Football in Brazil

Season	2017
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The following article presents a summary of the 2017 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 116th season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on May 13, 2017, and concluded on December 3, 2017.

Corinthians won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Coritiba, Avaí, Ponte Preta and Atlético Goianiense, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on May 12, 2017, and concluded on November 25, 2017.

América Mineiro won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, which are América Mineiro, Internacional, Ceará and Paraná, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, which are Luverdense, Santa Cruz, ABC and Náutico, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C started on May 14, 2017, and concluded on October 21, 2017.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C final was played between CSA and Fortaleza.

CSA won the league after beating Fortaleza

Promotion

The four best placed teams, CSA, Fortaleza, São Bento and Sampaio Corrêa, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Moto Club, Macaé, Mogi Mirim and ASA, were relegated to the following year's fourth level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D started on May 21, 2017, and concluded on September 10, 2017.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D final was played between Operário Ferroviário and Globo.

Operário Ferroviário won the league after beating Globo

Promotion

The four best placed teams, Operário Ferroviário, Globo, Atlético Acreano and Juazeirense, were promoted to the following year's third level.

Domestic cups

Copa do Brasil

The 2017 Copa do Brasil started on February 8, 2017, and concluded on September 27, 2017. The Copa do Brasil final was played between Flamengo and Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro won the cup after defeating Flamengo.

Copa do Nordeste

The competition featured 20 clubs from the Northeastern region. It started on January 24, 2017 and concluded on May 24, 2017. The Copa do Nordeste final was played between Bahia and Sport.

Bahia won the cup after defeating Sport.

Copa Verde

The competition featured 18 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including the Espírito Santo champions. It started on January 29, 2017 and concluded on May 16, 2017. The Copa Verde final was played between Luverdense and Paysandu.

Luverdense won the cup after defeating Paysandu.

Primeira Liga

The competition features 12 clubs from the South and Southeastern regions, including Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro State teams. It started on January 24, 2017 and concluded on October 8, 2017. The Primeira Liga final was played between Londrina and Atlético Mineiro.

Londrina won the cup after defeating Atlético Mineiro.

State championship champions

State	Champion
Acre	Atlético Acreano
Alagoas	CRB
Amapá	Santos
Amazonas	Manaus
Bahia	Vitória
Ceará	Ceará
Distrito Federal	Brasiliense
Espírito Santo	Atlético Itapemirim
Goiás	Goiás
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa
Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
Mato Grosso do Sul	Corumbaense
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro
Pará	Paysandu
Paraíba	Botafogo
Paraná	Coritiba
Pernambuco	Sport
Piauí	Altos
Rio de Janeiro	Flamengo
Rio Grande do Norte	ABC
Rio Grande do Sul	Novo Hamburgo
Rondônia	Real Ariquemes
Roraima	São Raimundo
Santa Catarina	Chapecoense
São Paulo	Corinthians
Sergipe	Confiança
Tocantins	Interporto

State cup competition champions

Youth competition champions

⁽¹⁾ The Copa Nacional do Espírito Santo Sub-17, between 2008 and 2012, was named Copa Brasil Sub-17. The similar named Copa do Brasil Sub-17 is organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation and it was first played in 2013.

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	2017 Copa Libertadores	2017 Copa Sudamericana	2017 Recopa Sudamericana	2017 Suruga Bank Championship	2017 FIFA Club World Cup
Atlético Mineiro	Round of 16 eliminated by Jorge Wilstermann	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Atlético Paranaense	Round of 16 eliminated by Santos	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Botafogo	Quarterfinals eliminated by Grêmio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chapecoense	Eliminated in the group stage	Round of 16 eliminated by Flamengo	Runners-up lost to Atlético Nacional	Runners-up lost to Urawa Red Diamonds	N/A
Corinthians	N/A	Round of 16 eliminated by Racing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cruzeiro	N/A	First Stage eliminated by Nacional	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flamengo	Eliminated in the group stage	Runners-up lost to Independiente	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fluminense	N/A	Quarterfinals eliminated by Flamengo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grêmio	Champions defeated Lanús	N/A	N/A	N/A	Runners-up lost to Real Madrid
Palmeiras	Round of 16 eliminated by Barcelona	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ponte Preta	N/A	Round of 16 eliminated by Sport	N/A	N/A	N/A
Santos	Quarterfinals eliminated by Barcelona	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
São Paulo	N/A	First Stage eliminated by Defensa y Justicia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sport	N/A	Quarterfinals eliminated by Junior	N/A	N/A	N/A

Brazil national team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2017.

Friendlies

Brazil  v  Colombia

January 25	Brazil	1–0	Colombia	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21:45 (UTC−3)	Dudu 47'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos Attendance: 18,695 Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

Australia  v  Brazil

June 13	Australia	0–4	Brazil	Melbourne, Australia
07:05 (UTC−3)		Report	Diego Souza 1', 90+3' Thiago Silva 62' Taison 75'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 49,874 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Japan  v  Brazil

November 10	Japan	1–3	Brazil	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
10:00 (UTC−2)	Makino 63'	Report	Neymar 10' (pen.) Marcelo 17' Gabriel Jesus 36'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

England  v  Brazil

November 14	England	0–0	Brazil	London, England
18:00 (UTC−2)		Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 84,595 Referee: Artur Dias Soares (Portugal)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Uruguay  v  Brazil

March 23	Uruguay	1–4	Brazil	Montevideo, Uruguay
20:00 UTC−3	Cavani 9' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Paulinho 19', 52', 90+2' Neymar 74'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Brazil  v  Paraguay

