Football in Brazil

Season	2007
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The following article presents a summary of the 2007 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 106th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

São Paulo declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Corinthians, Paraná, Juventude and América-RN, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

Coritiba declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are Coritiba, Ipatinga, Portuguesa and Vitória, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Paulista, Santa Cruz, Remo and Ituano, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

Final stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bragantino/SP	14	7	5	2	21	13	+8	26	Promoted to the Série B
2	Bahia/BA	14	6	6	2	26	18	+8	24
3	Vila Nova/GO	14	7	2	5	26	19	+7	23
4	ABC/RN	14	7	2	5	20	21	−1	23
5	CRAC/GO	14	7	0	7	24	20	+4	21
6	Atlético/GO	14	6	3	5	24	17	+7	21
7	Barras/PI	14	2	4	8	15	31	−16	10
8	Nacional/PB	14	2	2	10	8	25	−17	8

Bragantino declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions.

Promotion

The four best placed teams in the final stage of the competition, which are Bragantino, Bahia, Vila Nova-GO and ABC, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil final was played between Fluminense and Figueirense.

Fluminense declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 2-1.

State championship champions

Youth competition champions

Other competition champions

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	Copa Libertadores 2007	Copa Sudamericana 2007	Recopa Sudamericana 2007
Atlético Paranaense	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Vasco	N/A
Botafogo	did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by River Plate	N/A
Corinthians	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Botafogo	N/A
Cruzeiro	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by Goiás	N/A
Figueirense	did not qualify	Preliminary round eliminated by São Paulo	N/A
Flamengo	Round of 16 eliminated by Defensor	did not qualify	N/A
Goiás	did not qualify	Round of 16 eliminated by Arsenal	N/A
Grêmio	Runner-up lost to Boca Juniors	did not qualify	N/A
Internacional	Group stage eliminated finished third in the group	did not qualify	Champions defeated Pachuca
Paraná	Round of 16 eliminated by Libertad	did not qualify	N/A
Santos	Semi-finals eliminated by Grêmio	did not qualify	N/A
São Paulo	Round of 16 eliminated by Grêmio	Quarter-finals eliminated by Millonarios	N/A
Vasco	did not qualify	Quarter-finals eliminated by América	N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2007.

Date	City	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
February 6, 2007	London	Portugal	L	0–2	-	International Friendly
March 24, 2007	Gothenburg	Chile	W	4–0	Ronaldinho (2), Kaká, Juan	International Friendly
March 27, 2007	Stockholm	Ghana	W	1–0	Vágner Love	International Friendly
June 1, 2007	London	England	D	1–1	Diego	International Friendly
June 5, 2007	Dortmund	Turkey	D	0–0	-	International Friendly
June 27, 2007	Puerto Ordaz	Mexico	L	0–2	-	Copa América
July 1, 2007	Maturín	Chile	W	3–0	Robinho (3)	Copa América
July 4, 2007	Puerto la Cruz	Ecuador	W	1–0	Robinho	Copa América
July 7, 2007	Puerto la Cruz	Chile	W	6–1	Juan, Baptista, Robinho (2), Josué, Vágner Love	Copa América
July 10, 2007	Maracaibo	Uruguay	W	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Maicon, Baptista	Copa América
July 15, 2007	Maracaibo	Argentina	W	3–0	Baptista, Ayala (own goal), Alves	Copa América
August 22, 2007	Montpellier	Algeria	W	2–0	Maicon, Ronaldinho	International Friendly
September 9, 2007	Chicago	United States	W	4–2	Onyewu (own goal), Lúcio, Ronaldinho, Elano	International Friendly
September 12, 2007	Foxborough	Mexico	W	3–1	Kléber, Kaká, Alves	International Friendly
October 14, 2007	Bogotá	Colombia	D	0–0	-	World Cup Qualifying
October 17, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador	W	5–0	Vágner Love, Ronaldinho, Kaká (2), Elano	World Cup Qualifying
November 18, 2007	Lima	Peru	D	1–1	Kaká	World Cup Qualifying
November 21, 2007	São Paulo	Uruguay	W	2–1	Luís Fabiano (2)	World Cup Qualifying

Women's football

Brazil women's national football team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2007.

Date	Opposition	Result	Score	Brazil scorers	Competition
June 23, 2007	United States	0	1–2	-	International Friendly
July 12, 2007	Uruguay	W	4–0	Daniela Alves (2), Cristiane Silva, Rosana	Pan American Games
July 14, 2007	Jamaica	W	5–0	Kátia Cilene (2), Daniela Alves, Marta, Cristiane Silva	Pan American Games
July 18, 2007	Ecuador	W	10–0	Cristiane Silva (4), Daniela Alves, Marta (4), Pretinha	Pan American Games
July 20, 2007	Canada	W	7–0	Marta (5), Rosana, Daniela Alves	Pan American Games
July 23, 2007	Mexico	W	2–0	Rosana (2)	Pan American Games
July 26, 2007	United States	W	5–0	Marta (2), Cristiane Silva (2), Daniela Alves	Pan American Games
August 23, 2007	Umeå	W	2–1	Pretinha (2)	International Friendly (unofficial match)
August 28, 2007	Eskilstuna United	W	6–0	Marta (2), Formiga, Cristiane Silva, Kátia Cilene, Michele	International Friendly (unofficial match)
September 2, 2007	Japan	L	1–2	Cristiane Silva	International Friendly
September 12, 2007	New Zealand	W	5–0	Daniela Alves, Cristiane Silva, Marta (2), Renata Costa	World Cup
September 15, 2007	China	W	4–0	Marta (2), Cristiane Silva (2)	World Cup
September 20, 2007	Denmark	W	1–0	Pretinha	World Cup
September 23, 2007	Australia	W	3–2	Formiga, Marta, Cristiane Silva	World Cup
September 27, 2007	United States	W	4–0	Leslie Osborne (og), Marta (2), Cristiane Silva	World Cup
September 30, 2007	Germany	L	0–2	-	World Cup

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2007:

Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino final was played between Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad and Botucatu.

Mato Grosso do Sul/Saad declared as the cup champions after beating Botucatu 5-4 on penalties.

Other domestic competition champions