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Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A
Season	2009
Champions	Flamengo (6th title); 1987 Copa União is not recognized by CBF
Relegated	Coritiba; Santo André; Náutico; Sport
Copa Libertadores	Flamengo; Internacional; São Paulo; Cruzeiro
Copa Sudamericana	Palmeiras; Avaí; Atlético Mineiro; Grêmio; Goiás; Barueri; Santos; Vitória
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1094 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adriano & Diego Tardelli; (19 goals each)
Biggest home win	Coritiba 5–0 Flamengo
Biggest away win	Atlético Paranaense 0–4 Atlético Mineiro
Highest scoring	Vitória 6–2 Santos
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A was the 39th season of the Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It was contested by 20 clubs starting on May 9 and ending on December 6. The 2009 edition was won by Flamengo^[1].

The first goal of the tournament was scored by Igor on the 13th minute of the match between his team, Sport and Barueri, which ended in a 1–1 draw. Holders São Paulo had a bad start losing to Fluminense 1–0.

Internacional led the tournament from round 2 to 6, when Atlético Mineiro took the lead. In the 9th round, Internacional regained the lead but one round later Atlético Mineiro managed to come back to the top of the table after defeating their city rivals Cruzeiro 3–0. The club from Belo Horizonte held the lead until round 15, when Palmeiras reached the top. In the middle of the championship, Flamengo was only on the 10th position.

Palmeiras managed to stay in the top until round 34, when they lost 1–0 against Fluminense, which was struggling to avoid relegation. Four days earlier, São Paulo had tied 1–1 with Grêmio after having three players sent off.

Round 37 saw several changes in the standings. São Paulo could had won their seventh title, fourth in a row, if they had defeated Goiás, exactly as it had happened last season. However, this time Goiás 4–2 win sent São Paulo from the top of the table to the fourth place. Flamengo defeated Corinthians and took the lead for the first time in the tournament. Internacional advanced to second place and in the last round, had not only to defeat Santo André but also count on their city rivals Grêmio to at least tie against Flamengo in the last match. Despite rumors that Grêmio would not play as hard as they could, Flamengo had to come back from a 0–1 score to win the tournament. Internacional 4–1 win was worthless.

Palmeiras also came to the last round of the championship with chances to end in the top position. For that, they had to beat Botafogo, which would be relegated if did not win the last match. The result was tragic for Palmeiras: 0–2 defeat that combined with Cruzeiro 2–1 over Santos left the team outside the top four and, therefore, out of 2010 Copa Libertadores. Botafogo, together with city rivals Fluminense, managed to avoid relegation. After spending 37 rounds in relegation zone, Fluminense, which managed to leave the bottom four positions one match earlier, held a 1–1 draw away against Coritiba and sent the team from Curitiba to Série B exactly when the club was celebrating 100 years of foundation.

[edit] Format

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

[edit] International qualification

The Série A will serve as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2010 international tournaments. The top-three teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the 2010 Copa Libertadores, while the fourth place team will qualify to the First Stage. The next eight-best teams will qualify to the 2010 Copa Sudamericana. Should the winner of the 2009 Copa do Brasil finish better than 13th, the next best team(s) will earn the berth(s) it would have qualified for in the league standings.

[edit] Team information

Like in 2008, twenty teams will compete in this year's Série A. Defending champion São Paulo will have a chance to extend two records in Brazilian football should they win this year: first club to win four titles in a row, and first club to win seven titles overall. Of the four teams promoted from the 2008 Série B, one is new to the Série A. Barueri will be competing in the Série A for the first time since turning professional eight years ago. Four-time champion Corinthians returns after spending a single season in the Série B. The other teams promoted are Santo André (first return since 1984) and Avaí (first return since 1979). As is becoming common in Brazilian football, one of the country's most important clubs has been relegated after the previous season. For 2009, Vasco da Gama, champion in 1974, 1989, 1997 and 2000, will play the 2009 season in the Série B.

Locations of the 2009 Série A teams

Team	City	Stadium	Current manager
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão	Celso Roth
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada	Antônio Lopes
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	Silas
Barueri	Barueri	Arena Barueri	Luis Carlos Goiano
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	Estevam Soares
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu	Mano Menezes
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	Ney Franco
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Mineirão	Adílson Batista
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	Andrade
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã	Cuca
Goiás	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	Hélio dos Anjos
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico	Marcelo Rospide
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	Mario Sérgio
Náutico	Recife	Aflitos	Geninho
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Palestra Itália	Muricy Ramalho
Santo André	Santo André	Bruno José Daniel	Sergio Soares
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	Vanderlei Luxemburgo
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	Ricardo Gomes
Sport	Recife	Ilha do Retiro	Givanildo Oliveira
Vitória	Salvador	Barradão	Vagner Mancini

[edit] Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Last match	Round	Table	Incoming
Grêmio	Marcelo Rospide¹	Replaced	16 May 2009^[2]	Atlético Mineiro 2–1 Grêmio	2	14th	Paulo Autuori
Sport	Nelsinho Baptista	Resigned	25 May 2009^[3]	Sport 2–3 Atlético Mineiro	3	18th	Émerson Leão
Atlético Paranaense	Geninho	Resigned	07 June 2009	Atlético Paranaense 0–4 Atlético Mineiro	5	20th	Waldemar Lemos
Náutico	Waldemar Lemos	Left to sign with Atlético Paranaense	09 June 2009	Grêmio 3–0 Náutico	5	5th	Márcio Bittencourt
São Paulo	Muricy Ramalho	Sacked	19 June 2009	São Paulo 0–2 Cruzeiro²	6	12th	Ricardo Gomes
Palmeiras	Wanderley Luxemburgo	Sacked	26 June 2009	Atlético Paranaense 2–2 Palmeiras	7	4th	Muricy Ramalho³
Náutico	Márcio Bittencourt	Resigned	12 July 2009	Palmeiras 4–1 Náutico	10	19th	Geninho
Santos	Vágner Mancini	Sacked	13 July 2009	Vitória 6–2 Santos	10	11th	Wanderley Luxemburgo
Fluminense	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Sacked	13 July 2009	Fluminense 0–1 Santo André	10	18th	Renato Gaúcho
Flamengo	Cuca	Sacked	23 July 2009	Flamengo 1–1 Barueri	13	11th	Andrade
Sport	Émerson Leão	Sacked	27 July 2009	Sport 3–3 Náutico	14	17th	Pericles Chamusca
Santo André	Sérgio Guedes	Resigned	27 July 2009	Grêmio 3–2 Santo André	14	13th	Alexandre Gallo
Atlético Paranaense	Waldemar Lemos	Resigned	29 July 2009	Goiás 3–0 Atlético Paranaense	15	18th	Antônio Lopes
Coritiba	Renê Simões	Sacked	09 August 2009	Coritiba 1–3 Cruzeiro	18	18th	Ney Franco
Botafogo	Ney Franco	Sacked	10 August 2009	Botafogo 0–1 Atlético Paranaense	18	15th	Estevam Soares
Vitória	Paulo César Carpegiani	Sacked	10 August 2009	Vitória 2–2 Fluminense	18	10th	Vágner Mancini
Barueri	Estevam Soares	Left to sign with Botafogo	11 August 2009	Barueri 1–0 Grêmio	18	6th	Diego Cerri
Fluminense	Renato Gaúcho	Sacked	1 September 2009	Santos 2–0 Fluminense	22	20th	Cuca
Internacional	Tite	Sacked	5 October 2009	Coritiba 2–0 Internacional	27	5th	Mário Sérgio

¹ Marcelo Rospide was interim manager since Celso Roth was sacked after Grêmio's elimination in the Campeonato Gaúcho 2009 on April 5th.
² Match played for the 2009 Copa Libertadores.
³ Interim coach Jorginho Cantinflas managed the team for 7 matches, until the 14th round.

[edit] Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Flamengo	38	19	10	9	58	44	+14	67	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Internacional	38	19	8	11	65	44	+21	65
3	São Paulo	38	18	11	9	57	42	+15	65
4	Cruzeiro	38	18	8	12	58	53	+5	62	2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
5	Palmeiras	38	17	11	10	58	45	+13	62	2010 Copa Sudamericana
6	Avaí	38	15	12	11	61	52	+9	57
7	Atlético Mineiro	38	16	8	14	55	56	−1	56
8	Grêmio	38	15	10	13	67	46	+21	55
9	Goiás	38	15	10	13	64	65	−1	55
10	Corinthians	38	14	10	14	50	54	−4	52	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ¹
11	Barueri	38	12	13	13	59	52	+7	49	2010 Copa Sudamericana
12	Santos	38	12	13	13	58	58	0	49
13	Vitória	38	13	9	16	51	57	−6	48
14	Atlético Paranaense	38	13	9	16	42	49	−7	48
15	Botafogo	38	11	14	13	52	58	−6	47
16	Fluminense	38	11	13	14	49	56	−7	46
17	Coritiba	38	12	9	17	48	60	−12	45	Relegation to the Série B
18	Santo André	38	11	8	19	46	61	−15	41
19	Náutico	38	10	8	20	48	71	−23	38
20	Sport	38	7	10	21	48	71	−23	31

Updated to games played on November 29th, 2009
Source: CBF (Portuguese)
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.
1. Corinthians qualified as the 2009 Copa do Brasil champion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A 2009 Champion
Flamengo 6th Title

[edit] Results

Home \ Away¹	ATM	ATP	AVA	BAR	BOT	COR	CFC	CRU	FLA	FLU	GOI	GRÊ	INT	NÁU	PAL	SAA	SAN	SÃO	SPO	VIT
Atlético Mineiro		2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Atlético Paranaense	0–4		1–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2
Avaí	2–2	2–0		4–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	4–0
Barueri	4–2	0–0	3–1		3–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	4–0
Botafogo	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–3
Corinthians	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–3		2–0	0–1	0–2	4–2	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–3	2–1
Coritiba	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	2–2			1–3	5–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Cruzeiro	0–3	0–2	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–2	4–1		2–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0
Flamengo	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2		2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–1
Fluminense	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–0		1–4	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–4	1–0	5–1	4–0
Goiás	2–3	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–2		2–1	0–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–2
Grêmio	4–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	4–1	5–1	2–2		2–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1
Internacional	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–3	0–0	4–2	4–0	1–0		3–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0
Náutico	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2		3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–2	1–1
Palmeiras	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Santo André	1–2	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	5–3	2–0		3–3	1–1	2–1	1–0
Santos	2–3	1–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–3	3–1	1–3	1–0		3–4	1–0	0–0
São Paulo	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		4–0	2–0
Sport	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	4–2	0–3	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2		2–0
Vitória	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	4–3	0–1	1–0	3–3	3–3	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–1	6–2	0–1	1–0

Updated to games played on November 29th, 2009
Source: CBF (Portuguese)
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[edit] Top scorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adriano	Flamengo	19
1	Diego Tardelli	Atlético Mineiro	19
2	Val Baiano	Barueri	18
3	Washington	São Paulo	17
4	Alecsandro	Internacional	16
5	Roger	Vitória	15
6	Jonas	Grêmio	14
	Kléber Pereira	Santos	14
	Marcelinho Paraíba	Coritiba	14
	Wellington Paulista	Cruzeiro	14
7	Felipe	Goiás	13
	Nunes	Santo André	13
	Souza	Grêmio	13

Source: globoesporte.globo.com
Updated as of November 8, 2009.

[edit] References

^ GlobeEsporte.com Tabela de classificação. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Futebol/Classificacao/0,,ESP0-9827,00.html Retrieved Dec. 7 2009.
^ "Libertadores: Gremio claim quarter-final berth" (in English). ESPN.com. 14 May 2009. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=646130&&cc=3888. Retrieved 05 June 2009.
^ "Nelsinho Batista deixa o Sport" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 28 May 2009. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Sport/0,,MUL1171184-9876,00.html. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

[edit] External links

Official webpage (Portuguese)
Official regulation (Portuguese)

[0] GlobeEsporte.com Tabela de classificação. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Futebol/Classificacao/0,,ESP0-9827,00.html Retrieved Dec. 7 2009.

[1] "Libertadores: Gremio claim quarter-final berth" (in English). ESPN.com. 14 May 2009. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=646130&&cc=3888. Retrieved 05 June 2009.

[2] "Nelsinho Batista deixa o Sport" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 28 May 2009. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Sport/0,,MUL1171184-9876,00.html. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

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