2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2007
Champions	São Paulo (5th title)
Relegated	Corinthians Paraná Juventude América-RN
Copa Libertadores	São Paulo Santos Flamengo Fluminense Cruzeiro
Copa Sudamericana	São Paulo Grêmio Palmeiras Atlético Mineiro Botafogo Vasco da Gama Internacional Atlético Paranaense
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1047 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josiel (20 goals)
Biggest home win	São Paulo 6 – 0 Paraná
Biggest away win	Figueirense 3 - 6 Atlético-PR
Highest scoring	Figueirense 3 - 6 Atlético-PR
Average attendance	14,132
← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 51st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It Began on May 12, 2007, and ended on December 2, 2007.

Format

The format was identical to the 2006 edition. 20 teams competed, each team playing the other 19 twice in a double round-robin format (one home game, one away). At the season finale, São Paulo were the champions.

Calendar

Several teams had their attentions divided between other tournaments over the same duration:

Copa do Brasil 2007 - Fluminense defeated Figueirense in the finals. 2-1 Aggregate Score.
Copa Libertadores 2007 - Grêmio defeated by Boca Juniors-ARG in the finals. 5-0 Aggregate Score.
Copa Sudamericana 2007 - São Paulo, Vasco da Gama; Botafogo; Goiás, Figueirense, Atlético Paranaense, Cruzeiro and Corinthians were eliminated.

Position Table

Final standings
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	77	38	23	8	7	55	19	36
2	Santos	62	38	19	5	14	57	47	10
3	Flamengo	61	38	17	10	11	55	49	6
4	Fluminense	61	38	16	13	9	57	39	18
5	Cruzeiro	60	38	18	6	14	73	59	15
6	Grêmio	58	38	17	7	14	44	43	1
7	Palmeiras	58	38	16	10	12	48	47	1
8	Atlético Mineiro	55	38	15	10	13	63	51	12
9	Botafogo	55	38	14	13	11	62	58	4
10	Vasco da Gama	54	38	15	9	14	58	47	11
11	Internacional	54	38	15	9	14	49	44	5
12	Atlético Parananense	54	38	14	12	12	51	50	1
13	Figueirense	53	38	14	11	13	57	56	1
14	Sport	51	38	14	9	15	54	55	-1
15	Náutico	49	38	14	7	17	66	63	3
16	Goiás	45	38	13	6	19	49	62	-13
17	Corinthians	44	38	10	14	14	40	50	-10
18	Paraná	41	38	12	7	20	42	64	-22
19	Juventude	41	38	11	8	19	43	65	-22
20	América-RN	17	38	4	5	29	24	80	-56
Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential


	Team qualifies for both Copa Libertadores 2008 and Copa Sudamericana 2008
	Teams qualify for the Copa Libertadores 2008
	Teams qualify for the Copa Sudamericana 2008
	Teams relegated to Série B 2008
	Fluminense qualified for the Copa Libertadores 2008 by winning the Copa do Brasil 2007

