2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The **2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A** (officially the **Brasileirão Petrobras 2011** for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 21 and was scheduled to end on December 4. Fluminense comes in as the defending champion having won the 2010 season.

## Teams

|Team|Home city|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|América Mineiro|Belo Horizonte|Arena do Jacaré|align="center"|25,000|
|Atlético Goianiense|Goiânia|Serra Dourada|align="center"|50,049|
|Atlético Mineiro|Belo Horizonte|Arena do Jacaré|align="center"|25,000|
|Atlético Paranaense|Curitiba|Arena da Baixada|align="center"|28,237|
|Avaí|Florianópolis|Ressacada|align="center"|19,000|
|Bahia|Salvador|Pituaçu|align="center"|32,179|
|Botafogo|Rio de Janeiro|Engenhão|align="center"|46,931|
|Ceará|Fortaleza|Presidente Vargas|align="center"|20,600|
|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|
|Palmeiras|São Paulo|Pacaembu|align="center"|37,952|
|Santos|Santos|Vila Belmiro|align="center"|20,120|
|São Paulo|São Paulo|Morumbi|align="center"|67,428|
|Vasco da Gama|Rio de Janeiro|São Januário|align="center"|22,150|

## Results

- 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - Results of first round
- 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - Results of second round

### Top goalscorers

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Club|Goals|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center rowspan=1|1|Borges||Santos|align=center|23|
|align=center rowspan=1|2|Fred||Fluminense|align=center|22|
|align=center rowspan=1|3|Deivid||Flamengo|align=center|15|
|align=center rowspan=3|4|Leandro Damião||Internacional|align=center|14|
|Ronaldinho||Flamengo|align=center|14|||
|William||Avaí|align=center|14|||
|align=center rowspan=3|7|Sebastián Abreu||Botafogo|align=center|13|
|Kempes||América-MG|align=center|13|||
|Neymar||Santos|align=center|13|||
|align=center rowspan=4|10|Anselmo||Atlético Goianiense|align=center|12|
|Liédson||Corinthians|align=center|12|||
|Walter Montillo||Cruzeiro|align=center|12|||
|Thiago Neves||Flamengo|align=center|12|||

### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Anderson Aquino|Coritiba|Vasco da Gama|5-1 (H)|5 June 2011|
|Liédson|Corinthians|São Paulo|5-0 (H)|26 June 2011|
|Ronaldinho|Flamengo|Santos|5-4 (A)|27 July 2011|
|André Lima|Grêmio|Atlético Paranaense|4-0 (H)|4 September 2011|
|Leandro Damião|Internacional|Palmeiras|3-0 (A)|11 September 2011|
|Diego Souza|Vasco da Gama|Cruzeiro|3-0 (A)|25 September 2011|
|Fred|Fluminense|Coritiba|3-1 (H)|13 October 2011|
|Neymar<sup>4</sup>|Santos|Atlético Paranaense|4-1 (H)|29 October 2011|
|Thiago Neves|Flamengo|Cruzeiro|5-1 (H)|6 November 2011|
|Fred<sup>4</sup>|Fluminense|Grêmio|5-4 (H)|16 November 2011|
|Fred|Fluminense|Figueirense|4-0 (A)|20 November 2011|