8	3	2	3	13	13	0	11
10	Vitória	7	3	1	3	8	10	−2	10
11	Corinthians	8	2	4	2	7	7	0	10
12	Internacional	8	2	2	4	7	9	−2	8
13	Atlético Mineiro	8	2	2	4	8	11	−3	8
14	Red Bull Bragantino	8	2	2	4	6	10	−4	8
15	Chapecoense	7	1	4	2	9	11	−2	7
16	Santos	8	1	4	3	10	13	−3	7
17	Botafogo	7	2	0	5	11	16	−5	6	Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
18	Mirassol	7	1	3	3	8	10	−2	6
19	Remo	8	1	3	4	10	15	−5	6
20	Cruzeiro	8	0	4	4	8	16	−8	4

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Vinícius	Grêmio	6
2	Danilo	Botafogo	5
Kevin Viveros	Ahtletico Paranaense
4	Jonathan Calleri	São Paulo	4
5	Luciano Acosta	Fluminense	3
José Manuel López	Palmeiras
Breno Lopes	Coritiba
Agustín Canobbio	Fluminense
Walter Clar	Chapecoense
Neymar	Santos
Allan	Palmeiras
Cauan Barros	Vasco da Gama
Gabriel Barbosa	Santos
Stiven Mendoza	Ahtletico Paranaense
Thiago Mendes	Vasco da Gama
Vitor Roque	Palmeiras

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Carlos Vinícius	Grêmio	Botafogo	5–3 (H)	4 February 2026

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Andreas Pereira	Palmeiras	7
2	Cuiabano	Vasco da Gama	4
3	Luciano Acosta	Fluminense	3
Alef Manga	Remo
Lucas Esquivel	Athletico Paranaense
Rodrigo Garro	Corinthians
Gastón Benavídez	Athletico Paranaense

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ronaldo	Bahia	3
Hugo Souza	Corinthians
Pedro Rangel	Coritiba
Agustín Rossi	Flamengo
Fábio	Fluminense
Rafael	São Paulo
7	Santos	Athletico Paranaense	2
Everson	Atlético Mineiro
Carlos Miguel	Palmeiras
Cleiton	Red Bull Bragantino
Lucas Arcanjo	Vitória