2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The **2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A** was the 58th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Cruzeiro, the defending champions, won the title for the second time in a row and fourth overall. The championship had a break between the ninth and tenth rounds due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was held between June and July in Brazil. Cruzeiro took the lead in round 6 and from then on, staying in that position, winning the title after a 2-1 victory over Goiás in the Mineirão stadium, in round 36.

On the other side of the table, Criciúma, that had been in the relegation zone since round 17, and held the last place since round 30, was relegated after a 1-1 draw against Flamengo, also in round 36. In the following round, Botafogo was relegated after losing to Santos by 2-0. In the last round, Palmeiras, despite only obtaining a draw in its last match, against Atlético Paranaense, guaranteed its survival in the first division after defeats of its competitors, Vitória and Bahia.

### Stadia and locations

|Team|Home city|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Atlético Mineiro|Belo Horizonte|Independência|style="text-align:center;"|23,018|
|Atlético Paranaense|Curitiba|Arena da Baixada|style="text-align:center;"|43,000|
|Bahia|Salvador|Fonte Nova|style="text-align:center;"|51,708|
|Botafogo|Rio de Janeiro|Maracanã|style="text-align:center;"|78,838|
|Chapecoense|Chapecó|Arena Condá|style="text-align:center;"|22,600|
|Corinthians|São Paulo|Arena Corinthians|style="text-align:center;"|48,234|
|Coritiba|Curitiba|Couto Pereira|style="text-align:center;"|40,310|
|Criciúma|Criciúma|Heriberto Hülse|style="text-align:center;"|19,300|
|Cruzeiro|Belo Horizonte|Mineirão|style="text-align:center;"|58,170|
|Figueirense|Florianópolis|Orlando Scarpelli|style="text-align:center;"|19,908|
|Flamengo|Rio de Janeiro|Maracanã|style="text-align:center;"|78,838|
|Fluminense|Rio de Janeiro|Maracanã|style="text-align:center;"|78,838|
|Goiás|Goiânia|Serra Dourada|style="text-align:center;"|50,049|
|Grêmio|Porto Alegre|Arena do Grêmio|style="text-align:center;"|55,662|
|Internacional|Porto Alegre|Beira-Rio|style="text-align:center;"|50,128|
|Palmeiras|São Paulo|Pacaembu Allianz Parque|style="text-align:center;"|37,730 43,600|
|Santos|Santos|Vila Belmiro|style="text-align:center;"|16,798|
|São Paulo|São Paulo|Morumbi|style="text-align:center;"|67,052|
|Sport|Recife|Ilha do Retiro|style="text-align:center;"|35,020|
|Vitória|Salvador|Barradão|style="text-align:center;"|35,632|

## Results

- 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - Results of first round
- 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - Results of second round

#### Top scorers

|Rank|Player|Club|Goals|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|1|align="left"|Fred|align="left"|Fluminense|rowspan-"1"|18|
|rowspan="1"|2|align="left"|Henrique|align="left"|Palmeiras|rowspan="1"|16|
|rowspan="2"|4|align="left"|Ricardo Goulart|align="left"|Cruzeiro|rowspan="2"|15|
|align="left"|Marcelo Moreno|align="left"|Cruzeiro|||||
|rowspan="1"|5|align="left"|Hernán Barcos|align="left"|Grêmio|rowspan="1"|14|
|rowspan="1"|6|align="left"|Paolo Guerrero|align="left"|Corinthians|rowspan="1"|12|
|rowspan="3"|7|align="left"|Erik Lima|align="left"|Goiás|rowspan="3"|10|
|align="left"|Diego Tardelli|align="left"|Atlético Mineiro|||||
|align="left"|Leandro|align="left"|Chapecoense|||||
|rowspan="6"|10|align="left"|Cléo|align="left"|Atlético Paranaense|rowspan="6"|9|
|align="left"|Darío Conca|align="left"|Fluminense|||||
|align="left"|Dinei|align="left"|Vitória|||||
|align="left"|Luís Fabiano|align="left"|São Paulo|||||
|align="left"|Alexandre Pato|align="left"|São Paulo|||||

#### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Daniel Correa|Botafogo|Criciúma|6–0 (H)|10 May 2014|
|Douglas Coutinho|Atlético Paranaense|Figueirense|3–1 (A)|1 June 2014|
|Luciano|Corinthians|Goiás|5–2 (H)|21 August 2014|
|Erik|Goiás|Atlético Paranaense|3–1 (H)|31 August 2014|
|Patric|Sport|Santos|3–1 (H)|10 September 2014|
|Henrique|Palmeiras|Chapecoense|4–2 (H)|2 October 2014|

### Clean sheets

- Most clean sheets: **14**
    - Grêmio
- Fewest clean sheets: **4**
    - Vitória

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
- **season**: 2014
- **winners**: Cruzeiro E.C., Cruzeiro <small>(4th title)</small>
- **relegated**: E.C. Vitória, Vitória
E.C. Bahia, Bahia
Botafogo F.R., Botafogo
Criciúma E.C., Criciúma
- **continentalcup1**: 2015 Copa Libertadores, Libertadores
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: Cruzeiro E.C., Cruzeiro
São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo
S.C. Internacional, Internacional
S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
- **league topscorer**: Frederico Chaves Guedes, Fred
(18 goals)
- **biggest home win**: Botafogo F.R., Botafogo 6–0 Criciúma E.C., Criciúma
(10 May)
Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás 6–0 S.E. Palmeiras, Palmeiras
(21 September)
- **biggest away win**: Sport Club do Recife, Sport 1–4 S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
(25 May)
Clube Atlético Paranaense, Atlético Paranaense 0–3 Fluminense F.C., Fluminense
(27 July)
- **highest scoring**: Fluminense F.C., Fluminense 5–2 São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo
(21 May)
S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians 5–2 Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás
(21 August)
Fluminense F.C., Fluminense 5–2 S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
(30 November)
- **matches**: 380
- **total goals**: 860
- **longest wins**: 5 matches: S.C. Internacional, Internacional
(20 July–16 August)
C.R. Flamengo, Flamengo
(10–31 August)
- **longest unbeaten**: 12 matches: Cruzeiro E.C., Cruzeiro
(1 June–11 September)
- **longest winless**: 10 matches: E.C. Bahia, Bahia
(11 May–3 August)
S.E. Palmeiras, Palmeiras
(25 May–20 August)
Criciúma E.C., Criciúma
(20 July–10 September)
- **longest losses**: 6 matches:
Botafogo F.R., Botafogo
(2–30 November)
- **highest attendance**: 58,627

(14 September 2014)
- **lowest attendance**: 766
Clube Atlético Paranaense, Atlético-PR 1–1 Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, Chapecoense
(18 May 2014, Estádio Willie Davids, Willie Davids, Maringá)
- **prevseason**: 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2013
- **nextseason**: 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2015