Football in Brazil

Season	2022
Men's football
Série A	Palmeiras
Série B	Cruzeiro
Série C	Mirassol
Série D	América de Natal
Copa do Brasil	Flamengo
Supercopa	Atlético Mineiro
Women's football
Série A1	Corinthians
Série A2	Ceará
Série A3	AD Taubaté
Supercopa Feminina	Corinthians
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The following article presents a summary of the 2022 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 121st season of competitive football in the country.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A started on 9 April 2022 and ended on 13 November 2022.

Palmeiras won the league.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Juventude, Avaí, Ceará and Atlético Goianiense, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B started on 8 April 2022 and ended on 6 November 2022.

Cruzeiro won the league.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, Cruzeiro, Grêmio, Bahia and Vasco da Gama, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Brusque, Náutico, Operário Ferroviário and CSA, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série C

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C started on 9 April 2022 and ended on 8 October 2022.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C final was played between ABC and Mirassol.

Mirassol won the league after beating ABC.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, ABC, Vitória, Mirassol and Botafogo (SP), were promoted to the following year's second level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Campinense, Ferroviário, Atlético Cearense and Brasil de Pelotas, were relegated to the following year's fourth level.

Campeonato Brasileiro Série D

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D started on 17 April 2022 and ended on 25 September 2022.

Salgueiro and Vera Cruz declined to participate in the Série D. They were replaced by Retrô.^[1]

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série D final was played between América de Natal and Pouso Alegre.

América de Natal won the league after defeating Pouso Alegre.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, São Bernardo, Pouso Alegre, Amazonas and América de Natal, were promoted to the following year's third level.

Super cup

Supercopa do Brasil

The 2022 Supercopa do Brasil was played on 20 February 2022 between Atlético Mineiro and Flamengo.

Atlético Mineiro won the super cup after defeating Flamengo.

Domestic cups

Copa do Brasil

The 2022 Copa do Brasil started on 22 February 2022 and ended on 19 October 2022. The Copa do Brasil final was played between Flamengo and Corinthians.

Flamengo won the cup after defeating Corinthians.

Copa do Nordeste

The competition featured 16 clubs from the Northeastern region. It started on 22 January 2022 and ended on 3 April 2022. The Copa do Nordeste final was played between Fortaleza and Sport.

Fortaleza won the cup after defeating Sport.

Copa Verde

The competition featured 17 clubs from the North and Central-West regions, including one team from Espírito Santo. It started on 25 October 2022 and ended on 19 November 2022. The Copa Verde final was played between Vila Nova and Paysandu.

Paysandu won the cup after defeating Vila Nova.

State championship champions

State	Champions
Acre	Humaitá
Alagoas	CRB
Amapá	Trem
Amazonas	Manaus
Bahia	Atlético de Alagoinhas
Ceará	Fortaleza
Distrito Federal	Brasiliense
Espírito Santo	Real Noroeste
Goiás	Atlético Goianiense
Maranhão	Sampaio Corrêa
Mato Grosso	Cuiabá
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro
Pará	Remo
Paraíba	Campinense
Paraná	Coritiba
Pernambuco	Náutico
Piauí	Fluminense
Rio de Janeiro	Fluminense
Rio Grande do Norte	ABC
Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Rondônia	Real Ariquemes
Roraima	São Raimundo
Santa Catarina	Brusque
São Paulo	Palmeiras
Sergipe	Sergipe
Tocantins	Tocantinópolis

State championship second division champions

State	Champions
Acre	No second division
Alagoas	Coruripe
Amapá	No second division
Amazonas	Rio Negro
Bahia	Itabuna
Ceará	Guarani de Juazeiro
Distrito Federal	Samambaia
Espírito Santo	Atlético Itapemirim
Goiás	Inhumas
Maranhão	Maranhão
Mato Grosso	Mixto
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário AC
Minas Gerais	Democrata SL
Pará	Cametá
Paraíba	Serra Branca
Paraná	Foz do Iguaçu
Pernambuco	Central
Piauí	Comercial
Rio de Janeiro	Volta Redonda
Rio Grande do Norte	Alecrim
Rio Grande do Sul	Esportivo
Rondônia	Vilhenense
Roraima	No second division
Santa Catarina	Criciúma
São Paulo	Portuguesa
Sergipe	Dorense
Tocantins	Gurupi