Tablewise

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	ARN	CAM	CAP	BOT	COR	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	GOI	GRE	INT	JUV	NAU	PAL	PAR	SAN	SPL	SPO	VAS
América-RN	XXX	0-1^(R31)	2-1^(R13)	1-1^(R35)	1-2^(R05)	1-2^(R19)	0-1^(R03)	0-1^(R33)	0-1^(R07)	0-3^(R08)	0-3^(R37)	1-2^(R11)	0-3^(R23)	1-5^(R17)	0-0^(R28)	3-2^(R29)	1-4^(R21)	0-1^(R15)	1-1^(R25)	0-1^(R01)
Atlético Mineiro	4-2^(R12)	XXX	1-1^(R04)	1-2^(R21)	5-2^(R22)	3-4^(R26)	4-1^(R06)	1-1^(R09)	3-0^(R14)	4-1^(R37)	0-1^(R10)	2-2^(R27)	4-1^(R36)	2-1^(R01)	1-2^(R19)	0-0^(R34)	1-2^(R16)	0-0^(R24)	3-1^(R30)	1-0^(R32)
Atlético Parananense	2-0^(R32)	1-0^(R23)	XXX	2-0^(R29)	2-2^(R16)	2-2^(R14)	1-1^(R20)	2-0^(R18)	1-1^(R06)	0-3^(R05)	2-0^(R34)	2-1^(R02)	4-0^(R12)	1-1^(R09)	2-1^(R26)	2-1^(R27)	0-1^(R03)	2-1^(R38)	0-0^(R36)	1-0^(R30)
Botafogo	4-2^(R16)	2-1^(R02)	2-0^(R10)	XXX	2-3^(R07*₂)	4-1^(R34)	1-0^(R38)	1-1^(R22)	0-2^(R27)	0-3^(R28)	3-0^(R04)	1-1^(R20)	3-1^(R14)	3-1^(R06)	1-1^(R24)	3-2^(R36)	1-2^(R30)	0-2^(R18)	3-1^(R32)	4-0^(R12*₁)
Corinthians	1-0^(R24)	0-0^(R03)	2-2^(R35)	0-1^(R26)	XXX	0-3^(R21)	2-1^(R33)	2-2^(R15)	1-1^(R10)	1-0^(R17)	2-1^(R19)	1-1^(R31)	1-0^(R01)	0-3^(R13)	0-1^(R08)	0-0^(R06)	2-0^(R23)	1-1^(R11)	1-2^(R28)	0-1^(R37)
Cruzeiro	2-0^(R38)	4-2^(R07)	1-1^(R33)	3-2^(R15)	0-3^(R02)	XXX	1-2^(R28)	3-1^(R35)	4-2^(R20)	2-1^(R11)	2-0^(R25)	3-2^(R17)	2-3^(R05)	2-2^(R31)	5-0^(R23)	3-4^(R03)	0-1^(R29)	1-2^(R13)	2-0^(R18)	3-1^(R08)
Figueirense	3-1^(R22)	2-1^(R25)	3-6^(R01)	1-1^(R19)	2-2^(R14)	2-1^(R09)	XXX	4-0^(R05)	0-2^(R34)	2-1^(R04)	1-0^(R16)	0-0^(R29)	4-1^(R26)	2-0^(R37)	1-2^(R21)	4-0^(R30)	1-0^(R32)	0-0^(R08)	0-1^(R12)	3-3^(R36)
Flamengo	3-1^(R14)	1-0^(R28)	2-0^(R37)	2-2^(R03)	2-1^(R34)	3-1^(R16*₆)	4-1^(R24)	XXX	0-2^(R30)	3-1^(R21)	2-0^(R32)	2-2^(R06)	4-0^(R08*₄)	2-1^(R19)	2-4^(R01)	1-2^(R12)	1-0^(R36)	1-0^(R29)	1-0^(R23)	1-1^(R26)
Fluminense	2-0^(R26)	1-1^(R33)	2-0^(R25)	1-2^(R08)	1-1^(R29)	2-2^(R01)	1-1^(R15)	0-1^(R11*₅)	XXX	3-0^(R13)	1-1^(R21)	3-0^(R03)	3-2^(R37)	2-1^(R35)	0-1^(R17)	0-0^(R09)	3-0^(R19)	1-1^(R31)	3-0^(R05)	1-1^(R23)
Goiás	1-1^(R27)	3-2^(R18)	2-3^(R24)	1-1^(R09)	1-1^(R36)	0-0^(R30)	2-1^(R23)	1-3^(R02)	5-3^(R32)	XXX	0-0^(R12)	2-1^(R38)	3-1^(R03)	0-3^(R26)	3-1^(R06)	2-0^(R16)	1-0^(R14)	0-0^(R20)	3-2^(R10)	2-3^(R34)
Grêmio	3-0^(R18)	2-2^(R29)	1-1^(R15)	3-0^(R23)	1-1^(R38)	0-2^(R06)	1-2^(R35)	1-0^(R13)	2-0^(R02)	2-1^(R31)	XXX	1-0^(R26)	3-1^(R09)	4-3^(R33)	1-1^(R11)	2-0^(R20)	1-0^(R27)	0-2^(R17)	1-0^(R03)	3-1^(R24)
Internacional	2-0^(R30)	1-1^(R08)	1-0^(R21)	2-3^(R01)	3-0^(R12)	1-0^(R36)	2-1^(R10)	3-0^(R25)	1-4^(R22)	1-0^(R19)	0-2^(R07)	XXX	3-0^(R32)	2-0^(R04)	2-1^(R37)	2-0^(R14)	1-0^(R05)	1-2^(R28)	0-0^(R34)	0-2^(R16)
Juventude	3-0^(R04)	1-2^(R17)	0-0^(R31)	1-1^(R33)	2-2^(R20)	1-0^(R24)	1-1^(R07)	2-2^(R27)	0-0^(R18)	2-0^(R22)	1-2^(R28)	2-0^(R13)	XXX	1-1^(R11)	1-1^(R15)	1-2^(R02)	0-2^(R06)	2-0^(R35)	2-1^(R38)	2-0^(R10)
Náutico	4-0^(R36)	0-1^(R20)	5-0^(R28)	4-1^(R25)	1-0^(R32)	1-4^(R12)	4-1^(R18)	1-0^(R38)	0-0^(R16)	0-2^(R07)	0-2^(R14)	1-1^(R23)	4-1^(R30)	XXX	0-1^(R10)	4-4^(R05)	1-2^(R34)	1-0^(R02)	2-0^(R27)	2-2^(R03)
Palmeiras	2-0^(R09)	1-3^(R38)	0-2^(R07)	1-1^(R05)	1-0^(R27)	1-3^(R04)	2-1^(R02)	2-1^(R20)	1-0^(R36)	2-0^(R25)	2-0^(R30)	1-1^(R18)	0-1^(R34)	2-1^(R29)	XXX	3-0^(R32)	2-2^(R12)	0-1^(R22)	1-2^(R16)	3-2^(R14)
Paraná	0-1^(R10)	1-3^(R15)	2-2^(R08)	0-0^(R17)	1-0^(R25)	1-2^(R22)	1-2^(R11)	0-1^(R31)	3-1^(R28)	1-0^(R35)	3-0^(R01)	1-0^(R33)	3-1^(R21)	2-4^(R24)	1-0^(R13)	XXX	2-3^(R37)	0-1^(R04)	1-0^(R07)	0-0^(R19)
Santos	2-3^(R02)	2-2^(R35)	3-1^(R22)	3-0^(R11)	1-1^(R04)	4-1^(R10)	3-1^(R13)	3-0^(R17)	2-4^(R38)	3-0^(R33)	0-0^(R08)	2-1^(R24)	1-0^(R25)	1-2^(R15)	1-1^(R31)	2-0^(R18)	XXX	0-2^(R07)	2-0^(R20)	1-0^(R28)
São Paulo	3-0^(R34)	0-1^(R05)	2-0^(R19)	2-2^(R37)	0-1^(R30)	1-0^(R32)	2-0^(R27)	0-0^(R10)	0-1^(R12)	2-0^(R01)	1-0^(R36)	1-0^(R09)	3-1^(R16)	5-0^(R21)	0-0^(R03)	6-0^(R23)	2-1^(R26)	XXX	3-1^(R14)	2-0^(R06)
Sport	2-2^(R06)	2-0^(R11)	3-2^(R17)	3-3^(R13)	2-1^(R09)	1-0^(R37)	0-0^(R31)	2-2^(R04)	0-2^(R24)	4-0^(R29)	2-0^(R22)	1-5^(R15)	3-0^(R19)	4-1^(R08)	3-1^(R35)	3-1^(R26)	4-1^(R01)	1-2^(R33)	XXX	0-0^(R21)
Vasco da Gama	2-0^(R20)	4-0^(R13)	1-0^(R11)	2-1^(R31)	2-0^(R18)	0-2^(R27)	2-2^(R17)	1-2^(R07*₃)	1-1^(R04)	4-1^(R15)	4-0^(R05)	1-2^(R35)	0-1^(R29)	4-1^(R22)	2-2^(R33)	3-0^(R38)	4-0^(R09)	0-2^(R25)	3-1^(R02)	XXX

