2010_Campeonato_Brasileiro_Serie_A

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Football league season


The 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 54th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 8 and ended on December 5. Flamengo came as the defending champion having won the 2009 season.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Format

For the eighth consecutive season, the tournament was in a double round-robin system. The team with most points was declared the champion. The bottom-four teams were relegated for the following season.

International qualification

The Série A served as a qualifier to CONMEBOL's 2011 international tournaments. Since Internacional won the 2010 Copa Libertadores, the top-two teams in the standings qualified to the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores.

The format used then also specified that the next two best teams in the standings qualify to the First Stage, if the 2011 Copa Sudamericana isn't conquered by a Brazilian club. If that happens, the fourth placed team will not qualify to the Libertadores. Santos, as the winner of the 2010 Copa do Brasil, has an automatic berth to the Second Stage of the competition. The next eight best teams in the standings earn berths to the Second Stage of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.[2]

Team information

Last season, Coritiba, Santo André, Náutico, and Sport were relegated after finishing in the last four position in the standings. There were replaced by four-time champion Vasco da Gama, one-time champion Guarani, Ceará, and Atlético Goianiense, the top-four finishers of the 2009 Série B.

During the off-season, Barueri-based club Grêmio Recreativo Barueri, simply known as Barueri, moved to Presidente Prudente, thus changed their name to Grêmio Prudente Futebol.

During the championship, some clubs' venues were transferred to secondary stadia as their home venues are being reformed in preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Foreign Players

The match squad must have no more than 3 Foreign Players

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: [3]
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
Notes:
  1. Internacional qualified as the 2010 Copa Libertadores champion.
  2. Santos qualified as the 2010 Copa do Brasil champion.
  3. Grêmio Prudente was docked 3 points due to fielding a suspended player.
More information Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A ...

Results

More information Home \ Away, ACG ...
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers


References

  1. "Estatísticas Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2010" [2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Statistics] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  2. "Conmebol se redime, e Brasileiro volta a ter quatro vagas para a Libertadores-11" [Conmebol changes its mind, and the Brazilian League qualifies four teams to the Libertadores-11] (in Portuguese). October 18, 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
  3. "Classificação Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2010" [2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Standings] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  4. "Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2010" [2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A] (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  5. "Artilharia" [Goalscorers] (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.

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