# 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A-1 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Neoenergia 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, the top level of women's football in Brazil, and the 7th edition in a Série A1 since its establishment in 2016. The tournament was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). It started on 24 February and ended on 10 September 2023.
Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, as well as four teams promoted from the 2022 Série A2 (Athletico Paranaense, Bahia, Ceará and Real Ariquemes)
In the 15th round of Group A (12 June 2023), Real Ariquemes players refused to play their home match against Santos in protest over unpaid wages. Santos was awarded a 3–0 win by forfeit.
In the finals, the defending champions Corinthians won their 5th title after defeating Ferroviária 2–1 on aggregate.
Athletico Paranaense, Bahia, Ceará and Real Ariquemes were relegated to the 2024 Série A2.

## Format

In the group stage, each team played once against the other fifteen teams. Top eight teams qualified for the final stages. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

## Teams

| Pos. | Relegated from 2022 Série A1 |
| 13 | São José |
| 14 | ESMAC |
| 15 | Red Bull Bragantino |
| 16 | CRESSPOM |
| Pos. | Promoted from 2022 Série A2 |
| 1 | Ceará |
| 2 | Athletico Paranaense |
| 3 | Real Ariquemes |
| 4 | Bahia |

### Number of teams by state

| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
| 5 | São Paulo | Corinthians, Ferroviária, Palmeiras, Santos and São Paulo |
| 2 | Minas Gerais | Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro |
| 2 | Rio Grande do Sul | Grêmio and Internacional |
| 1 | Bahia | Bahia |
| 1 | Ceará | Ceará |
| 1 | Distrito Federal | Real Brasília |
| 1 | Paraná | Athletico Paranaense |
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | Flamengo/Marinha |
| 1 | Rondônia | Real Ariquemes |
| 1 | Santa Catarina | Avaí |

## Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Athletico Paranaense | Curitiba | CT do Caju | 3,000 |
| Atlético Mineiro | Belo Horizonte | SESC Alterosas | 2,000 |
| Avaí | Caçador | Salézio Kindermann | 6,500 |
| Bahia | Salvador | CT Evaristo de Macedo (Camaçari) | 1,000 |
| Ceará | Fortaleza | CT Cidade Vozão (Itaitinga) | 4,000 |
| Corinthians | São Paulo | Parque São Jorge | 18,500 |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte | SESC Alterosas | 2,000 |
| Ferroviária | Araraquara | Fonte Luminosa | 21,441 |
| Flamengo/Marinha | Rio de Janeiro | Luso Brasileiro | 4,697 |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre | Antônio Vieira Ramos (Gravataí) | 4,700 |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre | SESC Protásio Alves | 2,800 |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo | Allianz Parque | 43,713 |
| Real Ariquemes | Ariquemes | Gentil Valério | 2,500 |
| Real Brasília | Brasília | Ciro Machado do Espírito Santo | 1,500 |
| Santos | Santos | Urbano Caldeira | 21,732 |
| São Paulo | São Paulo | Marcelo Portugal Gouvêa (Cotia) | 2,000 |

## Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
| Athletico Paranaense | Brenno Basso | Evellyn Marques | Umbro | |
| Atlético Mineiro | Vantressa Ferreira | Ludmila Barbosa | Adidas | Banco BMG |
| Avaí | Carine Bosetti | Limpia Fretes | Umbro | PixBet |
| Bahia | Igor Morena | Thayná | Esquadrão (club manufactured kit) | |
| Ceará | David Lopes | Karen Rocha | Vozão (club manufactured kit) | EstrelaBet |
| Corinthians | Arthur Elias | Tamires | Nike | |
| Cruzeiro | Felipe Freitas | Carol Baiana | Adidas | Gerdau |
| Ferroviária | Jéssica de Lima | Patrícia Sochor | Lupo Sport [pt] | Estrella Galicia Galera.bet |
| Flamengo/Marinha | Luís Andrade | Darlene | Adidas | Banco BRB |
| Grêmio | Felipe Endres | Tuani | Umbro | Banrisul |
| Internacional | Maurício Salgado | Bruna Benites | Adidas | EstrelaBet |
| Palmeiras | Ricardo Belli | Bia Zaneratto | Puma | Betfair |
| Real Ariquemes | Paulo Eduardo | Gabi Lira | Criare Sports | CrediSIS CrediAri |
| Real Brasília | Camilla Orlando | Isabela Melo | Tolledo Sports | Banco BRB |
| Santos | Kleiton Lima | Brena | Umbro | Blaze.com |
| São Paulo | Thiago Viana | Pardal | Adidas | Sportsbet.io |

### Foreign players

The clubs can have a maximum of seven foreign players in their Campeonato Brasileiro squads per match, but there is no limit of foreigners in the clubs' squads.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 |
| Athletico Paranaense | Hilary Vergara | | | | | | |
| Atlético Mineiro | Karol Bermúdez | Dayana Rodríguez | Luciana Gómez | Jorelyn Carabalí | Ingrid Guerra | Manuela Paví | |
| Avaí | Ximena Velazco | Verónica Riveros | Limpia Fretes | Lule González | Catalina Pérez | | |
| Bahia | Yenny Acuña | | | | | | |
| Ceará | Elena Kössler | | | | | | |
| Corinthians | | | | | | | |
| Cruzeiro | Kelly Arrieta | Kelly Caicedo | | | | | |
| Ferroviária | Joemar Guarecuco | Yisela Cuesta | | | | | |
| Flamengo/Marinha | Sole Jaimes | Agustina Barroso | | | | | |
| Grêmio | Jessica Peña | Mónica Ramos | Agostina Holzheier | | | | |
| Internacional | Fabiola Sandoval | Fany Gauto | Belén Aquino | | | | |
| Palmeiras | Alicia Bobadilla | Kate Tapia | Lorena Benítez | Ramona Martínez | Rosa Miño | Yamila Rodríguez | Rosario Balmaceda |
| Real Ariquemes | Graciela Martínez | | | | | | |
| Real Brasília | Natasha Rosas | Petra Cabrera | Lorena Bedoya | Lady Andrade | | | |
| Santos | Jourdan Ziff | Luciana Ortega | Reina Bonta | | | | |
| São Paulo | | | | | | | |