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	2022 Copa Libertadores	2022 Copa Sudamericana	2022 Recopa Sudamericana	2022 FIFA Club World Cup
América Mineiro	Eliminated in the group stage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Athletico Paranaense	Runners-up lost to Flamengo	N/A	Runners-up lost to Palmeiras	N/A
Atlético Goianiense	N/A	Semi-finals eliminated by São Paulo	N/A	N/A
Atlético Mineiro	Quarter-finals eliminated by Palmeiras	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ceará	N/A	Quarter-finals eliminated by São Paulo	N/A	N/A
Corinthians	Quarter-finals eliminated by Flamengo	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cuiabá	N/A	Eliminated in the group stage	N/A	N/A
Flamengo	Champions defeated Athletico Paranaense	N/A	N/A	Third place defeated Al Ahly
Fluminense	Third Stage eliminated by Olimpia	Eliminated in the group stage	N/A	N/A
Fortaleza	Round of 16 eliminated by Estudiantes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Internacional	N/A	Quarter-finals eliminated by Melgar	N/A	N/A
Palmeiras	Semi-finals eliminated by Athletico Paranaense	N/A	Champions defeated Athletico Paranaense	N/A
Red Bull Bragantino	Eliminated in the group stage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Santos	N/A	Round of 16 eliminated by Deportivo Táchira	N/A	N/A
São Paulo	N/A	Runners-up lost to Independiente del Valle	N/A	N/A

National team

The following table lists all the games played by the Brazilian national team in official competitions and friendly matches during 2022.

Friendlies

South Korea  v  Brazil

2 June	South Korea	1–5	Brazil	Seoul, South Korea
20:00 UTC+9	Hwang Ui-jo 31'	Report	Richarlison 7' Neymar 42' (pen.), 57' (pen.) Philippe Coutinho 80' Gabriel Jesus 90+3'	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 64,872 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Japan  v  Brazil

6 June	Japan	0–1	Brazil	Tokyo, Japan
19:20 UTC+9		Report	Neymar 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Japan National Stadium Attendance: 63,638 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Brazil  v  Ghana

23 September	Brazil	3–0	Ghana	Le Havre, France
20:30 UTC+2	Marquinhos 9' Richarlison 28', 39'	Report		Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

Brazil  v  Tunisia

27 September	Brazil	5–1	Tunisia	Paris, France
20:30 UTC+2	Raphinha 11', 39' Richarlison 19' Neymar 28' (pen.) Pedro 74'	Report	Talbi 17'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

FIFA World Cup qualification

Ecuador  v  Brazil

27 January	Ecuador	1–1	Brazil	Quito, Ecuador
16:00 UTC−5	Torres 75'	Report	Casemiro 6'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado Attendance: 17,992 Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Brazil  v  Paraguay

1 February	Brazil	4–0	Paraguay	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
21:30 UTC−3	Raphinha 28' Philippe Coutinho 62' Antony 86' Rodrygo 88'	Report		Stadium: Mineirão Attendance: 32,344 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Brazil  v  Chile

24 March	Brazil	4–0	Chile	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20:30 UTC−3	Neymar 44' (pen.) Vinícius Júnior 45+1' Philippe Coutinho 72' (pen.) Richarlison 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Maracanã Attendance: 69,368 Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Bolivia  v  Brazil

29 March	Bolivia	0–4	Brazil	La Paz, Bolivia
19:30 UTC−4		Report	Lucas Paquetá 24' Richarlison 45', 90+1' Bruno Guimarães 66'	Stadium: Estadio Hernando Siles Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

FIFA World Cup

Brazil  v  Serbia

24 November Group G	Brazil	2–0	Serbia	Lusail, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Richarlison 62', 73'	Report		Stadium: Lusail Iconic Stadium Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Brazil  v   Switzerland

28 November Group G	Brazil	1–0	Switzerland	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3	Casemiro 83'	Report		Stadium: Stadium 974 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Cameroon  v  Brazil

2 December Group G	Cameroon	1–0	Brazil	Lusail, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Aboubakar 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Lusail Iconic Stadium Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Brazil  v  South Korea

5 December Round of 16	Brazil	4–1	South Korea	Doha, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3	Vinícius Júnior 7' Neymar 13' (pen.) Richarlison 29' Lucas Paquetá 36'	Report	Paik Seung-ho 76'	Stadium: Stadium 974 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Croatia  v  Brazil

9 December Quarter-finals	Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Brazil	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Petković 117'	Report	Neymar 105+1'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
	Penalties
	Vlašić Majer Modrić Oršić		Rodrygo Casemiro Pedro Marquinhos

Competition	Performance
FIFA World Cup	Quarter-finals eliminated by Croatia

Women's football

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 started on 4 March 2022 and ended on 24 September 2022.

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

Corinthians won the league after defeating Internacional.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, CRESSPOM, Red Bull Bragantino, São José and ESMAC, were relegated to the following year's second level.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 started on 11 June 2022 and ended on 17 September 2022.

Napoli was disbanded. They were replaced by CEFAMA^[2]

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A2 final was played between Athletico Paranaense and Ceará.

Ceará won the league after defeating Athletico Paranaense.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, Bahia, Ceará, Athletico Paranaense and Real Ariquemes, were promoted to the following year's first level.

Relegation

The four worst placed teams, Vasco da Gama, Iranduba, CEFAMA and Aliança/Goiás, were relegated to the following year's third level.

Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3

The 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 started on 11 June 2022 and ended on 28 August 2022.

Teresina declined to participate in the Série A3. They were replaced by Abelhas Rainhas.^[3]
Chapecoense qualified for the Série A3 via RNC but declined to participate. They were replaced by Juventude.^[4] As the 2021 Campeonato Maranhense Feminino was not played, the Maranhão berth was granted to Vitória via RNC. However they did not confirm their participation before the deadline and were excluded.^[5] Finally the berth was granted to Coritiba/Imperial.^[6]

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A3 final was played between AD Taubaté and 3B da Amazônia.

AD Taubaté won the league after defeating 3B da Amazônia.

Promotion

The four best placed teams, Sport, 3B da Amazônia, AD Taubaté and Vila Nova/UNIVERSO, were promoted to the following year's second level.

Super cup

Supercopa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition featured 8 clubs chosen between the top-twelve 2021 Série A1 and the top-four 2021 Série A2, with only one team for state. It started on 4 February 2022 and ended on 13 February 2022. The Supercopa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino final was played between Grêmio and Corinthians.

Corinthians won the super cup after defeating Grêmio.

Domestic competition champions

State	Champions
Acre	Assermurb
Alagoas	UDA
Amapá	Cancelled
Amazonas	Recanto/Nacional
Bahia	Bahia
Ceará	Fortaleza
Distrito Federal	Real Brasília
Espírito Santo	Vila Nova
Goiás	Aliança/Goiás
Maranhão	IAPE
Mato Grosso	Mixto
Mato Grosso do Sul	Operário
Minas Gerais	Atlético Mineiro
Pará	Remo
Paraíba	VF4
Paraná	Athletico Paranaense
Pernambuco	Sport
Piauí	Tiradentes
Rio de Janeiro	Botafogo
Rio Grande do Norte	União/ABC
Rio Grande do Sul	Grêmio
Rondônia	Real Ariquemes
Roraima	São Raimundo
Santa Catarina	Avaí/Kindermann
São Paulo	Palmeiras
Sergipe	Estanciano
Tocantins	Polivalente

State cup competition champions

Youth competition champions

Brazilian clubs in international competitions

Team	2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Corinthians	Quarter-finals eliminated by Boca Juniors
Ferroviária	Quarter-finals eliminated by Deportivo Cali
Palmeiras	Champions defeated Boca Juniors

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 2022.