March 28	Brazil	3–0	Paraguay	São Paulo, Brazil
21:45 UTC−3	Coutinho 34' Neymar 64' Marcelo 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Arena Corinthians Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Brazil  v  Ecuador

August 31	Brazil	2–0	Ecuador	Porto Alegre, Brazil
21:45 UTC−3	Paulinho 69' Coutinho 76'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Arena do Grêmio Attendance: 36,689 Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Colombia  v  Brazil

September 4	Colombia	1–1	Brazil	Barranquilla, Colombia
15:30 UTC−5	Falcao 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)	Willian 45+2'	Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Bolivia  v  Brazil

October 5	Bolivia	0–0	Brazil	La Paz, Bolivia
16:00 UTC−4		Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Attendance: 34,725 Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Brazil  v  Chile

October 10	Brazil	3–0	Chile	São Paulo, Brazil
21:45 UTC−3	Paulinho 55' Gabriel Jesus 57', 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Allianz Parque Attendance: 41,008 Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Superclásico de las Américas

Brazil  v  Argentina

June 9	Brazil	0–1	Argentina	Melbourne, Australia
07:05 UTC−3		Report	Mercado 45'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 95,569 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Women's football

National team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil women's national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2017.

Friendlies

Brazil  v  Bolivia

April 9	Brazil	6–0	Bolivia	Manaus, Brazil
20:30 (BRT)	Francielle 6' Cristiane 24' Marta 43' Bruna Benites 58' Morón 64' (o.g.) Thaisa 83'	Report		Stadium: Arena da Amazônia Attendance: 16,198 Referee: Deborah Cecília Cruz Correia (Brazil)

Spain  v  Brazil

June 10	Spain	1–2	Brazil	Fuenlabrada, Spain
18:30 (CEST)	Losada 20' (pen.)	Report	Darlene 76' Rafaelle 88'	Stadium: Estadio Fernando Torres Referee: Sandra Braz Bastos (Portugal)

Iceland  v  Brazil

June 13	Iceland	0–1	Brazil	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:30 (WET)		Report	Marta 67'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Germany  v  Brazil

July 4	Germany	3–1	Brazil	Sandhausen, Germany
17:45 (CEST)	Dallmann 30' Kayikçi 65' Maier 78'	Report	Ludmila 49'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Referee: Amy Fearn (England)

Australia  v  Brazil

September 16	Australia	2–1	Brazil	Penrith, Australia
15:00 (AEST)	De Vanna 41' Kerr 67'	Report	Debinha 79'	Stadium: Pepper Stadium Attendance: 15,089 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Australia  v  Brazil

September 19	Australia	3–2	Brazil	Newcastle, Australia
19:30 (AEST)	Kerr 38', 66' Foord 47'	Report	Fabiana 1' Marta 86' (pen.)	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 16,829 Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Chile  v  Brazil

November 25	Chile	0–4	Brazil	Ovalle, Chile
20:00 (CLST)		Report	Érika 3' Rafaelle 5' Bia Zaneratto 24' Marta 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Diaguita Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Chile  v  Brazil

November 28	Chile	0–3	Brazil	La Serena, Chile
20:00 (CLST)		Report	Bia Zaneratto 9' Thaís 16' Debinha 26'	Stadium: Estadio La Portada Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Tournament of Nations

Brazil  v  Japan

July 27	Brazil	1–1	Japan	Seattle, United States
16:15 (PDT)	Camila 87'	Report	Momiki 63'	Stadium: CenturyLink Field Attendance: 9,725 Referee: Karen Abt (United States)

United States  v  Brazil

July 30	United States	4–3	Brazil	San Diego, United States
17:00 (PDT)	Mewis 18' Press 80' Rapinoe 85' Ertz 89'	Report	Andressinha 2', 78' Bruna Benites 63'	Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 21,096 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Australia  v  Brazil

August 3	Australia	6–1	Brazil	Carson, United States
16:15 (PDT)	De Vanna 7', 34' Foord 32', 68' Gorry 41' Kerr 81'	Report	Camila 2'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 11,948 Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)

Yongchuan International Tournament

Brazil  v  Mexico

October 19	Brazil	3–0	Mexico	Chongqing, China
16:00 (CST)	Marta 54' Bruna Benites 58' Bia Zaneratto 76'	Report		Stadium: Yongchuan Sports Center Referee: Gu Chunhan (China)

Brazil  v  North Korea

October 21	Brazil	2–0	North Korea	Chongqing, China
16:00 (CST)	Marta 16', 30'	Report		Stadium: Yongchuan Sports Center Referee: Law Bik-chi (Hong Kong)

China  v  Brazil

October 24	China	2–2	Brazil	Chongqing, China
19:35 (CST)	Wang Shanshan 54', 58'	Report	Marta 32' (pen.) Adriana 34'	Stadium: Yongchuan Sports Center Referee: Law Bik-chi (Hong Kong)

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2017:

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 started on March 12, 2017, and concluded on July 20, 2017.

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 final was played between Santos and Corinthians.

Santos won the league after defeating Corinthians.

Relegation

The two worst placed teams, Grêmio and Vitória, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

The 2017 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 started on May 10, 2017, and concluded on July 26, 2017.

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 final was played between Pinheirense and Portuguesa.

Pinheirense won the league after defeating Portuguesa (SP).

Promotion

The two best placed teams, which are Pinheirense and Portuguesa (SP), were promoted to the following year's first level.

Domestic competition champions

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Corinthians/Audax	Champions defeated Colo Colo