2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 60th season of the Série A, the top-level of professional football in Brazil. Corinthians come in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season.

 Teams 
Stadia and locations

 Team Location  State Stadium Capacity América-MG Belo Horizonte  Independência 23,018 Atlético Mineiro Belo Horizonte  Independência 23,018 Atlético Paranaense Curitiba  Arena da Baixada 42,372 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro  Luso-Brasileiro 18,000  (expected) Chapecoense Chapecó  Arena Condá 22,600 Corinthians São Paulo Arena Corinthians 49,205 Coritiba Curitiba  Couto Pereira 40,502 Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte  Mineirão 62,547 Figueirense Florianópolis  Orlando Scarpelli 19,584 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro  Mané Garrincha 72,788 Fluminense Rio de Janeiro  Édson Passos 15,000  (expected) Grêmio Porto Alegre  Arena do Grêmio 55,662 Internacional Porto Alegre  Beira-Rio 50,128 Palmeiras São Paulo  Allianz Parque 43,713 Ponte Preta Campinas  Moisés Lucarelli 19,728 Santa Cruz Recife  Arruda 60,044 Santos Santos  Vila Belmiro 16,798 São Paulo São Paulo  Morumbi 67,052 Sport Recife Recife  Ilha do Retiro 32,983 Vitória Salvador  Barradão 34,535

Number of teams by state
 Number of teams State Team(s)5  Corinthians, Palmeiras, Ponte Preta, Santos, São Paulo3  América-MG, Atlético Mineiro, Cruzeiro  Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense2  Atlético Paranaense, Coritiba  Santa Cruz, Sport Recife  Grêmio, Internacional  Chapecoense, Figueirense1  Vitória

 Foreign players 
 Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 América Mineiro     Atlético Mineiro  Jesús Dátolo  Lucas Pratto  Frickson Erazo  Juan Cazares Atlético Paranaense  Christian Vilches  Daniel Hernández  Bruno Pereirinha  Fernando Barrientos Botafogo  Joel Carli  Damián Lizio  Gervasio Núñez  Juan Manuel Salgueiro  Gustavo Canales Chapecoense  Martín Alaníz  Alejandro Martinuccio   Corinthians  Ángel Romero  Fabián Balbuena  Coritiba  Luis Cáceres  César Benítez  Jorge Ortega  César González  Colin Kazim-Richards Cruzeiro  Giorgian De Arrascaeta  Ariel Cabral  Lucas Romero  Matías Pisano  Federico Gino Figueirense  Roberto Junior Fernández  Michael Ortega  Flamengo  Paolo Guerrero  Héctor Canteros  Federico Mancuello  Gustavo Cuéllar  Fluminense  Grêmio  Miller Bolaños    Internacional  Paulo Magalhães  Luis Seijas   Palmeiras  Lucas Barrios  Jonathan Cristaldo  Agustín Allione  Yerry Mina Ponte Preta    Santa Cruz  Alex Bolaños   Santos  Edwin Valencia  Joel  Jonathan Copete  Maxi Rolón  Fabián Noguera São Paulo  Diego Lugano  Ricardo Centurión  Eugenio Mena  Jonathan Calleri  Christian Cueva Sport  Mark González  Oswaldo Henríquez  Reinaldo Lenis  Rodney Wallace  Vitória    

 Results 
 First Round
This are the Results of the first round of 2016 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

 2nd round 

 3rd round 

 4th round 

 5th round 

 6th round 

 7th round 

 8th round 

 9th round 

 10th round 

Note: The match was interropted in 46 minutes, due to heavy fog in Chapecó. The confrontation was resmued in June 23rd, in 3:00 p.m.

11th round

12nd round

 Statistics 
 Top goalscorers 
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bruno RangelChapecoense72 GrafiteSanta Cruz63 Rafael MouraFigueirense54 KiezaVitória4 Gabriel JesusPalmeiras LuanGrêmio Diego SouzaSport Felipe AzevedoPonte Preta SassáBotafogo Vítor BuenoSantos11 Róger GuedesPalmeiras3 AylonInternacional FredAtlético Mineiro GiulianoGrêmio KléberCoritiba

 Hat-tricks 
 Player  For  Against  Result  Date  Ref Bruno Rangel  Chapecoense  Coritiba  4-3 (A)  1 June 2016   Sassá  Botafogo  América Mineiro  3-1 (H)  15 June 2016   Rafael Sóbis  Cruzeiro  Internacional  4-2 (H)  4 August 2016  

 References 

Category:2016 in association football
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A