The2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially theBrasileirãoPetrobras 2011 for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th edition of theCampeonato Brasileiro Série A, thetop-level of professional football in Brazil. It began on May 21 and was scheduled to end on December 4.[2]Fluminense comes in as the defending champion having won the2010 season.
For the ninth consecutive season, the tournament will be played in adouble round-robin system. The team with most points will be declared the champion. The bottom-four teams will be relegated for the following season.
The Série A will serve as a qualifier toCONMEBOL's 2012 international tournaments. The top-two teams in the standings will qualify to the Second Stage of the2012 Copa Libertadores, while the next third and fourth place in the standings will qualify to the First Stage. The next eight best teams in the standings will earn berths to the Second Stage of the2012 Copa Sudamericana.
Vitória,Guarani,Goiás andGrêmio Prudente were relegated to the2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B after finishing in the bottom four spots of the table at the end of the2010 season. Goiás were relegated to the Série B after eleven seasons of continuous membership in the top football league of Brazil, while Vitória ended a three-year tenure in Série A and Grêmio Prudente ended a two-year appearance. Guarani made their immediate return to the second level.
The four relegated teams were replaced by four2010 Série B sides. Champions Coritiba, made their immediate return to Série A, runners-up Figueirense, who returned after two years, third placed Bahia, who returned to the top flight after seven seasons at lower levels, and fourth placed América Mineiro, who returned to the league for the first time in eight years.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corinthians(C) | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 71 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Vasco da Gama | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 69 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a] |
| 3 | Fluminense | 38 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 63 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 4 | Flamengo | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 61 | 2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 5 | Internacional | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 60 | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 59 | 2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 7 | Figueirense | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 58 | |
| 8 | Coritiba | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 57 | |
| 9 | Botafogo | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 56 | |
| 10 | Santos | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 53 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[b] |
| 11 | Palmeiras | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 50 | 2012 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 12 | Grêmio | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 48 | |
| 13 | Atlético Goianiense | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 48 | |
| 14 | Bahia | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 46 | |
| 15 | Atlético Mineiro | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 45 | |
| 16 | Cruzeiro | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 43 | |
| 17 | Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 41 | Relegation toSérie B |
| 18 | Ceará | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 39 | |
| 19 | América Mineiro | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 37 | |
| 20 | Avaí | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | AMG | ACG | CAM | CAP | AVA | BAH | BOT | CEA | COR | CTB | CRU | FIG | FLA | FLU | GRE | INT | PAL | SAN | SPA | VAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América Mineiro | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Atlético Goianiense | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Atlético Mineiro | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Atlético Paranaense | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Avaí | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3[a] | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Bahia | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | |
| Botafogo | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2[b] | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | |
| Ceará | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Corinthians | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0[a] | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| Coritiba | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 5–1 | |
| Cruzeiro | 0–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | |
| Figueirense | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0[b] | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Flamengo | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Fluminense | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Grêmio | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0[c] | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Internacional | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| Palmeiras | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0[b] | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Santos | 1–0[c] | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0[c] | 1–0 | 0–0[c] | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 2–1[c] | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| São Paulo | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | |
| Vasco da Gama | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |