2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The **2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A** (officially the **Brasileirão Chevrolet 2015** for sponsorship reasons) was the 59th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. After winning twice in a row in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, Cruzeiro came in defending their title as the Brazilian football champions. Corinthians won the title.

### Stadia and locations

|Team|Location|State|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Atlético Mineiro|Belo Horizonte||Independência Mineirão|align="center"|23,018 62,547|
|Atlético Paranaense|Curitiba||Arena da Baixada|align="center"|42,372|
|Avaí|Florianópolis||Ressacada|align="center"|17,826|
|Chapecoense|Chapecó||Arena Condá|align="center"|22,600|
|Corinthians|São Paulo||Arena Corinthians|align="center"|47,605|
|Coritiba|Curitiba||Couto Pereira|align="center"|40,310|
|Cruzeiro|Belo Horizonte||Mineirão|align="center"|62,547|
|Figueirense|Florianópolis||Orlando Scarpelli|align="center"|19,584|
|Flamengo|Rio de Janeiro||Maracanã|align="center"|78,838|
|Fluminense|Rio de Janeiro||Maracanã|align="center"|78,838|
|Goiás|Goiânia||Serra Dourada|align="center"|41,574|
|Grêmio|Porto Alegre||Arena do Grêmio|align="center"|56,500|
|Internacional|Porto Alegre||Beira-Rio|align="center"|50,128|
|Joinville|Joinville||Arena Joinville|align="center"|22,400|
|Palmeiras|São Paulo||Allianz Parque|align="center"|43,713|
|Ponte Preta|Campinas||Moisés Lucarelli|align="center"|19,728|
|Santos|Santos||Vila Belmiro|align="center"|16,798|
|São Paulo|São Paulo||Morumbi|align="center"|67,052|
|Sport|Recife||Ilha do Retiro Arena Pernambuco|align="center"|35,020 46,154|
|Vasco|Rio de Janeiro||São Januário Maracanã|align="center"|24,584 78,838|

## Results

- 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - Results of first round
- 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A - Results of second round

### Top scorers

|Rank|Player|Club|Goals||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=1|1|align="left"|Ricardo Oliveira|align="left"|Santos|20|
|rowspan=1|2|align="left"|Vágner Love|align="left"|Corinthians|14|
|rowspan=3|3|align="left"|André|align="left"|Sport|13|
|align="left"|Jádson|align="left"|Corinthians|13|||
|align="left"|Lucas Pratto|align="left"|Atlético Mineiro|13|||
|rowspan=1|6|align="left"|Henrique Almeida|align="left"|Coritiba|12|
|rowspan=2|7|align="left"|Vitinho|align="left"|Internacional|11|
|align="left"|Willian|align="left"|Cruzeiro|11|||
|rowspan=6|9|align="left"|Alexandre Pato|align="left"|São Paulo|10|
|align="left"|André Lima|align="left"|Avaí|10|||
|align="left"|Dudu|align="left"|Palmeiras|10|||
|align="left"|Erik|align="left"|Goiás|10|||
|align="left"|Gabriel|align="left"|Santos|10|||
|align="left"|Luan|align="left"|Grêmio|10|||

### Top assists

|Rank|Player|Club|Assists||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=1|1|align="left"|Jádson|align="left"|Corinthians|12|
|rowspan=2|2|align="left"|Paulo Henrique Ganso|align="left"|São Paulo|9|
|align="left"|Diego Souza|align="left"|Sport|9|||
|rowspan=6|4|align="left"|Dudu|align="left"|Palmeiras|7|
|align="left"|Giovanni Augusto|align="left"|Atlético Mineiro|7|||
|align="left"|Giuliano|align="left"|Grêmio|7|||
|align="left"|Victor Ferraz|align="left"|Santos|7|||
|align="left"|Elias|align="left"|Corinthians|7|||
|align="left"|Luan|align="left"|Grêmio|7|||
|rowspan=7|10|align="left"|Lucas Lima|align="left"|Santos|6|
|align="left"|Patric|align="left"|Atlético Mineiro|6|||
|align="left"|Douglas|align="left"|Grêmio|6|||
|align="left"|Bruno Henrique|align="left"|Goiás|6|||
|align="left"|André|align="left"|Sport|6|||
|align="left"|Marlone Azevedo|align="left"|Sport|6|||
|align="left"|Cleitinho|align="left"|Figueirense|6|||

### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Lucas Pratto|Atlético Mineiro|São Paulo|3–1 (H)|29 July||
|Willian<sup>4</sup>|Cruzeiro|Figueirense|5–1 (H)|6 September||
|Lucas Barrios|Palmeiras|Fluminense|4–1 (A)|16 September||

<sup>4</sup> <small>Player scored 4 goals.</small>

## References

- Source: ESPN FC & Globo

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## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
- **season**: 2015
- **winners**: S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians <small>(6th title)</small>
- **relegated**: Avaí F.C., Avaí
C.R. Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama
Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás
Joinville Esporte Clube, Joinville
- **continentalcup1**: 2016 Copa Libertadores, Libertadores
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
Grêmio F.B.P.A., Grêmio
São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo
S.E. Palmeiras, Palmeiras
- **league topscorer**: Ricardo Oliveira
(20 goals)
- **biggest home win**:
(2 September 2015)
- **biggest away win**: C.R. Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama 0–4 São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo
(8 July 2015)
- **highest scoring**: S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians 4–3 Sport Club do Recife, Sport
(12 August 2015)
Santos Futebol Clube, Santos 5–2 Avaí F.C., Avaí
(22 August 2015)
S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians 6–1 São Paulo Futebol Clube, São Paulo
(22 November 2015)
- **matches**: 380
- **total goals**: 897
- **longest wins**: 6 games
Clube Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Mineiro
C.R. Flamengo, Flamengo
- **longest unbeaten**: 17 games
S.C. Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians
- **longest winless**: 10 games
Sport Club do Recife, Sport
- **longest losses**: 6 games
C.R. Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama
- **highest attendance**: 67,011

(17 September)
- **lowest attendance**: 1,461
Goiás Esporte Clube, Goiás 0–1 Avaí F.C., Avaí
(7 June)
- **total attendance**: 6,671,696
- **average attendance**: 17,557
- **prevseason**: 2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2014
- **nextseason**: 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2016
- **updated**: 7 December 2015