2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The **2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A** (known as the **Brasileirão Petrobras 2012** for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Corinthians come in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2011 season. On 11 November 2012, Fluminense won the title for the fourth time.

### Stadiums and locations

|Team|Home city|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Atlético Goianiense|Goiânia|Serra Dourada|align="center"|50,049|
|Atlético Mineiro|Belo Horizonte|Independência|align="center"|25,000|
|Bahia|Salvador|Pituaçu|align="center"|32,179|
|Botafogo|Rio de Janeiro|Engenhão|align="center"|46,931|
|Corinthians|São Paulo|Pacaembu|align="center"|37,952|
|Coritiba|Curitiba|Couto Pereira|align="center"|37,182|
|Cruzeiro|Belo Horizonte|Arena do Jacaré|align="center"|25,000|
|Figueirense|Florianópolis|Orlando Scarpelli|align="center"|19,808|
|Flamengo|Rio de Janeiro|Engenhão|align="center"|46,931|
|Fluminense|Rio de Janeiro|Engenhão|align="center"|46,931|
|Grêmio|Porto Alegre|Olímpico|align="center"|45,000|
|Internacional|Porto Alegre|Beira-Rio|align="center"|56,000|
|Náutico|Recife|Aflitos|align="center"|19,800|
|Palmeiras|São Paulo|Pacaembu|align="center"|37,952|
|Ponte Preta|Campinas|Moisés Lucarelli|align="center"|19,722|
|Portuguesa|São Paulo|Canindé|align="center"|21,004|
|Santos|Santos|Vila Belmiro|align="center"|20,120|
|São Paulo|São Paulo|Morumbi|align="center"|67,428|
|Sport|Recife|Ilha do Retiro|align="center"|30,520|
|Vasco da Gama|Rio de Janeiro|São Januário|align="center"|22,150|

### Top goalscorers

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Club|Goals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|1|Fred||Fluminense|align=center|20|
|align=center|2|Luís Fabiano||São Paulo|align=center|17|
|align=center rowspan=4|3|Aloísio||Figueirense|align=center|14|
|Hernán Barcos||Palmeiras|align=center|14|||
|Bruno Mineiro||Portuguesa|align=center|14|||
|Neymar||Santos|align=center|14|||
|align=center rowspan=2|7|Kieza||Náutico|align=center|13|
|Vágner Love||Flamengo|align=center|13|||
|align=center rowspan=2|9|Bernard||Atlético Mineiro|align=center|11|
|Elkeson||Botafogo|align=center|11|||

<small>Source: globoesporte.com</small>

### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Germán Herrera|Botafogo|São Paulo|4-2 (H)|20 May 2012|
|Roger|Ponte Preta|Coritiba|4-1 (H)|14 July 2012|
|Aloísio|Figueirense|Coritiba|3-1 (H)|26 August 2012|
|Bruno Mineiro|Portuguesa|Sport|5-1 (H)|4 October 2012|
|Ronaldinho|Atlético Mineiro|Figueirense|6-0 (H)|6 October 2012|
|Lucas|São Paulo|Sport|4-2 (A)|27 October 2012|
|Neymar|Santos|Cruzeiro|4-0 (A)|3 November 2012|

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
- **season**: 2012
- **winners**: Fluminense F.C., Fluminense
<small>3rd Campeonato Brasileiro title
4th Brazilian title</small>
- **relegated**: Figueirense F.C., Figueirense
Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
S.E. Palmeiras, Palmeiras
Sport Club do Recife, Sport
- **continentalcup1**: 2013 Copa Libertadores, Copa Libertadores de América
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians (2012 Copa Libertadores, title holder)
S.E. Palmeiras, Palmeiras (2012 Copa do Brasil, cup winner)
Fluminense F.C., Fluminense
Grêmio F.B.P.A., Grêmio
Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo
- **league topscorer**: Frederico Chaves Guedes, Fred (20)
- **biggest home win**: Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro 6–0 Figueirense F.C., Figueirense
- **biggest away win**: C.R. Vasco da Gama, Vasco 0–4 E.C. Bahia, Bahia
- **highest scoring**: Figueirense F.C., Figueirense 3–4 Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
- **matches**: 380
- **total goals**: 940
- **longest wins**: 7 games
Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
- **longest unbeaten**: 15 games
Grêmio F.B.P.A., Grêmio
- **longest winless**: 14 games
Figueirense F.C., Figueirense
- **longest losses**: 7 games
Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense
Figueirense F.C., Figueirense
- **highest attendance**: São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo 2–1 Clube Náutico Capibaribe, Náutico
62,207
- **lowest attendance**: Atlético Clube Goianiense, Atlético Goianiense 0–1 Sport Club do Recife, Sport 449
- **average attendance**: 12,983
- **prevseason**: 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2011
- **nextseason**: 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2013