*1 Match played on June 14, instead of original matchday, July 18.
*2 Match played on August 15, instead of original matchday, June 23.
*3 Match played on October 18, instead of original matchday, June 24.
*4 Match played on August 23, instead of original matchday, June 30
*5 Match played on August 16, instead of original matchday, July 14
*6 Match played on September 12, instead of original matchday, August 2

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Josiel	20	Paraná
Acosta	19	Náutico
Kléber Pereira	16	Santos
Dodô	15	Botafogo
Leandro Amaral	14	Vasco da Gama
Carlinhos Bala	13	Sport
Paulo Baier	13	Goiás

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
América-RN	Machadão	52,000
Atlético-MG	Mineirão	85,000
Atlético-PR	Kyocera Arena	32,864
Botafogo	Engenhão	45,000
Corinthians	Pacaembu	37,500
Cruzeiro	Mineirão	85,000
Figueirense	Orlando Scarpelli	19,908
Flamengo	Maracanã	97,000
Fluminense	Maracanã	97,000
Goiás	Serra Dourada	54,048
Grêmio	Olímpico	51,081
Internacional	Beira-Rio	58,306
Juventude	Alfredo Jaconi	30,519
Náutico	Aflitos	30,000
Palmeiras	Palestra Itália	35,000
Paraná	Vila Capanema	20,083
Santos	Vila Belmiro	20,120
São Paulo	Morumbi	70,000
Sport	Ilha do Retiro	45,500
Vasco da Gama	São Januário	36,273

Facts

On July 8, Botafogo's player Dodô was caught on a doping exam. On July 24, he was banned for 120 days. In a new judgment, on August 2, the player was acquitted.

External links

Statistics at Globoesporte / Futpédia (Portuguese)

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2015 clubs	Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Avaí Chapecoense Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Goiás Grêmio Internacional Joinville Palmeiras Ponte Preta Santos São Paulo Sport Vasco

Taça Brasil	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa	1967 1968 1969 1970

Brasileirão	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Champions Top Scorers 1987 Copa União Bola de Ouro Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão Triple Crown

2007 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic Leagues	Argentina '06–'07 '07–'08 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '06–'07 '07–'08 Venezuela '06–'07 '07–'08

Domestic Cups	Brazil Venezuela '07–'08

CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana