# 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

The 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 (officially the Brasileirão Feminino Binance A2 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th season of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2, the second level of women's football in Brazil. The tournament was organized by CBF. It started on 15 April and ended on 10 July 2023.
Sixteen teams competed in the tournament. Eight returning from the 2022 Série A2, four relegated from the 2022 Série A1 (CRESSPOM, ESMAC, Red Bull Bragantino and São José), and four promoted from the 2022 Série A3 (3B da Amazônia, Sport, AD Taubaté and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO).
The four semi-finalists, América Mineiro, Botafogo, Fluminense and Red Bull Bragantino, were promoted to the 2024 Série A1, while Botafogo-PB, CRESSPOM, ESMAC and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO were relegated to the 2024 Série A3.
Red Bull Bragantino defeated Fluminense 4–0, on aggregate, in the finals to win their second title

## Format

In the group stage, the 16 teams were divided into two groups of eight organized regionally. Top four teams qualified for the quarter-finals. From the quarter-finals on the competition was played as a knock-out tournament with each round contested over two legs.

## Teams
### Number of teams by state

| Number of teams | State | Team(s) |
| 3 | São Paulo | Red Bull Bragantino, São José and AD Taubaté |
| 2 | Amazonas | 3B da Amazônia and JC |
| 2 | Distrito Federal | CRESSPOM and Minas/ICESP |
| 2 | Rio de Janeiro | Botafogo and Fluminense |
| 1 | Alagoas | UDA |
| 1 | Ceará | Fortaleza |
| 1 | Goiás | Vila Nova/UNIVERSO |
| 1 | Minas Gerais | América Mineiro |
| 1 | Pará | ESMAC |
| 1 | Paraíba | Botafogo-PB |
| 1 | Pernambuco | Sport |

## Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| 3B da Amazônia | Manaus | Ismael Benigno | 10,451 |
| América Mineiro | Belo Horizonte | SESC Alterosas | 2,000 |
| Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro | Olímpico Nilton Santos | 46,931 |
| Botafogo-PB | João Pessoa | Almeidão | 19,000 |
| CRESSPOM | Brasília | Maria de Lourdes Abadia (Ceilândia) | 3,000 |
| ESMAC | Ananindeua | Francisco Vasques (Belém) | 4,900 |
| Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro | Estádio das Laranjeiras | 2,000 |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza | CT Ribamar Bezerra (Maracanaú) | 1,000 |
| JC | Itacoatiara | Floro de Mendonça | 5,000 |
| Minas/ICESP | Brasília | Ciro Machado do Espírito Santo | 1,500 |
| Red Bull Bragantino | Bragança Paulista | Prefeito Gabriel Marques da Silva (Santana de Parnaíba) | 7,200 |
| São José | São José dos Campos | Martins Pereira | 16,500 |
| Sport | Recife | Ilha do Retiro | 32,983 |
| AD Taubaté | Taubaté | Joaquinzão | 12,896 |
| UDA | Maceió | Rei Pelé | 17,126 |
| Vila Nova/UNIVERSO | Goiânia | Onésio Brasileiro Alvarenga | 6,500 |

## Group stage

In the group stage, each team played on a single round-robin tournament. 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).
The top four teams qualified for the quarter-finals, while the four teams with the lowest number of points, regardless of the group, were relegated to the 2024 Série A3.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOT | RED | FLU | AME | TAU | SAO | MIN | CRE |
| 1 | Botafogo | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | Advance to quarter-finals | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Red Bull Bragantino | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 14 | Advance to quarter-finals | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Fluminense | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | |
| 4 | América Mineiro | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | | | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 10–1 |
| 5 | AD Taubaté | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | |
| 6 | São José | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | | | |
| 7 | Minas/ICESP | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | | | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 6–0 |
| 8 | CRESSPOM | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 50 | −48 | 0 | Relegation to Série A3 | 0–7 | | 0–8 | | 1–6 | 0–6 | | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FOR | JCF | UDA | 3BA | SPO | VIL | BOT | ESM |
| 1 | Fortaleza | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 17 | Advance to quarter-finals | | | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 |
| 2 | JC | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 16 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | | |
| 3 | UDA | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 7–1 | |
| 4 | 3B da Amazônia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | 1–1 | | | | 4–2 | 2–1 | | |
| 5 | Sport | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 | | 1–2 | | | | | 2–2 | | 2–1 |
| 6 | Vila Nova/UNIVERSO | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 | Relegation to Série A3 | | | 0–1 | | | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 7 | Botafogo-PB | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 6 | Relegation to Série A3 | | 0–2 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | | | |
| 8 | ESMAC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 2 | Relegation to Série A3 | | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | |

## Final stages

The final stages were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 16). For the semi-finals and finals, the best-overall-performance team hosted the second leg.
The four quarter-finals winners were promoted to 2024 Série A1.

### Quarter-finals

The matches were played from 3 to 11 June 2023.

#### Matches

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 3B da Amazônia | 1–7 | Botafogo | 0–0 | 1–7 |
| Fluminense | 0–0 (4–3 p) | JC | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| América Mineiro | 4–1 | Fortaleza | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| UDA | 3–12 | Red Bull Bragantino | 1–7 | 2–5 |

### Semi-finals

The matches were played from 18 to 26 June 2023.

#### Matches

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fluminense | 2–1 | Botafogo | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| América Mineiro | 0–5 | Red Bull Bragantino | 0–2 | 0–3 |

### Finals

The matches were played on 2 and 10 July 2023.

#### Matches

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Fluminense | 0–4 | Red Bull Bragantino | 0–3 | 0–1 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Paulina Gramaglia | Red Bull Bragantino | 10 |
| 2 | Luana Índia | Red Bull Bragantino | 7 |
| 3 | Karol Cardozo | UDA | 6 |
| 3 | Letícia Monteiro | Red Bull Bragantino | 6 |
| 3 | Valéria Lima | Botafogo | 6 |
Source: CBF