#### Players holding Brazilian dual nationality

They do not take foreign slot.
* Suzane Pires (Ferroviária)

## Group stage

In the group stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stages. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Wins; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fewest red cards; 5. Fewest yellow cards; 6. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 15).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Corinthians | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 8 | +45 | 37 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Palmeiras | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 35 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ferroviária | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 34 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Santos | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 32 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Flamengo/Marinha | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 31 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Internacional | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 28 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 7 | São Paulo | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 25 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Cruzeiro | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 22 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Grêmio | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 19 | |
| 10 | Avaí | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 19 | |
| 11 | Real Brasília | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 17 | |
| 12 | Atlético Mineiro | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 16 | |
| 13 | Bahia (R) | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 13 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2 |
| 14 | Athletico Paranaense (R) | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 10 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2 |
| 15 | Real Ariquemes (R) | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 54 | −44 | 9 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2 |
| 16 | Ceará (R) | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 74 | −67 | 1 | Relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ATH | ATL | AVA | BAH | CEA | COR | CRU | FER | FLA | GRE | INT | PAL | RAR | RBR | SAN | SPO |
| Athletico Paranaense | | | | 2–1 | | | 0–5 | 1–4 | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | |
| Atlético Mineiro | 2–1 | | | 0–1 | | | | 2–4 | | | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Avaí | 4–0 | 3–2 | | | | 1–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | | 2–5 | | 1–2 |
| Bahia | | | 2–4 | | 10–0 | 1–5 | 2–3 | | | 3–2 | | | 1–3 | 2–1 | | |
| Ceará | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | | 0–7 | | 0–6 | | | | | | 1–6 | 0–2 |
| Corinthians | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 14–0 | | 7–1 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | | | 1–0 | |
| Cruzeiro | | 2–3 | 3–1 | | | | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 3–0 | | 2–3 | |
| Ferroviária | | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Flamengo/Marinha | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | | | | | | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Grêmio | | 2–1 | | | 3–0 | | | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Internacional | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | | | 1–2 | | 2–0 | | |
| Palmeiras | | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 11–0 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | | | 9–0 | | | 0–1 |
| Real Ariquemes | | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–6 | | 0–8 | 0–2 | | 2–3 | | | | 0–3 | |
| Real Brasília | 2–0 | | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 0–4 | |
| Santos | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | | | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | | |
| São Paulo | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 2–2 | | | | 1–1 | | 7–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | |

## Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:
* Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
** If tied on aggregate, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 16).
* Extra time would not be played and away goals rule would not be used in final stages.
Starting from the semi-finals, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the tournament. The teams were ranked according to overall points. If tied on overall points, the following criteria would be used to determine the ranking: 1. Overall wins; 2. Overall goal difference; 3. Draw in the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Regulations Article 20).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| São Paulo | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 2 | São Paulo | 1 | 2 | 3 (1) | | | | |
| | | | | Ferroviária (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (3) | | | | |
| Internacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ferroviária (p) | 3 | 0 | 3 (3) | | | | |
| Ferroviária | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Ferroviária | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | Ferroviária | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Corinthians | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Flamengo/Marinha | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Corinthians | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Santos | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Santos | 3 | 4 | 7 | Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Cruzeiro | 1 | 2 | 3 | Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| Corinthians | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro | 3–6 | Corinthians | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| São Paulo | 4–2 | Palmeiras | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Internacional | 0–4 | Ferroviária | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Flamengo/Marinha | 2–7 | Santos | 1–3 | 1–4 |

#### Group B

Corinthians won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

#### Group C

São Paulo won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

#### Group D

Ferroviária won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

#### Group E

Santos won 7–2 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals.

### Semi-finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 1 | Corinthians | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 11 | +48 | 43 | Second leg |
| 3 | Santos | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 12 | +27 | 38 | First leg |
| 2 | Ferroviária | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 40 | Second leg |
| 4 | São Paulo | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 29 | First leg |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | 0–5 | Corinthians | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| São Paulo | 3–3 (1–3 p) | Ferroviária | 1–3 | 2–0 |

#### Group F

Corinthians won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

#### Group G

Tied 3–3 on aggregate, Ferroviária won on penalties and advanced to the finals.

### Finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
| 1 | Corinthians | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 11 | +53 | 49 | 2nd leg |
| 2 | Ferroviária | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 43 | 1st leg |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ferroviária | 1–2 | Corinthians | 0–0 | 1–2 |

#### Group H
## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Amanda Gutierres | Palmeiras | 14 |
| 2 | Byanca Brasil | Cruzeiro | 11 |
| 2 | Jheniffer | Corinthians | 11 |
| 4 | Aline Gomes | Ferroviária | 10 |
| 5 | Victória | Corinthians | 9 |
| 6 | Cristiane | Santos | 8 |
| 6 | Giovanna Crivelari | Flamengo/Marinha | 8 |
| 6 | Ketlen | Santos | 8 |
| 6 | Laryh | Ferroviária | 8 |
| 6 | Letícia Moreno | Palmeiras | 8 |
Source:CBF