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

Atlético Goianiense

Atlético Paranaense

Avaí

Bahia

Ceará

Coritiba

Figueirense

Grêmio

Internacional

Santos

Belo Horizonte

São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro

Belo Horizonte teams:
América Mineiro
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Flamengo
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama
São Paulo teams:
Corinthians
Palmeiras
São Paulo

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Locations of the 2011 Série A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
América Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré	25,000
Atlético Goianiense	Goiânia	Serra Dourada	50,049
Atlético Mineiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré	25,000
Atlético Paranaense	Curitiba	Arena da Baixada	28,237
Avaí	Florianópolis	Ressacada	19,000
Bahia	Salvador	Pituaçu	32,179
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931
Ceará	Fortaleza	Presidente Vargas	20,600
Corinthians	São Paulo	Pacaembu	37,952
Coritiba	Curitiba	Couto Pereira	37,182
Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte	Arena do Jacaré	25,000
Figueirense	Florianópolis	Orlando Scarpelli	19,808
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	Engenhão	46,931
Grêmio	Porto Alegre	Olímpico	45,000
Internacional	Porto Alegre	Beira-Rio	56,000
Palmeiras	São Paulo	Pacaembu	37,952
Santos	Santos	Vila Belmiro	20,120
São Paulo	São Paulo	Morumbi	67,428
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	São Januário	22,150

Results

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Borges	Brazilian	Santos	23
2	Fred	Brazilian	Fluminense	22
3	Deivid	Brazilian	Flamengo	15
4	Leandro Damião	Brazilian	Internacional	14
	Ronaldinho	Brazilian	Flamengo	14
	William	Brazilian	Avaí	14
7	Sebastián Abreu	Uruguayan	Botafogo	13
	Kempes	Brazilian	América-MG	13
	Neymar	Brazilian	Santos	13
10	Anselmo	Brazilian	Atlético Goianiense	12
	Liédson	Portuguese	Corinthians	12
	Walter Montillo	Argentine	Cruzeiro	12
	Thiago Neves	Brazilian	Flamengo	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^4	Santos	Atlético Paranaense	4-1 (H)	29 October 2011
Thiago Neves	Flamengo	Cruzeiro	5-1 (H)	6 November 2011
Fred^4	Fluminense	Grêmio	5-4 (H)	16 November 2011
Fred	Fluminense	Figueirense	4-0 (A)	20 November 2011