# 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 51st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It began on May 12, 2007, and ended on December 2, 2007.

## Format

The format was identical to the 2006 edition. 20 teams competed, each team playing the other 19 twice in a double round-robin format (one home game, one away). At the season finale, São Paulo were the champions.

## Calendar

Several teams had their attentions divided between other tournaments over the same duration:
* Copa do Brasil 2007 - Fluminense defeated Figueirense in the finals. 2-1 Aggregate Score.
* Copa Libertadores 2007 - Grêmio defeated by Boca Juniors-ARG in the finals. 5-0 Aggregate Score.
* Copa Sudamericana 2007 - São Paulo, Vasco da Gama; Botafogo; Goiás, Figueirense, Atlético Paranaense, Cruzeiro and Corinthians were eliminated.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | São Paulo | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 77 | Qualified for both Copa Libertadores 2008 and Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 2 | Santos | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 62 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 |
| 3 | Flamengo | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 61 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 |
| 4 | Fluminense | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 61 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Copa do Brasil 2007 |
| 5 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 60 | Qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 |
| 6 | Grêmio | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 58 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 7 | Palmeiras | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 58 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 8 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 55 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 9 | Botafogo | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 55 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 10 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 54 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 11 | Internacional | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 54 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 12 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 54 | Qualified for the Copa Sudamericana 2008 |
| 13 | Figueirense | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 53 | |
| 14 | Sport | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 51 | |
| 15 | Náutico | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 49 | |
| 16 | Goiás | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 45 | |
| 17 | Corinthians | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 44 | Relegated to 2008 Série B |
| 18 | Paraná | 39 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 43 | Relegated to 2008 Série B |
| 19 | Juventude | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 41 | Relegated to 2008 Série B |
| 20 | América-RN | 38 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 80 | −56 | 17 | Relegated to 2008 Série B |

## Results table

| Home \ Away | ARN | CAM | CAP | BOT | COR | CRU | FIG | FLA | FLU | GOI | GRE | INT | JUV | NAU | PAL | PAR | SAN | SPL | SPO | VAS |
| América-RN | | 0–1$^{(R31)}$ | 2–1$^{(R13)}$ | 1–1$^{(R35)}$ | 1–2$^{(R05)}$ | 1–2$^{(R19)}$ | 0–1$^{(R03)}$ | 0–1$^{(R33)}$ | 0–1$^{(R07)}$ | 0–3$^{(R08)}$ | 0–3$^{(R37)}$ | 1–2$^{(R11)}$ | 0–3$^{(R23)}$ | 1–5$^{(R17)}$ | 0–0$^{(R28)}$ | 3–2$^{(R29)}$ | 1–4$^{(R21)}$ | 0–1$^{(R15)}$ | 1–1$^{(R25)}$ | 0–1$^{(R01)}$ |
| Atlético Mineiro | 4–2$^{(R12)}$ | | 1–1$^{(R04)}$ | 1–2$^{(R21)}$ | 5–2$^{(R22)}$ | 3–4$^{(R26)}$ | 4–1$^{(R06)}$ | 1–1$^{(R09)}$ | 3–0$^{(R14)}$ | 4–1$^{(R37)}$ | 0–1$^{(R10)}$ | 2–2$^{(R27)}$ | 4–1$^{(R36)}$ | 2–1$^{(R01)}$ | 1–2$^{(R19)}$ | 0–0$^{(R34)}$ | 1–2$^{(R16)}$ | 0–0$^{(R24)}$ | 3–1$^{(R30)}$ | 1–0$^{(R32)}$ |
| Atlético Paranaense | 2–0$^{(R32)}$ | 1–0$^{(R23)}$ | | 2–0$^{(R29)}$ | 2–2$^{(R16)}$ | 2–2$^{(R14)}$ | 1–1$^{(R20)}$ | 2–0$^{(R18)}$ | 1–1$^{(R06)}$ | 0–3$^{(R05)}$ | 2–0$^{(R34)}$ | 2–1$^{(R02)}$ | 4–0$^{(R12)}$ | 1–1$^{(R09)}$ | 2–1$^{(R26)}$ | 2–1$^{(R27)}$ | 0–1$^{(R03)}$ | 2–1$^{(R38)}$ | 0–0$^{(R36)}$ | 1–0$^{(R30)}$ |
| Botafogo | 4–2$^{(R16)}$ | 2–1$^{(R02)}$ | 2–0$^{(R10)}$ | | 2–3$^{(R07)}$ | 4–1$^{(R34)}$ | 1–0$^{(R38)}$ | 1–1$^{(R22)}$ | 0–2$^{(R27)}$ | 0–3$^{(R28)}$ | 3–0$^{(R04)}$ | 1–1$^{(R20)}$ | 3–1$^{(R14)}$ | 3–1$^{(R06)}$ | 1–1$^{(R24)}$ | 3–2$^{(R36)}$ | 1–2$^{(R30)}$ | 0–2$^{(R18)}$ | 3–1$^{(R32)}$ | 4–0$^{(R12)}$ |
| Corinthians | 1–0$^{(R24)}$ | 0–0$^{(R03)}$ | 2–2$^{(R35)}$ | 0–1$^{(R26)}$ | | 0–3$^{(R21)}$ | 2–1$^{(R33)}$ | 2–2$^{(R15)}$ | 1–1$^{(R10)}$ | 1–0$^{(R17)}$ | 2–1$^{(R19)}$ | 1–1$^{(R31)}$ | 1–0$^{(R01)}$ | 0–3$^{(R13)}$ | 0–1$^{(R08)}$ | 0–0$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R23)}$ | 1–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–2$^{(R28)}$ | 0–1$^{(R37)}$ |
| Cruzeiro | 2–0$^{(R38)}$ | 4–2$^{(R07)}$ | 1–1$^{(R33)}$ | 3–2$^{(R15)}$ | 0–3$^{(R02)}$ | | 1–2$^{(R28)}$ | 3–1$^{(R35)}$ | 4–2$^{(R20)}$ | 2–1$^{(R11)}$ | 2–0$^{(R25)}$ | 3–2$^{(R17)}$ | 2–3$^{(R05)}$ | 2–2$^{(R31)}$ | 5–0$^{(R23)}$ | 3–4$^{(R03)}$ | 0–1$^{(R29)}$ | 1–2$^{(R13)}$ | 2–0$^{(R18)}$ | 3–1$^{(R08)}$ |
| Figueirense | 3–1$^{(R22)}$ | 2–1$^{(R25)}$ | 3–6$^{(R01)}$ | 1–1$^{(R19)}$ | 2–2$^{(R14)}$ | 2–1$^{(R09)}$ | | 4–0$^{(R05)}$ | 0–2$^{(R34)}$ | 2–1$^{(R04)}$ | 1–0$^{(R16)}$ | 0–0$^{(R29)}$ | 4–1$^{(R26)}$ | 2–0$^{(R37)}$ | 1–2$^{(R21)}$ | 4–0$^{(R30)}$ | 1–0$^{(R32)}$ | 0–0$^{(R08)}$ | 0–1$^{(R12)}$ | 3–3$^{(R36)}$ |
| Flamengo | 3–1$^{(R14)}$ | 1–0$^{(R28)}$ | 2–0$^{(R37)}$ | 2–2$^{(R03)}$ | 2–1$^{(R34)}$ | 3–1$^{(R16)}$ | 4–1$^{(R24)}$ | | 0–2$^{(R30)}$ | 3–1$^{(R21)}$ | 2–0$^{(R32)}$ | 2–2$^{(R06)}$ | 4–0$^{(R08)}$ | 2–1$^{(R19)}$ | 2–4$^{(R01)}$ | 1–2$^{(R12)}$ | 1–0$^{(R36)}$ | 1–0$^{(R29)}$ | 1–0$^{(R23)}$ | 1–1$^{(R26)}$ |
| Fluminense | 2–0$^{(R26)}$ | 1–1$^{(R33)}$ | 2–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–2$^{(R08)}$ | 1–1$^{(R29)}$ | 2–2$^{(R01)}$ | 1–1$^{(R15)}$ | 0–1$^{(R11)}$ | | 3–0$^{(R13)}$ | 1–1$^{(R21)}$ | 3–0$^{(R03)}$ | 3–2$^{(R37)}$ | 2–1$^{(R35)}$ | 0–1$^{(R17)}$ | 0–0$^{(R09)}$ | 3–0$^{(R19)}$ | 1–1$^{(R31)}$ | 3–0$^{(R05)}$ | 1–1$^{(R23)}$ |
| Goiás | 1–1$^{(R27)}$ | 3–2$^{(R18)}$ | 2–3$^{(R24)}$ | 1–1$^{(R09)}$ | 1–1$^{(R36)}$ | 0–0$^{(R30)}$ | 2–1$^{(R23)}$ | 1–3$^{(R02)}$ | 5–3$^{(R32)}$ | | 0–0$^{(R12)}$ | 2–1$^{(R38)}$ | 3–1$^{(R03)}$ | 0–3$^{(R26)}$ | 3–1$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R16)}$ | 1–0$^{(R14)}$ | 0–0$^{(R20)}$ | 3–2$^{(R10)}$ | 2–3$^{(R34)}$ |