The Brazil women's national football team competed in the following competitions in 2022:

Friendlies

Spain  v  Brazil

7 April	Spain	1–1	Brazil	Alicante, Spain
20:00 (CEST)	Putellas 7'	Report	Geyse 39'	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Attendance: 8,833 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

Brazil  v  Hungary

11 April	Brazil	3–1	Hungary	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
20:30 (CEST)	Gabi Nunes 13', 60' Bia Zaneratto 52'	Report	Csiki 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Pinatar Arena Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)

Denmark  v  Brazil

24 June	Denmark	2–1	Brazil	Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 (CEST)	Thomsen 16' Gejl 90'	Report	Debinha 86'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 21,542 Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)

Sweden  v  Brazil

28 June	Sweden	3–1	Brazil	Stockholm, Sweden
18:30 (CEST)	Rytting Kaneryd 65' Hurtig 67' Blackstenius 89'	Report	Debinha 50'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 33,218 Referee: Sandra Braz (Portugal)

South Africa  v  Brazil

2 September	South Africa	0–3	Brazil	Johannesburg, South Africa
18:00 (SAST)		Report	Geyse 43' Adriana 45' Tamires 63'	Stadium: Orlando Stadium Referee: Maria Rivet (Mauritius)

South Africa  v  Brazil

5 September	South Africa	0–6	Brazil	Durban, South Africa
18:00 (SAST)		Report	Adriana 4' Debinha 45', 81' Bia Zaneratto 49' (pen.) Duda 51' Kathellen 58'	Stadium: Moses Mabhida Stadium Referee: Tatu Malogo (Tanzania)

Norway  v  Brazil

7 October	Norway	1–4	Brazil	Oslo, Norway
19:00 (CEST)	Ildhusøy 50'	Report	Adriana 43' Bia Zaneratto 47', 52' Jaqueline 73'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Referee: Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)

Italy  v  Brazil

10 October	Italy	0–1	Brazil	Genoa, Italy
18:30 (CEST)		Report	Adriana 46'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Michèle Schmölzer (Switzerland)

Brazil  v  Canada

11 November	Brazil	1–2	Canada	Santos, Brazil
15:15 (BRT)	Debinha 32'	Report	Zadorsky 21' Leon 29'	Stadium: Estádio Urbano Caldeira Referee: Gabriela Coronel (Argentina)

Brazil  v  Canada

15 November	Brazil	2–1	Canada	São Paulo, Brazil
15:15 (BRT)	Bia Zaneratto 41' Ana Vitória 90+1'	Report	Lawrence 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Neo Química Arena Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

2022 Tournoi de France

Brazil  v  Netherlands

16 February	Brazil	1–1	Netherlands	Caen, France
19:00 (CET)	Marta 87' (pen.)	Report	Beerensteyn 62'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 1,182 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

France  v  Brazil

19 February	France	2–1	Brazil	Caen, France
21:10 (CET)	Katoto 23', 59'	Report	Marta 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 12,050 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Brazil  v  Finland

22 February	Brazil	0–0	Finland	Caen, France
18:30 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Victoria Beyer (France)

2022 Copa América Femenina

Brazil  v  Argentina

9 July Group B	Brazil	4–0	Argentina	Armenia, Colombia
19:00 (COT)	Adriana 28', 58' Bia Zaneratto 36' (pen.) Debinha 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: María Belén Carvajal (Chile)

Uruguay  v  Brazil

12 July Group B	Uruguay	0–3	Brazil	Armenia, Colombia
16:00 (COT)		Report	Adriana 32', 48' Debinha 45+2'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Venezuela  v  Brazil

18 July Group B	Venezuela	0–4	Brazil	Armenia, Colombia
16:00 (COT)		Report	Bia Zaneratto 22' Ary Borges 51' Debinha 58', 65'	Stadium: Estadio Centenario Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Brazil  v  Peru

21 July Group B	Brazil	6–0	Peru	Cali, Colombia
19:00 (COT)	Duda 1' Duda Sampaio 17' Geyse 41' Duda Santos 44' (pen.) Fe Palermo 48' Adriana 50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

Brazil  v  Paraguay

26 July Semi-finals	Brazil	2–0	Paraguay	Bucaramanga, Colombia
19:00 (COT)	Ary Borges 16' Bia Zaneratto 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Colombia  v  Brazil

30 July Final	Colombia	0–1	Brazil	Bucaramanga, Colombia
19:00 (COT)		Report	Debinha 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Competition	Performance
Tournoi de France	Third place
Copa América Femenina	Champions defeated Colombia