| Grêmio | 3–0$^{(R18)}$ | 2–2$^{(R29)}$ | 1–1$^{(R15)}$ | 3–0$^{(R23)}$ | 1–1$^{(R38)}$ | 0–2$^{(R06)}$ | 1–2$^{(R35)}$ | 1–0$^{(R13)}$ | 2–0$^{(R02)}$ | 2–1$^{(R31)}$ | | 1–0$^{(R26)}$ | 3–1$^{(R09)}$ | 4–3$^{(R33)}$ | 1–1$^{(R11)}$ | 2–0$^{(R20)}$ | 1–0$^{(R27)}$ | 0–2$^{(R17)}$ | 1–0$^{(R03)}$ | 3–1$^{(R24)}$ |
| Internacional | 2–0$^{(R30)}$ | 1–1$^{(R08)}$ | 1–0$^{(R21)}$ | 2–3$^{(R01)}$ | 3–0$^{(R12)}$ | 1–0$^{(R36)}$ | 2–1$^{(R10)}$ | 3–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–4$^{(R22)}$ | 1–0$^{(R19)}$ | 0–2$^{(R07)}$ | | 3–0$^{(R32)}$ | 2–0$^{(R04)}$ | 2–1$^{(R37)}$ | 2–0$^{(R14)}$ | 1–0$^{(R05)}$ | 1–2$^{(R28)}$ | 0–0$^{(R34)}$ | 0–2$^{(R16)}$ |
| Juventude | 3–0$^{(R04)}$ | 1–2$^{(R17)}$ | 0–0$^{(R31)}$ | 1–1$^{(R33)}$ | 2–2$^{(R20)}$ | 1–0$^{(R24)}$ | 1–1$^{(R07)}$ | 2–2$^{(R27)}$ | 0–0$^{(R18)}$ | 2–0$^{(R22)}$ | 1–2$^{(R28)}$ | 2–0$^{(R13)}$ | | 1–1$^{(R11)}$ | 1–1$^{(R15)}$ | 1–2$^{(R02)}$ | 0–2$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R35)}$ | 2–1$^{(R38)}$ | 2–0$^{(R10)}$ |
| Náutico | 4–0$^{(R36)}$ | 0–1$^{(R20)}$ | 5–0$^{(R28)}$ | 4–1$^{(R25)}$ | 1–0$^{(R32)}$ | 1–4$^{(R12)}$ | 4–1$^{(R18)}$ | 1–0$^{(R38)}$ | 0–0$^{(R16)}$ | 0–2$^{(R07)}$ | 0–2$^{(R14)}$ | 1–1$^{(R23)}$ | 4–1$^{(R30)}$ | | 0–1$^{(R10)}$ | 4–4$^{(R05)}$ | 1–2$^{(R34)}$ | 1–0$^{(R02)}$ | 2–0$^{(R27)}$ | 2–2$^{(R03)}$ |
| Palmeiras | 2–0$^{(R09)}$ | 1–3$^{(R38)}$ | 0–2$^{(R07)}$ | 1–1$^{(R05)}$ | 1–0$^{(R27)}$ | 1–3$^{(R04)}$ | 2–1$^{(R02)}$ | 2–1$^{(R20)}$ | 1–0$^{(R36)}$ | 2–0$^{(R25)}$ | 2–0$^{(R30)}$ | 1–1$^{(R18)}$ | 0–1$^{(R34)}$ | 2–1$^{(R29)}$ | | 3–0$^{(R32)}$ | 2–2$^{(R12)}$ | 0–1$^{(R22)}$ | 1–2$^{(R16)}$ | 3–2$^{(R14)}$ |
| Paraná | 0–1$^{(R10)}$ | 1–3$^{(R15)}$ | 2–2$^{(R08)}$ | 0–0$^{(R17)}$ | 1–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–2$^{(R22)}$ | 1–2$^{(R11)}$ | 0–1$^{(R31)}$ | 3–1$^{(R28)}$ | 1–0$^{(R35)}$ | 3–0$^{(R01)}$ | 1–0$^{(R33)}$ | 3–1$^{(R21)}$ | 2–4$^{(R24)}$ | 1–0$^{(R13)}$ | | 2–3$^{(R37)}$ | 0–1$^{(R04)}$ | 1–0$^{(R07)}$ | 0–0$^{(R19)}$ |
| Santos | 2–3$^{(R02)}$ | 2–2$^{(R35)}$ | 3–1$^{(R22)}$ | 3–0$^{(R11)}$ | 1–1$^{(R04)}$ | 4–1$^{(R10)}$ | 3–1$^{(R13)}$ | 3–0$^{(R17)}$ | 2–4$^{(R38)}$ | 3–0$^{(R33)}$ | 0–0$^{(R08)}$ | 2–1$^{(R24)}$ | 1–0$^{(R25)}$ | 1–2$^{(R15)}$ | 1–1$^{(R31)}$ | 2–0$^{(R18)}$ | | 0–2$^{(R07)}$ | 2–0$^{(R20)}$ | 1–0$^{(R28)}$ |
| São Paulo | 3–0$^{(R34)}$ | 0–1$^{(R05)}$ | 2–0$^{(R19)}$ | 2–2$^{(R37)}$ | 0–1$^{(R30)}$ | 1–0$^{(R32)}$ | 2–0$^{(R27)}$ | 0–0$^{(R10)}$ | 0–1$^{(R12)}$ | 2–0$^{(R01)}$ | 1–0$^{(R36)}$ | 1–0$^{(R09)}$ | 3–1$^{(R16)}$ | 5–0$^{(R21)}$ | 0–0$^{(R03)}$ | 6–0$^{(R23)}$ | 2–1$^{(R26)}$ | | 3–1$^{(R14)}$ | 2–0$^{(R06)}$ |
| Sport | 2–2$^{(R06)}$ | 2–0$^{(R11)}$ | 3–2$^{(R17)}$ | 3–3$^{(R13)}$ | 2–1$^{(R09)}$ | 1–0$^{(R37)}$ | 0–0$^{(R31)}$ | 2–2$^{(R04)}$ | 0–2$^{(R24)}$ | 4–0$^{(R29)}$ | 2–0$^{(R22)}$ | 1–5$^{(R15)}$ | 3–0$^{(R19)}$ | 4–1$^{(R08)}$ | 3–1$^{(R35)}$ | 3–1$^{(R26)}$ | 4–1$^{(R01)}$ | 1–2$^{(R33)}$ | | 0–0$^{(R21)}$ |
| Vasco da Gama | 2–0$^{(R20)}$ | 4–0$^{(R13)}$ | 1–0$^{(R11)}$ | 2–1$^{(R31)}$ | 2–0$^{(R18)}$ | 0–2$^{(R27)}$ | 2–2$^{(R17)}$ | 1–2$^{(R07)}$ | 1–1$^{(R04)}$ | 4–1$^{(R15)}$ | 4–0$^{(R05)}$ | 1–2$^{(R35)}$ | 0–1$^{(R29)}$ | 4–1$^{(R22)}$ | 2–2$^{(R33)}$ | 3–0$^{(R38)}$ | 4–0$^{(R09)}$ | 0–2$^{(R25)}$ | 3–1$^{(R02)}$ | |
* ↑ played on August 15, instead of original matchday, June 23
* ↑ played on June 14, instead of original matchday, July 18
* ↑ played on September 12, instead of original matchday, August 2
* ↑ played on August 23, instead of original matchday, June 30
* ↑ played on August 16, instead of original matchday, July 14
* ↑ played on October 18, instead of original matchday, June 24

## Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Josiel | 20 | Paraná |
| Acosta | 19 | Náutico |
| Kléber Pereira | 16 | Santos |
| Dodô | 15 | Botafogo |
| Leandro Amaral | 14 | Vasco da Gama |
| Carlinhos Bala | 13 | Sport |
| Paulo Baier | 13 | Goiás |

## Stadia

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| América-RN | Machadão | 52,000 |
| Atlético Mineiro | Mineirão | 85,000 |
| Atlético-PR | Kyocera Arena | 32,864 |
| Botafogo | Engenhão | 45,000 |
| Corinthians | Pacaembu | 37,500 |
| Cruzeiro | Mineirão | 85,000 |
| Figueirense | Orlando Scarpelli | 19,908 |
| Flamengo | Maracanã | 97,000 |
| Fluminense | Maracanã | 97,000 |
| Goiás | Serra Dourada | 54,048 |
| Grêmio | Olímpico | 51,081 |
| Internacional | Beira-Rio | 58,306 |
| Juventude | Alfredo Jaconi | 30,519 |
| Náutico | Aflitos | 30,000 |
| Palmeiras | Palestra Itália | 35,000 |
| Paraná | Vila Capanema | 20,083 |
| Santos | Vila Belmiro | 20,120 |
| São Paulo | Morumbi | 70,000 |
| Sport | Ilha do Retiro | 45,500 |
| Vasco da Gama | São Januário | 36,273 |

## Doping case

On 8 July, Botafogo's player Dodô was caught on a doping exam. On 24 July, it was confirmed that he was banned for 120 days. In a new case, on 2 August, the player was acquitted.